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Realisation Semi-Final
WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006 in co-operation with EBU and ORF
Realisation Final
Wiener Festwochen in co-operation with EBU and ORF
Conditions of Entry
Age up to 19
Selection of one piece by Mozart or one of his contemporaries from the repertoire pre-selected by the EBU
Dates and Places
Semi-Final
07.05.2006, 14:00 - 17:45, Wiener Konzerthaus, Schubertsaal
08.05.2006, 14:00 - 16:45, Wiener Konzerthaus, Schubertsaal
Final
12.05.2006, 21:20 - 23:00 Rathausplatz, organised as the Grand Opening of the Wiener Festwochen
Live Broadcast on ORF 2
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Christian Arming
Tickets
Semi-Final: Admission free. Tickets may be obtained free of charge at the WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006 INFOCENTER, Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz next to the Vienna State Opera, 1010 Vienna. 4 tickets maximum per person, as long as seats are available. For further information, please call: (Tel.) +43-1-58 999.
Final: Admission free
Web
www.wienmozart2006.at
www.festwochen.at
www.ebu.ch
www.orf.at
www.konservatorium-wien.ac.at A classical music competition for young people Eurovision Young Musicians 2006 is a classical music competition especially for young people. It brings promising musicians from different countries and cultures together. A particular feature is that the competition is broadcast on television throughout Europe and thus reaches a very wide audience. Every two years, gifted young people between the ages of 15 and 19 enter the competition in order to prove their musical abilities. The competition has been a fixture since 1982, with a key motif being the promotion of cross-border cultural exchange. People of widely different origins participate in the Eurovision Young Musicians competition; their common denominator is their love of music. The competition final, with the presentation of the Eurovision Young Musicians award, is an important platform for up-and-coming artists and can even launch an international musical career.
Eurovision Young Musicians 2006
In 2006, the competition is taking place under the banner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and has been especially adapted for this particular year. For example, there is no minimum age limit, since Mozart was a child prodigy and performed music from a very early age. Otherwise Mozart himself would have been excluded from the competition at an age when he was already reaping international acclaim. Participants in 2006 will present only works composed by Mozart or one of his contemporaries. However, this limits the young artists in the choice of their instruments, since only those instruments are accepted for which the historical works were written. Adaptations are not permitted. In the semi-final on 7 and 8 May 2006, an international jury will select the seven musicians who are to proceed to the final. The preparations for the semi-final and the final will be organised by WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006 in co-operation with the private university Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität. The Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität will put rehearsal rooms at the disposal of the candidates, and students of this institution will provide any other assistance they might require. The venue for this last semi-final competition is the Schubertsaal of the Konzerthaus.
Round Table “The higher you rise, the harder you fall”
A round table has been organised to take place during the competition on 11 May, also in co-operation with the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität. It deals with the direct as well as with roundabout paths to musical careers. A central theme is the short-lived character of the modern music business. In the music business, prize winners frequently run a risk of becoming interchangeable merchandise. The round table centres on backgrounds, opportunities and visions from the viewpoints of all parties involved. It is an occasion not only for young artists to speak up, but also for agents, jury members, and representatives of the music industry to make their comments. Accompanying workshops round off the event. They are a good opportunity for both competition candidates and students of the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität to learn more about proper onstage behaviour, self-promotion, and perfect Internet presence. The speakers include coaches, agents and Web specialists who already support highly successful artists of the younger generation.
Grand finale under the stars
Also unique in the history of the Eurovision Young Musician Competition:The final will take place on 12 May 2006 as the grand opening of the Wiener Festwochen 2006 on Rathausplatz in front of the Vienna City Hall. The musicians will play live in an open-air concert on Vienna’s Rathausplatz for an audience of over 40,000. The young soloists will be supported by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Christian Arming. In addition to the young musicians’ performances, a show programme is being prepared. The award ceremony will be the highlight of the evening.
The host broadcaster ORF will air the show as a live stream television broadcast all across Europe.
All details to the contestants
Black Theatre for Mozart
Concept
Sylvia Nescher
Realisation
wienXtra - ferienspiel & wienXtra - familientage
Age Group
5 - 12
Premiere
15.12.2005
Dates
16.12.2005 - 13.07.2006
Places
Dschungel Wien, MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1,
Hof 2, 1070 Vienna
Haus der Begegnung PAHO, Ada Christeng. 2b,
1100 Vienna
Haus der Begegnung Rudolfsheim, Schwenderg.41,
1150 Vienna
Haus der Begegnung Brigittenau, Raffaelg. 11-13, 1200 Vienna
Haus der Begegnung Donaustadt, Bernoullistr. 1, 1220 Vienna
Polycollege Stöbergasse
Stöbergasse 11-15
1050 Wien
Tickets
wienXtra - kinderinfo
MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1,
Hof 2, 1070 Vienna
Phone: +43-1-4000 84 400
E-mail: kinderinfo@wienxtra.at
Web
www.ferienspiel.at
www.familientage.at
www.wienxtra.at
www.dschungelwien.at A very special theatre experience “Black theatre“ is based on an ancient Chinese technique in which all non-essential elements on the stage vanish in a black background. Its modern version was invented in Prague in the 1960s. Here the stage is swathed in black and is illuminated with ultraviolet light. The actors are dressed entirely in black, and the props are made of fluorescent material. This creates the impression that the objects are moving on their own.
