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Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie
The is the "house orchestra" of the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt and emerged in 1991 from the ''Staatliches Kulturorchester Schönebeck'' founded in 1948. History The was founded in 1948 as ''Staatliches Kulturorchester Schönebeck'' in Schönebeck an der Elbe. The 25 musicians from over nine nations play all styles from Baroque, Romantic music, Operette, Neue Musik, jazz bis pop music and perform in more than 100 events every year. The orchestra plays in Dr. Tolberg Hall in Bad Salzelmen, the Carl Maria von Weber Theater in Bernburg, the Salzland Theater in Staßfurt, and the Gesellschaftshaus Magdeburg. In addition to well-known musicians such as Igor Oistrakh, Lars Karlin, Dimitri Ashkenazy, Jule Rosalie Vortisch, Stephan König, Michael Collins, Valentina Babor, Andy Miles, Lothar Hensel, Juliane Behrens, Christian Brembeck, Elena Tkachenko, Yury Revich and Ingrid Kaiserfeld, young, highly talented artists also make guest appearances time and again such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salzlandkreis
Salzland is a district in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Harz, Börde, Magdeburg, Jerichower Land, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz and Saalekreis. History The district was established by merging the former districts of Bernburg, Schönebeck and Aschersleben-Staßfurt (except the town Falkenstein) as part of the reform Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement ... of 2007. Towns and municipalities The district Salzlandkreis consists of the following subdivisions: References External links Das Informations-Portal für den Salzlandkreis {{Salzlandkreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan König
Stephan König (born 4 October 1963) is a German composer, pianist and conductor. He is the musical director of the "LeipJAZZig-Orkester" and the chamber orchestra "artentfaltung" and is considered one of the most authoritative Jazz musicians in Leipzig. Life König was born in Berlin in 1963. After six years of music school lessons in Magdeburg, König was a pupil at the Spezialschule für Musik in Halle from 1974 to 1980. In 1980, he began studying at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, majoring in conducting ( Olaf Koch and Christian Kluttig), piano (Wolfram Merkel) and composition (Peter Herrmann) and graduated in 1986 in all three subjects. He then completed additional studies in composition at the same university until 1988. Since the same year, he has held a teaching position at the university. In the field of jazz/popular music he currently teaches jazz piano and piano. In 1985, he made a guest appearance as harpsichordist of the Halle Opera House in Poland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Michael Horstmann
Jan Michael Horstmann (born 1968) is a German conductor, harpsichordist, pianist, moderator, director and chansonnier. Life and career Born in Frankfurt, Horstmann completed his conducting studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Klauspeter Seibel and was engaged as Kapellmeister at the Wuppertaler Bühnen even before completing his studies. From 1996 to 2004, he was deputy general music director at Theater Magdeburg. From March 2004 to July 2013, Horstmann was general music director of the and artistic director of the Mittelsächsische Philharmonie, from August 2012 to July 2017 opera director of the , from summer 2013 combined with the overall musical direction. Since September 2019, he has been chief conductor of the Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie in Schönebeck an der Elbe. Horstmann has worked as a conductor for the since 1992. As a guest conductor he has appeared with the orchestra of the Beethovenhalle (Bonn), the Staatstheater Kassel, the Hambu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Simonis
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term '' mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkenrieder Kreuzgangkonzerte
The Walkenrieder Kreuzgangkonzerte have been the annual music festival of Walkenried Abbey in Lower Saxony Göttingen (district), Göttingen district since 1983. Since 2010, the Walkenried Abbey venue has been part of the World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Regale.Upper Harz Water Regale is a World Heritage Site German Commission for UNESCO e. V. (August 2010) Preliminary work From 1980 onwards, extensive redevelopment and Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, restoration measures began in Walkenried Abbey, whereby the cloister, which had been open until then, received its leaded windows. The installation of warm-air underfloor heating in the double cloister this area of the monastery could for the first time, all year round, be culturally used. These co ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (; abbreviated to ''DLF Kultur'' or ''DKultur'') is a culture-oriented radio station and part of Deutschlandradio, a set of national radio stations in Germany. Initially named ''DeutschlandRadio Berlin'', the station was renamed ''Deutschlandradio Kultur'' on 1 April 2005. The present name was adopted on 1 May 2017. The station's studios are in what was the RIAS building at Hans-Rosenthal-Platz in Schöneberg, Berlin. History Deutschlandfunk Kultur's roots go back to the first Deutschlandsender, set up in 1926. After World War II, ''Deutschlandsender'' became the main national radio station of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), with programming