Podcast appearances and mentions of sumi jo

What do a classical pianist, a filmmaker, and a CEO have in common? In this week's episode of Hiring Matters, Ken Schmitt dives into the fascinating mind of Jieho Lee—CEO, Chief People Officer, and movie director. From ivory keys to boardrooms, Jieho takes us on a wild ride, showing us how the skills he developed on the movie set translate directly to leading a diverse and dynamic workforce. Cue the drama! Ken and Jieho hash out the great debate: Should company culture be more "work hard, play hard" à la Netflix, or should we strive for something a little more, dare we say, fun? Jieho argues that a workplace should spark joy, not dread, while Ken questions if the tough-love, performance-driven environment is a necessary evil. Expect a few verbal eye rolls and some serious food for thought. Together, they dig into managing a multi-generational workforce. Spoiler alert: Boomers, Gen Z, and everyone in between don't all want the same things from their jobs (shocking, we know). So, how do you balance these diverse expectations without losing your sanity? Jieho and Ken tackle it head-on, offering insights, laughs, and even a few leadership facepalms along the way. Whether you're managing egos on a movie set or in a boardroom, creating a safe, collaborative space is essential. And Jieho's secret sauce? Humility, reflection, and realizing that even CEOs (and directors) are only as good as the teams they lead. Tune in for a conversation packed with humor, hard truths, and a fresh perspective on how to lead, hire, and retain top talent—whether you're running a company or filming the next blockbuster. Key Takeaways: Artsy types make great CEOs (who knew?). Classical music taught Jieho the importance of harmony—literally and figuratively. Is fun the new productivity? Multi-generational management: It's like herding cats but with more Slack messages. Cultural fit or diversity of thought? Hint: You need both. A good leader knows how to adapt and evolve. The best leader? Knows how to laugh through it. Have questions or personal experiences? Drop us a message or Join the conversation on LinkedIn.—share your own hiring and retention horror stories, tips, and even your craziest leadership moments. We'd love to hear what's happening on your workplace “movie set”! About Our Guest: Jieho Lee is a visionary filmmaker and entrepreneur best known for writing and directing The Air I Breathe (2007), featuring a star-studded cast that includes Forest Whitaker, Andy Garcia, Brendan Fraser, Kevin Bacon, and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Lee's cinematic portfolio also includes A Nursery Tale (1999) and the highly anticipated Kane & Lynch. Before making his mark in the film industry, Lee directed high-profile commercials for brands such as Ralph Lauren, Victoria's Secret, and Tommy Hilfiger. Beyond filmmaking, Jieho co-founded Knighted Ventures, a specialized company serving the casino industries in California and Florida. His entrepreneurial spirit also led him to Blue Horizon Capital, where he co-led an investment strategy team focusing on business acquisitions. Prior to that, Lee oversaw business development and marketing in Asia for POM Wonderful. His career began in the entertainment field as a classical music producer, collaborating with legends like Yo-Yo Ma and Isaac Stern, and producing a best-selling album for soprano Sumi Jo, earning him the South Korean Presidential Award for Excellence. A graduate of Wesleyan University with degrees in Letters and Cinema Studies, Lee also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. About Your Host: Ken Schmitt is the CEO and founder of TurningPoint Executive Search. He is also the author of "The Practical Optimist: An Entrepreneur's Journey through Life's Turning Points". Ken was raised in an entrepreneurial family and brings a uniquely authentic voice to his podcast, blending life, family, and business together. Ken is a seasoned expert with almost three decades of experience in executive recruiting. In his podcast, he focuses on revealing the secrets of recruiting, retention, and real HR strategies. The podcast is not preachy, academic, or theoretical. It provides authentic perspectives on the challenges, triumphs, and quirks that make the hiring game both exhilarating and unpredictable. Twice a month, Ken offers tactical advice and industry insights to empower listeners to navigate the intricate world of executive recruiting confidently. "Hiring Matters" is your go-to resource for elevating your hiring game and equipping you with the tools to build, grow, and lead truly exceptional teams. Brace yourself for Ken's "Recruiter Rant" episodes, where he shares unfiltered insights and behind-the-scenes revelations about the industry's hidden secrets. Get ready to gain more than expected from this informative and engaging podcast. Follow Ken on LinkedIn Powered by TurningPoint Executive Search: Helping business hire right.

Hoje o Mulheres e Música te apresenta uma soprano sul-coreana, a Sumi Jo.

