Kumazzz Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 IG story Adeline Mayala adeh.myl https://www.instagram.com/stories/adeh.myl/3223844627659857779/ Rehearsals at State de France 1 mois de préparation pour 5 minutes de show. Un jeunesse touchante Beaucoup d'apprentissage Voilà ce que je retiens 1 month of preparation for 5 minutes of show. A touching youth Lots of learning This is what I remember SaveIG.App_3223844627659857779_188165239.mp4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 IG story jordan_boury https://www.instagram.com/stories/jordan_boury/3223792825253419736/ Dancers and children at the Backstage SaveIG.App_3223792825253419736_1552154597.mp4 eliott_mng We Are Golden https://www.instagram.com/stories/eliott_mng/3223777977652210215/ SaveIG.App_3223777977652210215_5891588196.mp4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 IG story iris.thionponcet https://www.instagram.com/stories/iris.thionponcet/3223838356167290397/ Fin de 19 mois de la Mêlée des Chœurs Entre vents et marées, ça a été pour moi : 1200 enfants 23 écoles 8 choeurs 20 hymnes 8 matchs au @stadefrance End of 19 months of the Mêlée des Choirs Between winds and tides, it was for me: 1200 children 23 schools 8 choirs 20 hymns 8 matches at @stadefrance SaveIG.App_3223838356167290397_289302635.mp4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenBigFat Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) Eriko, has anybody told you recently that you are amazin’? Edited October 29, 2023 by QueenBigFat 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 IG story juliettegauthier.mezzo https://www.instagram.com/stories/juliettegauthier.mezzo/3223852757368842335/ De fin sur le projet de la Mêlée des Chœurs Quelques uns des 900 enfants que j'ai eu la chance d'accompagner pendant plus d'un an et demi End of the Mêlée des Chœurs project Some of the 900 children I had the chance to support for over a year and a half Snapinsta.app_video_3144FE94F610CA73926D4477C7A44797_video_dashinit.mp4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Ko Kolkowska Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 3 hours ago, QueenBigFat said: Eriko, has anybody told you recently that you are amazin’? Yes, she is!!!!! So far from Europe and so close to Mika. Everyday hard work to let us be as much up to date as possible!!!! @Kumazzz 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyLove_CJ Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 I only got chance to watch the performance on youtube right before I went to bed. So annoyed that ITV (UK broadcaster) didn't show it! What a show!!! It was wonderful but over all too quickly, I loved the set up with the piano and the children did such a great job. They looked lovely in their suits! And Mika's suit was stunning! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 4 hours ago, QueenBigFat said: Eriko, has anybody told you recently that you are amazin’? 31 minutes ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said: Yes, she is!!!!! So far from Europe and so close to Mika. Everyday hard work to let us be as much up to date as possible!!!! @Kumazzz Thanks, I really enjoy what I do. 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 mikainstagram story I woke up this morning to this image of my friends daughter watching yesterday @rugbyworldcupfrance2023 performance. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) La Gazzetta dello Sport 29 Oct 2023 WEB https://www.gazzetta.it/Rugby/29-10-2023/mika-rugby-calcio-cavalli-italia-inghilterra-4701467334322.shtml PDF file ( 1 page / 258 kb ) La Gazzetta dello Sport 29 Ottobre 2023-page23_Rugby World Cup.pdf Pressreader https://pressreader.com/article/283171498221945 page- 23 L’INTERVISTA MIKA «Il mio show pieno di colori Amo il rugby E il calcio per me è Italia-Inghilterra» Haka o Shosholoza? Mika, artista com pleto abituato a gi rare il mondo, non vuole scegliere. Ha prodotto uno show coloratissi mo prima della fi nale del Mondiale di rugby fra Nuova Zelanda e Sud Africa e ama entrambe le sonorità. E poi ci sono gli inni nazionali ufficiali. «Entrambi commoventi e coinvol genti». Padre americano, madre libanese, cresciuto in Francia e poi in Inghilterra, Mika, come è stato entrare nel mondo del rugby? «Per la verità io sono cresciuto con il rugby, fra Francia e Inghilterra. Mi piace moltissimo il rugby, è un am biente inclusivo. Da adolescente era un ambiente accogliente, pieno di diversità. E ora è divertente perché nessuno crede che io possa avere passione per il rugby, ma è uno sport che ha valori incredibili, non è supercommercia le. Sembra uno sport per gladiato ri, ma è aperto a tutti e sulle tribune c’è grande varietà di spettatori e di fans. Adoro il rugby e lo show prima della finale Mondiale arriva da lontano. Avevo co minciato a lavora re con il rugby an ni fa, per una fina le del Top 14 in Francia, evento molto seguito. Da lì è partito un per corso educativo: mi hanno chiesto di portare il canto nelle scuole francesi e fra una difficoltà di budget e l’altra non è stato semplice. Alla fine però il progetto è andato avanti e ha dato una educazione artistica a 7000 bambini francesi». E’ riuscito a portarne sul palco un centinaio. «Vero ed è stata una bella soddisfa zione. Soprattutto se penso a tutte le difficoltà superate. Toccare il prato dello Stade de France è stato un mo mento particolare per me che da piccolo avrei voluto due superpoteri: fermare il tempo, oppure essere bravo nello sport. Purtroppo non avevo talento». Adesso che sport pratica? «A quarant’anni mi sto riprendendo il mio tempo. Ho un cavallo e adoro l’equitazione: mi sarebbe piaciuto arri varci prima, ma da bambino a Londra un cavallo costava troppo. Adesso è una delle mie fughe dalla quotidianità e dalla pressione che un artista può ave re. Quando sei a cavallo non puoi pen sare ad altro, perché lui lo sente e te lo fa notare. Adoro