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Expelled, persecuted, banned – European music and the consequences of National Socialism, current seminar at the mdw

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Stephanie Jacobson - Featured, Featured, International-en, news, news, posts-en, posts-en, Seminars & Workshops

The Association of Jewish Regufees | Sarah Lawrence College Archives

A seminar of the Exilarte Center offered for all fields of study as optional subject ( Spring and Fall semester)

Lecturers: a.o. Univ.-Prof. DDr. h.c. Gerold Gruber, Dr. Ulrike Anton, Dr. Michael Haas

OBJECTIVES

show the plurality of music that was prevented and destroyed by the Nazi seizure of power
describe the interaction between culture and politics
rediscover the repertoire lost by the National Socialists
analysis to concentration camp – emigration – exile – post-war period

RESULTS

Students should be given a comprehensive knowledge of the complexity of music creation
Dealing with mostly forgotten composers and their works
Analysis of musical trends and different styles
Effects of politics, religion and the social environment on cultural creation
Students should discover new repertoire for themselves

PROSPECT

Getting to know unknown repertoire
Awareness of cultural responsibility
Influence of migration on the exile countries
Analysis from today’s point of view
Scientific and artistic interpretation in accordance
Analysis of different styles
Adaptation to the respective field of study

CONTACT: info@exilarte.org

BR radio show: Hans Winterberg – In search of a forgotten composer | October 11, 2019

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Stephanie Jacobson - Featured, International-en, news, posts-en

Gerold Gruber, Ulrike Anton and Michael Haas are guests of Andreas Pehl from the Bayerischer Rundfunk and talk about the extraordinary life cycle and the works of the composer Hans Winterberg, persecuted by the National Socialists.

Bavarian Radio Classical, Friday, October 11, 2019, 19:05 – 20 clock A replay of the program will take place on Saturday, October 12 at 2:05 pm.

The program can be heard via the live stream of Bayerischer Rundfunk and is also available via the media library or podcast service of the BR.

ORF – Long Night of Museums | October 5, 2019

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Stephanie Jacobson - Featured, Featured, International-en, Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", Partnerships with Exilarte, news, news, Partnerships with Exilarte, posts-en, posts-en

On Saturday, October 5, 2019, this year’s “ORF Long Night of Museums” took place throughout Austria for the 20th time.
The exil.arte center of mdw was pleased to be part of it for the first time this year and offered guided tours of the current exhibition as well as special program items.

SPECIAL EVENTS throughout the ORF Long Night of Museums

1) Concert: Echo of the Unheard (6:30 pm)

Programme:
Hans Gál (1890 – 1987) – Concertino für Flöte und Streichquartett, op. 82
Julius Bürger (1897 – 1995) – Streichquartett Nr. 2
Hans Winterberg (1901 – 1991) – Streichquartett 1957/1970

WISE – Wien International Soloists Ensemble will bring works of these forgotten composers back to life.

Andrea Nikolić, violin
Jonathan Cano, violin
Marta Potulska, viola
Anzél Gerber, violoncello

Ulrike Anton, flute

2) Actor’s reading: Letters & manuscripts from Erwin Piscator (8:30 pm)

Read and interpreted by Tamara Stern and Hubert Wolf
Text selection: Susanne Abbrederis

3) Concert: From the Lower East to the Upper West Side (10:30 pm)

Music from the Jewish Theatres and Viennese Cafés in New York in the 1930s and 1940s. Esther Wratschko and her ensemble (Andrew Gorman & Lili Weihandl) will perform songs by Leopoldi, Berg and others

Programme:

Alexander Olshanetsky: Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib
Abraham Ellstein: Abi gezunt
Shalom Secunda: Bay mir bistu sheyn
Jimmy Berg: Man stellt sich um!
Hermann Leopoldi: Ja da wär´s halt gut, wenn man Englisch könnt
Jimmy Berg: Small Café near Central Park West

Rektor of the mdw – University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna Ulrike Sych and head of the exil.arte Center Gerold Gruber
Ulrike Anton and Andrea Nikolić
WISE: Wien – International Soloists Ensemble
WISE: Wien – International Soloists Ensemble
visitors of the exhibition
visitors of the exhibition
visitors of the exhibition
visitors of the exhibition
visitors of the exhibition
visitors of the exhibition
Hubert Wolf, Tamara Stern, Susanne Abbrederis
Tamara Stern
Hubert Wolf & Tamara Stern
Hubert Wolf
Hubert Wolf & Tamara Stern
visitors of the concert
visitors of the concert
visitors of the concert
visitors of the concert
Esther Wratschko & ensemble
Lili Weinhandl
Andrew Gorman, Esther Wratschko, Lili Weinhandl

Symposium „Jewish Music in South Germany – History, Exile, Continuance“ in Munich | July 11 – 12, 2019

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Stephanie Jacobson - Featured, Featured, International-en, Concert Series " Echo of the Unheard", news, news, posts-en, posts-en

The international Symposium „Jewish Music in South Germany – History, Exile, Continuance“ initiated by Tina Frühauf, took place at Munich’s University for Music and Performing Arts on July 11^th and 12^th2019. It presented a wide spectrum of creativity current in Southern Germany prior to 1933, and included papers on both secular and liturgical works. exil.arte was represented by DDr. Prof. Gerold Gruber and Dr. Ulrike Anton both giving their papers on life and work of Hans Winterberg and Dr. Michael Haas, who spoke on the Kulturbund and New Zealand exile-composer Robert Fuchs. Documentation on Hans Winterberg as well as the estate of Robert Fuchs make up part of the archive of the exil.arte Center.