Music and Art at Fitzrovia’s Gallery Different: Evelina De Lain Trio + Anthony Quinn’s exhibition

Evening of Music and Art at Fitzrovia’s Gallery DIFFERENT: Evelina De Lain TRIO + ANTONIO QUINN’s exhibition

On 21 May 2014 at 7 pm Gallery DIFFERENT will be hosting an evening of art and music showcasing a solo exhibition of late Oscar-winning actor ANTHONY QUINN's artwork, and performance of contemporary classical and jazz composer and singer EVELINA DE LAIN’s trio (with Frederique Legrand on cello and Alisa Klimanska on flute). The event is held as part of Gallery’s ART AND MUSIC series.

About ANTHONY QUINN
Antonio Quinn (1915 –2001) was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer. He won the Academy Award twice: for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956. His work as an artist is less well-known, while his artworks are created with an extraordinary talent.


About EVELINA DE LAIN TRIO (Piano, Flute and Cello)

Virtuoso pianist and composer Evelina De Lain is a unique and multi-faceted artist, effectively blending classical performance, contemporary classical composition and jazz interpretation into an innovative and compelling concert style.
This highly-skilled TRIO (featuring incredible flautist Alisa Klimanska and highly-accomplished cellist Frederique Legrand) merges arrangement, improvisation, art, vocal and instrumental performances creating an exclusive and sophisticated aural environment.
Delight yourselves in the sounds of Past and Present with an elegant and exciting programme of Jazz, Classical and Original Music.

About EVELINA DE LAIN
With Masters in Music from Kiev Conservatoire, having released three albums and two sheet music books, and with two new albums on the way, Evelina has already gained international recognition.

Five-time Emmy Award winning composer MARK WATTERS called her ‘a unique creation’ that is rapidly inventing her own genre’, while legendary American jazz singer TONY BENNETT said that her ‘jazz interpretations stopped him in his tracks”.

Having participated in A-List events, including top* national exhibition opening and awards, Evelina has appeared before Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall, UK prime-ministers John Major and David Cameron, Prime Minister of France Francois Fillon, etc., legendary musicians Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Lionel Ritchie, etc., and award-winning actors, incl. Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, etc.