andare a cavallo, mi pia ceva da tutta la vita. E adesso è diventa to un virus: non riesco a guarire». Altri sport che ama? «Mi piacerebbe fare le maratone in ogni parte del mondo, ma non ho tempo. Allora preferisco l’arrampi cata. In montagna è come essere a cavallo, sei solo e non puoi distrarti e non puoi seguire pensieri che non siano quelli della situazione nella quale ti trovi al momento. E’ come fare meditazione. Tu sei lì e devi con centrarti su questo e abbandonare gli altri pensieri». Colpisce soprat tutto che sia così amante del rugby, non sembra avere il fisico del ruolo... «In effetti da pic colo avevo paura del calcio e del rugby, il pallone mi sembrava una cosa che non potevo controllare ed era così visto che non avevo talento. Poi le cose sono cam biate e adesso sono supersportivo. E guardi che l’immagine del rugby è un po’ distorta. Io in ogni caso da adolescente ero piccolo e grasso, non posso negare che dal punto di vista fisico fosse un problema. Ma come in tante altre cose sono arrivata tardi al lo sport e adesso mi diverto molto». Riguardo al calcio come si pone? «Ho vissuto a lungo in Italia e ho vi sto tante partite. Ora ho un nipote ti fosissimo, un fanatico del calcio, e lo accompagno spesso allo stadio». Per che squadra tifa suo nipote? «E’ del Paris Saint Germain al cento per cento. Io no». Lei tifa per qualche squadra? «No. Nel rugby direi che tifo per la Francia perché sono stato lì da bambino e non posso dimentica re le emozioni che ho provato in questi giorni lavorando su questo progetto. Essere allo Stade de France, al centro della scena in un avvenimento così importante co me un Mondiale, è qualcosa di speciale». Ma è un giramondo, non può fer marsi alla Francia. Sul calcio come si pone, a livello di squadre nazio nali? «Con tutto il tempo che ho passato in Italia, e con gli anni dell’adole scenza in Inghilterra, devo dire che nel calcio il mio cuore è diviso fra In ghilterra e Italia. Però essere diviso è la storia di tutta la mia vita». Così può tifare per tante squadre, logico visto la sua vita nomade... «Lascio il cuore volare, sono desti nato ad essere camaleonte e devo di re che mi piace, perché mutare di continuo significa anche essere aperti a situazioni diverse». Torniamo al suo show. Come è stato costruito? «Complicatissimo. Otto minuti per montare il palco, sei minuti al mas simo per smontarlo. In un angolo, perché logicamente non avevamo il permesso di toccare l’erba nell’oc casione più importante. Ma era bel lo poter essere in un evento così si gnificativo e soprattutto chiudere in questo modo un percorso educati vo importante. Perché l’arte, in questo momento, nelle scuole pati sce la mancanza di fondi e noi sia mo riusciti a superare tante diffi coltà. E ci tengo a sottolineare una cosa». Dica. «Questo show aveva l’idea di porta re gioia, amore, inclusione. Si è trat tato di una produzione artigianale, ma non soltanto. Nel team c’erano inglesi, francesi, italiani. C’era per la produzione la stessa squadra ingle se dei Giochi Olimpici di Londra, ma anche un gruppo di artisti olan desi che hanno lavorato alla crea zioni di 50 fiori giganti di carta pesta e 65 persone di Martina Franca che hanno lavorato agli abiti per i bam bini coinvolti nello spettacolo, oltre cento. Volevo dei completi stile Ja mes Bond ma a colori vivaci e loro li hanno cuciti per tutti. Quattro don ne di un paesino in provincia di Reggio Calabria hanno lavorato ai ricami. Insomma, uno show arti gianale ma con un impianto inter nazionale. E sono fiero di un per corso cominciato formando gli in segnanti che hanno dovuto inse gnare fra le altre cose anche tanti inni ai bambini». A proposito di inni, che cosa l’ha emozionata di più? «Non scelgo. Quello del Sud Africa è coinvolgente. Poi quando arriva la Haka, capisci il valore del silenzio. E’ emozionante». Progetto Abbiamo portato la musica a 7000 bimbi Bello averne alcuni sul palco Sogni Da piccolo volevo i superpoteri per fermare il tempo o avere talento nello sport Passioni Ho sempre voluto avere un cavallo. Ci sono riuscito a 35 anni: ora è un virus Pallone Il mio nipotino è un fanatico del Psg, lo porto allo stadio: io non mi schiero Chi è Mika, all’anagrafe Michael Holbrook Penniman jr, cantautore e showman, è nato il 18 agosto 1983 a Beirut da padre americano e madre libanese. Naturalizzato britannico, ha cominciato ad avere successo nel 2007. E’ stato giudice di X Factor Italia dal 2013 al 2015 e poi di nuovo nel 2020 e nel 2021. «Essere camaleonte è il mio destino. Ho vissuto in tanti Paesi, è difficile decidere per chi tifare» Google translator «My show full of colors I love rugby And football for me is Italy-England» Haka or Shosholoza? Mika, a complete artist used to traveling the world, doesn't want to choose. He produced a colorful show before the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and South Africa and loves both sounds. And then there are the official national anthems. «Both moving and engaging». American father, Lebanese mother, raised in France and then in England, Mika, what was it like entering the world of rugby? «To tell the truth, I grew up with rugby, between France and England. I really like rugby, it's an inclusive environment. As a teenager it was a welcoming environment, full of diversity. And now it's funny because no one believes that I could have a passion for rugby, but it's a sport that has incredible values, it's not super commercial. It seems like a sport for gladiators, but it is open to all and there is a great variety of spectators and fans in the stands. I love rugby and the show before the World Cup final comes from afar. I started working with rugby years ago, for a Top 14 final in France, a well-attended event. From there an educational journey started: they asked me to bring singing to French schools and between one budget difficulty and another it wasn't easy. In the