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Joachim Sartorius, Director Berliner Festspiele

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02-Feb-2012: Berliner Festspiele: appeal for a worldwide reading on 20 March 2012 for Liu Xiaobo

The international literature festival Berlin (ilb), one of the festivals of Berliner Festspiele calls on cultural institutions, schools, radio stations and interested parties to participate in a worldwide reading of prose and poems by the Chinese author and 2010 Nobel Peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo on 20 March 2012. - lire plus...

01-Feb-2012: Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre calls for applications: 1 March deadline approaching

The Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre calls for applications for participation for its 2012 festival edition (5-15 October 2012) under the motto “NEW!”. It celebrates works by artists from all over the world, but priority will be given to emerging and mid career artists. NEW! is for artists who want to take risks and challenge new audiences. It is a voyage of discovery, an adventure for your artistic concepts. - lire plus...

25-Jan-2012: New artistic management of the Music Biennale Zagreb

Eight very successful festivals, more accurately since the last century’s 19th Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) in 1997, and all the way to our 50th anniversary MBZ in 2011, Berislav Šipuš, in his function of the artistic director, created and realized the artistic content, transforming the impossible – dreams and fantasies into reality, into the festival programme and unforgettable experiences. - lire plus...

23-Jan-2012: New Artistic Coordinator at Ghent Festival of Flanders

Ghent

Press release - After five beautiful years at Ghent Flanders Festival, the talented Jelle Dierickx makes an international career move. The 2012 edition will be coordinated by the promising young musicologist Isaline Claeys. - lire plus...

16-Jan-2012: Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada looking for new Director

The International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada is looking for a new Festival Director. The successful candidate will occupy the position of Director of the Consortium of the International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada and of the Manuel de Falla Courses. The duration of this post will be from 2013 to 2017, both included. Deadline for the reception of applications is 15 February 2012. - lire plus...

11-Jan-2012: Berliner Festspiele: Thomas Oberender and his new artistic team introduce themselves

[Press release by Berliner Festspiele; Berlin, 10 January 2012] An Edition, a new homepage for our website and a new image designed by the Swiss studio CRR mark the Berliner Festspiele’s new beginning under the artistic directorship of Thomas Oberender. - lire plus...

09-Jan-2012: LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY 2012: application deadline 20 January

For 2012 the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY has once again created a multifaceted programme to equip highly gifted young instrumentalists from around the world with the knowledge and skills they need to perform music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Framing it are two symphony concerts to be conducted by Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös, which will juxtapose key works of modernism – Arnold Schoenberg’s Expressionist monodrama “Erwartung” and Charles Ives’s Fourth Symphony – with more recent compositions by Peter Eötvös, Jonathan Harvey, Tristan Murail, and this year’s composer-in-residence, Philippe Manoury. The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra and Pierre Boulez will perform one additional concert, following their stay in Lucerne, in Paris (Salle Pleyel) on 9 September 2012. - lire plus...

04-Jan-2012: Festival Ljubljana 2012: celebrating 60th anniversary

The Festival Ljubljana is in full preparation of its 60th anniversary, which will be celebrated in 2012. The celebration will start with the opening of the festival on 20 June in Cankarjev dom, with the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by the world-famous Sir Simon Rattle and performing works by J. Brahms, A. von Webern and R. Schumann. - lire plus...

29-Nov-2011: Padovani wins ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2011

The Italian/Brasilian composer José Henrique Padovani has won the ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2011 with his composition “Aviagem e o rio”. The competition was open to works for orchestra and live-electronics. - lire plus...

28-Nov-2011: Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2012: A journey to “the beauty of the unknown”

Artistic director Alessandro De Marchi presented the programme of the Innsbruck Festival 2012. The 36th Innsbruck Festival will feature performances of operas by Provenzale, Bontempi, Monteverdi and D. Scarlatti, with a special focus on the “beauty of the unknown”. Tickets for the 2012 Festival can be purchased from Saturday 26 November. - lire plus...

21-Nov-2011: LUCERNE FESTIVAL at the Piano in 2011 is dedicated to Franz Liszt

Whoever wishes to gain an overview of the art of piano music should pay a visit to Lake Lucerne in November. LUCERNE FESTIVAL at the Piano annually brings together the outstanding representatives of the pianistic guild: legendary masters and promising young artists, philosophers at the keyboard and the celebrated virtuosos. The latter will be particularly in demand in 2011, since this year’s programming (21-27 November) will of course centre around the anniversary of Franz Liszt, the phenomenal pianist, innovative composer, and influential teacher whose 200th birthday will be celebrated. - lire plus...

