By ICDO Member – Lizaveta Vozjakova, From Russia with Love. My best friend once started a very interesting discussion about feminism. Since both of us were raised in Russia, we were never introduced to the deep meaning behind feminism. This changed for me when I was first introduced to the speech of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ‘We should all be feminists.’ During the presentation she raises very important topics about gender, masculinity, femininity, representation, and standards. Her definition of feminism is very appealing to me, however, I think there was…
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The first Festival organized by Orchestra Excellence and ICDO, which will introduce this new project to the entire world, will be in Lerici, a beautiful town on the Ligurian sea, in Italy. The project means to create a new concept of orchestral experience for young musicians from all over the world, a group which has as main goal excellence in their performances, in their relationship with their colleagues, in their attitude towards their job. A new way of learning how to be an excellent orchestra player, where every single musician…
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Ashley Graham sauntered down the runway at Michael Kors on Wednesday, her ultracurvy frame swaddled in silver fox. Days earlier, Jacky O’Shaughnessy, 65, walked at Tome, her silver hair unfussily swept off her face. And at J. Crew, too, among (more…)
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