end, however, the project went ahead and gave an artistic education to 7,000 French children ». He managed to bring about a hundred of them on stage. «True and it was a great satisfaction. Especially when I think of all the difficulties overcome. Touching the grass at the Stade de France was a special moment for me who, as a child, would have liked two superpowers: to stop time, or to be good at sport. Unfortunately I had no talent." What sport do you play now? «At forty years old I am taking back my time. I have a horse and I love horse riding: I would have liked to get there sooner, but as a child in London a horse cost too much. Now it's one of my escapes from everyday life and the pressure that an artist can have. When you're on a horse you can't think about anything else, because he feels it and points it out to you. I love riding horses, I've liked it all my life. And now it has become a virus: I can't heal ». Other sports you love? «I would like to do marathons all over the world, but I don't have the time. So I prefer climbing. In the mountains it's like being on horseback, you're alone and you can't distract yourself and you can't follow thoughts other than those of the situation you find yourself in at the moment. It's like doing meditation. You are there and you must concentrate on this and abandon other thoughts». What is especially striking is that he is so passionate about rugby, he doesn't seem to have the physique for the role... «In fact, as a child I was afraid of football and rugby, the ball seemed like something I couldn't control and it was like that since I had no talent. Then things changed and now I'm super sporty. And look, the image of rugby is a bit distorted. In any case, as a teenager I was small and fat, I cannot deny that from a physical point of view it was a problem. But as in many other things I came to sport late and now I really enjoy it.». What do you think about football? «I lived in Italy for a long time and I played many matches there. Now I have a very passionate nephew, a football fanatic, and I often accompany him to the stadium ». What team does your nephew support? «He is one hundred percent Paris Saint Germain. I do not". Do you support any team? "No. In rugby I would say that I support France because I was there as a child and I can't forget the emotions I felt these days working on this project. Being at the Stade de France, at center stage in such an important event as a World Cup, is something special." But he is a globetrotter, he cannot stop at France. What is your position on football, at national team level? «With all the time I spent in Italy, and with the years of adolescence in England, I must say that in football my heart is divided between England and Italy. But being divided is the story of my whole life ». So he can cheer for many teams, logical given his nomadic life... «I let my heart fly, I was destined to be a chameleon and I have to say that I like it, because constantly changing also means being open to different situations». Let's go back to his show. How was it built? «Very complicated. Eight minutes to set up the stage, six minutes at most to dismantle it. In a corner, because logically we weren't allowed to touch the grass on the most important occasion. But it was nice to be able to be at such a significant event and above all to close an important educational journey in this way. Because art, at the moment, in schools is suffering from a lack of funds and we have managed to overcome many difficulties. And I want to underline one thing». Say. «This show had the idea of bringing joy, love, inclusion. It was an artisanal production, but not only that. In the team there were English, French, Italians. The same English team as the London Olympic Games was there for the production, but also a group of Dutch artists who worked on the creation of 50 giant paper mache flowers and 65 people from Martina Franca who worked on the clothes for the children involved in the show, over one hundred. I wanted James Bond style suits but in bright colors and they made them for everyone. Four women from a small village in the province of Reggio Calabria worked on the embroidery. In short, an artisanal show but with an international structure. And I am proud of a journey that began by training teachers who had to teach, among other things, many hymns to children». Speaking of hymns, what moved you the most? «I don't choose. The one from South Africa is engaging. Then when the Haka comes, you understand the value of silence. It's exciting». Project We brought music to 7000 children. Nice to have some on stage Dreams As a child I wanted superpowers to stop time or be talented at sports Passions I always wanted to have a horse. I succeeded at 35: now it's a virus Ball My little nephew is a PSG fanatic, I take him to the stadium: I don't take sides Who is Mika, born Michael Holbrook Penniman jr, singer-songwriter and showman, was born on 18 August 1983 in Beirut to an American father and a Lebanese mother. Naturalized British, he began to have success in 2007. He was a judge on X Factor Italia from 2013 to 2015 and then again in 2020 and 2021. «Being a chameleon is my destiny. I have lived in many countries, it is difficult to decide who to root for» Edited October 30, 2023 by Kumazzz typo 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 On 10/28/2023 at 1:09 AM, Kumazzz said: L'Equipe PDF file ( 1 page / 362 kb ) 2023.10.27_lequipe-page14-rugby.pdf WEB https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Article/Mika-j-ai-cree-une-equipe-pour-la-reprise-en-main-des-hymnes/1427984 mis à jour le 27 octobre 2023 à 04h36 Mika, ici réuni avec des enfants de l'association La Mêlée des choeurs, fin mai, à l'occasion des 100 jours avant le début de la Coupe du monde. (Michael Baucher/Panoramic) Mika : « J'ai créé une équipe pour la reprise en main des hymnes » Le