30-Sep-2011: Audition call for participation in No Borders Orchestra tour 2012 launched

The audition call for participation in the No Borders Orchestra (NBO) tour in 2012 has been launched. The No Borders Orchestra aims at the establishment of a symphonic orchestra that gathers the best musicians from the former Yugoslavia territory. It is a cross border project with cultural impacts based on universal human values and focused on further progress of social, environmental and cultural awareness. Deadline: 1 November. - lire plus...

28-Sep-2011: Nordic music festivals meet in Reykjavik from 5-7 October 2011

A conference of music festivals called "Nordic-Baltic Festival Meeting" will take place from 5-7 October in Reykjavik/Iceland at Harpa, Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre. The conference is the first of its kind and its participants come from the Nordic and Baltic countries. Representatives from each country present their country‘s various festivals and the purpose of the conference is to strengthen ties and investigate further co-operation between festivals as well as being educative and informative. - lire plus...

27-Sep-2011: Baalbeck International Festival spreads cultural image of Lebanon

The 2011 edition of the Baalbeck International Festival was a great success. Despite the political situation which discouraged tourists from spending their summer in Lebanon, the high-quality programme attracted a numerous audience. The festival spread over July and offered a vast diversity of performances. - lire plus...

26-Sep-2011: Giovanni Antonini appointed Artistic Director of Festival Wratislavia Cantans as of 2013

From 2013 on Giovanni Antonini is going to be the Artistic Director of the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans – an oratorio and cantata festival which has been taking place in Wroclaw, Poland for 46 years. Paul McCreesh has been the festival’s Artistic Director since 2006 and he is going to hold the position until 2012. Andrzej Kosendiak is the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans’ General Director. - lire plus...

13-Sep-2011: Music Masters on Air: “We have to do more for young composers”

Ten festivals from all over Europe have joined forces in the festival collaboration project MusMA – Music Masters on Air: European Broadcasting Festival. After one year of cooperation, the initiative shares its ambitions and first results in a newly released video clip. “We have to do more for young composers,” stresses Jan Briers, representative of the Flanders Festival, initiator of MusMA. - lire plus...

07-Sep-2011: Successful finish to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2011

On Sunday, 28August, the 26th annual Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (SHMF) concluded its season to much adulation with a closing concert at the Kieler Schloss. After 130 concerts and 5 Music Festivals in the Countryside, this year’s festival came to a successful end. - lire plus...

05-Sep-2011: 46th International Festival Wratislavia Cantans running from 2-18 September

"Wratislavia Cantans" is one of the most prestigious festivals in Europe and takes place in the beautiful city of Wroclaw and the surrounding area of Lower Silesia. For over forty years the festival has celebrated vocal and choral music of all kinds and has been a showcase for outstanding performing artists from all over the world. The programme of the 46th edition (2-18 September 2011) is built around three different themes. - lire plus...

02-Sep-2011: Santander: plaque commemorates 60 years of Santander International Festival

The Regional President, Ignacio Diego; the Mayor of Santander, Iñigo de la Serna; and the Director of the Santander International Festival (FIS), José Luis Ocejo, uncovered a plaque on Thursday, 1 September 2011, on the Porticada Square in Santander to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the festival, which is "among the elite" of European festivals. - lire plus...

31-Aug-2011: Imagine Paradise at the KlaraFestival: Man between utopia and reality

On 1 September 2011, the opening night of the KlaraFestival takes place with free concerts in and near Brussels’ central station. The Brussels edition of the Flanders Festival International is running until 16 September. - lire plus...

30-Aug-2011: Berliner Festspiele celebrated on 27 August with 4,000 visitors

10 years of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, 10 years of Artistic Director Joachim Sartorius, 60 years of the Berliner Festspiele and the completion of the renovations to Haus der Berliner Festspiele - lire plus...

26-Aug-2011: Lucerne Festival Academy kicks off

Just a week ago, 130 or so LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY participants from all over the world arrived in Lucerne, and on 2 September they will perform their first symphonic concert with a programme traversing a century of the history of French music, from Maurice Ravel to Marc-André Dalbavie. The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY, founded by Pierre Boulez in 2004, gives the LUCERNE FESTIVAL its own educational institution for highly gifted young musicians, who are specially initiated into the performance of 20th and 21st century music. - lire plus...

26-Aug-2011: 60th edition of Santander International Festival draws to a close

The programme of the 60th Santander International Festival was composed of an intense schedule of summer events that try to elicit the historical weight of the European tradition with future cross-cultural appeal looming in the new Europe. From 1 to 26 August, audiences could enjoy over sixty artistic proposals at the Festival Palace of Cantabria and in other historic settings. The Santander Festival confirms its important position in Spain’s and Europe’s cultural life: with its diverse programme including grand concert versions of operas; ballet; theatre productions; recitals and chamber music concerts; as well as exhibitions and discussion rounds, the festival – as in previous years – strikes a balance between the most traditional shows and the most avant-garde and innovative styles. - lire plus...