Hoje o Mulheres e Música te apresenta uma soprano sul-coreana, a Sumi Jo.

Sumi Jo, soprano sud-coréenne, cherche les stars du lyrique de demain ! Elle lance un concours international de chant à La Ferté Imbault.

In 2022, I was asked to contribute to a symposium at Yale Law School on the question, "How can the humanities inform tech policy and design to promote 'healthier' discourse and democracy online?" The ultimate result was this article, published in the 2023 symposium issue of the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities. A scanned pdf of the article can be found as an attachment here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100047377 I also gave a short presentation at the symposium in 2022; since visual evidence is important to the argument of this article, I hope to expand upon the slides that I used in that presentation in order to produce a video with a full-length visual track to accompany the article. Film of Sumi Jo performing second half of Olympia's aria, "Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille," in Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann," at Opera de Lille, 1997: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW2iiZ8MyGI Thank you to the editors and staff of the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities and the Justice Collaboratory.

La conductora presenta de una forma fresca y coloquial historias, anécdotas e interpretaciones de las y los mejores cantantes de ópera nacionales e internacionales. Sus roles, preparación,experiencias, personajes, , etc. Conducido por la Soprano Conny Palacios, Cantante de opera y jazz

This month, OperaVision is back in Paris at Opera for Peace's second academy, with our expert the soprano Sumi Jo sharing her warm yet strict approach to working with emerging artists, and giving us tips on sustaining a long and healthy career. Meanwhile we explore what it means to come to opera later in life with tenor Raùl Guttierrez, and the importance of protecting your voice and the pursuit of self-improvement with soprano Maria Belèn Rivarola. View the OperaVision website here Watch now on Opera Vision Opera for Peace Masterclasses with Ailyn Perez & Brian Jagde Cendrillon (Viardot) from the Young Artists at the Palau de Les Arts, Centre de Perfeccionament (until October 1st 2023) Il Viaggio a Reims (Rossini), Rossini Opera Festival Accademia Rossiniana BBC Cardiff Singer of the World with Nombulelo Yende Music Extracts Introduction and closing from Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart): Overture Verdi Tacea la notte placida from Il Trovatore, with soprano  Maria Belen Rivarola, pianist: Kamal Khan Puccini Recondita Armonia from Tosca, with tenor Raùl Guttierrez, pianist: Carmen Santoro Massenet Pourquoi me reveiller from Werther, with tenor Raùl Guttierrez, pianist: Daniel Crus   

durée : 01:28:53 - Musique matin été du vendredi 14 juillet 2023 - par : Clément Rochefort - Artiste rare en France, la soprano coréenne Sumi Jo a choisi le Château de la Ferté Imbault, situé dans la vallée de la Loire, pour lancer son concours international de chant, le «Sumi Jo International Singing Competition». La première édition se tiendra en juillet 2024. - réalisé par : Colin Gruel

