Classical piano soothes old elephants at Thai sanctuary | Reuters
▻https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-elephant-music/classical-piano-soothes-old-elephants-at-thai-sanctuary-idUSKBN1OD035
Un peu de douceur dans ce monde de brutes…
Un pianiste anglais, installé en Thailande, joue de la musique dans un sanctuaire pour vieux éléphants abimés par une vie de dur labeur au service des humains.
For eight years, pachyderms like Lam Duan - old, overworked and sometimes disabled - have been rehabilitated with music at Elephants World, a retirement sanctuary for the animals in the western Thai province of Kanchanaburi.
Paul Barton tient un blog vidéo sur son youtube, avec encore des choses cette année.
Beethoven “Moonlight Sonata” for Old Elephant
Mongkol is a 61-year-old former logging elephant. His captive-held life was spent hauling trees in the Thai forest. His body shape is deformed through hard labor, he lost his right eye and tusk in this brutal logging practice. Mongkol was rescued and brought to Elephants World to spend the rest of his days relaxing peacefully in freedom by the River Kwai. I discovered Mongkol is an extremely gentle, sensitive elephant who enjoys music, especially this slow movement by Beethoven which I play to him occasionally in the day and night.
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4AcjvsVn5k
Calm Piano Music Relaxes Restless Bull Elephant
Chaichana is a powerful male elephant that lives at Elephants World in Thailand. I’ve become very close to this elephant over the past few years and seen a gentle, sensitive side to his character. From time to time, mainly late afternoon, Chaichana will stop by the piano of his own accord. Sometimes when he’s restless (as at the start of this video) he quickly relaxes to several of his preferred pieces by Greig.
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmoMe2_53I
Un documentaire de 20min avec un peu plus de background
A Day with Chaichana the Elephant - Piano for Elephants Behind-the-Scenes
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPjQ3G7KQOE
Paul Barton avec sa fille, de bébé à 5 ans
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwduHKyjdEE
Et plein d’autres vidéos sur sa chaine.
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