https://www.realarts.eu Real Arts Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:08:02 +0000 https://www.realarts.eu en https://www.realarts.eu/concept Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:36:49 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/concept &nbsp; Real Arts was originally inspired from a desire to more closely connect the artistic worlds of Australia and Europe via Asia.Real Arts aims to bridge gaps, creating strategies and opportunities informed by the crux of the artistic idea at hand, to forge new paths for audiences, presenters and performers of tomorrow. Since launching in 2019 and in the globally turbulent years that have followed for the industry, our role in connecting ideas, artists, disciplines, funding and organisations is much in demand while the arts industry continues to regroup and grow. <img width="728" height="712" width_o="728" height_o="712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4aca7c737c68d15086818c8e755d3a8759bf922af484c0f5331c5a7b23816dc/electric-guitar--leftbit---FORWEB.jpg" data-mid="249723372" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/728/i/e4aca7c737c68d15086818c8e755d3a8759bf922af484c0f5331c5a7b23816dc/electric-guitar--leftbit---FORWEB.jpg" /> https://www.realarts.eu/consulting Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:36:49 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/consulting Consulting Real Arts is based in Berlin, a modern hub of the European scene, where it is easy to hear huge range of world-class live performances, and connect with international artists, programmers and agencies face to face. Conversations with European presenters also lead to cross-border co-productions and commissions, and create performance opportunities for touring ensembles.For arts organisations abroad, having a personal contact based in the European time zone helps forge and nurture invaluable relationships with artists and presenters there, injecting impetus into the artistic planning process. Most recently, developing strategies around fundraising and PR for artists and organisations, and coordinating international co-productions, have become a prominent aspect of our activities.Real Arts acts as an extension of an organisation, creating new connections and injecting energy and ideas into projects and planning, to acheive outcomes that can be drawn on long after the original project has come to fruition. <img width="860" height="898" width_o="860" height_o="898" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b625805071d57f0f882d9bcae324b61c19879a635c8947cbcf12747275f70379/French-horn--BELLForWeb.jpg" data-mid="34487919" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/860/i/b625805071d57f0f882d9bcae324b61c19879a635c8947cbcf12747275f70379/French-horn--BELLForWeb.jpg" /> https://www.realarts.eu/artist-management Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:36:49 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/artist-management Artist Management Real Arts approaches artist management in terms of mentoring and teamwork, working closely with an artist to create touring and project opportunities that are driven by their artistic vision. The idea is for an artist to ultimately be empowered to continue on their own, utilising the contacts and experiences gained, and applies regardless of whether the emphasis is on booking, or helping an artist to co-produce in terms of handling funding applications and securing and working together with the best possible partners for a particular project to “make it happen”.A special emphasis of Real Arts’ work is on the international contemporary music scene, interdisciplinary projects and listening for what is not being heard within traditional existing structures of today’s music scene. We are committed to the ongoing learning and dialogue that is necessary to help create meaningful change. The Australian arts scene draws influence from a certain cultural proximity to Europe on the one hand in the traditions it draws on, and a vital distance on the other, which is enriched by the vastness of its nature and indigenous history and the richness of its multiculturalism. It is producing artists of excellence with a fresh outlook and unique ideas, and audiences that are curious about the unexpected. Reflections upon questions of relevance, identity and integrity continue to drive creative concepts that speak to audiences around the world. <img width="626" height="618" width_o="626" height_o="618" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/364d35be25a4d5da262a404e56caef9acde84418bc85da9766e124c6ca512187/violin--Wirbel-For-web1.jpg" data-mid="34067983" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/626/i/364d35be25a4d5da262a404e56caef9acde84418bc85da9766e124c6ca512187/violin--Wirbel-For-web1.jpg" /> https://www.realarts.eu/philippa-allan Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:36:51 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/philippa-allan Philippa Allan Founding Director <img