“Black Theatre for Mozart” is aimed at revealing the timeless magic which Mozart created with his music. The play is a game of the imagination in which Mozart‘s music ? reinforced by the methods of black theatre ? is used to inspire daydreams. With luminous hands (and with his music) the Maestro transforms a bed cover into the countess from Le nozze di Figaro. Pillows become shepherds and lovers, chairs turn into horses, and the table becomes a coach. And finally, Gabriele Schuchter invites Mozart the genius for a chat ...
gradus ad parnassum
Realisation
Österreichische Jugendmusikwettbewerbe MUSIK DER JUGEND (umbrella organisation of Austrian music competitions for youth) in co-operation with the Konservatorium Wien University and Jeunesse
Music
Alexander Müllenbach, Adriana Hölszky, Richard Dünser, Florian Bramböck
Conductor
Bertrand de Billy
Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Programme
Competitions in the categories: piano, violin, clarinet and string quartet, Gala concert with awards ceremony
Dates
Competition:
19.10.- 22.10.2006
Gala concert: 24.10.2006, 19:30
Places
Competition: Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität, Johannesg. 4a, 1010 Wien & Singerstr. 26,
1010 Vienna
Gala concert: Musikverein Wien, Großer Saal
Bösendorferstr. 12, 1010 Vienna
Registration
www.musikderjugend.at
Tickets
Jeunesse - Ticket office, Bösendorferstr. 12,
1010 Vienna
Phone: + 43-1-505 63 56-11
E-mail: tickets@jeunesse.at
Web
www.musikderjugend.at
www.konservatorium-wien.ac.at A music competition for young people Gradus ad Parnassum provides a forum for young, talented Austrian musicians to test their instrumental and artistic strengths. The Austrian classical music competition is a national event held under professional conditions and has the objective of preparing young musicians for competing on an international level.
The competition takes place each year in four divisions. The divisions for 2006 are piano, violin, and clarinet as solo instruments and string quartet in the chamber music category. Young artists aged 26 or under may enter.
The event will culminate in the public gala concert of the prize winners, at which the overall winner of the 2006 Gradus ad Parnassum Prize will be selected. The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra will play under the baton of Bertrand de Billy. The gala concert, which includes the awards presentation ceremony, will take place on 24 October 2006 in the Grosser Saal of the Musikverein in Vienna.
ZOOM Children’s Museum
Realisation
ZOOM Kindermuseum
Curators
Herbert Lachmayer, Elisabeth Menasse-Wiesbauer, Katharina Oder
Exhibition Architecture
Renate Martin & Andreas Donhauser
Graphic Design
Barbara Mungenast
Age Group
6 - 12
Opening
04.04. 2006
Duration
04.04. - 03.09.2006
Prolonged until 14.11.2006
Place
ZOOM - Kindermuseum
MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
Registration
Phone: +43-1-524 79 08
E-mail: reservierung@kindermuseum.at
Web
www.kindermuseum.at
www.daponte.at
www.wienmozart2006.at
For information about the MuseumsQuartier Wien, please see:
www.mqw.at Exhibition in the ZOOM Children`s Museum The exhibition in the ZOOM Children‘s Museum focuses on Mozart the child and Mozart the wunderkind. The exhibition reveals the “elemental“ child behind the often idealised figure of Mozart: the cheeky Wolfgang Amadé, the disciplined piano-playing automaton, the precocious composer and lover of ambiguous wordplay, the well-behaved boy genius, the dapper little musician of Court society, the self-possessed, provocative young rascal. The differences between the way children were raised in Mozart‘s time and the present day are illustrated by means of aspects of everyday life: clothing, grooming, hygiene, punishment etc.
Travel is a topic that is of special interest in Mozart‘s biography. Mozart spent most of his childhood travelling through half of Europe. In those days, travel not only meant extreme hardships, but also broadened the mind and served as an opportunity for acquiring knowledge and learning to behave in society. For the young Mozart, his travels were literally his education.
In Mozart‘s time, games were very important for both children and adults. Games and experiments with ideas - whether on philosophical, scientific, moral, or even erotic topics - largely dominated conversation and social entertainment. Mozart‘s intelligence was developed in part by these games for young and old, which honed his quick wits and his willingness to take risks and to experiment. Plays on ideas and on words, the wealth of variation in his music, and a penchant for slipping into other characters and social roles typified Mozart‘s social and artistic imagination.
Most of the music featured in the exhibition is drawn from Mozart‘s early works, which he wrote before he was twelve years old. Visitors will have the opportunity to hear Mozart‘s music and also to try out musical instruments for themselves and even - with the help of new technology - to compose their own melodies.
The exhibition is designed to resemble a huge stage on which the late 18th-century worlds of experience, emotion, and knowledge take palpable shape in the form of spaces and scenarios for play, experimental and interactive installations, computer simulations, and fascinating theatrical vistas with stage sets and special effects. The central design element is that of the stage set, with an illusion in the form of a painted baroque or rococo façade on the front and disillusionment in the form of sackcloth and stage technology at the back. The exhibition is suitable for children aged 6 to 12.
ZOOM Children‘s Museum
The ZOOM Children‘s Museum lets its visitors ask questions, touch exhibits, research, explore and play to their heart‘s content. Covering a total of 1500 square metres, the ZOOM Children‘s Museum contains four different sections for children up to the age of 14: the exhibition proper, which presents major topics in a way that makes them accessible to children aged 7 to 12; the Studio, where children aged 3 to 12 can get involved with artistic issues through play; the ZOOMLab, where young people aged 8 to 14 with no prior technical experience can experiment with animated films, 3-D spaces, and sound; and the Ocean, a varied play area for children aged between 8 months and 6 years.