chanteur Mika a dû retravailler en urgence l'interprétation, par des chorales d'enfants, des hymnes nationaux des équipes de la Coupe du monde après le couac du match d'ouverture. Il raconte. C'est une polémique dont il se serait bien passé. En pleine finalisation de son sixième album, Que la tête fleurisse toujours, qui sortira le 1er décembre prochain, Michael Holbrook, alias Mika, a pris de plein fouet les critiques qui ont fusé après l'interprétation malheureuse des hymnes par les enfants de la Mêlée des choeurs le soir du match d'ouverture de la Coupe du monde (8 septembre). Un norme dcalage entre les chants en canon des enfants sur la pelouse et ceux des supporters en tribunes avait notamment rendu la Marseillaise totalement inaudible. Parrain de ce projet lanc par le Comit d’organisation de la comp tition en collaboration avec la Maîtrise populaire de l’Opra-Comique le jur de The oice a donc temporairement mis son album de côt pour s’atteler à recoller les morceaux et les couplets. « Comment vous êtes vous retrouver à parrainer la Mêlée des choeurs ? L’ idee que le rugby puisse permettre à 7 000 enfants issus de milieux d favoriss d’apprendre la musique m’a plu. J’ai ador cette ide de leur faire chanter les hymnes nationaux des vingt quipes engages dans cette Coupe du monde. C’est une dmarche qui s’inscrit totalement dans mes valeurs. Lien n'a été simple pourtant... Exact c’ tait un projet massif et ambitieux qui a subi de nombreux changements qui a dû rgulièrement s’adapter aux circonstances et à de nouvelles contraintes notamment budgtaires. vec son lot de r ussite et aussi de difficults. Auriez-vous pu jeter l’ ponge à un moment ? Non. On a dû rduire le nombre d’enfants pr sents sur les pelouses pour chanter mais jamais je n’ai pens à abandonner. Je ne suis pas comme ça. J’ai 40 ans aujourd’hui et je n’oublie pas d’où je viens. Quand j’avais 7 ans j’avais beaucoup de soucis à l’ cole. Je ne lisais plus je n’ crivais pas je ne savais pas peler j’avais arrêt de parler pendant neuf mois. À tel point que j’avais t vir de l’ tablissement. Ma mère m’avait alors dit : OK si tu ne vas pas à l’ cole tu vas aller au parc pour dessiner et tu vas apprendre à la maison à chanter et à jouer du piano.” Cette dcision a chang ma vie. C’est pour ça que je me suis associ à la Mêl e des ch urs. Je d fendrai toujours l’ide que la musique peut parfois changer la vie des gens. Racontez-nous ce que vous avez ressenti le septembre au soir du match d’ouverture France - Nouvelle-Zélande ( 27-13 ) en coutant les hymnes nationaux... J’ tais au stade. J’ai tout v cu en direct. Ce match tait fantastique. La seule chose qui n’ tait pas à la hauteur c’ tait les hymnes. Les arrangements ne fonctionnaient pas. J’avais parrain l’opration mais je ne m’ tais pas investi dans l’artistique on ne m’avait pas sollicit . Les heures qui ont suivi j’ai reçu normment de messages sur Instagram X ex-Twitter) ou Facebook. J’ai tout lu et j’ai trouv que contrairement à ce qui se passe parfois les gens confiaient leurs opinions sans être mchants ou agressifs. Je me suis dit qu’il fallait absolument les couter. À la demande des quipes de France 0 et de la ministre des Sports je suis pass en mode obsessionnel. J’ai appel toutes mes quipes pour leur dire : Il faut tout refaire.’’ Cela aurait t absurde de tout abandonner à ce moment-là. Que s’est-il pass énsuite ? Le lundi 11 septembre dès 7 heures du matin j’ai dbranch des gens de mon quipe de la finalisation de mon nouvel album ainsi que d’autres personnes qui travaillaient avec moi sur des films à Hollywood pour cr er une nouvelle quipe ddi e à la reprise en main des hymnes. Et chaque jour à heures du matin les enfants de la Mêl e des ch urs se sont point s en salle de r ptition pour renforcer l’unisson abandonner la polyphonie être fidèle à ce qu’un hymne national dans un norme v nement sportif doit provoquer en termes d’motion de fiert et d’intensit . Combien de temps vous a-t-il fallu pour tout reprendre ? Ils m’ont donn quatre jours pour arranger orchestrer réenregistrer monter approuver mixer mast riser Mes quipes dormaient dans le studio. Lorsqu’une personne se couchait une autre reprenait. Dans la musique c’est comme dans le sport le feedback est parfois brutal. Tu ne survis que si tu sais r pondre aux difficult s qui se dressent devant toi. C’est ce que j’ai cherch à communiquer à toutes les quipes. De l’autre côt les quipes de France 0 faisaient valider avec beaucoup de conviction à chaque f dration les nouveaux arrangements. Vous retrouvez-vous dans les valeurs du rugby ? Oui. Vous savez j’ai étudié en ngleterre. Dans mon école il y avait plus de teeshirts à manches longues qu’à manches courtes ce qui veut dire que les tudiants taient plus rugby que foot rires). J’aime aussi les couleurs des maillots de rugby. Je m’en suis d’ailleurs beaucoup inspir pour le show qui prcdera le coup d’envoi de la finale de la Coupe du monde. Vous allez donner un concert au public du Stade de France ? Oui c’est une norme pression de concevoir un show de quelques minutes juste avant le coup d’envoi. Une sorte d’amusebouche. On sera là pour offrir une touche de musique et de couleurs et transmettre une belle nergie aux spectateurs juste avant les hymnes et la finale. Il y aura 103 chanteurs avec moi sur scène dont 97 enfants de la Mêl e des ch urs. La scène qui n’empi tera pas sur la pelouse sera monte et dmonte en quelques minutes et chaque personne sur scène aura un costume diff rent taill sur mesure. Vous aviez d jà chant au Stade de France à l’issue de la finale du Top 14 en juin 2018... C’est vrai mais comme c’ tait après le match on avait pu toucher à la pelouse. Là il ne faudra pas s’attendre à ce que j’envahisse tout le stade parce que je ne pourrai pas le faire. Le show durera quatre minutes et quarantecinq secondes. Si peu ? C’est bon je suis OK avec ça. Les gens ne veulent pas voir un quart d’heure