width="5479" height="3653" width_o="5479" height_o="3653" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ef370da9d3b3462735f381aec4d3e8827c9d4d7bbdfbc78250409eb30c7e3c8/2022-AbrahamAllanPhillipaAnna-6095.jpg" data-mid="159839476" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ef370da9d3b3462735f381aec4d3e8827c9d4d7bbdfbc78250409eb30c7e3c8/2022-AbrahamAllanPhillipaAnna-6095.jpg" /> Originally from Australia, Philippa Allan is widely experienced, both as an active musician and as a manager. She has lived in Berlin for almost 30 years, returning regularly to Australia. As a violinist, she toured, recorded and performed internationally with orchestras and chamber music formations, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Ever keen to venture off the beaten track, she explored contemporary classical music early on, experimenting with atypical concert formats and venues; and co-founding an electric string quartet during her studies in Sydney. She holds a B.Mus (Hon.) in violin and a Master of Laws (LLM in International Business and Management), and was a fellow of the Von Karajan Akademie of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1997 - 2000.&nbsp; In 2007, she became a senior artist manager at a prominent international agency for several years. She later worked at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, before moving on to found Real Arts in early 2019. Philippa has always taken a special interest in contemporary music, interdisciplinary projects, and listening for voices which might otherwise be missed within the confines of existing traditional structures. She seeks to empower artists to gain greater artistic control over their own careers and parcipitates in current global conversations on transformation and growth in the music industry. Creating and overseeing fundraising strategies across borders plays a significant role in her work. Passionate about Australian music, she is keen to nurture the international profile of the country’s arts organisations by fostering opportunities for partnerships and creative collaboration. https://www.realarts.eu/artists-overview Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:36:52 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/artists-overview COMPOSERS &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎︎︎Hilda Paredes &nbsp; ︎︎︎Cathy Milliken&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;︎︎︎ Ville Aslak Raasakka&nbsp; &nbsp;VOICE&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎ Alexandra&nbsp;Hutton &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONDUCTORS &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎ Susanne Blumenthal &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎︎︎ Stanley Dodds CHAMBER MUSIC&nbsp; &nbsp;︎︎︎Arditti Quartet &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎Neue Vocalsolisten&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎ Australian String Quartet &nbsp; &nbsp; INSTRUMENT&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎Nadia Ratsimandresy &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎Matthew McDonald&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎︎︎Bram de Looze &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎︎︎Tomoki Kitamura&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;︎︎︎ Nicolas Hodges https://www.realarts.eu/Arditti-Quartet Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:25:12 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/Arditti-Quartet Arditti Quartet&nbsp; Celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2024! “...consummate, extraordinary mastery.” - The Guardian <img width="1000" height="718" width_o="1000" height_o="718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf235c7318fb0b26a44a87ec24f4a4810ec65f0bcc5dc5c1ce6d7dbdac1e77a6/01b_Arditti-Quartett_WEB_l2023-59_crManuTheobald.jpg" data-mid="178302782" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf235c7318fb0b26a44a87ec24f4a4810ec65f0bcc5dc5c1ce6d7dbdac1e77a6/01b_Arditti-Quartett_WEB_l2023-59_crManuTheobald.jpg" /> ︎Manu Theobald "An evening with the Arditti Quartet puts your inner compass in a powerful spin. Expect the unexpected with a quartet which so often strays far from the beaten track.” - Hamburger Abendblatt The Arditti Quartet enjoys a global reputation for their spirited and technically refined interpretations of contemporary and earlier 20th century music. Several hundred string quartets and other chamber works have been written for the ensemble since its foundation by first violinist Irvine Arditti in 1974. These works have left a permanent mark on 20th century repertoire and the genre itself, and have given the Arditti Quartet a firm place in music history. The quartet celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024. Such composers as Adès, Aperghis, Birtwistle, Cage, Carter, Dufourt, Dusapin, Fedele, Ferneyhough, Francesconi, Gubaidulina, Harvey, Hosokawa, Kagel, Kurtág, Lachenmann, Ligeti, Nancarrow, Rihm, Scelsi, Sciarrino and Stockhausen have entrusted the world premieres of their music to them, and the quartet’s repertoire comprises all of the string quartets of many of the above composers and others. The ensemble believes that close collaboration with composers is