Born in Sydney, Richard Bonynge studied at the NSW Conservatory of Music and the Royal College of Music. He served as Music Director of the Sutherland-Williamson Grand Opera Company in 1965 (Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane), as Artistic Director of the Vancouver Opera from 1974-77 and Music Director of The Australian Opera from 1976-86. Maestro Bonynge's accomplishments as conductor and musical scholar were recognized when Queen Elizabeth II, during her Silver Jubilee Celebration in 1977, made him a Commander of the British Empire. In the summer of 1989, the French government honored him with the rank of “Commandeur de l'Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres”.Throughout his illustrious career, Richard Bonynge has conducted in the world's leading opera houses in Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand and Asia. He has received world-wide acclaim as a scholar of bel canto opera and is celebrated for leading the renaissance of eighteenth and early-nineteenth century musical theater, such as Les Huguenots(Meyerbeer), Semiramide, Sigismondo (Rossini), La Fille du Régiment, Maria Stuarda, Anna Bolena, Lucrezia Borgia(Donizetti), Esclarmonde, Le Roi de Lahore, Thérèse (Massenet), Medea (Pacini), Orfeo (Haydn), I Masnadieri (Verdi).In recent seasons he led performances of La Traviata in Athens, I Capuleti ed I Montecchi in London, Norma, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Scala di Seta, Signor Bruschino, Roméo & Juliette in Sydney, Lucia, Norma and Faust in the United States, La Favorite in Barcelona, I Lombardi in Buenos Aires and Semiramide (Meyerbeer) at the Wildbad Festival, Germany.Mr. Bonynge's extensive career includes innumerable performances with his wife, Dame Joan Sutherland, culminating in her farewell engagements in opera and recital throughout the world. The two artists also toured the United States with the Sydney Symphony in celebration of Australia's Bicentennial, with concerts at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and the United Nations.His discography reflects the eclecticism of his music interests. He has recorded over 50 complete operas as well as the three Tchaikovsky ballets, three Delibes ballets and numerous lesser known ballets by Adam, Minkus, Burgmuller, Auber, Drigo, Offenbach. He recorded several recital discs with Sumi Jo, Jerry Hadley, Deborah Riedel, Rosamund Illing, Cheryl Barker and Elizabeth Whitehouse. His recent recordings are Le Domino Noir (Auber), Le Toréador (Adam), Der Czarevich, Das Land des Lächelns (Paganini), Giuditta (Lehar), Cendrillon (Nicolo), Orfeo (Haydn), Die Herzogin von Chicago and Die Czardasfürstin (Kálmán), British Opera Arias (Balfe, Wallace, Sullivan), Sacred and Profane Arias (Massenet), Puccini Arias (Puccini), La Somnambula (Hérold), Verismo Arias and Tchaikovsky & Grieg piano concertos with Simon Tedeschi and the Queensland Orchestra. Video recordings include Les Huguenots, La Fille du Régiment, Adriana Lecouvreur, Die Lustige Witwe, Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Norma, Die Fledermaus, Lucrezia Borgia, Lucia di Lammermoor, Lakmé, Il Trovatore, Die Zauberflöte and Die Czardasfürstin.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

Korea24 – 2021.12.14. (Tuesday) News Briefing: The number of critically-ill COVID-19 patients reached another new high of 906. Health authorities warned that if the rising trend continues it could begin limiting ICU access to non-COVID patients. Meanwhile, the recently expanded vaccine pass system experienced technical glitches for a second day. (Eunice Kim) In-Depth News Analysis: South Korea and Australia celebrated 60 years of diplomatic relations this year. Coinciding with that, President Moon Jae-in embarked on a state visit to Australia on Sunday, the first by a South Korean president in 12 years. He held summit talks with Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra on Monday, where the two sides agreed to upgrade the countries' bilateral ties to "a comprehensive strategic partnership." To assess the current and future state of the relationship, with one eye on China, Hayley Channer, Senior Policy Fellow at the Perth USAsia Center joins us on the line. Korea Trending with Jung Ye-won: 1. The UK reported its first death with the omicron COVID-19 variant on Monday. (영국 첫 오미크론 사망자…“가벼운 바이러스 생각 버려야”) 2. Medical staff have voiced complaints about robocalls being made to hospitals and by the controversial minor presidential candidate Huh Kyung-young. ("중환자실에 울린 전화, 15대 중 10대가 허경영"…불만 폭발) 3. The Korean Netflix series ‘Squid Game’ has been nominated for 3 Golden Globe awards. (‘오징어게임’, 美 골든글로브 작품상 등 3개 부문 후보) Touch Base in Seoul: 21-year-old pianist Lee Hyuk added another accolade this year to his rising star career, making the final round of the final round of the International Chopin Piano Competition. He joins us via video to tell us about how he began his journey in music, what it was like to take part in the prestigious event, and what his goals are as a musician. Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: - In tomorrow’s Korea Times, Kwak Yeon-soo writes about actress Park So-dam who is now recovering from surgery after she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. - In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Lee Si-jin reports on the three winners of the 18th Korea Image Award, including Hwang Dong-hyuk, director of “Squid Game”, celebrated soprano Sumi Jo, and Tokyo Olympics gold medalist archer Kim Je-deok.

This week, we hear from the publisher of the 2022 Brussels Cultural Guide, our spotlight on community associations takes us to the International Study Group - plus WIN tickets to a concert by Korean soprano Sumi Jo at deSingel, Antwerp.