de show avant un gros match. Il faut que ce soit court et efficace qu’il y ait de l’motion de l’amour de la joie qu’on monte un peu l’ambiance avant d’enchaîner sur la puret et l’intensit des hymnes nationaux retravaill s avec un grand orchestre et des enfants qui seront sur la pelouse. À quoi ressemblera le spectacle ? En 2018 avec mon show d’aprèsfinale du Top 14 je me suis rendu compte que le rugby permettait de s’exprimer de manière plus potique et plus douce que le foot ou le Super Bowl par exemple. Le rugby c’est de la couleur une sorte de joie de vivre. J’ai donc mis sur mes gros tubes en les retravaillant complètement avec les enfants et l’orchestre pour rester dans quelque chose d’assez universel. Google translate Mika: “I created a team to take charge of the anthems” Singer Mika had to urgently rework the interpretation, by children's choirs, of the national anthems of the World Cup teams after the hiccup in the opening match. He tells. It’s a controversy that he could have done without. In the midst of finalizing his sixth album, Let the head always flourish, which will be released on December 1st, Michael Holbrook, alias Mika, took the full brunt of the criticism that came after the unfortunate interpretation of the anthems by the children of La Mêlée choirs on the evening of the opening match of the World Cup (September 8). A huge gap between the cannon chants of the children on the pitch and those of the supporters in the stands had notably made the Marseillaise completely inaudible. Sponsor of this project launched by the Organizing Committee of the competition in collaboration with the Maîtrise populaire de l'Opra-Comique, the juror of The oice therefore temporarily put his album aside to work on putting the pieces together and the verses. “How did you end up sponsoring the Mêlée des choirs? I liked the idea that rugby could allow 7,000 children from disadvantaged backgrounds to learn music. I loved this idea of having them sing the national anthems of the twenty teams involved in this World Cup. It’s an approach that is completely in line with my values. The connection wasn't easy though... Exactly, it was a massive and ambitious project which underwent numerous changes which had to regularly adapt to circumstances and new constraints, particularly budgetary ones. with its share of success and also difficulties. Could you have thrown in the towel at some point? No. We had to reduce the number of children present on the lawns to sing but I never thought of giving up. I'm not like that. I'm 40 years old today and I don't forget where I come from. When I was 7 years old I had a lot of problems at school. I no longer read, I didn’t write, I didn’t know how to speak, I stopped talking for nine months. So much so that I was kicked out of the establishment. My mother then told me: OK if you don’t go to school you’re going to go to the park to draw and you’re going to learn to sing and play the piano at home.” This decision changed my life. That’s why I joined the Mêl e des ch urs. I will always defend the idea that music can sometimes change people's lives. Tell us what you felt on the evening of the France-New Zealand opening match (27-13) in September while listening to the national anthems... I'm at the stadium. I experienced it all first hand. This match was fantastic. The only thing that wasn't up to par was the anthems. The arrangements didn't work. I had sponsored the operation but I had not invested in the artistic aspect, I had not been asked to do so. In the hours that followed I received a lot of messages on Instagram (ex-Twitter) or Facebook. I read everything and found that contrary to what sometimes happens, people shared their opinions without being mean or aggressive. I told myself that I absolutely had to listen to them. At the request of the France 0 teams and the Minister of Sports, I went into obsessive mode. I called all my teams to tell them: We have to redo everything.’’ It would have been absurd to abandon everything at that moment. What happened next? On Monday, September 11 at 7 a.m. I unplugged people from my team from the finalization of my new album as well as other people who worked with me on films in Hollywood to create a new team dedicated to the takeover of the hymns. And every day at am in terms of emotion of pride and intensity. How long did it take you to get everything back together? They gave me four days to arrange orchestrate re-record edit approve mix master rise My teams were sleeping in the studio. When one person went to bed, another took up again. In music, it’s like in sport, the feedback is sometimes brutal. You only survive if you know how to respond to the difficulties that face you. This is what I tried to communicate to all the teams. On the other hand, the France 0 teams had each federation validate the new arrangements with great conviction. Do you see yourself in the values of rugby? Yes. You know I studied in England. In my school there were more long-sleeved t-shirts than short-sleeved ones, which means that the students were more rugby than football (laughs). I also like the colors of the rugby jerseys. I took a lot of inspiration from it for the show which will precede the kick-off of the World Cup final. Are you going to give a concert to the public at the Stade de France? Yes, it’s a lot of pressure to put together a show lasting a few minutes just before kick-off. A sort of appetizer. We will be there to offer a touch of music and color and transmit great energy to the spectators just before the anthems and the final. There will be 103 singers with me on stage including 97 children from the Mêl e des ch urs. The stage, which will not encroach on the lawn, will be set up and dismantled in a few minutes and each person on stage will have a different custom-made costume. You already sang at the Stade de France after the Top 14 final in