vital to the process of interpreting modern music and therefore attempts to collaborate with every composer whose works it plays. Teaching for many years at the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music among others, the players have given numerous master classes and workshops for young performers and composers all over the world. The Arditti Quartet’s extensive discography now features well over 200 CDs. 42 discs have so far been released as part of the ensemble’s continuing series on the French label Naïve Montaigne alone. The series presents numerous contemporary composer features as well as the first digital recordings of the complete Second Viennese School’s string quartet music. The quartet is renowned for recording many composers’ works in their presence, including the complete quartets of Luciano Berio shortly before his death. Legendary episodes in recent music history have also been immortalised on CD, such as Stockhausen’s spectacular Helicopter Quartet. "With their tantilisingly nonchalant accomplishment, one sometimes forgets the enormous difficulties of the works. [...] For the Ardittis, the term 'unplayable' does not exist.They always maintain control and most certainly never lack musical presence, charisma and energy."- Schweitzer Musikzeitung Over the past five decades, the ensemble has received many prizes for its work. It has won the Deutscher Schallplatten Preis several times and the Gramophone Award for the best recording of contemporary music in 1999 (Elliott Carter), 2002 (Harrison Birtwistle) and 2018 (Pascal Dusapin). The prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Prize was awarded to them in 1999 for lifetime achievement in music, setting the quartet on a par with other winners such as Berio, Britten, Carter, Ferneyhough, Lachenmann, Ligeti and Rihm. <img width="1200" height="581" width_o="1200" height_o="581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36824bf7359f215691c8de44d925b68b4ae51f2a8fc3eef1dcb580cde2f14fcc/ArdittiQuartet-Alexandre-Delmar-Casa-da-Msica_website.jpg" data-mid="117823354" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36824bf7359f215691c8de44d925b68b4ae51f2a8fc3eef1dcb580cde2f14fcc/ArdittiQuartet-Alexandre-Delmar-Casa-da-Msica_website.jpg" /> ︎ Alexandre Delmar MEDIA: Listen: &nbsp;︎&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;︎&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="315" height="120" width_o="315" height_o="120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03459a1d90294823fa7be5a9c72070239b233add95cc53c097e00c45516d6213/Listen-on-IDAGIO-white-EN.png" data-mid="217402396" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/315/i/03459a1d90294823fa7be5a9c72070239b233add95cc53c097e00c45516d6213/Listen-on-IDAGIO-white-EN.png" /> Watch: ︎&nbsp; Harrison Birtwistle, Tree of Strings ︎&nbsp; Isabel Mundry, Linien, Zeichnungen ︎ Olga Neuwirth, In the Realms of the Unreal ︎ Helmut Lachenmann, Tanzlied mit Deutschlandlied for string quartet and orchestra ︎ artist website New quartet works premiered in 2024 and 2025 and upcoming:Cathy Milliken, In Speak WP 07.03.24 at Pierre Boulez Saal, French premiere at Philharmonie de Paris, 17.10.24 Toshio Hosokawa, Oreksis for piano quintet* (WP with Tomoki Kitamura 07.03.24 at Pierre Boulez Saal) Hannes Seidl, Unfinished Circles for amplified quartet in glass display cases (after an idea of Karlheinz Stockhausen) (WP and commissioned by Wittener Musiktage May 2024) Sarah Nemtsov, Or Bahir (bright light)* (WP Elbphilharmnonie Hamburg 11.05.24, AUT premiere postponed to Wien Modern 01.11.25) Chaya Czernowin, Ezov (moss)* (WP Philharmonie de Paris, 17.10.24, Wien Modern 02.11.25) Diana Soh, string quartet* (WP Philharmonie de Paris, 17.10.24) Stefan Prins, Cyborg Flesh for string quartet*, electric guitar and live electronics (WP Wien Modern, posponed to 31.10.25, LUX premiere at Rainy Days Festival 2026) Hilda Paredes, Díalogos apócrifos (apocryphal dialogues)*&nbsp; premiered: W E I T ! Festival 24.11.24, Austrian premiere: Wien Modern, 04.11.2025) Andrzej Kwiecinski, Opulenza! Szena (troppo) dramatica&nbsp;for string quartet and countertenor* (WP date TBA) to be premiered with countertenor Jake Arditti Grégoire Lorieux, Corps animal for string quartetand amplified ondes Martenot (premiere date TBA, in 25/26) to be performed with Nadia Ratsimanresy. Commissioned by Radio France. Cathy Milliken’s “In Speak” was commissioned by the Arditti Quartet with support of <img width="1018" height="235" width_o="1018" height_o="235" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4df42ca8d4d8725fb5dec8a3551c4027ef827655a8ed0edcbd4e7053e3c4ca04/CA_GovtLockup_CMYK_Horizontal_Black_Small.jpg" data-mid="219005361" border="0" data-scale="35" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4df42ca8d4d8725fb5dec8a3551c4027ef827655a8ed0edcbd4e7053e3c4ca04/CA_GovtLockup_CMYK_Horizontal_Black_Small.jpg" /> *The works by Hosokawa, Czernowin, Soh, Nemtsov, Paredes, Prins and Kwiecinski were co-commissioned by the Arditti Quartet with the support of&nbsp; <img width="1200" height="276" width_o="1200" height_o="276" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c161cba6cbd3a8ad661114357b35beac9c49326fac141aea7d3b0fa943fa986e/EvS_Foerderlogo_rgb.jpg" data-mid="219005190" border="0" data-scale="31" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c161cba6cbd3a8ad661114357b35beac9c49326fac141aea7d3b0fa943fa986e/EvS_Foerderlogo_rgb.jpg" /> Arditti Quartet performs complete works for string quartet by: Eliott CarterPascal DusapinJonathan HarveyToshio HosokawaHelmut LachenmannGyörgy LigetiConlon NancarrowWolfgang RihmIannis XenakisGeorg Friedrich HaasHarrison Birtwistle among others ︎ Repertoire Catalogue For information on the vast number of works composed for the Arditti Quartet, and many others they have performed.