Korea24 – 2021.11.17. (Wednesday) News Briefing: South Korea recorded its second highest daily COVID-19 case count of 3,187 on Wednesday, while the number of critically ill patients reached a new high of 522. Meanwhile, the government said it will monitor the COVID-19 situation and evaluate the country's risk level week-by-week to decide whether to continue or suspend the gradual transition to a more normalized life. (Eunice Kim) In-Depth News Analysis: Earlier this month, HYBE, the parent company behind the K-Pop sensation BTS, announced its plans to enter the business of non-fungible tokens, also known as NFTs. The response has been mixed, with many fans criticizing the environmental impact of blockchain technology. Nevertheless, HYBE is not the only company getting involved, with other entertainment agencies, such as YG and SM announcing their own projects in the works. Tamar Herman, senior culture reporter at South China Morning Post joins us to tell us more about this trend. Korea Trending with Walter Lee: 1. South Korea took another step towards Qatar 2022, defeating Iraq 3-0 in the latest World Cup Qualifier. (손흥민 A매치 30호골 ‘쾅’…벤투호, 이라크에 3-0 압승) 2. The social network service Cyworld is set to resume services December 17, after having been suspended for over two years. (싸이월드, 내달 17일 공식 오픈…메타버스로 돌아온 미니홈피) 3. World-renowned soprano Sumi Jo has become the first Korean national to be inducted into the ‘Asian Hall of Fame’. (소프라노 조수미, 한국인 최초 '아시아 명예의 전당' 헌액) Korea Book Club with Barry Welsh: Barry introduces another classic collection of short stories, called 'Lost Souls' (잃어버린 사람들) by Hwang Sun-won (황순원), translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton. Hwang is one of Korea's most celebrated writers, and this collection brings together three of Hwang's short story collections, one from each decade from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: - In tomorrow’s Korea Times, Bahk Eun-ji writes about a farmer’s market event in Seoul that is returning after it was canceled last year due to COVID-19. - In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Song Seung-hyun has a piece on the time capsule that BTS presented to President Moon Jae-in, which is on display at the National Museum of Contemporary History.

La conductora presenta de una forma fresca y coloquial historias, anécdotas e interpretaciones de las y los mejores cantantes de ópera nacionales e internacionales. Sus roles, preparación,experiencias, personajes, , etc. Conducido por la Soprano Conny Palacios, Cantante de opera y jazz

When Katy Henriksen was featured on Op. 9 of TRILLOQUY back in 2019, she was a local radio host working to take western classical music out of the "old, white guy realm". Today, Katy is an entrepreneur who works as a promoter, journalist, writer and podcaster creating content that challenges the status quo. She returns to TRILLOQUY to chat with Garrett about the self-employed life, the challenges that COVID puts on concert promotion, and her podcast, "Sound Off". Scott honors the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Ireland, and speaks to an oratorio by Courtney Bryan. And Garrett spends the final movement exploring the concept of "music-ing" and how a western classical training stands in the way of discovering one's own artistic voice. Playlist: Phil Lynott - "CATHLEEN (A Beautiful Irish Girl)" Kaija Saariaho - "Circle Map" Johann Strauss - "Mein Herr Marquis" (perf. Sumi Jo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxqWyceIfI) Courtney Bryan - "Yet Unheard" (perf. La Jolla Symphony & Chorus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsSENWpYqFw) Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront" Qasim Naqvi - "Brutal Moderna" Black Monument Ensemble - "Stay Beautiful" Project Trio - "Blue Rondo a la Turk" More: Katy Henriksen: https://www.katyhenriksen.com Sound Off Podcast: https://podlink.to/soundoff Downbeat (R.I.P. Michael K. Williams): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpBmtLQClqA The Big Brother Cookout Alliance: https://screenrant.com/big-brother-julie-chen-moonves-cookout-alliance-racist/ First Black Woman Crowned Miss Ireland: https://www.insider.com/pamela-uba-crowned-first-black-miss-ireland-in-pageants-history-2021-9 NFL "Lift Ev'ry Voice" Backlash: https://www.rawstory.com/bill-maher-black-national-anthem/ Women Conductors Take the Podium: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/arts/music/female-conductors.html?fbclid=IwAR3sxnxpVSYt9izFBz-nUWszvLXSYIqKJPx9Yt1XUudCiuv3VCUmzqU4eZE English Ensemble "Forced" Into Equity: https://slippedisc.com/2021/09/english-orchestra-sacks-half-its-players-to-become-more-diverse/ ACF Equity Summit: https://composersforum.org/artist-equity/artist-equity-summit-2021-follow-through/