P?nkitititi - Mozart for Children
Concept & Realisation
P?nkitititi-Team (Peter Andritsch, Dietmar Flosdorf, Nicole Marte, Eva Steinhauser)
Patronage
Angelika Kirchschlager
Music
Works by Mozart, Turkish music, world premieres by Christoph Matl and Mansul Bildik
Stage Design
Manfred Schwinghammer
Programme
Workshops in Viennese primary schools with festival finale
Artistic Project Management
Wiener Masken- und Musiktheater - Mozart Maskenspiel
Christoph Matl - Thinking like Mozart
Sabine Hasicka - Moving with Mozart
Margarethe Deppe - Mozart Party I
Eva Steinhauser - Mozart alla turca
Verena Brunner - Mozart Party II
Age Group
6 - 10
Dates
18.05.2006, 15:00 - 20:00
19.05.2006, 17:00 - 20:00
20.05.2006, 13:00 - 16:00
Place
Festival
Siedlung Mitterhoferg., Dr. Franz-Koch-Hof, Jedlersdorfer Str. 99 inner courtyard in front of building no. 22, 1210 Vienna
Registration
Mag. Peter Andritsch, Goldschlagstr. 127/32, 1140 Vienna
E-mail: office@punkitititi.at
Web
www.punkitititi.at An eventful journey into Mozart’s world - a festival and workshops for children
“P?nkitititi” invites children to embark on an eventful journey into Mozart’s world and gives them the opportunity to engage with his music in creative play.
In 1787 Mozart went on a trip to Prague with his wife, friends, and the dog Gauckerl. Everyone was keen to go, as Mozart had been invited to attend a performance of Le nozze di Figaro - so it was a pleasure trip with lots of fun for everyone. In this boisterous mood, Mozart invented nicknames for everyone in the party. For example, Constanze became SchablaPumfa, and his own nickname was “P?nkitititi”.
“P?nkitititi”, a music education project by WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006, offers children an equally enjoyable journey into Mozart‘s world, providing a wide range of insights into his life and works. The venue is a large housing estate in the north of Vienna.
“P?nkitititi” comprises a three-day event festival as well as preparatory workshops in local elementary schools in which children can participate in interactive dialogue. Thus P?nkitititi transforms the children’s everyday environment into a stage full of artistic experiences - and finally gives them the chance to act on a real stage.
The festival opens with “Mozart Masquerade” by the Wiener Masken- und Musiktheater: walking acts in a magical rococo setting evoke the atmosphere of a Venetian carnival, and the listeners experience an exciting concert with Arthur and August.
Mozart Gedankenspiel, a musical specially composed by Christoph Matl, represents an imaginary journey into Mozart‘s musical thoughts.
Movement is the key to “Mozart bewegt”. Tap dancer Sabine Hasicka and her team use choreography to visualise the sound of individual musical instruments.
Storyteller Gerhard Karzel takes children on a journey to the Orient in “Mozart alla turca”. Together with Turkish musicians (led by Mansur Bildik) and a classical ensemble, they explore the intersections of two different worlds of music.
Margarethe Deppe helps children compose their own serenades. Since Mozart loved to dance, there will be dancing lessons provided by Verena Brunner - just as in Mozart‘s time. The dancing lessons are the start of the big neighbourhood party. Here all the artistic initiatives of the housing estate will be given free rein. And all those who want to go on a real journey can climb into a horse-drawn coach and listen to Mozart‘s tales of his travels.
Der kleine Mozart und die großen Hofnarren
Realisation
Wiener Kinderoper
Music
Georges Sanev
Conductor
Georges Sanev
Choreography
Jana Bogdanova
Artists
Children of Wiener Kinderoper
Orchestra
Blue Jeans Chamber Orchestra
Dates
28.05.2006, 11:00 & 15:00
Place
Wiener Konzerthaus, Neuer Saal
Tickets
Wiener Konzerthaus, Lothringerstr. 20, 1030 Vienna
Phone: +43-1-242 002
E-mail: ticket@konzerthaus.at
Web
www.kinderoper.or.at
www.konzerthaus.at A fantasy musical for children Mozart, der Bettler und der Hofnarr (Mozart, the Beggar and the Court Jester) is the title of a fantasy musical by Georges Sanev, the artistic director and manager of the Wiener Kinderoper (Vienna Children’s Opera). Based in the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Wiener Kinderoper offers small groups of children the opportunity to enjoy musical culture through hands-on experience. Mozart, der Bettler und der Hofnarr tells the story of the young, adventurous Wolfgang Amadeus who goes on an exciting journey and meets extraordinary people who subsequently influence his life. The story is a fairy-tale parable about protagonists of Mozart‘s operas. Mozart is in Italy with his father. Bored with receptions at the homes of cardinals and aristocrats, he wants to have adventures just like any other child. One night he sneaks away to travel through the country on his own. Along the way he meets a beggar who claims to sell birds, and a court jester who simultaneously pretends to be a doctor and a barber. Mozart has many adventures with the two men. Only afterwards does he find out that their names are Papageno and Figaro...