︎︎︎ Recent World Premieres Works for quartet and orchestra: James Dillon, The Gates Pascal Dusapin, Streichquartett Nr. 6 "Hinterland" Morton Feldman, String Quartet and Orchestra Helmut Lachenmann, Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied Philippe Manoury, Melencolia-Figuren (exists also as String Quartet Nr. 3 "Melencolia") Wolfgang Rihm, Dithyrambe for string quartet and orchestra Johannes Maria Staud, Über trügerische Stadtpläne und die Versuchungen der Winternächte (Dichotomie 2) Arditti Quartet &amp; Jake Arditti (countertenor) <img width="1000" height="475" width_o="1000" height_o="475" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed868605ce168ccef26449873f5b8e3ad91c8851e2c925e7c867348c06e70636/JakeArditti.jpg" data-mid="117825286" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed868605ce168ccef26449873f5b8e3ad91c8851e2c925e7c867348c06e70636/JakeArditti.jpg" /> ︎ Andy Staples Sample programmes for quartet + countertenor James Dillon: String Quartet Nr. 9Hilda Paredes: Tres&nbsp;Canciones Lunáticas(+countertenor)Hans Werner Henze: String Quartet Nr. 5Salvatore Sciarrino: Cosa resta (+ countertenor) Hilda Paredes: Tres canciones lunáticas»&nbsp;Jannik Giger: Œil (World Premiere 2021)Salvatore Sciarrino: Cosa restaHans Werner Henze: String Quartet Nr. 5 “The sanity of lunacy”: Wolfgang Rihm: String Quartet Nr. 13 Salvatore Sciarrino: Cosa Resta Pascal Dusapin: String Quartet Nr. 5 Hilda Paredes: Tres&nbsp;Canciones Lunáticas https://www.realarts.eu/hilda-paredes Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:31:04 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/hilda-paredes Hilda Paredes Composer “…a composer with a fresh aural imagination”&nbsp; - The Guardian ︎ catalogue of works Listen:&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ &nbsp; <img width="315" height="120" width_o="315" height_o="120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d10c6c739c59b7a100d15b81e1455a04682e29dc3405dee1736cd2a13d0d876/Listen-on-IDAGIO-white-EN.png" data-mid="217441301" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/315/i/4d10c6c739c59b7a100d15b81e1455a04682e29dc3405dee1736cd2a13d0d876/Listen-on-IDAGIO-white-EN.png" /> Hilda Paredes is firmly established as one of the leading Mexican composers of her generation. Musicians, singers and conductors frequently praise the perfect balance she achieves between brilliant compositional technique and a keen sensibility for the particular instruments and individuals for whom she writes. <img width="1024" height="1030" width_o="1024" height_o="1030" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94d9ea746a5cb80164514a94f70665e0b9616b3703dac7340cfd7e94d9c8a56c/4HPxGI-1ForWeb.jpg" data-mid="46765490" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94d9ea746a5cb80164514a94f70665e0b9616b3703dac7340cfd7e94d9c8a56c/4HPxGI-1ForWeb.jpg" /> “…admired for compositions that mix modernist rigor and extended techniques with a primal energy rooted in Maya lore” - NY Times While there is a testimony of constant collaboration with Mexican poets and artists in her works, she also draws inspiration from many different composers and cultures from around the world and has been based in London for 40 years. Her music has been acclaimed by critics for the refinement of her craft, marked by the intensity of the relationship between time, dramatic force and poetic approach. Hilda Paredes has been commissioned by soloists, ensembles and orchestras around the world. Her music has been performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Arditti Quartet,Contrechamps, Court Circuit, Collegium Novum Zurich, Trio Arbós, OFUNAM, Hilliard Ensemble, Hermes Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Signal, Grup Instrumental de Valencia, ICE in NY, London Sinfonietta, The New Julliard Ensemble and Neue Vocalsolisten, among others.