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, the OBS team commemorates Asian Heritage Month by spotlighting some of the biggest players on the scene today, with a bespoke playlist here... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh8CWvrqTi1XP2Jk5yD_lYi1FEf2Lxccx [@ 45 min] Then, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’, the finalists for the Met National Council auditions are named, the Black Opera Alliance gathers signatories for its pledge, and the 2020 International Opera Awards are handed out... virtually… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

La conductora presenta de una forma fresca y coloquial historias, anécdotas e interpretaciones de las y los mejores cantantes de ópera nacionales e internacionales. Sus roles, preparación,experiencias, personajes, , etc. Conducido por la Soprano Conny Palacios, Cantante de opera y jazz

(Originally aired in March 2021) Brian Castles-Onion is one of Australia's most exciting and well-known opera conductors. His career expands internationally, having worked at New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Julliard School of Music. His love of opera began when he was just 4 years old, at which point his weekly accumulation of new LPs began, creating what is now one of the largest private collections of vocal recordings in the world. He's worked with Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, and in March and April 2021 he's conducting La Traviata's triumphant return to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. This episode is an extended version of the broadcast edition, with additional interview content.

No programa de hoje do CoutoCast, eu, Eduardo Couto, falo sobre o Brasil, que está perto de comemorar 200 anos de sua independência!No “Mulheres e Música” falo sobre a cantora Sumi Jo e no “Guia de Bolso” uma lembrança do clássico Sobre Todas as Forças do Cidade NegraNo ClickCast, eu e o Cássio Nascimento, falamos sobre a privacidade na internet, programa que abre a série de programas entre o CoutoCast e o ClickCast sobre o futuro da tecnologia! Então corra e confira o primeiro programa da série!Antes de ouvir não esqueça de Assinar o Feed do Blog e receber todos os conteúdos ou o Feed do CoutoCast no seu agregador! Não esqueça de seguir o CoutoCast no Twitter e Instagram! Estamos também no Telegram!

No programa de hoje do CoutoCast, eu, Eduardo Couto, te trago músicas feitas para as Copas do Mundo de Futebol!No “Mulheres e Música” apresentamos Sumi Jo!Antes de ouvir não esqueça de Assinar o Feed do Blog e receber todos os conteúdos ou o Feed do CoutoCast no seu agregador! Não esqueça de seguir o CoutoCast no Twitter e Instagram! Estamos também no Telegram!

Today’s episode is an interview I did with Ira Siff, artistic director of La Gran Scena Opera Company di New York, alter ego of the beloved “traumatic soprano” Vera Galupe-Borszkh, lecturer for the Metropolitan Opera Guild and Weekly Commentator on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. My association with Ira and Gran Scena goes back more than thirty years, when he provided me with my first employment as a singer when my alter ego Daniela della Scarpone sang for two years with the renowned travesty opera company. I sat down with Ira in his East Village apartment last this past January for a wide-ranging interview in which we discuss his early days as a standee at the old Met (where some of his opera-going experiences included Maria Callas’s final Tosca performances, Renata Scotto’s 1965 debut as Madama Butterfly, and Leonie Rysanek’s wild traversals of Verdi and Wagner). He discusses his first performing experiences in the early 1970s in association with Al Carmines and others, the genesis of La Gran Scena and their development into a worldwide phenomenon, and his subsequent “legitimate” career as lecturer, stage director, vocal coach and voice teacher and commentator all stemmed from in his words, “getting in a dress and singing soprano,” which he dubs “the strangest part.” This is a free-wheeling and extremely Opera Queeny interview, peppered with Ira’s unique anecdotes and snippets from Gran Scena (and other!) performances. There is no better way to celebrate Gay Pride in isolation than to listen to this episode! Ira Siff is a native New Yorker, who grew up on the standing room line of the old Metropolitan Opera, worshiping the famous singers of the 60’s. A graduate of the Cooper Union, with a degree in Fine Arts, Mr. Siff began to study voice, and made his debut as a tenor in 1970. For the next decade, he performed roles in opera, operetta and musicals in the New York, at The New York Shakespeare Festival, Circle in the Square, Playwrights Horizons, and many other venues. Turning to cabaret, Ira created an act using vocal parody of opera, jazz, and other styles of music, gaining critical acclaim, and a loyal following. In 1981, he founded La Gran Scena Opera Co. di New York, the internationally acclaimed travesty troupe, whose gifted falsetto “divas” have spoofed opera with great affection for over two decades, in New York annually, and on tours to some of the great festivals, theatres and opera houses of the world. For the past thirty years, Mr. Siff has been a voice teacher and interpretive coach, teaching in New York, Italy, Israel, Holland and China, giving Master Classes for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and was on the faculty of the Renata Scotto Vocal Academy. Ira was a guest teacher of bel canto technique at The Royal Conservatory in Den Haag in 2008, and then at the Dutch National Opera Academy for five seasons, and at the Amsterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands where he returned annually, and was appointed Permanent Guest Teacher. In 2000, he turned to stage directing, gaining critical acclaim for his productions of operas ranging from Tosca, Turandot, and La Fanciulla del West to Lakmé, Werther, and La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Sarasota Opera, The Caramoor Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Festival, where he directed productions of Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, and Ariadne auf Naxos. All in all, he has directed operas for companies in New Jersey to New Zealand, with stops along the way in Puerto Rico, Lima, Peru and Utah. Singers whom he has directed include Sumi Jo, Dolora Zajick, Aprile Millo, Eglise Gutierrez, Krassimira Stoyanova, and the late Marcello Giordani. Conductors with whom he has collaborated as a stage director have included Richard Bonynge, Christoph von Dohnányi, and James Levine. He has also given master classes in bel canto and verismo for the Metropolitan Opera Guild every season since 2008 and has presented sold-out lectures for the M...