June 2018... It’s true but as it was after the match we were able to touch the pitch. There you shouldn't expect me to invade the entire stadium because I won't be able to do it. The show will last four minutes and forty-five seconds. So little ? It’s okay, I’m OK with that. People don’t want to see a fifteen-minute show before a big match. It must be short and effective, there must be emotion of love of joy, the atmosphere must be raised a little before moving on to the purity and intensity of the national anthems reworked with a large orchestra and children who will be on the lawn. What will the show look like? In 2018 with my show after the Top 14 final I realized that rugby allowed you to express yourself in a more poetic and gentler way than football or the Super Bowl for example. Rugby is color, a kind of joie de vivre. So I put on my big hits by completely reworking them with the children and the orchestra to stay in something fairly universal. Orange France https://sports.orange.fr/rugby/coupe-du-monde/article/cm-2023-mika-et-ses-equipes-ont-travaille-d-arrache-pied-pour-corriger-les-hymnes-exclu-CNT0000028F7nO.html publié le samedi 28 octobre 2023 à 20h30 Toutes les actualités Coupe du Monde CM 2023 : Mika et ses équipes ont travaillé d'arrache-pied pour corriger les hymnes Alors que la Coupe du Monde de rugby touche à sa fin, le chanteur Mika est revenu sur la polémique autour des hymnes qui a émaillé le début de la compétition et les efforts consentis pour corriger le tir dans un temps record. La Coupe du Monde touche à sa fin. Toutefois, à l'issue d'un premier week-end de compétition marqué par le succès du XV de France face à la Nouvelle-Zélande, cette dixième édition de l'épreuve n'a pas été exempt de tout reproche. En effet, les critiques se sont multipliées à l'encontre de l'interprétation des hymnes nationaux par une chorale d'enfants dans le cadre de l'opération « La Mêlée des Chœurs », dont le chanteur Mika était le parrain et avait collaboré avec la Maîtrise populaire de l'Opéra-Comique. Le choix d'un chant en canon s'était avéré inadapté dans le contexte d'un stade avec plusieurs dizaines de milliers de supporters qui chantaient les hymnes en même temps. « J'étais au stade. J'ai tout vécu en direct. Ce match était fantastique, a confié Mika dans un entretien accordé au quotidien L'Equipe. La seule chose qui n'était pas à la hauteur, c'était les hymnes. Les arrangements ne fonctionnaient pas. » Dans ce contexte, le Comité d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde a pris le taureau par les cornes et a décidé de revoir sa copie en vue du deuxième week-end du tournoi. Mika et ses équipes mobilisés jour et nuit Pour cela, sur demande insistante des organisateurs et de la Ministre des Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castera, Mika a décidé de s'impliquer personnellement, ayant confié qu'il ne s'était « pas investi dans l'artistique », faute d'une demande en ce sens en amont du tournoi. Le chanteur a alors mobilisé les équipes qui travaillaient sur son prochain album avec comme mot d'ordre « Il faut tout refaire » car « cela aurait été absurde de tout abandonner à ce moment-là ». Dès les premières heures le 11 septembre dernier, toute une équipe s'est mise en action jour et nuit. « Chaque jour, à 8 heures du matin, les enfants de la Mêlée des Choeurs se sont pointés en salle de répétition pour renforcer l'unisson, abandonner la polyphonie, être fidèle à ce qu'un hymne national dans un énorme événement sportif doit provoquer en termes d'émotion, de fierté et d'intensité », a-t-il ajouté, précisant que ses « équipes dormaient dans le studio » et que « lorsqu'une personne se couchait, une autre reprenait ». Un rythme d'enfer qui était devenu nécessaire tant les délais étaient courts pour offrir aux organisateurs des hymnes revus et corrigés à temps pour le deuxième week-end de compétition. Un travail acharné qui a porté ses fruits, la nouvelle orchestration des hymnes ayant fait l'unanimité. Google translator Rugby World Cup 2023: Mika and his teams worked hard to correct the anthems As the Rugby World Cup draws to a close, singer Mika returned to the controversy surrounding the anthems which marred the start of the competition and the efforts made to correct the situation in record time. The World Cup is coming to an end. However, at the end of a first weekend of competition marked by the success of the French XV against New Zealand, this tenth edition of the event was not free from all criticism. Indeed, criticism has multiplied against the interpretation of national anthems by a children's choir as part of the operation "La Mêlée des Chœurs", of which the singer Mika was the godfather and had collaborated with the Popular Masters of the Opéra-Comique. The choice of a cannon chant proved unsuitable in the context of a stadium with several tens of thousands of supporters singing the anthems at the same time. “I was at the stadium. I experienced it all first hand. This match was fantastic, Mika confided in an interview with the daily L'Equipe. The only thing that wasn't up to par was the anthems. The arrangements didn't work. » In this context, the World Cup Organizing Committee took the bull by the horns and decided to review its copy in view of the second weekend of the tournament. Mika and his teams mobilized day and night For this, at the insistent request of the organizers and the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castera, Mika decided to get personally involved, having confided that he had "not invested in the artistic", due to lack of request to this effect ahead of the tournament. The singer then mobilized the teams working on his next album with the slogan “We have to redo everything” because “it would have been absurd to abandon everything at that time”. From the early hours of September 11, an entire team went into action day and night. “Every day, at 8 a.m., the children of the Mêlée des Choirs showed up in the rehearsal room to strengthen unison, abandon polyphony, be faithful to what a national anthem in a huge sporting event should provoke in terms of emotion, pride and intensity,” he added, specifying that his “teams slept in the studio” and that “when one person went to bed, another picked up.” A hellish pace which had become necessary as the deadlines were short to offer the organizers revised and corrected anthems in time for the second weekend of competition. Hard work which bore fruit, the new orchestration of the anthems having been unanimous. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerie L Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 It makes me sad to read negatives comments on Twitter (on the rugby World Cup page), because he works so hard and invested so much, and delivered a fantastic show. I hope he will read all our positives comments ! 😊🙏 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 INSTAGRAM 𝔹𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕠 𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy-3LZ3MaTv/ Rugby world cup Paris 2023 - final Opening. @maitrisepopulaire @opera_comique #mika #RWC2023 #RWCfinal 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdingyourdrink Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 7 minutes ago, Valerie L said: It makes me sad to read negatives comments on Twitter (on the rugby World Cup page), because he works so hard and invested so much, and delivered a fantastic show. I hope he will read all our positives comments ! 😊🙏 The positive comments outweigh the negative comments by far. Also: haters are going to hate, they will always be there, but fortunately they don’t stay. It’s just a confirmation that he can provoke many emotions in people and it will unite those who are positive, which is the biggest group anyway: and which was his intention. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdingyourdrink Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Kumazzz said: INSTAGRAM 𝔹𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕠 𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy-3LZ3MaTv/ Rugby world cup Paris 2023 - final Opening. @maitrisepopulaire @opera_comique #mika #RWC2023 #RWCfinal All those Loubi’s piled up in the background I love it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 9 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said: All those Loubi’s piled up in the background I love it. Look at his IG stories ! guillaumerohrbacher ( a dancer ) https://www.instagram.com/stories/guillaumerohrbacher/3223690309584903121/ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdingyourdrink Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, Kumazzz said: Look at his IG stories ! guillaumerohrbacher ( a dancer ) https://www.instagram.com/stories/guillaumerohrbacher/3223690309584903121/ I would apply to be a background dancer holding a flower (not a drink!), just so I can look cool in Louboutin’s! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Ko Kolkowska Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Kumazzz said: Look at his IG stories ! guillaumerohrbacher ( a dancer ) https://www.instagram.com/stories/guillaumerohrbacher/3223690309584903121/ The compilation of Guillaume's stories. We can see Mika far waking when the dancers were entering the ground. And they had the blue sky flags!!!!! Edit: oops, looks like the video has not been uploaded properly. Here it is. YouCut_20231029_144947053.mp4 Edited October 29, 2023 by Anna Ko Kolkowska 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlotteL Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Gosh I am so in love with all of these outfits!! I particularly love the fact that the older kids seem to be wearing the pink suits. It fits with his whole attitude of "when things get serious you wear pink". In general it's cool that his vision was just "bond inspired suits" for all the children regardless of gender (although I would have expected nothing less from him ofc) but then to further invert stereotypes by not making pink a childish color is just perfect and emphasizes his way of playing with colors. And the band looks very cute in the yellow flowery suits as well and ofc I don't even have to start with our tall disco ball 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 1 hour ago, holdingyourdrink said: The positive comments outweigh the negative comments by far. Also: haters are going to hate, they will always be there, but fortunately they don’t stay. It’s just a confirmation that he can provoke many emotions in people and it will unite those who are positive, which is the biggest group anyway: and which was his intention. Thanks Michelle, I needed to hear that today. There were some ignorant comments from rugby "fans" on the joint insta post yesterday. It took all my restraint to not reply. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 On 10/27/2023 at 5:59 PM, dcdeb said: I unplugged some people from my team from finalizing my new album, as well as others who worked with me on films in Hollywood, to create a new team dedicated to covering the anthems." On 10/27/2023 at 9:37 PM, mellody said: "Films in Hollywood"... while we're still waiting for the Spanish Q&A and for them to fix the countries list in the singalong contest. I'm not sure if that's really the case or Mika just worded it badly, i.e. he took people who work with him away from their work in Hollywood to work on this project. On 10/27/2023 at 9:37 PM, mellody said: But I guess that's just how Mika is, going from one extreme to another. No new album for 4 years, and then not only a new album but about a million other projects at the same time. I hope he doesn't forget the English album over all that. To be fair, Mika has also released a soundtrack album before the French album. On 10/28/2023 at 1:50 PM, Kumazzz said: You also worked a lot on the choir mix. The project initially experienced outrage from supporters and then found a second wind, in which you participated. I wonder what his role was before? Why didn't they integrate Mika from the beginning when doing the anthems? Was it too expensive and in the end they had no choice but to ask him? Was he just a token patron and had to smile into the camera? 