&nbsp; Recent commissioners include Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, BCMG, Wien Modern and Suntory Hall. Her works have been presented by such international venues and festivals as Wigmore Hall, Huddersfield Contemporary Music and Edinburgh Festivals in the UK; Eclat and Ultraschall in Germany; Festival D’Automne a Paris, Musica and Octobre en Normandie in France; Wien Modern andKlangspuren in Austria; Akiyoshidai and Takefu Music Festivals in Japan; Archipel and Music monat in Switzerland; De Ijsbreker Chamber Music Festival in Amsterdam; Warsaw Autumn in Poland; Ultima in Oslo; Melbourne International Festival in Australia; June in Buffalo, the Composer Portraits Series at Miller Theatre NY and Festival of Arts and Ideas in the USA; Ars Musica in Brussels; Festival de Alicante, Festival de Música Religiosa de Cuenca and ENSEMS Festival in Spain; and Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico. Hilda has included in her pieces a wide range of electroacoustic elements, creating works at IRCAM and SWR Experimentalstudio. Most recently at CIRM, she composed her widely celebrated chamber opera Harriet, Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman, for the renowned African-American soprano Claron Mcfadden and Muziek Theater Transparent. After the premiere at the Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, the Dutch critic Joep Stapel from the NRC newspaper named Harriet the Best Classical Music Performance of 2018. It has since been performed in Mexico, the UK, France and Belgium. Hilda was awarded a prestigious 2019 Ivors Composer Award (previously British Composer Awards) for this work. <img width="3600" height="1760" width_o="3600" height_o="1760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db3ab60e89b2f34b92163f85240c71d3d798c1fabf1f95f94f17fcbc25693895/TheIvorsComposerAwards_Winner2019_Black_RGB.png" data-mid="56056091" border="0" data-scale="53" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db3ab60e89b2f34b92163f85240c71d3d798c1fabf1f95f94f17fcbc25693895/TheIvorsComposerAwards_Winner2019_Black_RGB.png" /> in the categoryStage Works In addition to this award, she has been honoured with a number of illustrious &nbsp; &nbsp; international accolades, including the PRS for Music Foundation, J.S. Guggenheim Fellowship, Rockefeller, Fund for Culture Mexico/USA, and the Fellowship from Sistema Nacional de Creadores (FONCA) in Mexico. <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cb5e356a5b517a8981779c82af83365302d6eaeccc203e0488e4e5f4ea58a5e/18.Harriet_ActII_scene3_NorthStar_aForWeb.jpg" data-mid="46766369" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cb5e356a5b517a8981779c82af83365302d6eaeccc203e0488e4e5f4ea58a5e/18.Harriet_ActII_scene3_NorthStar_aForWeb.jpg" /> “With the music of Hilda Paredes, one can sense or cite various influences. However, the overall feeling that one has is one of an individual voice.” – Brad Lubman, conductor After studying at the Conservatoire in Mexico City with Mario Lavista, Hilda Paredes was an active participant in master classes at Dartington Summer School, studying with Peter Maxwell Davies, Harrison Birtwistle and Richard Rodney Bennett. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and subsequently obtained her Master of Arts at City University in London and completed her PhD at Manchester University under Prof. John Casken. “Hilda Paredes takes from society everything that is in it, she is able to draw every imaginable sound colour from the combinations of instruments and voices.”- Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren &nbsp; Hilda continues to be involved in the musical life of her native Mexico as a composer and teacher and was also a radio producer of new music. As a freelance lecturer, Hilda has taught composition and lectured at Manchester University, the University of San Diego California, University of Buffalo where she is a regular guest lecturer and other distinguished Universities in the US, at Centre Acanthes in France. She has been Visiting Professor at Mills College and at Dartmouth College in the USA and at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her works have featured on the AEON, Mode Records and IBS labels and are published by ︎︎︎&nbsp;University of York Music Press.&nbsp; ︎ artist website https://www.realarts.eu/Neue-Vocalsolisten Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:33:29 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/Neue-Vocalsolisten Neue Vocalsolisten &nbsp;<img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3162f2842c3c658d17c915a225d8205b90978e3ea86ae58b5216f0936048e36/Neue_Vocalsolisten_C_Martin_Sigmund_Sig1197_A_WEB_2.jpg" data-mid="226322150" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3162f2842c3c658d17c915a225d8205b90978e3ea86ae58b5216f0936048e36/Neue_Vocalsolisten_C_Martin_Sigmund_Sig1197_A_WEB_2.jpg" /> The seven singers of the Neue Vocalsolisten see themselves as explorers and discoverers: in exchange with composers, they are continuously searching for new forms of vocal expression.