Begegnung mit Mozart
Realisation
Erste Private Musikschule Hietzing
Caution! Work in Progress: Music
Concept and Workshop Supervision
Konrad Rennert & Katharina Klement
Mozart-language-experience
Concept and Moderation
Tibor Nemeth
Orchestra
SuperStrings, Myo-on Quartett
Dates
13.02. - 30.06.2006
Registration
Erste Private Musikschule Hietzing
Rainerg. 16/2/13,
1040 Vienna
Phone: +43-676-723 39 23
E-mail: mshietzing@onemail.at The private music school Erste Private Musikschule Hietzing in Vienna’s 13th district has found two original ways of encountering Mozart: in the project “Mozart-language-experience” and in the workshop “Caution! Work in Progress: Music”.
Mozart-language-experience
The youth string orchestra SuperStrings and the string quartet Myo-on will perform in a concert that is quite out of the ordinary. Composer and conductor Tibor Nemeth will explain the grammar of musical language and show that the difference between classical and modern music is only an acoustic one. Highlights of the concert will be the divertimenti for strings which Mozart composed at the age of sixteen.
Caution! Work in Progress: Music
In this workshop, the young participants will learn how to sharpen their auditory sense of perception and to work creatively in an ensemble. Just as Mozart always broke new ground in his compositions, the participants will leave the boundaries of what is “usual” in music behind them. Under the leadership of the composers Katharina Klement and Konrad Rennert and the musician Katharina Wurglits, the young people will create compositions and improvisations and perform them in concerts.
ABGEFAHREN! or No Time for Kids
A new opera for children - by Renald Deppe and Elfriede Gerstl
The children‘s comic opera ABGEFAHREN! uses the methods of contemporary music and art to transcend the rigid tradition of opera and create interesting incentives for young people. The states of mind, needs, and ways of life of different generations are illustrated through different means of artistic expression such as music, words and dance in combination with films and video.
Renald Deppe drew on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as his inspiration when writing the music for this production - though not on his operas, but rather on the letters which Mozart regularly sent to his father while on his travels. In a letter dated 31 December 1778, Mozart writes about dreams - dreams which, if they came true, would make life more fun. Just as Mozart found his life enriched by dreams, Deppe‘s music stimulates the imagination of his youthful audience. In his letter, Wolfgang Amadeus tells of dreams that are happy, calm, refreshing, and sweet. This broad spectrum is reflected in the happy, calm, refreshing, and sweet passages of Deppe‘s music.
ABGEFAHREN! is a lively contribution to today‘s culture industry and an interesting way of introducing children to the world of opera. The work was written for children and creates an exciting framework within which they can relate to classical music. The libretto was written by Elfriede Gerstl.
Jimmy and Inge, a brother and sister from Vienna, are once again sent to stay with relatives while their parents, both respected professors, attend an international congress. The children fly to Berlin. A chauffeur is supposed to collect them there. But they are mistaken for two other children and brought to a flat shared by several retirees. The mistake is quickly detected, but Jimmy and Inge decide to stay, in order to annoy their parents.
Didi and Dodo, the brother and sister for whom Inge and Jimmy were mistaken, have been sent to Berlin for very different reasons. Their parents have sent them away because of money problems. When they arrive at the flat, a brief fight breaks out, due to the jealousy of the poorer children when confronted with children from the upper class. But the two pairs of children discover that they have similar problems, and so they become friends.
Musikspiel
Concept
freyspiel gmbh - games for communication
Release Date
December 2005
Distribution
Libro, Toys’R’Us, Interspar as well as selected toy retailers and partners of WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006
Web
www.freyspiel.at
www.wienmozart2006.at A quiz game about the world of music AMADEUS ? the music game is a new quiz game which lets children and young people explore the world of music in an entertaining way and is aimed at awakening their interest in music.
Players must answer questions from three categories: knowledge, pictures, and audio examples. For the audio questions, the game includes a CD with excerpts from well-known pieces of music. The back of each quiz card shows a photograph which helps the players to answer the picture questions. The topics covered range from classical music to current pop music, with the majority of the questions focusing on popular music. The combination of textual, visual and acoustic elements in the game helps players to remember the information and enables them to learn by playing.
The winner of the game is the first player to give the correct answers to five questions, as well as to the final question, in each category. And how best to win the game? By knowledge ? but also by skill in throwing the dice and drawing cards on the game board, which is designed to resemble a piano keyboard.
"Mozart(s) Unvollendet(e) Anthology of Mozart`s music and letters"
Idea, Concept
Bien Vanderstappen and Tomas Vandecasteele for Pantalone
Realisation
Dschungel Wien, Pantalone, Königliches Opernhaus De Munt/La Monnaie
Music
W. A. Mozart
Arrangements & Conductor
Filip Bral
Director
Darren Ross
Dramaturgy
Bien Vanderstappen
Stage Design
Bart Clement
Costumes
Pieter Coene
Lighting
Frankie Goethals
Video
Tomas Vandecasteele
Age Group
7 and over
Premiere
28.01.2006 (Brussels)
Dates
02.02.2006 10:30 & 14:30
03.02.2006 10:00 & 15:00
04.02.2006 16:00
05.02.2006 11:00 & 16:00
Place
Dschungel Wien - Theaterhaus für junges Publikum
MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1, Hof 2,
1070 Vienna
Tickets
Phone: +43-1-522 07 20-20
E-mail: tickets@dschungelwien.at
Web
www.dschungelwien.at
For information about the MuseumsQuartier Wien, please see:
www.mqw.at
A multimedia opera for everyone over the age of 7.
