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Viola Smith dies at 107, pioneer of female drummers
Viola Smith (11/29/1912, Mont Calvary -Wisconsin) died at the age of 107 on October 21. The news of her death has gone unnoticed among all those dedicated to Covid-19, the US elections that Trump has lost and, probably, because she is a woman. However, the life and work of Viola is very remarkable, she is a pioneer among women drummers, a musical instrument that she played after 100 years, almost until shortly before her death despite suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and is consequently, the longest-lived drummer in history.
The Spanish concert halls, facing the possibility of disappear, propose "The last concert?"
Concert halls throughout Spain have been closed for 8 months due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. It is one of the economic sectors hardest hit by the serious health situation with 120 million euros of losses until the end of the year, according to the website created ad hoc, an unsustainable situation for both large and small rooms that can end the jobs of 5,000 workers.
The Barcelona’s Apolo venue will host an anti-Covid test
The Sala Apolo in Barcelona will host a concert with a capacity of a thousand people without social distance, something that seems irresponsible and unheard of in the times of the coronavirus. However, it is a pilot test of the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital in Badalona, with the help of the Primavera Sound festival, to carry out massive events with a rapid test, mask and hand washing with hydroalcoholic gel but without the required social distance.
Juliette Greco, icon of the French ‘chanson’, dies
Juliette Greco (Montpellier, February 7, 1927) died this Tuesday at the age of 93 at her house in Ramatuelle, on the French Côte d'Azur, surrounded by her dearest people, according to a statement from her family to the France-Press agency.