&nbsp; With more than 30 premieres annually, the ensemble’s work is&nbsp; considered to be both leading and unique in the field of contemporary vocal music worldwide. With their distinctive brand of virtuosic&nbsp; exploration, the Neue Vocalsolisten have shaped the genre of vocal chamber music-theatre, including works by Georges Aperghis, Carola Bauckholt, Luciano Berio, Chaya Czernowin, Ricardo Eizirik, Luca Francesconi, Andreas Eduardo Frank, Malte Giesen, Sara Glojnarić, Gordon Kampe, Mischa Käser, Georgia Koumará, Aya Metwalli, Sarah Nemtsov, Sergej Newski, Lucia Ronchetti, Katharina Rosenberger, Elena Rykova, François Sarhan, Salvatore Sciarrino, Simon Steen-Andersen, Oscar Strasnoy, Ming Tsao, Claude Vivier, Jennifer Walshe, Raed Yassin and Yiran Zhao and many more. The ensemble’s partners are the most prestigious specialist ensembles and orchestras, international opera houses, as well as the independent theatre scene, labels, electronic studios, and new music festivals and concert series presenters around the world. Idiosyncratic interdisciplinary formats connecting music-theatre, performance, installation and concert staging form a key part of their activities. Recent collaborations included artists who explore uses of digital media, with an interest in networks, experimenting with genres, dissolving space, perspectives and functions. The Neue Vocalsolisten regularly move between the borders of different musical cultures and genres. Recent projects included »Mediterranean Voices« in which they created a concert installation together with composers from twelve different countries in the Mediterranean region and the video artist Daniel Kötter. Projects following from this so far include »VOICE AFFAIRS« where the singers worked with musicians from Beirut’s experimental music scenes; and the »BALKAN AFFAIRS« which is an extensive multidisciplinary triptych that explores the legacy of the Yugoslav Wars and contemporary life in the Western Balkans. The latter garnered high critical praise for its emotional impact and bridging historical divides, navigating challenging themes and acheiving a balance between historical truth and artistic expression.<img width="1120" height="1094" width_o="1120" height_o="1094" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44597e941a4cf88fbf5e61143538a82fe50bbd8e79c2ce1f9d6cfabe79e8b66b/NVS7Komplett_Boot_wth_DanielG_C_MartinSigmund_sq_WEB.jpg" data-mid="226843685" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44597e941a4cf88fbf5e61143538a82fe50bbd8e79c2ce1f9d6cfabe79e8b66b/NVS7Komplett_Boot_wth_DanielG_C_MartinSigmund_sq_WEB.jpg" />Since 2020, the Neue Vocalsolisten have been conceiving »Magical Spaces« in their Stuttgart base, working with programmers and web designers to explore performance formats between analogue and digital perception, opening up the digital space as an artistically separate stage in itself. In March 2025, Neue Vocalsolisten returned to the Staatsoper Stuttgart stage in its central role as the “village community” representing society and reflection in the manner of a Greek Chorus, in DORA, by Bernhard Lang and Frank Witzel, the opera crowned “World Premiere of the Year” by the critics of Opernwelt Magazine in 2024. In addition to the interpretation and further development of their genre, the Neue Vocalsolisten are dedicated to training next generation artists in the challenges of experimental vocal music in master classes and the digital »NVS Academy«. The Neue Vocalsolisten have been honoured with numerous awards for their contributions to contemporary vocal music, including the Silver Lion of the Venice Biennale 2021 and the Italian critics’ prize Premio Abbiati 2022. In the words of the Venice Biennale jury, the Neue Vocalsolisten is an ensemble whose »creative collaboration with some of the greatest living composers has decisively advanced the development of the contemporary a cappella repertoire«. &nbsp; ︎ artist website︎︎︎ Members’ biographies︎︎︎ ︎&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎︎︎ ︎ Neue_Vocalsolisten ︎ Martin Sigmund <img width="1200" height="630" width_o="1200" height_o="630" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a8f003db0aa062bb9889c4517f9a79050ada1766ade64d2d4b3a5abe755d3a5/Neue_Vocalsolisten_C_Martin_Sigmund_Sig1745_B_WEB_4.jpg" data-mid="226340534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a8f003db0aa062bb9889c4517f9a79050ada1766ade64d2d4b3a5abe755d3a5/Neue_Vocalsolisten_C_Martin_Sigmund_Sig1745_B_WEB_4.jpg" /> https://www.realarts.eu/Matthew-McDonald Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:08:43 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/Matthew-McDonald Matthew McDonald Double Bass / Poet+++ The debut collection of poetry by Matthew McDonald, Gran Partita, will be published by Moist Books on 28.02.2026 +++︎︎︎︎ to details / pre-ordering. Matthew McDonald is Principal Double Bass of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="884" height="1070" width_o="884" height_o="1070" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f82ebc869877b261fd6e1e9e4f4825ef259462788098a5399bd552123fc8f3a/MatthewMcDonald_crEmileHolba_web1.jpg" data-mid="78244460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/884/i/1f82ebc869877b261fd6e1e9e4f4825ef259462788098a5399bd552123fc8f3a/MatthewMcDonald_crEmileHolba_web1.jpg" /> Born in Canberra, Australia, he began his studies with Max McBride at the Canberra School of Music in 1996, later continuing with Kees Boersma at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he completed his Bachelor of Music. From 2000 to 2001 he was a scholar of the Berliner Philharmonic’s Orchestral Academy, after which he was engaged as Associate Principal Bass of the Danish National Orchestra. Wishing to pursue further studies, he returned to Berlin after six months