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My profile:
Name: Jia Wei, Lee (李佳蔚)
D.O.B.: 19th
May (Taurus-Rooster)
Nationality: Singapore
Citizen
Likes: Exploring World
Music, Writing (English/Chinese poems, articles, etc), Singing, Reading,
Photography (with lousy skills
though), Exploring cultures and languages, dancing
Dislikes: Karaoke
Favourite type of music: Acid
Jazz, Male Tenor, Classical pop, and any music that is interesting to me!!
Favourite Instruments:
Indian Sitar, Piano, Chinese Erhu, Indonesian Bamboo Instrument, European pipes
Favourite Literature: Lu
Xun “Na Han”(novel), William Shakespeare“The Merchant of Venice”(Play)
Favourite authors: Nick
Hornby (UK), Yu Miri (Japan), Virginal Andrews (US; departed), Bing Xin (China;
departed)
Favourite Musicians/vocalists: Alessandro Safina (Italian contemporary tenor), Mario
Frangoulis (Greek contemporary tenor), Mitsuhiro Oikawa (Japanese pop singer),
Yundi Li (Chinese pianist), Sarah Brightman (Classical pop singer), Madonna
(Queen of pop), Mother Nature (Acid Jazz UK)
Favourite movies: “Made
in Hong Kong” by Fruit Chen (leading actor: Sam Lee)
Favourite actors/actresses: Esumi Makiko (Japan), Lee Byung Hun (S. Korea), Hugh Grant
(Hollywood), Zhou Xun (China)
Favourite dances (viewing): Bengali dance, Korean Drum Dance, Hellenic dance (Only seen it on
videos though, so it’s sad.)
Inspired to be: A
freelance travel writer / translator / feature writer (on performing arts)
**Featuring:
Chinese Language and Culture at a glance
Modern
Vietnamese (With compliments by Serry)
Bollywood movies / Bengali dances
Erhu and other Chinese instruments
Korean Drum Dance
Greek Hellenic Dance
Online Photo Collections:
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Brief Biography: The youngest Chinese Pianist to crown
victory at the Warsaw Chopin Competition. He was 18 years old then. Born in
Sichuan – Chong Qing in 1982, he learned the accordion at the age of 4 and
with his high sensitivity in music; he won numerous awards at various
international Pianist competitions.
Website for more info: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/special/?ID=yundili-chopin Why do I like him? He does have his depiction of Chopin music on labels. I
listened to one of them by chance and I like it very much. Actually, I know
very little about Piano pieces, but somehow I just like his depiction. I
can’t comment if he is really that good, as I’m just unqualified. It is just
a feeling of liking and his depiction made me interested in finding out more
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Brief Biography: Mario
Frangoulis studied the violin at the Athens conservatorium and composed his
academic studies at the Guildhall school of music and drama at the Barbican
Centre in London. In 1988 he won the leading role of Marius ‘Les Miserables
and in the same year Mario Frangoulis won the ‘Maria Callas’ scholarship,
which enabled him to study with his mentor, leading tenor Alfredo Kraus. Official site:
http://mariofrangoulis.com Why do I like him? I didn’t plan to buy his album, “Sometimes I dream”. All
I wanted was a Safina “Insieme A Te”then. Somehow, I got it because I would
like to listen to his depiction of “Hijo de la luna”. I am simply captivated
by his tenor voice, powerful at times and smoothing at another. The best
thing is there are some English songs. My favourite would definitely be
“Sometimes I dream…”, so much so I translated it into Chinese. J And also the song, “Nights in white
Satin”. |
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Mario Frangoulis |
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Mitsuhiro Oikawa |
Brief Biography: Emerged as the prince of Jpop when he
first started out. His performances are flamboyant, lively with a live band,
female supporting vocals and lots of funny depositions on stage. J There are
many variations in his type of songs and he wrote most of the lyrics and
music himself. Being a Daigakuinsei in law, his lyrics are full of
interesting, unique reflection of his inner mind… Why do I like him? I like the lyrics of the songs. I also like his special
devotion to bring out the best of his performances. My personal favourite
video is “Kyouki Ranbu”, 1999 Yokohama concert on videos. One moment he can
be so “devilish”, the next moment, he is so lively, and in another moment, he
seems solitude. A very unique entertainer who impresses me, not only his
flamboyant clothes or funny stage deposition, it is just some form of
seemingly“complexity”… oh well, he seems to be a reflection of the other side
of me…I simply like this entertainer very much. |
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My older works
Chinese writings: http://www.oocities.org/sg/gin051981/cflame.htm
My newer works
Shall be up soon!!
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First set-up: 2003/1/1
Last update: 2003/1/1
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JWL 2003 – Eternality
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