In “Mozart(s) Unvollendete” (Mozart(‘s) Unfinished), the audience is immersed in Mozart‘s world in an entirely new way. The performance is like a Mozart universe ? full of imagination and poetry, inspired by his extraordinary and poignant music, a whirling collage of images of Mozart, his dreams, love and fate, in which the music, projected images, actors and musicians blend into a seamless whole. The performance hovers perpetually on the edge of a dream world, tangible and incomprehensible at the same time ? just like Mozart‘s music.
“Mozart(s) Unvollendete” is a multimedia opera for everyone over the age of 7. It features music from Za?de, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Le nozze di Figaro, Cos? fan tutte and other works.
OPERA VIVA - Participatory Theatre for School Classes
Realisation
Herbert von Karajan Centrum
Concept and Moderation
Klaudia Kadlec
Artists
Klaudia Kadlec (piano), Markus Zarl (actor and singer), Felicia Hoenig (flute), Georg Riedl (basset horn), Teodora Miteva (violoncello)
Age Group
7 - 14
Dates
All year round
Place
Herbert von Karajan Centrum Kärntner Ring 4, 1010 Vienna
Registration
Phone: +43-1-50 600-113
Web
www.karajan.org A new way of introducing children to the mysteries of opera
Musician and stage director Klaudia Kadlec and the ensemble OPERA VIVA use the imaginative power of children to breathe new life into the world of opera. Pupils in the third and fourth elementary school grades and the first year of secondary school are invited to join in their productions by putting on costumes, taking on acting roles, and learning dances. The theatre workshop will produce Mozart‘s The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio.
The OPERA VIVA concept is a new way of introducing children to the mysteries of the opera stage. The earlier children become interested in the world of music, the more they experience music as a personally enriching experience. The young participants will first be introduced to the genre of opera in discussions before moving on to hands-on experience.
With the text supplied by a prompter, they will act out the plots of the operas. The musicians, singers, actors and dancers will not present the children with a finished production, but will allow them to discover the world of classical music for themselves.
MOZARTINO
Concept
Andreja Ernst
Realisation
Point Of Music - Verein zur Förderung musikalisch begabter Kinder und Jugendliche
Duration
September 2005 - June 2006
Age Group
14 - 19
Registration
Otto-Bauer-G. 7/16,
1060 Vienna
E-mail: pointofmusic@newsclub.at
Web
www.mozartino.at The First Austrian Music Award 4 Young People In the school year 2005/2006 the association Point of Music, in close co-operation with WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006, is launching the youth music competition MOZARTINO© 2006.
MOZARTINO© 2006 is an Austria-wide music competition for young people aged between 14 and 19. The object is to rework music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or to create an original composition based on his works, to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. All styles are permitted - whether jazz, rock, pop or rap, anything goes. Entrants may even submit a musical version of Mozart’s letters!
The MOZARTINO© 2006 was launched in September 2005 and ends with a grand finale in June 2006. Participants can register their entries (closing date is 2 May 2006), learn more about Mozart, download his letters and find out further details about the competition at
www.mozartino.at . The Web site, which is advertised on regional and national media, radio stations and posters, also provides interested young people with support in realising their works, including arranging tips and even specialists’ advice.
Both individual persons and groups are eligible; especially school classes are invited to participate. Under the supervision of music teachers or other interested teaching staff, students may create projects related to Mozart which present the composer and his works in a new light.
Once all the entries have been registered, seven finalists will be selected via Internet voting on the homepage. The voting will begin in May 2006.
During the finals in June 2006, a jury of experts will select the best entry, which will then be presented by the finalists, if possible. Subsequently, the winners will be awarded the MOZARTINO© 2006. A small image of the well-known Amadeus, it is meant to show that young, musically-talented persons today have the same opportunities that Mozart once had.
The MOZARTINO© will be continued after 2006 as an annual award for young people.
Wolfgang Amadeus - Wonderland
Organisation and Moderation
Herbert Zeman
Soloist
Ildikó Raimondi
Duration
16.02. - 22.06.2006
Places
Selected primary schools in Vienna Ildikó Raimondi discovers with children the world of Mozart In the course of their music workshops, Ildikó Raimondi and Herbert Zeman give children at Viennese primary schools fascinating insights into the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The programme covers the artist’s whole life: the world of Mozart as a child, his relationship with his father, growing up, and the wondrous world of music in which Mozart lived and which he created for his audience with magical sounds. The children will be introduced to all of these aspects and can get actively involved in the workshops. Together with Ildikó Raimondi, they learn, sing and play Mozart’s melodies, such as the flute’s melody from The Magic Flute or “Komm, lieber Mai und mache”. The wide range of dramaturgical elements in the workshop and the playful examination of what for most children is probably a new musical genre, help the participants each find their own personal approach to classical music. By hearing stories about Mozart the person, primary school children can identify with the music and draw parallels to their own world.
Mozart’s Wondrous Working World
The time in which Mozart lived was characterised by different classes of society, emperors and kings, nobility and bourgeoisie, artisans and servants, theatre and opera. The country was ruled by a woman, for Empress Maria Theresa had ascended to the throne. While the education of children had only recently been regulated by Maria Theresa’s having instituted compulsory school attendance, young Wolfgang Amadeus was privately educated by his father Leopold in Salzburg, together with his sister Nannerl. In his own wondrous world, Mozart learned nothing about the boundaries of society. He captivated the aristocracy and Empress Maria Theresa with his unaffectedness.
