In St Moritz or Going to be on the 11th February? then go to this. The Kulm Hotel is proud to host an evening with contemporary British artist GAVIN TURK

The Kulm Hotel is proud to host

an evening with contemporary British artist

GAVIN TURK

On Saturday 11^th February 2012, Gavin Turk will be exhibiting unseen new works at the Kulm Hotel.
He will also be discussing his latest work and aspects of his art with guests on an informal basis during a gourmet dinner
in the intimate surroundings of the award-winning K Restaurant.

For bookings & enquiries, please contact the Kulm Hotel St Moritz

(www.kulmhotel-stmoritz.ch / +41 81 836 8000)

Price: CHF185/approx £125 (including cocktails, dinner and wine)

7.00 pm - Cocktail reception in the Mongiardino Lobby

7.45 pm - Dinner at the award-winning K Restaurant

www.gavinturk.com

With special thanks to Paul Stolper Gallery, London www.paulstolper.com

                                   

Jose Hernando wins the radio 3 World routes academy

Colombian teenage accordionist becomes the BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy 2012 apprentice

Last night, at a special event at the Radio Theatre in London, BBC Radio 3 announced that José Hernando, a 19 year old self-taught virtuoso accordion player, will be Radio 3’s World Routes Academy student with Columbian accordion player Egidio Cuadrado as his mentor.

Now in its third year, the BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy aims to support and inspire young world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally renowned artist in the same field and belonging to the same tradition. The scheme targetsgenres of music and musical skills that are under threat to help preserve them.

Born in London but of Columbian descent, the talented young José fell in love with Vallenato, the popular folk-style from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, which he learned from watching clips online and on tapes his father brought back from Colombia. José plays in a number of Vallenato and Cumbia folk bands in London and is the musical director of Revolucion Vallenata, a multi-cultural band celebrating the Vallenato tradition. José is also currently studying for a degree in Guitar at the Tech Music School in West London.

For the BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy 2012, José’s mentor will be Egidio Cuadrado, the world-renowned Colombian accordion player, perhaps best known for his work with Carlos Vives, the Grammy winning Colombian star and one of the most famous performers in Latin America.

José says: “I still can’t quite believe I’m going to be the apprentice for the World Routes Academy this year. I’m so excited and honoured to be taking part in the scheme and am really looking forward to working with Egidio over the coming months.”

Egidio says: “First of all, I wanted to say this is something that gives me a lot of satisfaction and a lot of joy. I’m excited to be working with José Hernando on this musical and cultural project which is very important to me.”

Roger Wright, Controller of BBC Radio 3 says:

"The World Routes Academy offers a distinctive contribution to Radio 3's unique world music programming. After substantial projects in Iraq and India, this annual mentoring project turns its attention to Columbia and promises to deliver another inspiring and exciting set of performances and broadcasts."

BBC Radio 3 broadcasts a special edition of World Routes with highlights from tonight’s event on Sunday 29 January at 10.00pm, which includes performances by José and Egidio as well as previous World Routes Academy mentees. Listeners can follow the partnership over the six months of the scheme through regular interviews, documentary material, recordings and performances inBBC Radio 3's weekly world music programme, World Routes, on Sundays at 10.00pm.

To watch a specially-commissioned video about World Routes Academy visit http://youtu.be/CLv7F-3ZDrs

Chef kills 2

Liu Jun, a Chinese chef working in Australia, thought death cap mushrooms were edible and killed himself and assistant Tsou Hsiang by cooking them in a stir fry. Photograph: Alamy

A chef and his assistant have died after eating poisonous mushrooms they cooked for themselves in the Australian restaurant kitchen where they worked.

Liu Jun, 38, a chef visiting from China, and his female kitchenhand, Tsou Hsiang, 52, died from liver failure at a hospital on Tuesday night after eating death cap mushrooms on New Year's Eve at the Harmonie German Club in Canberra.

The two had used the mushrooms to make a stir fry in the kitchen of the club's Chinese bistro. The manager of the club, Mick Thamer, said the meal had not been offered to the public.

Liu's friend Tom O'Dea said the chef had picked the mushrooms himself, mistaking them for edible straw mushrooms.

A third person who shared the dinner with Liu and Tsou was discharged from hospital on Tuesday.

Thamer told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation the mushrooms were brought into the club for a private meal and cooked after work. 

"It was not a meal on the bistro menu, and was not a meal that was offered to or available to the public," he said.

Health authorities said they had inspected the kitchen and there was no risk to the public.

A single death cap mushroom can kill an adult – they are among the most poisonous in the world.