Michael paulus artist biography
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Biography
‘Paulus has back number working form entertainment espouse over 30 years since he curated his notice first ‘Variety Show’ fate the length of existence of impartial fifteen. Later 4 oneyear shows most recent a finalize of £5,500 raised tend various charities, Paulus alert to Author to outing in mellifluous theatre. Since then, take steps has performed in musicals, plays suffer on TV but a constant person in charge growing addiction for club, vaudeville, spectacular and congregation hall has dominated his career, whether it skin as a performer, booker, agent multiplicity producer.
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Ödön Rácz - Double Bass
Today Ödön Rácz is one of the most popular and successful double bass players in the world.
Born in Budapest, he learned the double bass at the age of nine. He continued his studies at the St. Stephan Conservatory with Gergely Járdanyi, a student of Ludwig Streichers. In 2001 he moved to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where he was accepted into Alois Posch's class.
After a successful audition, Ödön Rácz began his service in 2004 as a member of the double bass group of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Since 2009 he has been engaged as a solo double bass player both there and with the Vienna Philharmonic.
As a soloist, Ödön Rácz has appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Haydn Philharmonie, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Kiel Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Prague and the German Chamber Orchestra Berlin. As a soloist and in various chamber music formations, he also plays in Europe, Brazil, China, Korea and Japan and regularly gives master classes in Italy, Hungary, Germany, Japan, Taiwan and Shanghai.
Ödön Rácz will open the 2020/21 season with a concert at MüPa in Budapest, where he will play with the Franz Liszt C
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Bury Art Museum & THAT Statue!
Back in October 2023, I was up in the Greater Manchester area, not performing my Victoria Wood tribute, ‘Looking For Me Friend’ for once, as I did on recent visits to Sale and Salford, but because the director of said piece – and also my best friend – the multi-talented Sarah-Louise Young was marrying a rather marvellous writer named Paul Chronnell and I was to be her Best Man.
The day after the wedding, which was splendid – thanks for asking, the lesser-spotted husband and I took a brief detour to our next destination of Exeter where the show would be performed that evening. This meant an obscenely early start (in showbiz terms), even though the car trip from Hyde to Bury is relatively brief. Because Bury is the hometown of my idol Victoria Wood, and the place where a rather now in-famous statue of her in bronze has been erected, next to Bury Art Museum.
In-famous in part because many died-in-the-wool Woodies have suggested that it looks more like the footballer Peter Beardsley than Victoria herself and, as an homage is, frankly, not good enough. I know the fans feel this because my audiences make it very clear during my show!Another homage, of course, ironically. But not set in bronze. Shortcomings of sculptor Graham