As an adult, Wolfgang Amadeus married Constanze and became a father himself. Mozart, who had always worked, from his early childhood onwards, continually educated himself, practiced (which to him was enjoyment) and lived freely and happily in his wondrous world, to which he often withdrew even in his adult life.
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Concept
Büro trafo.K
(Elke Smodics, Renate Höllwart, Charlotte Martinz-Turek)
Curators
Büro trafo. K and vocational school students
Exhibition Design
Dietlind Rott
Supporting Programme
5 events by young people for young people
Educational programme for pupils 14 and over
Contributors
Miriam Bajtala, iftaf (Institut für transakustische Forschung): M. Meinharter/J. Piringer/E. Reitermeier, Alexander Jöchl, David Moises, Jun Yang
Opening
03.05.2006
Duration
04.05. - 30.06.2006
Place
Projektraum „Sonnensegel"
Preßg. 28, 1040 Vienna
Info
E-mail: mozart@trafo-k.at
Web
www.trafo-k.at An exhibition by young people for young people
In a project spanning several months, apprentices and students will design and hold an exhibition which illustrates the connections between Mozart, the Enlightenment philosophy reflected in his operas and other works, and the present day.
The project is aimed primarily at apprentices, who will work with artists and musicians to initiate a process that enables young people to make independent contributions to the reception of Mozart in the present day and to develop and design themes and objects for the exhibition. In addition to the contributions of the apprentices, the exhibition will feature commentaries and interventions by school pupils in the form of learning events and presentation series. The exhibition space functions as a growing structure in which young people can display themes that concern them, show how they are linked to Mozart, and supplement them with works of art.
Mozart who?
What stories are told about Mozart today, and what information is omitted? Are Mozartkugeln, Papageno and Eine kleine Nachtmusik all that is left? And what does all this have to do with Mozart and his time? Myths, biographical anecdotes and the themes of Mozart’s operas appear to reveal so much. But how are these standard narratives and legends exploited today, and what can we find if we read between the lines?
An exhibition by young people for young people
Special emphasis is placed on art in connection with Mozart‘s forms of expression. The contributions by the apprentices and pupils will deal with questions such as the following: What role does art play in society today? What are the topics which art addresses? Can art bring things to light, or even change things, with the means of expression at its disposal?
The exhibition project highlights the relevance of Mozart‘s music and his time in the present day. Throughout the two-month duration of the exhibition, young people will organise events for young people, in which the ideas and themes of the exhibition will be discussed and made accessible to the public.
Mozart for Schools
Publication
Authors
Renate Kern, Walter Kern
Publisher
Helbling, Rum/Innsbruck
Publication Date
January 2006
Workshop
Realisation
Pädagogisches Institut der Stadt Wien
Project Support
Christine Gürtelschmied,
Walter Kern
Workshop Supervision
Walter Kern
Date
25.01.2006, 14:00 - 19:00
Place
Pädagogisches Institut der Stadt Wien, Burgg. 14-16, 1070 Vienna
Registration
www.pi-wien.at
Web
www.pi-wien.at
www.wien.gv.at/ssr/
www.helbling.com Teaching music creatively - instruction material and workshops
“Mozart for Schools” provides teaching materials and content which teachers can use when dealing with the subject of Mozart in class. As part of the continuing education programme for teachers at the Pädagogisches Institut der Stadt Wien, teaching models will be developed in over 40 workshops on 25 January. The workshops will cover a broad spectrum of creative possibilities for designing lessons, such as singing, making music, dancing, and design.
Free book for all schools in Vienna
The companion book to these workshops, “Mozart for Schools” by Renate and Walter Kern, is published by Helbling Verlag and contains all the teaching material, including a CD with music examples. WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006 is making this publication available free of charge to all schools in Vienna, from elementary schools to secondary schools. The book contains a practical collection of material on Mozart’s life and works, and offers a wide range of possibilities for activity-based teaching.
Minuets, opera scenes, country dances
The book offers many different ideas for planning exciting and stimulating lessons: from singing and making music through acting out scenes and dancing to quizzes and games with a Mozart theme. Pupils can play minuets, act out opera scenes, learn a country dance and solve Mozart riddles - the book “Mozart for Schools” contains these and many more suggestions for activity-based learning. To augment this project, WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006 will also produce a Mozart CD which is related to the contents of the book and the workshops.
Presentation of material learned in class
The pupils will also have opportunities to perform the songs, dances and musical works they learned in class. There will be project presentations at individual schools and also at public events such as Musik Aktiv in March 2006, at district youth singing events and at “MUSIK SIND WIR / JUGEND MACHT MUSIK / MUSIK MACHT WIEN © WK“ on 14 June 2006.
The Resounding Mozart-Mobile
Idea & Concept
Gerd Albrecht and Das klingende Museum
Realisation
Das klingende Museum
Age Group
4 - 12
Dates
01.08.2006 to 30.08.2006 (open to public)
3.9.2006 to 7.12.2006 (Appearances at schools - sorry, booked up)
Places
schools, kindergartens and after-school care centres in Vienna
Registration
E-mail: mozartmobil@wienmozart2006.at Tel.: +43-1-212 25 19 A bus with a cargo of musical instruments - on tour through Vienna
A colourfully painted double-decker bus does the rounds of Vienna. Its cargo consists of musical instruments for children to touch and try out in schools, day care centres, and other youth facilities. And it makes it possible for concerts to take place anywhere in the city.