to study with Esko Laine at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" for the Konzertexamen (Soloist's Diploma). Matthew subsequently joined Ensemble Modern as Principal Bass, where he played for three years, working closely with many of today's most important composers. Since that time, Matthew has held the position of Principal Bass with Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, arriving at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as Principal Bass in January 2009. Chamber music is one of Matthew's passions. He has performed at the 'Music at Plush', Zagreb and Winchester festivals. He is also a regular guest at the International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove. Matthew has performed with Imogen Cooper, Radovan Vlatkovic, Mark Padmore and the Kuss Quartet and as part of 2010's Prussia Cove Tour played the Rossini Duo at the Wigmore Hall with cellist, Phillip Higham. He frequently performs with duo partner French pianist Yannick Rafalimanana. Highly regarded as a soloist, Matthew has performed Nino Rota's Divertimento Concertante with the Berliner Symphoniker, Klaus Huber's 'Erinnere dich an G' with the Ensemble Modern under the baton of Heinz Holliger and Kurtag's 'Aus dem Sudelbücher' with Soprano Salome Kammer. Peter Eötvös wrote his bass concerto ‘Aurora’ for Matthew, joining him on stage to conduct the premiere at the Berlin Philharmonie in December 2019. In June 2022, Matthew performed the premiere of Gerald Barry’s double bass concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of John Størgards. <img width="1200" height="992" width_o="1200" height_o="992" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a500fe3093dfedbfbc02f539593ecdd13f9a0f58320b9af2afda88eeb9bb0634/MatthewMcDonald_crEmileHolba_WEB2.jpg" data-mid="78248187" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a500fe3093dfedbfbc02f539593ecdd13f9a0f58320b9af2afda88eeb9bb0634/MatthewMcDonald_crEmileHolba_WEB2.jpg" /> Matthew has given masterclasses at Yale University, the Sydney Conservatorium, in Tokyo and at the Tongyeong Music Festival in South Korea. He has tutored the bass sections of the European Union Youth Orchestra, The Britten Pears Orchestra and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (German Youth Orchestra) and was a jury member of the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb. ︎ Emile Holba ︎&nbsp; Bottesini “Grande Allegro alla Mendelssohn” ︎&nbsp; Kodály “Epigrams” ︎&nbsp; Lera Auerbach “6 Preludes” (first recording) ︎&nbsp; Franck Sonata in A-Major, 2nd Mvt <img width="2576" height="3220" width_o="2576" height_o="3220" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2316f216b4c334b91fdc44f0b201fb060d100fb53411d0c5d9e966383da0012d/Cover-image-turquoise-background_GranPartita.jpg" data-mid="242512106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2316f216b4c334b91fdc44f0b201fb060d100fb53411d0c5d9e966383da0012d/Cover-image-turquoise-background_GranPartita.jpg" /> Debut poetry collection to be published 28.02.2026: “Unexpected, funny, insightful and sometimes alarmingly honest, I found this collection deeply touching and thought-provoking.” - Sir Simon Rattle“Gran Partita is a remarkable debut... Matthew McDonald succeeds in expressing the inexpressible - and in doing so, offers a collection that is brilliant, original and captivating.” - Lisa Kelly “McDonald writes with such charm and self-deprecating wit that the intricacy and musicology of Gran Partita feels completely natural, as a melody that has always existed but we’re just starting to hear it now. Unapologetically smart, thoughtful and convoluted, but a sheer pleasure from page to page. All I know is that to write poetry this fluent is to single-handedly tune an orchestra, hold your breath and raise the baton.” - Luke Kennard https://www.realarts.eu/Stanley-Dodds Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:08:02 +0000 Real Arts https://www.realarts.eu/Stanley-Dodds Stanley Dodds Conductor Stanley Dodds is the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Cavatina Philharmonic Orchestra, in the architecturally renowned Cavatina Hall in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. He founded the orchestra in 2024 and it is the city's first full-time professional orchestra, performing around 30 concerts each season. Prior to that, he was the Principal Conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, resident in the Philharmonie Berlin, from 2014-2025. <img width="1062" height="694" width_o="1062" height_o="694" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cf083fd13946a1fd1443cc62bfd1e080bf977a96eaaf0ccbe62471589d8ab7e/StanleyDodds_.sd_creditpeterrigaud_22_WEB.jpg" data-mid="238686580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cf083fd13946a1fd1443cc62bfd1e080bf977a96eaaf0ccbe62471589d8ab7e/StanleyDodds_.sd_creditpeterrigaud_22_WEB.jpg" /> His fascination for pairing and contrasting unique mixes of orchestral repertoire in his programs, coupled with a meticulous approach to colour, articulation and phrasing, and his special affinity for interpreting music of our time, have been shaped by