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La La Land is a much adored homage to Hollywood, where dreamers take chances
and seize unexpected moments.
On Saturday night at the ICC’s Darling Harbour theatre, that idea became a
reality for a 21-year-old university student who was thrust into the spotlight
at a live performance of the movie’s score – and saved a concert from
derailment.
Sterling Nasa was in the audience at
La La Land in Concert, a touring
production where the movie – which features Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone – is
projected on to a screen while a live orchestra plays the musical score in
synchronisation with the film.
The performance proceeded normally until the interval, which stretched out to
40 minutes. Then the film’s Oscar-winning composer and conductor, Justin
Hurwitz, walked out alone to address the audience.
The orchestra’s keyboardist had suddenly fallen ill. Was there by any chance a
pianist in the house? And one with exceptional sight-reading skills?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