The tuba, oboe, bassoon, trombone, saxophone, clarinet, French horn, electric guitar, violin, double bass, cello and many, many more: all these instruments can be found in the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile”. A total of over 50 musical instruments from the genres of jazz, rock and classical music are waiting to be looked at, touched and played.
The bus as a concert stage
The upper deck of the bus takes the form of an open platform for open-air concerts. The “Resounding Mozart-Mobile” is also available for hire with music pedagogues and band for school festivities and children‘s parties. The open-air stage on the upper deck of the converted double-decker bus has space for about 20 musicians. Additional amplifiers are installed in the interior of the bus.
The perfect complement to music instruction
On weekdays, the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile” will visit educational institutions to allow children and young people to try out the instruments for themselves. Under the professional supervision of the music pedagogues manning the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile”, pupils can try out all the instruments and find out how they are played. As schools and other youth facilities generally do not have such a wide variety of instruments available, the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile” represents the perfect supplement to music instruction and preschool music training. The Mozart Mobile team can also answer questions about the workings and history of musical instruments.
Hands-on experience of musical instruments
For many young people, the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile” may represent their first opportunity to see musical instruments at close range. The aim is to encourage young people to make music. The extraordinary experience of the Mozart Mobile and subsequent opportunities for discussion can be integrated into classroom teaching for long-term impact. The programme duration is 1.5 hours per class. On any given school visit, the “Resounding Mozart Mobile” caters for two classes in succession (depending on the age and size of the group). Thus, up to 60 children are introduced to the instruments during each visit by the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile”.
A programme tailored to every age
The contents and the duration of stay of the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile” depend on the age group of the children at the different institutions. For school-age children, the team of the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile” will introduce each of the four groups of instruments individually. The trained teachers will explain the basic differences between string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments in an entertaining way. Subsequently the children will be able to try out the instruments for themselves. The programme for day care centres includes singing games and instrumental games with percussion. All the programmes are thematically linked to the history and persona of Mozart. The visits from the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile” are made possible by the generous support of its sponsors.
Gerd Albrecht - the man behind the “Resounding Mozart-Mobile”
The project was initiated by Gerd Albrecht. He has been working for many years to awaken young people‘s interest in music. In the course of his work, he founded the youth music foundation Hamburger Jugendmusikstiftung and the Klingende Museen (Sound Museums) in Hamburg and Berlin. Albrecht has received several awards for his educational television work, including the Adolf Grimme Prize. This project is another measure in the broad-based educational drive with which the musician, principal conductor and music director hopes to reach large numbers of children.
Gärtnerin aus Liebe
Realisation
Jeunesse
Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor
Georg Kugi
Director
Markus Kupferblum
Dramaturgy, Libretto Adaption
Johanna von der Deken
Stage Design
Robert Foltyn, Sabine Mlejnek
Costume Design
Susanne Özinpar
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Vienna Musikgymnasium
Choir
Choir of the Vienna Musikgymnasium
Chorus Direction
Monika Arbeiter-Salzer
Soloists
Johanna von der Deken (Don Ramiro), Matthias Helm (Nardo), Ursula Langmayr (Sandrina), Annika Liljenroth (Arminda), Javier Alonso (Belfiore), Roman Payer (Podest?), Bernadette Steininger (Serpetta)
Age Group
10 - 14
Premiere
20.02.2006, 09:00
Dates
20.02.2006, 11:00
21.02.2006, 09:00 & 11:00
22.02.2006, 09:00 & 11:00
Place
Wiener Konzerthaus,
Mozart-Saal
Lothringerstr. 20, 1037 Vienna
Registration & Info
Jeunesse, Christoph Thoma, Children and Youth Projects
Phone: +43-1-710 36 16-10
E-mail: c.thoma@jeunesse.at
Web
www.jeunesse.at La finta giardiniera, adapted for a young audience “Tumultuous scenes on the estate of the Podest? Don Anchise: Mozart composed his captivating musical comedy as an amusing emotional labyrinth of love, jealousy and intrigue.“ (Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters). Premiered in Munich, La finta giardiniera was a great success; “after every aria [...] a terrible racket ensued, with clapping and cries of ‘Viva Maestro‘,“ (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart).
Markus Kupferblum’s production of La finta giardiniera, KV 196 uses a version of the libretto adapted for an audience of 10 to 14-year-olds, and features the choir and orchestra of the Wiener Musikgymnasium ? a Viennese secondary school focussing on music ? and young soloists. The performances are intended to stimulate the imagination of the young audience and allow them to experience the work with all their senses. True to the objectives of Jeunesse ? Musikalische Jugend Österreichs, the performance also aims to create an acceptance of musical genres which are not part of the preferred listening of schoolchildren, in order to promote a better understanding of music.
This Mozart opera will be performed free of charge for 4000 pupils in grades 4 to 8 in the Mozart-Saal of the Vienna Konzerthaus.