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Rodney Trudgeon's guest on People of Note this week is one of the UK's leading song pianists and, more recently, a conductor as well. Gary Matthewman is a regular artist at London's Wigmore Hall as well as Carnegie Hall in New York and Vienna's Musikverein among many other international venues. His recital partners include Dame Kiri Te Kanewa, Joyce DiDonato, Sir Thomas Allen and Sumi Jo. Gary is on a six week coaching residency at Cape Town Opera, largely focussing on coaching the Cape Town Opera Young Artists.

Fine Music Radio — Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is one of the UK’s leading song pianists and, more recently, a conductor as well. Gary Matthewman is a regular artist at London’s Wigmore Hall as well as Carnegie Hall in New York and Vienna’s Musikverein among many other international venues. His recital partners include Dame Kiri Te Kanewa, Joyce DiDonato, Sir Thomas Allen and Sumi Jo. Gary is on a six week coaching residency at Cape Town Opera, largely focussing on coaching the Cape Town Opera Young Artists.

Notre envoyé spécial au dix-huitième Concours International Reine Sonja d'Oslo passe en revue le palmarès de cette année. Une édition qui aura vu - chose rare - trois barytons s'installer sur le podium. Parmi le jury, on notera la présence de Sumi Jo et de Sergeï Leiferkus au milieu d'un noble aréopage d'administrateurs et de metteurs en scène.  Découvrez les prestations des candidats dans ce podcast exclusif.      

Notre envoyé spécial au dix-huitième Concours International Reine Sonja d'Oslo passe en revue le palmarès de cette année. Une édition qui aura vu - chose rare - trois barytons s'installer sur le podium. Parmi le jury, on notera la présence de Sumi Jo et de Sergeï Leiferkus au milieu d'un noble aréopage d'administrateurs et de metteurs en scène.  Découvrez les prestations des candidats dans ce podcast exclusif.      

Gaga vs Sam Smith vs The Weeknd (vs 2 More Extremely Talented Ppl But Why Give Them A Stage, Right Academy?) ***This is a Non-Spoiler Episode*** We review the songs, music videos, Oscar performances, a trailer, and one of the boring scenes from Fifty Shades of Grey where they take a long clothed car ride. “Writings On The Wall” from Spectre - 2:30 Performed by Sam Smith “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey - 14:42 Performed by The Weekend “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction - 21:10 Performed by Anohni “Simple Song No 3” from Youth - 26:00 Performed by Sumi Jo “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground - 30:25 Performed by Lady Gaga Re-Rank / AKA Perfecting Perfection - 38:06 Outro / Social Media / Words of Wisdom - 42:33 Perhaps the most substantive halfisode we’ve done thus far, this is our retrospective on the 2015-16 Best Original Song category featuring Lady Gaga vs Sam Smith, The Weekend, Anohni, and Sumi Jo with a majestic orchestra conducted by Michael Caine. Youth, Racing Extinction, Fifty Shades of Grey, Spectre, and The Hunting Ground are the films i our discussion. As usual, we focus on the music videos, Oscar performances, and where the song plays in the film, and we’ve got all kinds of specs, stats, production notes, and observations for you here. Both film & music critics were outraged after Sam Smith took the award, and in the year of hashtag OscarsSoWhite, the Academy furthered a season of utter discontent when they failed to invite a pair of these nominees to perform at the ceremony. It was worse than bad PR, and you’ll be shocked to know how low they could go in hopes of a few ratings points that never came their way. Go back & listen to our other Best Original Song Halfisodes throughout our catalog. From 1950’s Cinderella through the Dirty Dancing, Footloose, Flashdance, and Top Gun 1980s into the Aladdin / Whitney Houston / Celine Dion 90s, these are always some of our favorite episodes to prepare, record, and release to you all. Chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail. We are at MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active. Please review us on iTunes, and share / like / follow / subscribe / comment etc… on Google Play, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Tune In, or wherever you may listen. Finally, don’t forget to play along with our new game, Six Degrees Of MMO. Send us your responses to our latest challenge and if you’re the most creative or efficient, we’ll read your answer on our show. As always, thanks for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

