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Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir (born 1985) is an Icelandic violinist. Elfa Rún came to international prominence through her victory at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2006, where she won the Grand Prize, the Audience Prize and a special prize awarded to the youngest finalist. Elfa Rún has also won several awards at the Icelandic Music Awards, including the Performer of the Year award in 2012 and the Album of the Year award in 2015 for her recording of the works of Georg Philipp Telemann. In 2015, Elfa Rún was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize Elfa Rún's work in historically informed performance of Baroque music has been well received, and she is an active member of Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. After finishing her studies in her native Iceland with a diploma from Iceland Academy of the Arts Iceland University of the Arts ( ) is an Icelandic institution of higher art education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university- ...
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International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition
The International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition () is a music competition in Leipzig, Germany, held by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. It was founded in 1950 and was held every four years from 1964 to 1996 with five subjects and is now held every two years with three changing subjects violin / baroque violin, piano, harpsichord or in the fields of voice, cello / baroque violoncello and organ. From 1965 the competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva. Prizes Prizes for participants: The Prize winners have the right to use the title "Bach Prize Winners". Prizewinners Prize winners have included: * Harpsichordists: Pieter-Jan Belder (2000), Andrew Rosenblum (2018) * Pianists: Tatiana Nikolayeva, Margarita Fyodorova, Jörg Demus, Waldemar Maciszewski (1950), Igor Lazko (1964), Valery Afanassiev, Svetlana Navasardyan, Ivan Klansky (1968), Kei Itoh (1980), Ueli Wiget (1984), Nikolai Luganski (1988), Ragna Schirmer (1992 & 1998), Cornelia ...
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history, at least in terms of surviving works. Telemann was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the leading German composers of the time, and he was compared favourably both to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach, who made Telemann the godfather and namesake of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, and to George Frideric Handel, whom Telemann also knew personally. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of that city's five main churches. While Telemann's career prospered, his personal li ...
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Nordic Council Music Prize
The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded annually by NOMUS, the Nordic Music Committee. Every two years it is awarded for a work by a living composer. In the intervening years it is awarded to a performing musician or ensemble. The Nordic Music Committee (NOMUS) The Nordic Council has four art committees: *The Nordic Literature and Library Committee (NORDBOK) *The Nordic Music Committee (NOMUS) *The Nordic Centre for the Performing Arts (NordScen) *The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA) NOMUS consists of two delegates from each of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland) and observers from the three areas with self-rule (Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands ). NOMUS awards grants to promote musical co-operation in the Nordic Region; subsidizes commissioned works, musical performances, seminars, conferences and educational courses; and acts as the secretariat and jury of the Nordic Council Music Prize. The Nordic C ...
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Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin
A German Akademie is a school or college, trade school or another educational institution. The word Akademie (unlike the words Gymnasium or Universität) is not protected by law, and any school or college may choose to call itself Akademie. A Sommerakademie (Summer Akademie) is a programme that teaches different groups of children or grown-ups, usually during the summer month. Sometimes those programmes are remedial in nature. Origin of the word The word Akademie derives from the Platonic Academy, which was located near the bosk of Akademos. D. Sedley, "Academy", in the ''Oxford Classical Dictionary'', 3rd ed.; p. 4, J. Barnes, "Life and Work", in ''The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle'', Cambridge University Press 1995; J. Barnes, "Academy", E. Craig (Ed.), ''Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', Routledge 1998, accessed 13 Sept 2008, from http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/A001. Examples of Akademies *Akademie deutsches Bäckerhandwerk Weinheim *Akademie für musisch ...
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Iceland Academy Of The Arts
Iceland University of the Arts ( ) is an Icelandic institution of higher art education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.Lisa Z. ValdimarsdottirIceland Academy of the Arts, Department of Design and Architecture - Library(pdf) The institution was founded on 21 September 1998 by consolidating the Iceland Drama School and the Reykjavík Arts School, and classes began in autumn 1999. Education Following the standards of the Bologna process, IUA offers bachelor's degree programmes (3 years, 180 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, ECTS credits, Bachelor of Fine Arts), and master's degree programmes (2 years, 120 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, ECTS credits, Master of Fine Arts). There are seven study programmes available at IUA: * Architecture Arts Education * Design * Filmmaking, Film * Visual arts, Fine Art * Music * Performing arts, Performing Arts International collaboration IUA is an ...
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Icelandic Violinists
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1985 Births
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA ...
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