A Musical Portrait of Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky - Created by Lizzie Ball violinist/vocalist And featuring Milos Milivojevic on accordion ...

Presents

        A Musical Portrait of
   Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky

Created by Lizzie Ball violinist/vocalist
            And featuring
    Milos Milivojevic on accordion

Concert Description

The relationship between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky is one that is discussed as a
constant source of fascination by historians, music/fashion experts, and more. The context
of early 20th century Paris within which both artists lived, is of course regarded as one of the
most exciting periods of creative output in the European artistic world. Following on from
Lizzie’s fascinating and acclaimed audio-visual production on the life of Frida Kahlo last year,
Lizzie presents the next chapter in the series, a concert which explores this fascinating part
of musical and fashion history. Together with virtuoso accordionist Milos Milivojevic, they
will perform music to include arrangements by the composer himself of The Firebird ballet,
Suite Italienne, whilst discussing the influence of Chanel, Stravinsky and other
contemporaries of the vibrant Parisian Left Bank artistic scene of the early/mid 20th
century. This concert ideally uses a simple screen and projector to enhance the audience
experience by showing accompanying visual slides, but it can also be done without
projections, using printed PDF’S of the images. No amplification is needed provided the
venue has a suitable acoustic.

Programme includes:

    1. Suite Italienne 1920 (from Pulcinella) Stravinsky arr by Lizzie and Milos
    2. Excerpts from The Firebird (1910) Stravinsky

     -Prelude and Rondo of the Princesses (originally arranged by Samuel Dushkin
      for violin and piano )
    -Finale main theme arr by Lizzie and Milos

    3. Tango por Claude Richard Galliano
    4. La Vie En Rose   Louiguy/Chavigny/Piaf
    5. Piece en forme de Habanera Maurice Ravel (originally arranged for voice and piano)
    6. EL Salon Mexico Aaron Copland arranged by James Pearson for violin and
       accordion
    7. Movements from Gulag by Viktor Vlasov for solo accordion

                                        Artist Biographies

Lizzie Ball
“Lizzie Ball lit the place on fire with her solos”
San Francisco Chronicle

Named as one of the most 50 inspirational women of 2018 by the Daily Mail ‘Femail at 50’ feature,
and awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of Derby for her services and contribution to
classical music, Cambridge Graduate and RCM/Guildhall School of Music Scholar Lizzie is recognised
increasingly for her refreshing and unique approach to classical music performance. Her creation of
Classical Kicks, a unique brand of energetic reinvigorated classical music shows at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz
Club in London, has seen continued success. She is also known for her solo violin/vocal

collaborations with numerous artists such as British violin icon Nigel Kennedy (as a soloist with him
and leader of his Orchestra of Life for 8 years), and rock/pop legends Jeff Beck and Brian Wilson (as a
featured frontline band member), and more recently as lead violin for Ariana Grande (leading an all-
female orchestra for her Live at the BBC Film), Liam Gallagher (leading a much anticipated MTV
Unplugged TV Recording), and Hugh Jackman (leading his recent UK/Europe stadium tour).
Performance highlights include headlining at Madison Square Garden NY for Eric Clapton’s
Crossroads Guitar Festival, several critically acclaimed US-wide tours, and directing the historical
Palestine Prom for BBC Proms 2013 in the Royal Albert Hall. Her new co-production of a
theatricalised concert with Producer/Writer/Director Emily Blacksell ‘Corrido-A Ballad for the Brave’
is a musical and visual storytelling of the life and times of Mexican artist and icon Frida Kahlo. It
received widespread acclaim at its premiere alongside the V and A’ Museum’s celebrated Frida
Kahlo ‘Making Her Self Up’ exhibition last November 2018. Future projects include further
collaboration with University of Derby, numerous concerts with this wonderful team of musicians
including Music at Malling Festival, and a stadium tour of Lithuania in December 2019 as a guest
soloist for acclaimed artist Martynas Levickis and his Cinematic Classics Programme, aswell as solo
tours to Japan and the Carribbean in 2020, and a performance in Carnegie Hall in May 2020.

