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"Kings on Ice" - Evgeny Plushenko & Edvin Marton Live in Bucharest

 

 

On 25th of February, in Bucharest, Edvin Marton and Evgheny Plushenko met to perform live in a show that will definitely stay in our hearts for many years to come. The best violin player in the world and the Olympic Gold Medalist in Figure skating, Plushenko were the premises of a perfect event. Add the angelic sounds of a unique Stradivarius violin and now you have the performance of a lifetime. It could only spell dream for a fan of classical music and skating. But it happened. Right there, in Bucharest.

 

 

Once in a lifetime…

 
Edvin Marton performing live.

 

 

Some of Plushenko's world known programmes accompanied by the divine music of his very good friend, Edvin Marton.

Once again, Plushenko proved to be far to quick during his well known rotations for my camera and lenses to take the chance of catching a clear shot...

 
Many times both of them were toghether on ice
 
Edvin Marton, a true artist all the way...
 
The Monte Carlo Orchestra performing live.
 
What an explosive combination : classical music, a perfect violin and laser beams...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many other former Ice Skating Champions also performed during the show, being accompanied by Edvin Marton's own musical creations.

 

 

 

The speed and agility of the performers was simply incredible. My camera could bearly keep up.

The show also had several acrobatic numbers perform by the former World Champion

 

 

 

One last solo, this time a premiere : performing for the first time in a public show, Paganini 5.

Later, Plushenko reentered on the ice and performed his winning programme from Torino, which brought him Olympic Champion title in 2006, the famous Godfather theme, written and performed by Edvin Marton.

The two artists waving for good-bye and putting an end to a wonderful and trully magnificent night, leaving us dreaming for a long time to come.

 

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All shots taken with Canon EOS 350D. The photo setup consisted of : Canon EF 17-55 mm f4.0 stock lenses, Canon EF 55-200 USM II f4.5-5.5 and EF 50mm f1.8, all with Hoya UV Pro filters under the hood. Manual WB settings, compulsory ISO 100, Custom Parameter Set 1 in camera, RAW image recording only. No tripod used. Conversion and downsampling to JPEG 1024*683 in batch mode with Canon's PhotoProfessional 2.0 (and manual Kelvin-type WB corection in some shots). No external flash unit used.
COMMENTS
Noe said at 2:41 p.m. on Mar 2, 2007:
Wow great show, and great photos too
Purpletiger said at 3:23 p.m. on Mar 2, 2007:
This is great! You got some very nice shots in a very difficult lighting situation. Nice job!
Floridamolle said at 5:46 p.m. on Mar 2, 2007:
I wish I could have been there. Such a beautiful show and the photos are so awesome, almost feel that I can hear the music too. Great work, Thank you for sharing it
Paul said at 5:54 p.m. on Mar 2, 2007:
Seeing these pics I must say that I regret I missed the show. :)
You made a wonderfull tabblo here, doc. Great use of the light in all pics. You also caught some action moments really well, with Plushenko spinning at what seems like 5400 rpm :D and also with the skating assemblies.
Dr.Garibaldi said at 12:46 a.m. on Mar 3, 2007:
Thank you all for your kind comments and feedback. Paul, you are one again right, Plushenko was spinning way to fast, but more like a SCSI driver rather then a IDE unit :). Don't miss him at Tokyo, during the World Championship, in March.
Siagian said at 12:53 a.m. on Mar 3, 2007:
its quite impressive that you got this kind of quality in low light conditions and all the movements going on. well done! i like especially the one where he is standing in from of the spotlight with his arms raised.
Fane77 said at 3:24 a.m. on Mar 3, 2007:
You manage to take great pics in some very hard conditions. Good job.
JoanW said at 10:17 a.m. on Mar 3, 2007:
Great pics under very difficult lighting conditions. The black background you chose is very good at showing off the subtle coloured lighting in the images. This is certainly a very nice collection of shots from this show, which looks like it was a wonderful occasion. Very nicely done.
Malokoara said at 11:50 a.m. on Mar 3, 2007:
These are awesome. I love the colors and how you captured the action shots. Well done!
DVP said at 4:19 p.m. on Mar 3, 2007:
You got some great shots here. I love the shots where you can actually catch facial expressions. Well done indeed!
DeeLee said at 1:08 a.m. on Mar 24, 2007:
Nice pictures. The colors are amazing. It looks like a wonderful event!
Rainisland said at 10:53 a.m. on Feb 27, 2008:
Hello from Italy,
Great job, compliments....
Can you, please, contact me, because I am plaining to come at Bukarest 24th april 2008 for the Kings on Ice show....I tried to contact the organisator, no replay, the site where there is online tickets is not possible to order ....I wish to have some contact pro loco....
Please, write to me, I am waiting for your gentle answer.
Ada
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