BACKRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland hosts first digital open day
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is set to host its first digital open day for prospective students amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scotland’s national conservatoire will open its doors to students from around the world today from 9.30am.
The music open day, aimed at students who will start their studies in September 2021, will offer an insight into life at RCS, named one of the world’s top ten destinations to study the performing arts in this year’s QS World University Rankings.
It will include live Q&As with staff and current students as well as a live Instagram session with Sam McShane, head of artistic planning.
A highlight is a concert programmed exclusively for open day attendees, featuring at-home and archive performances from RCS students and staff.
Linke will Kultur im Grundgesetz verankern
Die Linke im Bundestag will die Kultur als Staatsziel im Grundgesetz verankern. “Wir brauchen eine übergreifende Diskussion mit allen demokratischen Parlamentsfraktionen sowie zwischen Bund und Ländern”, sagte die die kulturpolitische Sprecherin der Fraktion, Simone Barrientos.
Die Linke-Politikerin sprach sich zudem dafür aus, das Kooperationsverbot von Bund und Ländern im Bereich Kunst und Kultur zugunsten eines Kooperationsgebotes aufzuheben. “Dazu ist eine Grundgesetzänderung nötig”, sagte Barrientos. Sie sprach sich für eine Lösung aus, “die den Bund in die Pflicht nimmt, ohne den Ländern die Gestaltungsfreiheit zu nehmen”. Die Corona-Krise habe gezeigt, dass Bund und Länder eng, verlässlich und im Gleichklang zusammenarbeiten müssten.
Leftists want to anchor culture in the Basic Law
The left party in the Bundestag wants to anchor culture as a state goal in the Constitution. “We need an in-depth discussion with all democratic parliamentary groups and between the federal and state governments,” said the party’s cultural policy spokeswoman, Simone Barrientos.
The left politician also spoke out in favor of lifting the federal and state’s prohibition on cooperation in the field of art and culture in favor of a cooperation requirement. “This requires a change in the constitution,” said Barrientos. She spoke in favor of a solution “that makes the federal government responsible without taking away the freedom of the federal states”. The corona crisis had shown that the federal and state governments had to work closely, reliably and in harmony.
Stéphane Lissner annonce son départ de l’Opéra de Paris
La pandémie de coronavirus a porté un coup de massue à l’Opéra national de Paris, déjà affaibli par les grèves contre la réforme des retraites. L’institution affiche aujourd’hui 40 millions d’euros de dettes. Une situation préoccupante qui a décidé Stéphane Lissner, à la tête de la maison d’art lyrique depuis 2014, à mettre fin à son mandat plus tôt que prévu. Le directeur général, qui devait quitter l’institution en juillet 2021, laissera finalement la place fin décembre à son successeur désigné, et «directeur préfigurateur» depuis un an. Son départ devrait donc permettre à l’Allemand Alexander Neef, 46 ans, d’avoir le champ libre pour redresser un Opéra bien mal en point. « À genoux», même, selon l’expression de Stéphane Lissner.
Stéphane Lissner announces his departure from the Opéra de Paris
The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the Paris Opera, already weakened by strikes against pension reform. The institution is now 40 million euros in debt. A worrying situation that has led Stéphane Lissner, head of the opera house since 2014, to end his mandate earlier than planned. The director general, who was due to leave the institution in July 2021, will finally make way at the end of December for his designated successor, who has been the “prefiguring director” for the past year. His departure should give German Alexander Neef, 46, a free hand to turn around a badly damaged opera house. “On his knees,” even, in the words of Stephan Lissner.