Milos Milivojevic accordion

Award-winning Serbian born Miloš Milivojević has been described as
“A hurricane of imaginative invention” by Hilary Finch, The Times. His versatility as a musician
performing different genres including classical, tango and world music, has ensured he is in demand
internationally. Miloš began his musical education in Kragujevac with Professors Milica Lazarević,
Radomir Tomić and Vojin Vasović. He won first prize at the International Accordion Competition in
Castelfidardo Italy, Diremose Prisen Denmark, Grand Prix France and Klingental Germany.

In 2002, Miloš was awarded a full scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) for
Undergraduate,Postgraduate and Master degrees studying with Professor Owen Murray. In 2004,
Miloš made his debut at London’s Purcell Room as part of the Park Lane Group Young Artists Series
to critical acclaim. In the same year, Miloš was selected to perform as soloist at the Foundation
Awards Ceremony before HRH The Princess Royal at the University of London Senate House.

In 2007, Miloš became the first accordionist ever to win the RAM Club Prize open to all
instrumentalists and in 2008 was selected to represent the RAM and subsequently won the
prestigious Derek Butler London Prize at the Wigmore Hall – contested by students from all four of
the London conservatoires. At graduation, Miloš was awarded a Distinction and the Vice Principal’s
Special Prize at the Royal Academy of Music. Miloš is an ambassador for the classical accordion and
has premiered works and collaborated with British composers including Anthony Gilbert, Howard
Skempton, Elena Firsova, Patrick Nunn, Ben Foskett, Julian Philips, Anna Meredith, Philip Venables,
Bushra El-Turk, Errollyn Wallen as well as the UK premiere of Sequenza No.13 by Luciano Berio.

As a result of his diverse musical interests, Miloš has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at
many prestigious classical and world music festivals across the UK, Russia, Slovenia, Hungary, Italy,
Iceland, Serbia, Montenegro, Spain, the Canary Islands, Malta, Australia and New Zealand. Miloš
enjoys performing with the London Tango Quintet, Kosmos Ensemble, AccordDuo and the Balkan
group Paprika. Miloš has performed at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Arena,
Birmingham Symphony Hall, Sydney Opera House, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Purcell Room, St
John’s Smith Square, St James’s Piccadilly, St Martin-in-the Fields, Kings Place, Snape Maltings, Jersey
Opera House, Teatru Manoel Malta, Kolarac Hall Belgrade, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Powerhouse
Brisbane and Forum Theatre Melbourne.

Coco Chanel c. 1930

Les Six . Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and
Germaine Tailleferre.

Coco Chanel by Cecil Beaton, and original Ballet Russes Posters

Coco Chanel and Pablo Picasso

Igor Stravinsky and Diaghilev

Stravinsky and his wife Katya

Original costume for The Firebird Premiere 1910 costume by Leon Bakst

The Parisian night life scenes poster of Moulin Rouge

Gabrielle ‘coco’ Chanel c. 1910

Firebird original costume sketch by Leon Bakst 1910

Chanel and Arthur ‘Boy’ Capel

Edith Piaf and Cocteau sketch of Diaghilev and Stravinsky (below)

Tamara Karsavina principal dancer of The Ballet Russes , in her costume
from the Firebird 1910

Stravinsky (pictured middle with hand on his mouth!) and Chanel (far right) and their gang

Venetian inspired Ball poster-the fashion that influenced costume for
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella

Stravinsky and Nadia Boulanger

Igor Stravinsky 's 'Petrushka' with Tamara Karsavina who danced the original role in Paris
1911. Pictured with Alexandr Orlov as the Moor. Original photo by Auguste Bert

Coco Chanel’s costumes for Diaghilev’s ‘Le Train Bleu’

U.S Postage Stamp of Stravinsky 1982.

Josephine Baker in her infamous banana dress

Original Poster of Pulcinella Premiere 1920

                   Commedia del’Arte sketch of Pulcinella 1680

and Stravinsky with Bernstein and Glenn Gould in the U.S