Music: Tonkunstlerfest honors Duke Ellington and Arnold Schönberg | EUROtoday

The works of the composers Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) are the main focus of the thirty first Tonkunstlerfest. Until November twenty second, the intention is to permit imaginary encounters between these influential personalities in latest music historical past to happen, because the Saxony-Anhalt Association of Music Artists introduced. The occasions ought to give equal recognition to the work of each artists. There are concert events in Magdeburg, Halle, Stendal, Staßfurt and Aschersleben, because it was mentioned.

Schoenberg was born in Vienna and emigrated to the USA in 1933 as a Jewish composer. He is taken into account the inventor of the so-called twelve-tone approach, a way of composing with twelve tones which might be associated to one another. Ellington is claimed to be one of the vital influential American jazz musicians and composers. It was mentioned that he influenced swing and was an awesome jazz pianist.

Large orchestras and scholar concert events

The Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the ensemble for modern music, amongst others, wish to concentrate on the life and work of the 2 composers through the Tonkunstlerfest Saxony-Anhaltthe Kon Big Band and the Neue Magdeburger Kammerchor dedicate. Concerts by and with college students are additionally on this system.

According to its personal info, the Saxony-Anhalt Music Artists Association wish to community musicians, composers, performers, music educators and scientists and convey them collectively within the type of musical initiatives. The regional affiliation is a member of the German Music Artists Association, the “oldest and largest professional association for musicians”. It is claimed to have round 9,000 members.

According to the affiliation, in 2025 the Tonkunstlerfest in Saxony-Anhalt desires to concentrate on French modernism and the composer and pianist Martial Solal.

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The works of the composers Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) are the main focus of the thirty first Tonkunstlerfest. Until November twenty second, the intention is to permit imaginary encounters between these influential personalities in latest music historical past to happen, because the Saxony-Anhalt Association of Music Artists introduced. The occasions ought to give equal recognition to the work of each artists. There are concert events in Magdeburg, Halle, Stendal, Staßfurt and Aschersleben, because it was mentioned.

Schoenberg was born in Vienna and emigrated to the USA in 1933 as a Jewish composer. He is taken into account the inventor of the so-called twelve-tone approach, a way of composing with twelve tones which might be associated to one another. Ellington is claimed to be one of the vital influential American jazz musicians and composers. It was mentioned that he influenced swing and was an awesome jazz pianist.

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