HereZhao Mengfu depicts the changing seasons with profound vibrancy and delicacy. The artist brought the work to his friend Zhou Mi—who had been exiled for refusing to work in theMongol-controlled court—in hopes of comforting him with a reminder of the home to which he will never return.Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains,Zhao Mengfu, 1295

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Check out my talk, - if you have little time, listen toGilda Cruz-Romo in the final scene of Aida, if you have more read her article, and if you have still more check outmy music, some sung with me in choir, some played by friends, all heard with friends. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:23, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nicolai Gedda would have been 100 today. If you have little time, justlisten to his flower song. If you have more read aboutHelena Tattermuschová, the cunning little vixen. --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:27, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you can listen toyesterday's concert ofall Brahms. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:02, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What a nice concert, thank you for sharing! I'm surprised to have never heard of Gedda, but his voice is quite lovely. –Aza24 (talk)21:43, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - I remember a 2016 TFA intoday's story, in memory of 16 July 1916. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:24, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning,RD andDYK, - see my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk)16:43, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Three of "my" recent deaths bios are on the main page right now, onemy story today,Gary Karr, and I loved to find his breakthrough concert in 1962 as a video. In my music today I match it with 9 other double bassists, 7 conducted by a person who's birthday is today - coincidence ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:51, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OnBach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory of his music, andmy story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk)10:53, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jahrhundertringremembered today, with the picture of a woman who can't believe what she has to see. --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:19, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Aza! A long time ago, youasked if I planned to nominate theOdyssey at FAC. I've recently fallen back into the editing the article and think, down the line, this may actually be feasible. If you're interested, I'd be very grateful to receive feedback atthe open peer review, where you can see some of the current plans. —ImaginesTigers21:45, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ImaginesTigers Glad to hear this! I will certainly find time to comment there this week.Aza24 (talk)17:25, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant! Right now, I am smashing my head together with UndercoverClassicist to work out how to handle Reception. If you are interested, you can see a (much bigger) version of the Reception section onthis sandbox (which merges material concerning translations). I've also put togetherDraft:Translations of the Odyssey, where there is some ongoing discussion atthe draft talk. My apologies for everything being quite spread apart (although it reflects my current mental state quite well!). –ImaginesTigers17:30, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ImaginesTigers No need to apologize. I was just looking through my 12 (!) sandboxes, to find just as many incomplete projects... I would certainly be interested in lending a hand for reception; the music, of course, being my specialty, but I might be able to advise on the other aspects as well.Aza24 (talk)17:34, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your hand at music would be brilliant. I would feel much more at peace with some support there! The current thinking is to prefer a strictly chronological approach rather than splitting by medium. I am a little worried such an attempt would lose some valuable analysis, but I can see the virtues. There is simply so much reception than including even a sentence for analysis for every item would very quickly overrun the article.

I expect the PR to run for at least another month or so. Hopefully my side of reception should be finished in the near future, then I'll turn my attention to other parts, and likely finishing up by rewriting the section on theme. –ImaginesTigers17:53, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Aza24, I just wanted to let you know that I have added thenew page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to thepage curation tools and can start patrolling pages from thenew pages feed. If you asked for this atrequests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.

