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12:00 | More Amore Festival |
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 More Amore is the annual summer festival of "Seasons of Life" magazine, the easiest, beautiful and musical event in Moscow. The Lithuanian singer, poet and musician Alina Orlova and Baltic Light Orchestra conducted by renowned conductor, composer, pianist and winner of international competitions Alexandras Simelis will be the headliner of the festival. Among other participants are Russian band Rekevin and solo project of Pavel Artemiev. Orlova received positive recognition both worldwide and in Lithuania where she is seen as a huge success - her "cozy" gigs are highly anticipated there. According to music critics, Orlova has a "high-trilling voice and a unique line in exhilaratingly dark, Baltic folk pop." Noticed by the Travis frontman Fran Healy, Alina's song "Vaiduokliai" was picked up as one of the seven tracks to be featured on the digital-only EP, entitled "Play. Stop. Rewind" released worldwide by LIPA Records. Her debut album The Wild Dog Dingo named after a Russian book by Ruvim Fraerman for school children about teenage love was released under the MetroMusic label and presented in Vilnius St. Catherine church on January 22; a week later she had a similar concert in Kaunas State Drama Theatre. Later the same year Orlova held concerts in Russia, London, Liverpool. The Russian band Rekevin was formed in Moscow in 2005, turning into a collaboration of musicians who were eager to make quiet intelligent music based on trip-hop and lounge. All band members eventually found each other on the Internet and began to do something very new for the Russian music of that time. In January 2008, Rekevin launched their debut album A Peacock which was well received both by critics and the public. Besides, the album was produced entirely by the group. A Peacock was followed by live performances at the Russian and Ukranian most important international festivals, Stereoleto and the Koktebel Jazz Festival, where Rekevin shared the stage with Massive Attack, Red Snapper, and other world-known groups. With the self-release of the second album Nulukatuk in March 2009, Rekevin firmly established themselves as a band independent of any record labels. Rekevin's music combines melancholic downtempo and gentle acid jazz, played exceptionally live and backed by the emotional lyrics and voice of the charming singer Ksenia. "Their strikingly beautiful music combines with the European quality of the sound. It's hard to believe that they come from Moscow and not from Bristol." There will be cafes, kids area, design market and other entertainments in the festival program. Read more
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