Violinist Daniel Hope: Music infiltrates the soul

CLIENT: DEMAND.FILM
OUTLET: CNN AMANPOUR

Violinist Daniel Hope talks to Christiane Amanpour about his extraordinary family history and his childhood learning from legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin. Daniel Hope is one of the greatest violinist of our age and part of the avant-garde of a ne…

Violinist Daniel Hope talks to Christiane Amanpour about his extraordinary family history and his childhood learning from legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin. Daniel Hope is one of the greatest violinist of our age and part of the avant-garde of a new generation of classical musicians. His biography is a story of an extraordinary career, a story of escape, expulsion and desire for self-discovery.

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Sydney Youth Orchestras musicians hit the streets to busk for a good cause

CLIENT: SYDNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS
OUTLET: THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

YOU might notice that the buskers around the city seem to be a little smaller than usual on Tuesday — but you will certainly notice they are amazingly talented.The elite Sydney Youth Orchestras will swap the concert halls for the city streets as the…

YOU might notice that the buskers around the city seem to be a little smaller than usual on Tuesday — but you will certainly notice they are amazingly talented.

The elite Sydney Youth Orchestras will swap the concert halls for the city streets as they perform 12 hours of live music at Martin Place, Circular Quay and Central Station from 7.30am, for an expected 600,000 passers-by.

It will be a rare chance to enjoy Australia’s leading youth orchestra, which in August performed the gruelling 90-minute Bruckner Symphony No.8 that makes professional musicians sweat.


The billionaire who helps real-life Crazy Rich Asians splash out $500,000 on lavish ‘pre-wedding’ photos

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OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU

THEY’RE the real-life Crazy Rich Asians splashing out up to half a million dollars on outrageously lavish “pre-wedding” photo shoots.Whether underwater, suspended in mid-air from wires like a scene from The Matrix, or on the Antarctic ice under the …

THEY’RE the real-life Crazy Rich Asians splashing out up to half a million dollars on outrageously lavish “pre-wedding” photo shoots.

Whether underwater, suspended in mid-air from wires like a scene from The Matrix, or on the Antarctic ice under the southern lights, Allen Shi is the man who makes it happen.

Dubbed the “Godfather of the pre-wedding photo industry” in China, the 38-year-old has risen from absolute poverty to turning over $2 billion through his company The Jiahao Group in less than eight years.

Peter Garrett: you thank your lucky stars to be in a band like Midnight Oil

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OUTLET: THE GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL

It was October 1984 and Peter Garrett, the frontman for Midnight Oil, should have been riding high. The band’s fifth album, Red Sails in the Sunset, had just topped the Australian charts – the band’s first number one.Instead, he was restless and pre…

It was October 1984 and Peter Garrett, the frontman for Midnight Oil, should have been riding high. The band’s fifth album, Red Sails in the Sunset, had just topped the Australian charts – the band’s first number one.

Instead, he was restless and preoccupied. In his memoir, Big Blue Sky, he admitted he hadn’t contributed much by way of music to the album, recorded in Tokyo.

When it was complete, he and his partner Doris visited Hiroshima.

Steal This Photography Trend from China!

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OUTLET: POLKA DOT BRIDE

If you’ve ever travelled to the world’s most famous locations and seen Chinese bridal couples posing for over-the-top photo shoots, there’s no need to congratulate them yet for their Big Day. Why? Because often the actual wedding could still be anot…

If you’ve ever travelled to the world’s most famous locations and seen Chinese bridal couples posing for over-the-top photo shoots, there’s no need to congratulate them yet for their Big Day. Why? Because often the actual wedding could still be another six months away!

What you’re witnessing is the cornerstone of China’s massive $80 billion wedding industry: the pre-wedding photo shoot. This trend is so huge, couples try to outdo each other with exotic locations and price tags to match. While many couples are happy to pay a few thousand dollars for a set of wedding images, China’s jet set have been known to pay up to $500,000 for a series of international, on-location shoots (think an Antarctic backdrop for that kind of price)!