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 11th and 12th 2019. 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.
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Forbidden Music – “Jewish Destiny” and the defiance of Richard Fuchs
Senior Researcher Michael Haas has release a new article on his blog „Forbidden Music“ about Richard Fuchs: „Jewish Destiny“ and the defiance of Richard Fuchs.
Read the full article here.
Fuchs studied architecture and music in Karlsruhe. After his doctorate, he worked and gained considerable recognition as an architect after the First World War. 1935 he was forbidden to carry on working as an architect and began his new career as composer with the Jewish Cultural League. The synagogues he designed and built were burnt down during the Kristallnacht pogroms in November 1938. He fled Germany to New Zealand via England. His abiding aspiration was establishing a synthesis between Jewish and German music.
Film Screening “WALTER ARLEN’S FIRST CENTURY” at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York | June 12, 2019
WALTER ARLEN’S FIRST CENTURY, a documentary by Vienna-based filmmaker Stephanus Domanig, paints an affectionate and multifaceted picture of a musician exiled in 1938, who only got to see his works performed late in life.
The film accompanies Walter Arlen for a part of his journey. With ease it paints the portrait of a remarkable man, a man who went through years of darkness but never lost sight of the “blue light of the last streetcar”.
Following the 90-minute screening of the film, there was a Q&A with exil.arte’s founding Director Gerold Gruber and filmmaker Stephanus Domanig.
Jeannie Im (soprano) and Dan Franklin Smith (piano) presented examples of Arlen’s musical oeuvre including “Five Songs of Love and Yearning.”
Please read the articles on this wonderful evening on Broadway World and Musical America.
Political Theater in Exile
The exil.arte Center expanded on 21.05.2019 its exhibition “When I compose, I’m back in Vienna” with a portrayal of the life and work of Erwin Piscator and Maria Ley Piscator under the title “Political Theater in Exile”.
This expansion is part of The Lahr of Leitis Academy & Archive, which was recently acquired by the exil.arte center.
The exhibition shows Piscator’s significant influence on the development of the theater on both sides of the Atlantic. Piscator firmly believed that “art only serves its purpose if it contributes to human improvement.”
The exhibtion is open daily (Tuesday – Saturday from 3 pm to 7pm)
Concert with compositions by Jan Urban, Leoš Janáček and Gideon Klein | October 9, 2018
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Franz Liszt-Saal , Lothringerstraße 18, 1030 WienMit der Pianistin Biljana Urban
Ein Vergleich mit Leoš Janáček und Gideon Klein
Jan Urbans Kompositionsstil entwickelte sich aus der Wende vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert. Biljana Urban, die Enkelin des Komponisten, selbst international renommierte Pianistin, wird das Werk ihres Großvaters mit seinen Zeitgenossen Leoš Janáček und Gideon Klein vergleichen.
Bildergalerie
Concert Hugo Kauder with book presentation | September 25, 2018
Exilarte Concert Series “Echo of the Unheard”
Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 7 p.m.
ORF RadioCafé
Argentinierstraße 30a, 1040 Wien
Hugo Kauder: Concert & Book Presentation (Böhlau Verlag) within the Exilarte Book Series
As part of this concert, Irene Suchy will speak with the author Karin Wagner, who has presented the first comprehensive book on life and work of Hugo Kauder. Together with Karl Warner (Hugo Kauder Society), this outstanding personality will be examined as a composer, teacher, musician, music theorist and philosopher. Examples from Kauder’s extensive work – he wrote over 300 compositions – complete the picture of this versatile person.
Works: String Quartet Nr. 1, Sonata for Flute and Piano, String Quartet Nr. 4
Performers
Selini Quartet:
Liubov Kalmykova (violin)
Nadia Kalmykova (violin)
Loredana Apetrei (viola)
Loukia Loulaki (cello)
Ulrike Anton (flute)
Miyuki Schüssler (piano)
Moderation
Dr. Irene Suchy (Ö1)
Musica Femina: Exilarte Concert “Verfemte Komponistinnen” | July 25, 2018
im Rahmen des Festival Musica Femina
in der Orangerie in Schönbrunn
ab 16 Uhr: Führung durch die Ausstellung
Werke von: Rosy Wertheim, Ruth Schönthal, Vally Weigl und Henriëtte Bosmans
Mit Ethel Merhaut (Sopran), Ulrike Anton (Flöte), Christine Roider (Violoncello) & Miyuki Schüssler (Klavier)
Moderation: Gerold Gruber
Weiterführende Informationen: http://musicafemina.at
Tribute to Andrè Singer, Austrian Cultural Forum New York | June 12, 2018
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Mit Trio Artio, Gerold Gruber im Gespräch mit Susanne Korbel und dem Zeitzeugen George Wolff
André Singer wurde in Serbien geboren und studierte an der mdw. In der Zwischenkriegszeit konnte er sich als Komponist, Pianist und Texter einen Namen im Bereich des Wiener Kabaretts machen (Literatur am Naschmarkt). 1938 musste er in die USA fliehen und arbeitete als Kompositionslehrer an einem amerikanischen College. George Wolff, ein Freund von André Singer, wird über sein Leben und sein Werk aus seiner Sicht berichten.
Link: www.acfny.org > Event
Commemorative event against violence and racism in memory of the victims of National Socialism | May 4, 2018
Diese Gedenkveranstaltung fand im Zeremoniensaal der Hofburg in Wien statt.
Egon Wellesz, Streichquartett Nr. 4, III. Sehr langsam, Walter Arlen, „Es geht wohl anders“ für Gesang und Klavier, Sonett für Violine und Klavier, Humoreske für Piano solo
Mitwirkende: Ensemble der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien; Selini Quartett: Liubov Kalmykova (Violine), Nadia Kalmykova (Violine), Loredana Apetrei (Viola), Loukia Loulaki (Violoncello); Rafat Mokrzycki (Klavier), leva Pranskute (Violine); Helene Franziska Feldbauer (Mezzosporan)
Bildergalerie
Fotos von: © Parlamentsdirektion / Thomas Topf und © Parlamentsdirektion / Johannes Zinner
An evening with Hermann Leopoldi | June 5, 2018
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Alter Konzertsaal, Rennweg 8, 1030 Wien
Mit Studierenden von Gertraud Berka-Schmid Alexander Tarko, Lisa Pupitz, Mathias Schmidhammer, Marin Drmac
Gäste und Mitgestalter: Ronald Leopoldi (Sohn), Sepp Tatzl (Schriftsteller, Regisseur, Zeitzeuge), Gerold Gruber (Leiter des exil.arte Zentrum der mdw), Peter Marschik (Dirigent, Pianist, Komponist)