Nick Breckenfield, Author at Borletti-Buitoni Trust

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To Be or Not To Be… There !

by Graham Johnston

Most films or TV programmes betray the time of their making in some way. Sometimes, it’s an obvious stylistic tick. Sometimes it will be a cultural quality unrecognised at the time, and sometimes it will be the constraints or opportunities of technology. Watch any TV archive footage or old movie and the clues are hard […]

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Nobody Dares to Cough!

by Samuel Shepherd, Amatis Piano Trio

Some five months on since my last concert I now find myself once again waiting in anticipation to go out onto the stage. Sweat is forming on my palms, my heart is pounding in my chest, cello in my hand but this time there is the unfamiliar addition of a face mask in solidarity of […]

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BBT Masked

by Susan Rivers

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis it has been the Trust’s aim to be of support not only to our current winners but also our BBT alumni (110 soloists and ensembles in all) in whatever way we can. To accomplish this has been a challenge and a privilege for the BBT team. Never have […]

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The Anchor of Awareness

by SONG Onlus Sistema Lombardia

Sharpening our ears to to the comfort of music Who has been talking? Who has been singing? Tell me your name, please tell me. Ah your name is Song. And where would you be, since I cannot see you? You are in my heart, you mean, are you sure? And where may I take […]

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Adpating to the ‘New Normal’

by Richard James, Music as Therapy International

What strange and uncertain times we are living in. The past few months have challenged the accepted way of doing things in unprecedented ways, both professionally and personally for millions of us. The widespread effect of coronavirus is inevitably something we have not been spared. The most immediate change for our team was the rapid […]

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And the Music Goes …. Online

by Sanitansamble

The difficult situation that is affecting our country has led to the inevitable suspension of all activities related to the Sanitansamble youth orchestra, from the Sanità neighbourhood, and from the Piccola Orchestra di Forcella, located in the Forcella neighbourhood of Naples. For the students and teachers, it has been a hard time, being in […]

Author archive: Nick Breckenfield

#BBTathomeforawhileTo Be or Not To Be… There !

#BBTathomeforawhile –Nobody Dares to Cough!

#BBTathomeforawhile –BBT Masked

#BBTathomeforawhile –The Anchor of Awareness

#BBTathomeforawhile –Adpating to the ‘New Normal’