What does it mean to “hack away the unessentials”? “It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.” Bruce Lee applied this primarily to his martial art, but also in life, heading towards simplicity of movement, thought, and being. “Avoid the superficial, penetrate the complex, go to the heart of the problem, and pinpoint the key factors.” “Do not beat around the bush. Do not take winding detours. Follow a straight line to the objective; simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.” This doesn’t mean take the shortest route, but ask in real life what is unnecessary. “Scratch away all the dirt your being has accumulated and reveal reality in its nakedness.” We accumulate this dirt as protection and security, and it’s not easily shed. There are so many distractions clothed as things to make your life easier, but they distract and clutter instead. “It is not difficult to trim and hack off the nonessentials in outward, physical structure. However, to minimize inwardly, is another matter.” Practice minimizing inwardly by clearing your physical space and then taking that practice inward and clearing your mind of negative thoughts. “To obtain enlightenment means the extinction of everything which obscures the “real life.” At the same time it implies boundless expansion.” “The spirit is by nature, formless, and no “objects” are to be harbored in it. When anything is harbored there, psychic energy loses its balance, its native activity becomes cramped, and it no longer flows with the stream. Where the energy is tipped, there is too much of it in one direction and a shortage of it in another direction. But when the spirit harbors nothing in it, nor is it tipped in one direction, it transcends.” Take Action: Examine your life and ask, “Am I living the life I want to live? Where are areas where could I have more joy?” What can you let go of? How can you be more direct? How can you un-clutter your environment? #BruceLeePodcastChallenge The challenge ended Monday, and we are now accepting your entries until Friday evening, June 30th, 2017. Enter here: brucelee.com/podcastchallenge #AAHA Sumi Jo is a Grammy Award-winning South Korean lyric coloratura soprano. In 1983, Jo decided to leave SNU in order to study music in Italy at the Academia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In August 1986, she was unanimously awarded first prize in the Carlo Alberto Cappelli International Competition in Verona, one of the most important contests, open only to first-prize winners of other major competitions. In 1986, Jo made her European operatic debut as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste. Simple Song Number 3, written by David Lang, performed by Jo, and featured in Paolo Sorrentino’s 2015 film Youth, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2016 in the Best Song category. Jo was invited to the ceremony and attended, but she was not invited to perform the song. Jo and Lang voiced their disappointment with the producers’ decision to exclude the song, indirectly referencing the controversy relate to that year’s Academy Awards lack of racial diversity. Thank you for sharing your talent Sumi Jo, we think you’re awesome! #BruceLeeMoment From listener Francisco: “My Bruce Lee moment was when I got tattooed "Be like water" in my arm. It was a time when I was going through a lot of things in my job, my relationships and my vision of the world that is very vicious and dangerous…This quote helped me to be flexible, adapt and not react but understand other’s people intentions and where they come from and build confidence and mindfulness in my relationships with the world that I used to see as harsh, but now I see it as an adventure and daily challenge that makes me better.” Share your #AAHAs, #BruceLeeMoments, and #TakeAction progress with us at hello@brucelee.com Find the full version of our show notes at BruceLee.com/podcast