23-Aug-2011: Stresa Festival celebrates 50th anniversary

This year – 2011 – the Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore (Stresa Music Festival) is celebrating its 50th anniversary (21 May to 4 September). For the last five years it has been under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic. - lire plus...

05-Aug-2011: Magic Moments at the 2011 Innsbruck Festival from 10 to 28 August

Innsbruck 10.8. - 28-8.

With a focus on baroque music from German lands at the 2011 Innsbruck Festival, artistic director Alessandro de Marchi also throws light on revolutionary political and social events that impacted on the lives and work of the musicians of that time: Georg Philipp Telemann, for example, was the first composer to self-confidently represent the rising bourgeoisie in cities like Frankfurt and Hamburg with his music. The imposing church music and magnificent operas by George Frederic Handel (both in Italy and in London) and Johann Adolph Hasse (in Italy, Dresden and for the Habsburgs in Austria) on the other hand, reflected the refined rule of the church and nobility. A composer of the likes of Heinrich Schütz used mighty and splendid musical means to raise voices in song against the Thirty Years’ War and its repercussions while Dietrich Buxtehude provided the believers of the Reformed faith in Germany’s upper north with music for contemplation. Finally, Johann Sebastian Bach set the conditions of musical performance practice against new artistic and intellectual demands that apply to this day.   - lire plus...

27-Jul-2011: Orfeo ed Eurídice in the Festival Castell de Peralada

Festival Castell de Peralada, 29 -31 July 2011

“Orfeo ed Eurídice”, the new performance of La Fura dels Baus under the production of the Festival Castell de Peralada, will open on 29 July 2011 at 22.00 pm. The performance will be played again on Sunday, 31 July 2011. - lire plus...

28-Jul-2011: Festival Ljubljana: A tribute to the great Franz Liszt

Križanke Knight's Hall, Ljubljana

Festival Ljubljana supports young Slovene artists and pays tribute to the great Franz Liszt
Festival Ljubljana is a proud supporter of the international project Music Masters on Air, or MusMA, which was initiated two years ago by ten European festivals in order to help performers and composers of the younger generations promote their work. This year, the participating artists will also mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great composer and pianist Franz Liszt. - lire plus...

27-Jul-2011: Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre announces 2011 Georgian Theatre Showcase

The third edition of Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre takes place from 29 September until 16 October 2011, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Tbilisi International (in short) is a very young festival. Established in 2009, the Festival aims to attract creative, challenging, innovative artists from the Far East to the Far West. Tbilisi International brings them together in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, cherishing their artistic ideas and creating an unforgettable experience. - lire plus...

25-Jul-2011: Czech Dreams 2011 were successfully kicked off

On 2 July 2011 in Adorf/Germany, the festival opening concert of the international part of the third edition of the international cultural project Czech Dreams 2011 took place under the auspices of Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Jiří Besser. In his speech, he emphasised the scope and exceptionality of the project as well as its enormous significance for strengthening the contacts between the regions and collaboration in Europe. - lire plus...

20-Jul-2011: MusMA Atelier for contemporary composers and performers in Granada great success

From 27 until 30 June 2011, the first European MusMA Atelier for contemporary composers and performers took place in Granada. MusMA – Music Masters on Air: European Broadcasting Festival – is a platform for new music created for young composers. Composers of the new generation, masters of the new era, take a flight to present their work abroad. European Festivals join forces to develop a platform to welcome this new, unknown contemporary music. 10 - and soon 15 - major European festivals, with the support of the European Union, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the European Festivals Association (EFA), pitch these contemporary composers beyond the borders, straight into the air. - lire plus...

18-Jul-2011: BELEF festival opens its 20th edition in Belgrade

The 20th Belgrade Summer Festival BELEF, which will last until August 7 and comprise various programmes, started late on 15 July 2011 by a classical concert staged in the concert hall of Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment. - lire plus...

12-Jul-2011: Innsbruck Festival of Early Music announces International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera

97 young singers from 34 countries will attend the 2nd International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti 2011!
The 2nd International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti 2011, held by the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, has drawn a strong response from young singers worldwide. Out of the more than 120 applications, 97 young singers from 34 countries and five continents were chosen to participate in the 1st round. From 20 to 25 August, female singers (born 1980 and later) and male singers (born 1978 and later), who come from “A” as in Armenia to “U” as in USA, will face the jury in this Academy Project. - lire plus...

28-Jun-2011: Festival Ljubljana invites for concert on 3 July celebrating Slovenia’s 20th anniversary

Slovenia and Croatia are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the states. During those 20 years, Slovenia realised its long dreams and successfully paved its way into the European Union; the country’s neighbour Croatia is looking forward to be part of our EU very soon. The Festival Ljubljana would like to underline the foundation and invites to a special gala event on 3 July 2011 at 9pm. - lire plus...