20 hours ago, couldbepurple said: Idiots on Dutch TV just jibberjabbert right through as Mika was on screen in background. Infuriating 19 hours ago, carafon said: That's not very surprising. This is a major sport event , they want to talk about the match . Yes, I'm afraid @carafon is right. Nevertheless, they could have interrupted their conversations for 5 minutes, as it was only 5 minutes. I agree with Mika, longer would not have been good as people are there to watch the Rugby World Cup final and not a pop concert. How would we feel if 20 minutes of rugby was played before a mika concert? I wish more people would be like Mika and Jim Hamilton and accept each other (the music and sports world) instead of being against each other and that goes both ways. 19 hours ago, carafon said: The show was great , but tbh , I'd find more logical to ask him to sing the hymns with the kids . Or an aftershow like he did after the top 14 final. Yes, the sports fans would have had more fun if Mika had sung the anthems instead of his songs. But of course it's better for his career, so other people get to know his songs who otherwise don't listen to him. Yes, agreed at an aftershow Mika could have sung longer, but how many people would have stayed in the stadium? 19 hours ago, carafon said: Btw , apart myself who is watching the whole match ? I didn't because I'm very busy and I know zero about rugby. I used to watch a lot of sport as a child and also as a young adult, but since rugby is not popular at all in Switzerland, I don't know it at all (at the most, I saw rugby in a short summary of a sports programme, but I can't remember). 2 hours ago, Valerie L said: It makes me sad to read negatives comments on Twitter (on the rugby World Cup page), because he works so hard and invested so much, and delivered a fantastic show. I hope he will read all our positives comments ! 😊🙏 I see what you mean. I saw the video of Mika's performance on Instagram that rugbyworldcup and Mika posted and the first comments that were there were people complaining about the game followed by posts saying Mika's performance sucked. Now it looks better. I understand that people are upset about the referee and so on, but do they have to post that everywhere, including Mika's performance? Yes of course they have to, they want attention. And yes, haters are everywhere... and the spectators in the stadium applauded for Mika. Now for Mika's performance: Yes, it was great, but unlike the others, I didn't pay much attention to Mika's disco ball outfit, but to the colourful suits. 😅 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenBigFat Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Prisca said: . I agree with Mika, longer would not have been good as people are there to watch the Rugby World Cup final and not a pop concert. Good point, especially because we are talking about such a macho sport, but my thought was that Mika (and others) has/have done longer performances at the closing ceremonies of other major sports events; here in the US the American football superbowl has a major halftime show. Well, fingers crossed for the Olympics in France! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellody Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Valerie L said: It makes me sad to read negatives comments on Twitter (on the rugby World Cup page), because he works so hard and invested so much, and delivered a fantastic show. I hope he will read all our positives comments ! 😊🙏 2 hours ago, holdingyourdrink said: The positive comments outweigh the negative comments by far. Also: haters are going to hate, they will always be there, but fortunately they don’t stay. It’s just a confirmation that he can provoke many emotions in people and it will unite those who are positive, which is the biggest group anyway: and which was his intention. Yeah, this. Posting hate tells more about the people who do it than about those they target. Some of them really don't seem to like glitter balls, I mean, how is that even possible?! And some were disappointed about the match and wanted to pass on their frustration. I gotta say, from the bits I saw I can't relate to what Mika said about rugby, that there's so much love... but that's ok, I enjoyed his performance and I don't have to like the sport, just as not all those rugby fans have to like Mika. I hope those who were at the stadium had a good time with this explosion of colour and love, as Mika described his show, that's definitely what it was. 24 minutes ago, Prisca said: wonder what his role was before? Why didn't they integrate Mika from the beginning when doing the anthems? Was it too expensive and in the end they had no choice but to ask him? Was he just a token patron and had to smile into the camera? He said that he sponsored it... so maybe he paid for the teachers who would educate the children in music? If he wants to spend some of his money for a good cause, I could imagine this is something he'd be interested in, music education, and giving children at school a perspective. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carafon Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Prisca said: Yes, agreed at an aftershow Mika could have sung longer, but how many people would have stayed in the stadium? Maybe halftime would be the better option ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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