An exciting BEHIND THE LENS this week as debbie is privileged to welcome Grammy winning and world renowned lyric coloratura soprano Sumi Jo to the show to talk about the stunning new film YOUTH, working with Michael Caine ("He's just so adorable") and her operatic solo of David Lang's hauntingly beautiful "Simple Songs #3", plus insight into her thoughts on opera and her passion for it now. In our last segment, we switch gears with a master of tragic irony, writer/director/producer/editor Rick Alverson, to talk about his new film ENTERTAINMENT. Plus, hear some final thoughts from producer Nina Jacobson in an exclusive interview talking the end of an era with the release this Friday of the final installment in THE HUNGER GAMES franchise - MOCKINGJAY-PART 2. And if you want to hear what cinematographer Sharon Calahan has to say about light and color and creating the "painterly realism" of THE GOOD DINOSAUR, you definitely want to take a listen at the midpoint of the show. http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

Here is a selection of various fine sopranos on the Classical Evolution label.I think you will find them interesting: 1.Sumi Jo    Queen of the Night aria 2-3. Cecilia Bartoli, Figaro and Donna del Lago arias. 4.Lucia Alberti    Fille du reggiment Romance 5.Anna Tomowa-Sintow   Ritorna Vincitor 6.Ghena Dimitrova   Vissi d'arte 7-8. Alexandra Pendatchanska   Romeo and Faust arias 9.      Raina Kabaiwanska   Manon Adieu au petit table (no recitative.) 10.    Gwyneth Jones (with James King) Scene from Schmidt's "Notre Dame" 11.     Sylvia Sass   Liebestod                                                                                                            (about 65 min.)           

Korean Vocabulary Starting with "ㅈ" - Can you think of some more? Like this series and want to see more coming? Please support us with the video production! ▶ http://goo.gl/NLijL진석진 [jin-seok-jin] Seokjin Jin자전거 [ja-jeon-geo] bicycle잔디밭 [jan-di-bat] lawn전구 [jeon-gu] light bulb저울 [jeo-ul] scale제자리 걷기 [je-ja-ri geot-gi] marching in place정수기 [jeong-su-gi] water purifier전기 코드 [jeon-gi co-deu] electric cord조수미 [jo-su-mi] Sumi Jo죠리퐁 [jyo-ri-pong] Jolly pong주차장 [ju-cha-jang] parking lot주윤발 [ju-yun-bal] Zhou Run Fa중독 [jung-dok] addiction줄자 [jul-ja] tape measure줄다리기 [jul-da-ri-gi] tug-of-war저격수 [jeo-gyeok-su] sniper지도 [ji-do] map지하철 노선도 [ji-ha-cheol no-seon-do] subway map지옥철 [ji-ok-cheol] (slang) crowded subwayWatch all the videos in this series:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ED80BFA08DFA273

Some opera stars really can "crossover" into superb renditions of "Pop" music.(Well,most of them,anyway). Here are some examples featuring: Thomas Hampson,Bryn Terfel, Kip Wilborn, Dorothy Kirsten, Rise Stevens, Sumi Jo, Maureen Forrester, Dorothy Bishop, Thomas Quasthoff, Rene Fleming, Federica Von Stade, Placido Domingo,Diana Soviero (at 17), Regina Resnik, Renata Tebaldi,Cesare Siepi, and the famous Burnette/Horne/Farrell trio.                        (72 min.)  

A compilation of 12 sopranos singing the famous Queen of the Night aria from Mozart's "Die Zauberflote." In order, they are as follows: Lea Piltti, Gitta Alpar, Lucia Popp, Rita Shane, Cynthia Sieden, Aline Kutan, Roberta Peters, Sumi Jo, Erika Koeth, Wilma Lipp, Natalie Dessay, and (an oddity), Maria Galvany.                                     (45 min.)

A Collection of  commercial recordings that are among mypersonal favorites. Artists included are: Sumi Jo (pictured), Zinka Milanov, John McCormack,Beniamino Gigli, Claudia Novikova, Enrico Caruso,Janet Baker, Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Merrill, Virginia Zeani,Luisa Tetrazzini, Giusepe Anselmi, Ebe Stignani,Cesare Siepi, Eleanor Steber, Pavel Lisitsian, Mafalda Favero, Vassilka Petrova (I think)                                      (84 minutes)  

Part two of a tribute to the fine sopranos of today. Included are: Karita Mattila(in photo), Edita Gruberova, Hei-Kyung Hong,Krassimira Stoyanova, Olga Guryakova, Anna Netrebko,Sumi Jo, Deborah Voigt, Rene Fleming, Natalie Dessay,Angela Gheorghiu, and Rebecca Evans.                   (60 minutes)