[Leica] Nathan's PAD 19/8/2022: the universal language

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks, Peter.

The recital was about 1hour, here is the programme:
http://www.chopinconcerts.pl/mamiko-ueyama.html <http://www.chopinconcerts.pl/mamiko-ueyama.html>

I took the photos throughout. As for the equipment, we were travelling with carry-on only, so I took the lightest outfit that still gives good images. Specifically, a Panasonic GX80 with the 12-60mm lens as the basic tool, and the 1.7/20mm lens for low light, plus the Leica 90mm Tele-Elmarit with the appropriate adapter. For film, I had the Cosina-Voigtländer Bessa R2M with a 50mm Summicron collapsible, and of course the 90mm could also be used with that body.

We are going to Scotland for a few days next week, and I will take a similarly light outfit with me, although I am thinking of taking the Fuji X-E3 instead of the Panasonic, and one of my Olympus OM4T bodies for film, with a couple of lenses that can also be used on the Fuji with my newly acquired Fotodiox adapter.

As for music, I have a Horowitz CD of Chopin’s music, but I find that it lacks a bit of emotion. And last year’s winner of the international Chopin competition, Bruce Liu, blew me away—and he is Chinese-Canadian.
 
Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
photo at frozenlight.eu

http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.frozenlight.eu

YNWA




> On 21 Aug 2022, at 13:58, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote:
> 
> Nice shots Nathan.
> 
> I too prefer the third.
> 
> They didn't give her much space though, did they! What was she playing? I guess they are all from one piece - it looks that way to me.
> 
> Interesting combination of equipment! What mount did you use?
> 
> Peter
> 
> PS As for having to be Polish to be able...of course it's not true but there is *something* about (say) the depth of a Paderewski or Rubinstein recording of Chopin. Possibly because they had been through The Partition?
> 
> On 20/08/2022 22:19, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I just came back from a few days visiting Warsaw, the capital of the country where I was born. Visiting Poland is usually a bittersweet experience for me, given all the painful history, but on the other hand it is nice to be in a country where people speak my mother tongue and In a strange way I feel at home there too.
>> Last night we went to a piano recital in the Warsaw’s Stare Miasto—old town—which in reality is all post-war reconstruction since Warsaw was basically bombed into oblivion by the Germans during WW2. We spent an hour listening to a Japanese pianist interpreting Chopin, and doing it very well. Sometimes one hears that you have to be Polish to really play Chopin properly, or Russian to play Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky—bullshit, I say. Music is a universal language. Last year, a Chinese-Canadian pianist won the international Chopin competition in Warsaw, and one of the foremost interpreters of Chopin’s music is Brazilian. Truly, Chopin’s music is an International language, So here are four photos of Mamiko Ueyama from Osaka, playing Chopin’s music in Warsaw:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mXpQSgx/ <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mXpQSgx/>
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Fdzt3GR/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Fdzt3GR/A>
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZdG3mdG/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZdG3mdG/A>
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-SBddJRG/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-SBddJRG/A>
>> Leica content: all photos were made with the 90mm Tele-Elmarit, mounted on my Panasonic GX80.
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> photo at frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> YNWA
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