Music : Soundings
About Soundings
Soundings, initiated in 2004 by the Austrian Cultural Forum London, presents and profiles young composers and performers from Austria and the United Kingdom in workshops, symposia and concerts. It provides composers and musicians with a unique opportunity to get to know each other and each other’s work. Each and every year has inspired and created many exciting artist collaborations, projects and commissions many of which are ongoing. For more information please visit www.soundings.co.uk
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Friedrich Cerha has been awarded the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2012. The Austrian composer, born in 1926, will be awarded the prize, valued at €200,000, for his life's work. In addition Soundings composer Luke Bedford was awarded the Composers' Prize.
Junges Ensemble seeks to develop new talent and allow them to gain valuable experience working as part of Theater an der Wien! Openings for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone / bass-baritone and bass are available for periods from 2-7 years. Email: jungesensemble@theater-wien.at for further information.
Visit www.musicexport.at to find out about new musicians and events happening in the Austrian music scene!
Guy Dammann gives Soundings VII a four star review in the Guardian on 7 December. Read all about it here
The coalition parties – Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and People’s Party (ÖVP) – and the Greens presented a joint motion to change the lyrics of Austria's national anthom. Austria is now "home to great daughters and sons" (previously only sons) and in the third stanza "choirs of brothers" will be replaced by "joyous choirs".
British composer Emily Howard has been celebrated in the Austrian and UK press for her piece Solar and the Wien Modern commissioned Calculus of the Nervous System, performed by the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Howard has taken part in the ACF's Soundings platform and first travelled to Vienna in 2009 for a special Soundings concert at the Alte Schmiede. Read Micheal White's review in the Telegraph and an interview in the Austrian magazine Terz (in English).
Emily Howard has been chosen as one of the 20 commissions to feature centre stage at the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. All commissions will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and will tour the UK. Emily's work is a 12 minute chamber opera inspired by legendary Czech Olympic long distance runner, communist and dissenter Emil Zatopek (1922-2000). For more information visit www.emilyhoward.com
De Novo Arts has produced an online short film about this year's Soundings platform entitled 'Inspired by Mahler'. You can view it here.