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@Rosguill, thank you very much!Aza24 (talk)19:49, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Today's story - short version: ten years ago we had a DYK about a soprano who sang in concerts with me in the choir, - longer: I foundtoday a youtube ofan aria she sang with us then, recorded the same year, - if you still have time: our performances were the weekend before the Iraq war ultimatum, and we sangDona nobis pacem (and the drummer drummed!) as if they could hear us in Washington. - What fo you think of the discussion I posted on Classical music? --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:16, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading intoday's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:19, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On top of my talk: birthday ofa great violinist and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from theStabat Mater in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:44, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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My story today, pictured on the main page, is about the best concert I sang (on 1 September 2019), and references for the article were collectedby Brian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk)21:58, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My story today is about a composer and his ballerina wife, pictured as I saw them in 2009. Improvements to his article welcome! --Gerda Arendt (talk)14:42, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today another giant's music:Canto General. Listen if you like it really big and emotional, with the composer as the conductor, in Chile, after years of suppression. --Gerda Arendt (talk)19:56, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you will know,Arvo Pärt is 90 today. Did you know that it tool me some trouble to get him to the main page?Listen! --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:40, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today is the birthday of the 16th Thomaskantor after Bach, remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk)11:41, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I interest you inmy 100th biography to the Main page in 2025,Siegmund Nimsgern? --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:49, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John Rutter 80 today! Isang his major choral works with four choirs, and many of his uplifting anthems,13 DYK? I watched him explain hisMagnificat in person in 1998, and nowsee it on Youtube: he wore the same outfit. --Gerda Arendt (talk)22:08, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mystory today is aboutthe principal violin of the Concentus Musicus; she would have been 95 OTD. I felt connected when the second oboist ofour recent concert, of Haydn'sStabat Mater, said that he built an English horn for his performance of the work with the Concentus Musicus. - Concert weekend pictured in "places". --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:22, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Aza24:

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Mystory today is about a mezzo as a thinking person, DYK? (The nomination wasn't by me, which probably helped to a short review.) - Look at the video if you have a few minutes. I never saw her on stage, but (in 2022) the last Carmen production at the Bastille Opéra that she was in, - see music. --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:37, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy birthday,Margaret Medlyn! (I found the article - not by me - when searching for someone whose birthday is today.) - I took acat pic, presented by Rosiestep today. --Gerda Arendt (talk)15:40, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy 50th birthday, Alain Altinoglu!) - I let the video begin with a closeup of the octobass ;)Gerda Arendt (talk)18:14, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am proud to have brought two performing women to the main page. Sadly, death kept both from performing more, one sooner the other much later. If you have little time just listen to the one who died young and see if it touches you (intoday's story), - Latest pics from a day to the opera in Frankfurt, and afterwards (because train service is only once an hour) a lovely stroll along the Main with illumination and the moon reflected. --Gerda Arendt (talk)18:47, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lovely pictures Gerda! Keep an eye out forBach... my rewrite is moving steadily.Aza24 (talk)20:01, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! My latest:Roberta Alexander, -listen. Too many who die, which keeps me from Bach. I have a Bach FAC open for Christmas, but don't get it resolved ... it seems. --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:24, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can't believe thatToshio Hosokawa is 70 already.Gerda Arendt (talk)20:39, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

TodaySequenza III onLuciano Berio's centenary. You can listen with the score or to the first performer,Cathy Berberian (link in the work's article), - I couldn't decide ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:43, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two weeks ago, the 2025Developing Countries WikiContest came to a close! After three months of stiff competition at the top of the leaderboard, we have our winners.vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions), continuing his work on coveringabortion in Africa, comes in third with 692 points.simongraham (submissions) comes in second with 763 points, largely from a slew of good articles aboutjumping spiders. And returning to the podium for the second year in a row,BeanieFan11 (submissions) takes the Gold Belt Buckle with a mind-boggling 946 points from his series of articles on sportpersons. Congratulations to our winners!

Amazingly, the award for the most countries covered goes to bothBeanieFan11 (submissions) andsimongraham (submissions), who each submitted articles under 30 flags!BeanieFan11 (submissions) also wins for writing the most quality articles (16 good articles). For submitting 16 articles related to El Salvador,PizzaKing13 (submissions) wins the award for most submissions under one country. The award for most submissions related to women goes to bothSpookyaki (submissions) (7 biographies about women) andvigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) (21 related articles). And for the second year,simongraham (submissions) wins for the most reviews, having submitted 21!

Among the participants' contributions were 2 FAs, 5 FLs, 124 GAs, and an uncounted number of DYKs, ITNs, and reviews of every kind! Regardless of your level of participation, every contestant can be proud to have contributed towards a major step in countering thesystemic bias on Wikipedia. Every year, millions of readers and editors around the globe use Wikipedia to educate themselves and communicate with others about parts of the world that often receive less attention than they deserve. Thank you for participating with us in the contest and contributing to this effort. The DCWC will return next year, and we look forward to seeing you contribute again! However, before that...

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