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Gary Lucas at TIFFâ€”the Transylvania International Film Festival

Publicat in: 24.06.2019, 07:44AM
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Etichete: Gary Lucas, Nicu Cherciu, The Goddess, Tiff, Transylvania International Film Festival

Gary Lucas plays “The Goddess” at TIFF—the Transylvania International Film Festival 6/5/19 photo by Nicu Cherciu

GARY LUCAS recently sold-out two consecutive live film score appearances— the first on June 5th at the Transylvania International Film Festival in the old Basilica in Cluj Romania, where Lucas's live solo guitar score for Wu Yonggang’s classic 1934 Chinese silent film “The Goddess” was featured as part of the Focus China film series in the old Orthodox Basilica. Gary received a standing ovation for his live score, and much praise from the China Film Archive team behind the restoration of the original film print:

"Thank you very much Mr. Gary Lucas for playing the soundtrack to “The Goddess” at TIFF. Gary Lucas uses his guitar plus his understanding of the film to show the essence of “The Goddess" vividly. At the climax of the film, his guitar score drives the audience to tears. This is the best time I've seen famous diva actress Ruan Lingyu's show-stopping scene driven by music outside of China. Lucas' score promotes the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, so that European audiences can better understand the film.”

--Jiao Xiang, head of the China Film Archive restoration team, Beijing 2019.6.18

Gary then returned to NYC to play his live film score for “The Golem” (1920, d. Paul Wegener ad Carl Boese) on June 15th at a sold-out screening with a newly restored print of the film courtesy Kino-Lorber-- part of an ongoing retrospective of his live film scores at The Metrograph, NYC’s premier arthouse cinema,. curated by Jacob Perlin and Robert Melvin Rubin.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Lucas’ score which he debuted with his collaborator Walter Horn at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria in 1989, and has since gone on to perform in 20 plus countries.

Next up: a free concert on the Joe’s Pub Outdoors Stage with his longstanding Chinese pop project THE EDGE OF HEAVEN,

featuring Feifei Yang on vocals and erhu and Jason Candler on sax—part of the Make Music New York Festival.

UPCOMING APPEARANCES

Listen to a podcast interview with Gary Lucas about his live score for “The Goddess” on Fred.FM,
recorded at the Transylvania International Film Festival
http://www.fred.fm/uk/gary-lucas-the-goddess-tiff18/

Fri. June 21st
5pm
Joe’s Pub Outdoors Stage, NYC
Gary Lucas performs his Chinese jazz-pop project The Edge of Heaven
featuring vocalist and erhu virtuoso Feifei Yang and saxophonist Jason Candler
as part of the Make Music New York Festival, a global music event
linking 85 cities around the world
https://bit.ly/2Aljarz

Sun. June 23rd
1:30PM
M Wells Steakhouse, Brooklyn NY
Free Crescent Street Outdoor Block Party in Long Island City
Gary Lucas, Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Steve Shelley and Joyce Bowden perform
selections from Talking Heads, Gods and Monsters, Arthur Russell and The Modern Lovers

Wed. July 3rd
7:30pm
Caveat, NYC
Gary Lucas participates in Stories from Storytown, an ongoing
salon inviting folks from the entertainment word to share their
experiences, with special guests including writer/journalist David Hajdu,
and producer Wendy Magro

Thurs. August 15th
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MOCA, NYC
Gary Lucas, Feifei Yang and Jason Candler play “The Edge of Heaven”
at the Museum of Chinese in America as part of MOCA’s ongoing
exhibition “The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory and Belonging”
http://garylucas.com/www/edgelive/edgelive.shtml

Fri. Sept. 20th
7:30pm
The Cutting Room NYC
“Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas—The Lost Songs”
celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” album
featuring Gary’s special guests from Italy, Davide Combusti (The Niro) vocals
and Francesco Arpino keyboards and guitar performing selections from their forthcoming album
“The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook"

Sun. Oct. 27th and Mon. Oct. 28th
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Chutzpah! Festival, Vancouver
Gary will perform several live solo film scores tba
https://bit.ly/2ayknkK

Sun. Nov. 3rd
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Teopanzolco Cultural Center, Cuernavaca Mexico
Gary Lucas celebrates Day of the Dead in Mexico
accompanying the legendary Spanish-language “Dracula” (1931, d. George Melford)
with his original live solo score
http://garylucas.com/www/dracula/

Fri. Nov. 29th to Sunday Dec. 8th
time and venues tba
Gary Lucas and Yass Boudlal
Tour of France and Belgium

MORE DATES TBA

Read a rave review for Gary’s recent show in Paris in French magazine Rock & Folk:
https://bit.ly/2GItZYH

News item from Italian music magazine Buscadero announcing new album
“The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook” coming this fall
from Esordisco featuring Davide Combusti (The Niro) vocals and produced
by Francesco Arpino
https://bit.ly/2J5C5gP

www.garylucas.com