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Professioni e mestieri - Matteo - pianista collaboratore - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Matteo tells us how fundamental it is to know the entire score, not just one's own part, in order to best interpret a piece. For him, music is above all education in listening: to the composer, to other musicians, and to oneself. Playing together thus becomes an experience of growth and mutual care, even before it becomes artistic.

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Caption 24 [it]: Così, forse, appunto, come dicevo,
Caption 24 [en]: So, perhaps, just as I was saying,

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Professioni e mestieri - Matteo - pianista collaboratore - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Sometimes the accompanist has to follow the soloist's musical intentions, but at other times, when the musician is not very experienced, the accompanist needs to guide the soloist and make the best of a potentially tricky musical situation. This depends on the musical and technical level of the soloist, as well as the experience and maturity of the accompanist.

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Caption 9 [it]: di un, appunto, di un evento,
Caption 9 [en]: of a, precisely, of an event,

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Professioni e mestieri - Matteo - pianista collaboratore - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Pianist Matteo Bogazzi explains what his job — pianista collaboratore (collaborating pianist) is all about, and how he got there. The interview took place during a chamber music festival and summer course in Lucca, where he was working.

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Caption 68 [it]: insieme a quello, appunto, della...
Caption 68 [en]: together with that, as I said, of...

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 16

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy Milanese

Marchesi shows us a delicious dessert made from leftover panettone. Panettone is an Italian fruitcake from the Lombardy region that is traditionally served during the Christmas season. Cinepanettoni are comic movies served up during the holidays.

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Caption 46 [it]: Allora, sformato di panettone è un ricupero, appunto, del panettone
Caption 46 [en]: So, panettone timbale is a re-purposing of just that: panettone,

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 14

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Marchesi's friends provide details about their long-term relationships with the celebrated chef.

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Caption 13 [it]: La musica, ehm... paragono come sempre appunto
Caption 13 [en]: Music, uhm... I compare it as always, actually,

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 13

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Marchesi talks about how important his travels in Europe and in Asia had been in enriching his menu, and confirming the path he was following.

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Caption 19 [it]: E deve prescindere, appunto, da tutti i piccoli piatti che si possono fare.
Caption 19 [en]: And it should be independent, indeed, from all the small dishes one can make.

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 12

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Marchesi's friends and clients talk about Milan in the 1980s and how the fashion business helped it become such a cosmopolitan city. Reference is made to Florence's "Sala Bianca," [White Hall] in the Pitti Palace, where fashion shows took place before Milan became synonymous with high fashion.

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Caption 1 [it]: L'amicizia con Gianni Brera risale appunto ai tempi di Bonvesin.
Caption 1 [en]: The friendship with Gianni Brera dates, in fact, to the Bonvesin times.

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 13

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

"Starvation gastronomy " describes the humble origins of Italian cuisine. Inventing recipes based on whatever was available in the territory resulted in regional dishes that have become famous today.

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Caption 8 [it]: Una cucina che era fatta, appunto, di ricordi,
Caption 8 [en]: A cuisine that was made, indeed, of memories,

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Into the fifties, many Italians would stop at trucker restaurants, knowing they'd eat huge portions for little money. With prosperity, Italians began to search for authentic and higher quality foods. One of Marchesi's signature dishes is the open tortello, a deconstructed filled pasta.

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Caption 37 [it]: Era allora l'epoca delle cucine appunto territoriali,
Caption 37 [en]: Back then it was the era of specifically regional cooking,

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

One thing that has made Gualtiero Marchesi become such a great in modern Italian cuisine has been his ability to create new dishes by rearranging, in an innovative way, traditional dishes of every region of Italy, each different in taste and quality.

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Caption 47 [it]: Poi quando, appunto, è subentrata la passione, ero curioso, come sempre,
Caption 47 [en]: Then when, indeed, passion entered in, I was curious, as always,

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini talks about being an artist and about not being afraid to face one's doubts in order to carry out a mission.

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Caption 55 [it]: e che si chiamerà, appunto, otto e mezzo,
Caption 55 [en]: and that will be called just that, eight and a half.

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Water, earth, fish, animals, rice: these were the fundamental elements of Italian cuisine in the pre-war and war years, elements that profoundly influenced the culinary creations of one of the most famous chefs in Italy, Gualtiero Marchesi.

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Caption 52 [it]: E poi il contatto con la natura, con le bestie, con gli animali, appunto.
Caption 52 [en]: and being in touch with nature, with livestock, with animals, actually.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini tells how La Dolce Vita scenes were filmed both on the Via Veneto and on a set reconstructing the famous street in Cinecittà. The director also discusses his being a Capricorn.

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Caption 6 [it]: sia romano che quello cosmopolita che si dona, appunto,
Caption 6 [en]: be it Roman or cosmopolitan, that offers itself,

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi recalls the early years of his friendship with Aldo Calvi, when the would hunt and fish together along the Po.

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Caption 3 [it]: e io, appunto, nel San Zenone Po, che è il paese di Gianni Brera,
Caption 3 [en]: and I, like I said, in San Zenone Po, which is the village of Gianni Brera,

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi recalls his childhood, living along the banks of the River Po. His memories are as diverse as milking cows and seeing German bombers taking out bridges.

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Caption 14 [it]: per evitare appunto, eh, di facilitare il bombardamento.
Caption 14 [en]: to, actually, avoid, uh, facilitating the bombing.

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