09-Jun-2011: 'George Enescu' Festival with "new identity" for its 20th edition

Cultural exchange, excellence and new discoveries rank among the hallmarks of this September’s 20th ‘George Enescu’ Festival (1-25 September 2011). The biennial event offers a programme as rich and diverse as any on the international festival circuit, its artistic scope widened this year thanks to heavyweight government investment and distinctive repertoire choices. Romania’s resurgent capital will host many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors during its late summer festival time. It’s also set to stage performances of works by great names in Romanian music and outstanding talents among the nation’s emerging cohort of composers. In short, the Festival packs the programme punch and artistic armoury required to attract worldwide attention. - lire plus...

08-Jun-2011: EUROPEAN MusMA ATELIER* for contemporary composers and performers in Granada

“MusMA”, Music Masters on Air: European Broadcasting Festival, is an international collaboration project of some 10 major European festivals initiated by the Flanders Festival Brussels. MusMA was brought to life in the framework of the project “FestLab for Creativity and Innovation” of the European Festivals Association (EFA) in 2009. From 27 until 30 June 2011, the first EUROPEAN MusMA ATELIER* for contemporary composers and performers takes place in Granada. - lire plus...

06-Jun-2011: International Izmir Festival celebrates 25th anniversary

The International İzmir Festival organized by the İzmir Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSEV) uninterruptedly since 1987 is 25 years old. The International İzmir Festival, which is a respected member of the European Festivals Association, takes place June 20 – July 21, 2011. - lire plus...

30-May-2011: China Shanghai Arts Festival delegation visits Vilnius Festival

From 30 May until 2 June 2011 a delegation of the China Shanghai Arts Festival visits the Vilnius Festival. The guests participate at the festival opening performance on 31 May. The meeting symbolises the close collaboration ties that have been set up over the past years. - lire plus...

03-May-2011: Festival Ljubljana 2011 ultimate events – tickets already available

For the 59th time, Festival Ljubljana has done its best to make the summer at the Slovenian capital a memorable cultural treat. This year's festival will open on July 3 with more than 1000 musicians performing at the refurbished Kongresni trg. - lire plus...

02-May-2011: VILNIUS FESTIVAL 2011: seven evenings ushering in the summer season

This year the 15th Vilnius Festival will usher in the musical summer season with seven concerts to be presented at the National Philharmonic Hall and the National Opera and Ballet theatre in Vilnius from May 31st to June 14th. An illustrious crew of the internationally acclaimed Lithuanian and foreign musicians will demonstrate breathtaking musicianship and technical brilliance in diverse orchestral and chamber music programmes. Three Lithuanian composers – Vytautas Bacevičius, Vykintas Baltakas and Vidmantas Bartulis – will be featured among many other composers from various epochs and countries. - lire plus...

04-Apr-2011: Interview with Berislav Šipuš, Music Biennale Zagreb: Mirabilia Memorabilia

Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ), the most important contemporary music festival in the region, is celebrating its jubilee. Full fifty years have passed since the first Biennale, which some still vividly remember. As the Festival is soon to begin (7-17 April 2011), MBZ Artistic Director, Berislav Šipuš, talked in an interview about what the audience can expect at the Biennale this year, how the programme is conceived, and if and how the economic conditions affected the programme of this year's Biennale. - lire plus...

28-Mar-2011: ECPNM calls for entries for 4th European competition for live-electronic music projects

The ECPNM – European Conference of Promoters of New Music – hosts the fourth European competition for the composition of live-electronic music projects for orchestra. Deadline for entry of projects is 15 April 2011. - lire plus...

16-Mar-2011: Interview with Jonathan Mills: “What Europe needs is initiative”

In an interview in the run-up of the European Culture Congress – organised from 8-11 September 2011 in Wraclaw in the framework of the Polish EU Presidency – Jonathan Mills, director of the Edinburgh International Festival, talks about cosmopolitanism, cultural education, and the global challenges facing Europe. - lire plus...

08-Mar-2011: President of the Republic of Croatia patron of the Music Biennale Zagreb

The management of the Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) is honored to announce that it has received a memo from the Office of the President of Croatia confirming that H.E. Ivo Josipović has accepted the invitation to become patron of the 26th Music Biennale Zagreb. - lire plus...

02-Mar-2011: Berliner Festspiele celebrate three jubilees in 2011

Today, 2 March 2011, marks the beginning of the celebrations for the Jubilee Year 2011 – WE ARE CELEBRATING of the Berliner Festspiele. In 2011, the festival celebrates: 10 years at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, 10 years of Artistic Director Joachim Sartorius and 60 years of the Berliner Festspiele. - lire plus...

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