aimed at all of Germany. In the 1970s it was merged with the main Berlin station ''Berliner Welle'' and renamed ''Stimme der DDR'' - "Voice of the GDR". It lasted until February 1990 when it again became ''Deutschlandsender'', and in May 1990 it merged with Radio DDR 2. The merged entity was named ''Deutschlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR; ''Central German Broadcasting'') is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Established in January 1991, its headquarters are in Leipzig, with regional studios in Dresden, Erfurt and Magdeburg. MDR is a member of the ARD consortium of public broadcasters in Germany. MDR broadcasts its own television channel to the three states it serves and also contributes programming to the first German TV channel (Das Erste), and broadcasts a number of radio channels. History Origins The Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk AG (MIRAG) was founded on 22 January 1924 in Leipzig. It aired its first program on 1 March 1924 at 14:30 CET. During the ''Gleichschaltung'' in the Nazi era, the MIRAG was transferred to the "Reichssender Leipzig" in 1934. After the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Military Administration in Germany temporarily licensed "Radio Leipzig" in 1945, which only existed for a few months unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. NDR is a member of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD organisation. Studios NDR's studios in Hamburg are in two locations, both within the borough of Eimsbüttel: the television studios are in the quarter of Lokstedt while the radio studios are in the quarter of Harvestehude (though they are called "Funkhaus am Rothenbaum"), a little closer to the city centre. There are also regional studios, having both radio and television production facilities, in the state capitals Hanover, Kiel and Schwerin. The facility in Hanover is now called the Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen. In addition, NDR maintains facilities at ARD (broadcaster), ARD's national studios in Berlin. Organization and finances Chairmen of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (music)
In music, a solo (from the Spanish and Italian based-word: ''Solo'', meaning ''alone'' or ''by yourself'') is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ, a continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble. Performing a solo is "to solo", and the performer is known as a ''soloist''. The plural is soli or the anglicised form solos. In some contexts these are interchangeable, but ''soli'' tends to be restricted to classical music, and mostly either the solo performers or the solo passages in a single piece. Furthermore, the word ''soli'' can be used to refer to a small number of simultaneous parts assigned to single players in an orchestral composition. In the Baroque concerto grosso, the term for such a group of soloists was '' concertino''. An instrumental solo is often used in popular music duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Kaiserfeld
Ingrid Kaiserfeld (born 16 January 1961) is an Austrian operatic soprano. She is best known as a Mozart interpreter, especially for her "Queen of the Night" (''The Magic Flute''), which she sang over 80 times. Life Youth Born in Pernegg an der Mur, Kaiserfeld completed her studies at the Graz Musikhochschule. Initially active as a concert singer, she switched to the opera stage in Graz after a few years. There, after her debut as "Lisa" ('' The Land of Smiles''), she sang "Nedda" (''Pagliacci''), "Lucia" (''Lucia di Lammermoor'') and "Irene" (''Belisario''), among others. In Graz, she achieved her first career highlights as "Gilda (''Rigoletto'') and "Donna Anna" (''Don Giovanni''), which were received with great praise by the press and the public. From 1998 onwards, she was an ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera, where she sang, among others, the "1st Lady" (''the Magic Flute''), "Musetta" (''La Bohème'') and "Rosalinde" (''Die Fledermaus''). Since 2002, she has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Revich
Yury Revich (born 28 August 1991) is an Austrian classical violinist and composer. He was named the Young Artist of the Year in 2015 by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) and the 2016 ECHO Klassik "Newcomer of the year (violin)" award. He plays on a Stradivari 1709 violin on loan from the Goh Family Foundation. Life and career Born in Moscow, Revich studied with Galina Turchaninovoy from 2005 to 2009, with Victor Pikaizen, and since 2009 with Pavel Vernikov at the ''Konservatorium Wien''.Yury Revich gibt Debut in Mailand (in German) . 22 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013 Amongst his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Brembeck
Christian Brembeck (born 1960 in Munich) is a German conductor, organist and harpsichordist. He studied organ, piano and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in Munich, and was awarded the Organ Prize of the City of Würzburg in 1981. After graduating in 1987, he joined the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed as a musician and conductor all over Europe, USA, Israel, the Far East and South America. He has also appeared with the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Bamberger Symphoniker and the Collegium Aureum. He has been an accompanist of the Tölzer Knabenchor. Since 1992 he has been the conductor of the chamber orchestra Capella Istropolitana in Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% o .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
