Renowned pianist, aeducator and musical pioneer in Europe and North America - Dec. 2015
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Title
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Renowned pianist, aeducator and musical pioneer in Europe and North America - Dec. 2015
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Description
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This portrait will focus on how the innate musicality of Ms. Damjana Bratuz, an amazing woman who lost her childhood to World War 2 created a new life for herself as a worldly, musical pioneer. Although much is already noted about her family and the oppressions which they faced after the collapse of the Austrian-Hungarian empire to Fascism, the portrait will show how music education and performance started her travels around the globe and how they eventually led to her settling into a life in North America. With this portrait, I hope to show how she escaped the post war struggles and depression which were endured by many through life as a pianist; a talent which she considers "the solution of a difficult situation."
Through various meetings with her, we were able to enjoy a typical Italian afternoon espresso while she recounted the events and moments which have lead to her unique life story. I was initially motivated to tell her story in this manner because I believe that there is much more depth to this strong woman than the fact that she survived during World War 2. In my opinion, I believed that it would be important to document how she found perseverance in one of the most unlikely weapons; music.
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Subject
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Travel through Music and Education
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Coverage
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Creator
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Arianne Callender
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Source
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Original
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Publisher
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Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, Western University, Fall 2015
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Date
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December 7, 2015
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Contributor
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Damjana Bratuz
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Rights
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<imgalt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0"src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png"/>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Relation
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"IsPartOf" the Italian Collection
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Format
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Video
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Language
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English, Italian
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Type
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Moving Image