Mozart at work
Realisation
Jeunesse - Musikalische Jugend Österreichs
Christoph Thoma, Ute Pinter
Artists
Lilian Genn, Seppo Gründler, Helge Hinteregger, Matthias Kaul, Josef Klammer, Augusta und Kalle Laar, Fabian Pollak, Judith Unterpertinger
Dates
Spring 2006
Age Group
14 and over
Web
www.jeunesse.at New approaches to classical music for young people For young people, classical music in general and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in particular frequently represent an unfamiliar world. This music is not their own, and they are largely unfamiliar with concert halls and the rituals of the classical music concert. For this reason, Jeunesse - Musikalische Jugend Österreichs has taken a creative and innovative approach to helping young people become familiar with classical music. A programme specially designed for young people is intended to help allay any initial misgivings. This programme includes the “Mozart at Work” project.
Apprentices at work
“Mozart at Work” is a workshop project for apprentices. The workshop offers them an opportunity to become involved in a creative process using machines and materials from their everyday environment. They are invited to improvise, compose, create and experiment with sounds and playing techniques.
Inventing and shaping music
In this way, the participants create their own music - playfully, using objects from their everyday working environment, entirely without drawing on traditional musical instruments. The young people experience themselves as creative individuals and can get to know the creative potential of music.
Act of creation
The individual workshops are conducted by experienced art and music teachers who will also supervise introductory preparations and follow-up activities for “Mozart at Work”. The goal is to spark a lively exchange of ideas between the apprentices, musicians, and music teachers. True to the objectives of Jeunesse, “Mozart at Work” aims to encourage creativity and awaken interest in new and experimental music. In the course of the workshop, the participants will discover how exciting it is to independently create music.
Mozartworkshop in der Strafvollzugsanstalt Josefstadt
Concept
Sylvia Rotter
Realisation
Wiener Kindertheater (Vienna Children’s Theatre)
Participating Artists
Sylvia Rotter (literature, drama), Dennis Kozeluh (music, improvisation, pedagogy)
Dates
01.02. - 31.03.2006 No public admission
Web
www.wienerkindertheater.at Ten Mozart workshops at a correctional institution
The Wiener Kindertheater (Vienna Children‘s Theatre) has found a way of giving young people who are unable to go to theatres and concert halls the opportunity to experience the world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sylvia Rotter and Dennis Kozeluh will hold ten Mozart workshops at a law institute, to help young people learn about Mozart and his music in an informal and interactive way. Groups of 10 to 15 young people will improvise and dramatise Mozart’s music, getting into the action themselves through literature and role-playing. Through Mozart’s operas, participants will take a close look at these elements of the art of telling stories.
The two-hour workshops will begin with vocal warm-ups and stretching and breathing exercises to relax the participants, who trust nothing and nobody. The event is an attempt to use the music of Mozart to help juvenile delinquents prepare for life outside prison walls.
Production
Wolfgang Werner
Production and Stage Design
Manfred Waba
Conductor
Koen Schoots
Soloists
Heinz Holecek (Narrator), Katja Potego / Adrienne Lang / Julia Koci (Pamina), Isabelle Razawi (Queen of the Night), Edmund Emge / Manfred Schwaiger (Papageno), Michael Kurz / Gerd Jaburek (Tamino), Janusz Monarcha / Johannes Wiedecke (Sarastro)
Age Group
6 and over
Dates
19.06. ? 13.07.2006
Place
„Papagenos Opernwelt"
im Römersteinbruch,
7062 St. Margarethen, Burgenland
Tickets
Festival office
St. Margarethen
Phone + 43-2680-2100
E-mail: tickets@ofs.at
ÖTicket,
Phone: +43-1-96096
Web
www.ofs.at A production for children
This year, the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen opera festival will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute as a spectacular new production for children. The venue will be the newly opened, 1,500-seat "Papageno’s Opernwelt" in the Römersteinbruch quarry. The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte ) is a German opera in two acts, composed to a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Because of its multifaceted content and complex characters it is considered to be one of the greatest challenges in music theatre. In this production, especially adapted for a youthful audience, director Manfred Waba met this challenge with his creative stage design and special effects, as well as by focussing on the theme of love and the many forms it can take. Manfred Waba shows that in The Magic Flute all the characters are motivated and guided by love. In this way, the production communicates important values to the young audience in a vibrant and immediate way.
Artistic Direction and Idea
Kinderoper PICCOLINO Wien
Realisation
Children’s Museum "Experience Schönbrunn Palace" and Kinderoper PICCOLINO Wien
Age Group
Children 6 ? 12 and adults
Premiere
27.01.2006, 14:00
Tickets & Info
Phone: +43-1-811 13 239
E-mail: reservierung@schoenbrunn.at
Web
www.schoenbrunn.at/kinder Mozart workshop and children`s opera Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? In the children’s museum “Schloss Schönbrunn erleben” (“Experience Schönbrunn Palace”), visitors spend a whole afternoon getting to the bottom of the Mozart phenomenon. The creative workshop “Wolferl in Schönbrunn“ provides insights into Mozart and his music in a humorous and imaginative way. Important moments from Mozart’s childhood are acted out together, such as his performance in Schönbrunn in the presence of Empress Maria Theresia. With the help of workshop leaders, every child gets to make a Mozart wig and to learn something about the correct behaviour at Court in Mozart’s day. In addition, they also learn the aria of Papageno, the bird catcher. After a short break of approx. 15 minutes, the children’s opera The Little Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart is performed ? an abridged version for children, of about one hour’s length. The audience also gets involved in the performance - lots of fun for the whole family!
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