many formative years performing all over the world as a member of the Berlin Philharmoniker, receiving conducting mentorship from Jorma Panula, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle and Kirill Petrenko. From the intimite beginning to the heroic Finale: Stanley Dodds and the Staatskapelle Halle’s Beethoven was scintillating.” Klassik Begeistert, October 2018 Guest conductor appearances include engagements with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Halle, Hamburger Symphoniker, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Australian World Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique Luxembourg, Jena Philharmonic, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicale Milano, ensembles of the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Karajan-Academy Orchestra and the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin. He has conducted at major Festivals in Salzburg and Baden-Baden, at the Musikfest and MaerzMusik in Berlin, Musica Viva in Munich and the Summer Festival in Mecklenburg Western Pomerania. Opera productions he conducted include Mozart Cosi fan tutte, Bizet Carmen, Viardot Cendrillon, Weill Mahagonny Songspiel and Hindemith Lehrstück, Offenbach The Princess of Trapezunt, Haydn Il mondo della luna, Mozart/Tarkmann Die Zauberflöte and Albrecht Ritter Parceval. His passion for contemporary music led him to found the ZeMu! Ensemble in 2021, which gave its inaugural performances at the Singapore International Arts Festival the following year premiering the multimedia work The Once and Future, with further performances at the New Vision Arts Festival in Hong Kong in 2023, and 2025 in Antwerp. His recordings of works by Wolfgang Rihm with musicians of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra were nominated in the category "Conductor of the Year" in Germany's 2022 Opus Classic Awards. "Stanley Dodds [...] a conductor of formidable gifts, clarity was his keynote: clarity of musical thought, clarity of expression, clarity of technique." New York Times, June 2018 Further important performances and recordings include Martón Illés Violin Concerto with Patricia Kopatschinskaya and the Karajan-Academy Orchestra, a "Baltic Roots" project with Baiba Skride, the world premiere of Alavò by Vito Žuraj and works by Esa-Pekka Salonen with members of the Berlin Philharmoniker. Dodds is also highly valued for his keen understanding of the business of music, having for 12 years served as licensing and royalties administrator for the Berliner Philharmoniker, and a further 12 years on the executive board of the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation. <img width="900" height="1126" width_o="900" height_o="1126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2c2f58cdbbe6e53a12bb65c4a471079a4787ca3f06103f47b6d1f9708c115fd/StanleyDodds_.sd_creditpeterrigaud_13_WEB.jpg" data-mid="238686579" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/b2c2f58cdbbe6e53a12bb65c4a471079a4787ca3f06103f47b6d1f9708c115fd/StanleyDodds_.sd_creditpeterrigaud_13_WEB.jpg" /> "Stanley Dodds leads an inspired tour through a brilliantly orchestrated gem." Limelight Magazine, May 2018 Stanley Dodds dedicates himself to nurturing next generation musicians and orchestral pedagogy. In 2024 he was appointed Chief Conductor of the Sydney Youth Orchestra, and has been artistic director of the State Youth Orchestra of Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania since 2014. From 2013-2018 he was Director of the Young Concerts Festival for youth orchestras in Neubrandenburg. For the Berliner Philharmoniker he led for many years the Schools Orchestra Concert and Youth Composition Workshop. <img width="1200" height="944" width_o="1200" height_o="944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ba4469d6a869fd6714c737921a67f7627919c552c172bdee609feced47c081b/StanleyDodds_.sd_creditpeterrigaud_19_WEB.jpg" data-mid="238686623" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ba4469d6a869fd6714c737921a67f7627919c552c172bdee609feced47c081b/StanleyDodds_.sd_creditpeterrigaud_19_WEB.jpg" /> Stanley Chia-Ming Dodds was born in Canada, grew up in Australia and is now based in Berlin as a dual German-Australian citizen. He began playing violin and piano in Adelaide at age four, attended the Bruckner Conservatorium and Musik High School in Linz before studying at Lucerne Conservatorium under Gunars Larsens. He continued violin studies at the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic under Rainer Sonne before receiving tenure as a violinist in the orchestra in 1994. In 2024 he left the orchestra to focus solely on conducting. ︎ Peter Rigaud Links / Media: ︎ Conducting Patricia Kopatchinskaja &amp; Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker (M. Illés: Vont-tér) ︎Conducting works by Wolfgang Rihm on BR-Klassik Concert (Tabea Zimmermann, Christian Gerhacher, Jörg Widmann, Tamara Stefanovich and others)︎︎︎ Stanley Dodds on the Digital Concert Hall of the Berliner Philharmoniker (performances and interviews) ︎ stanleydodds&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;︎︎︎︎ artist’s website