BACKWhat does the government’s Brexit deal mean for touring musicians and orchestras?
Since the Home Office’s announcement in February 2020, we have known that EU touring artists will need a visa to perform in the UK from January 2021. But now with a Brexit deal in place, the conversation around how UK musicians will also be affected is gaining national coverage.
A petition for the government to provide UK musicians with a free culture work permit is on nearly 200,000 signatures, with signatories including high-profile musicians from Louis Tomlinson to KT Tunstall, and actor and comedian Dawn French.
The petition’s creator, Tim Brennan, writes: “As a freelancer I and many like me travel through the EU countless times a year on different tours and events, this will become impossible due to cost and time if we do not have visa free travel.”
NRW startet Schul-Versuch für musikalische Exzellenz
Schüler mit besonderem musikalischem Talent werden oft erst spät entdeckt und zu wenig gefördert – auch weil Fachkräfte an den Schulen fehlen. NRW will im neuen Schuljahr mit Musikprofil-Schulen ein Ausrufezeichen setzen.
Musikalisch begabte Kinder und Jugendliche sollen künftig in Nordrhein-Westfalen an sogenannten Musikprofil-Schulen besser gefördert werden. Im kommenden Schuljahr soll dazu ein Versuch starten.
„Mit dem Schulversuch NRW-Musikprofil-Schule wollen wir junge musikalische Talente entdecken und fördern, damit sie ihre Begabungen voll entfalten können“, sagte Schulministerin Yvonne Gebauer (FDP) der Deutschen Presse-Agentur in Düsseldorf.
NRW launches school trial for musical excellence Education and Highs
Pupils with gifted musical talent are often discovered too late and receive little support, usually because there is a lack of specialists at the schools. In the new school year, NRW wishes to make an exclamation with music profile schools.
In future, musically gifted children and young people in North Rhine-Westphalia are to receive better support at so-called music profile schools. A trial is to start in the coming school year.
“With the NRW Music Profile School trial, we want to discover and promote young musical talents so that they can fully develop their talents,” School Minister Yvonne Gebauer (FDP) told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur in Düsseldorf.
La musicologie française en deuil
La musicologie française et le Conservatoire de Paris ont vu disparaître trois figures parmi les plus marquantes de leur histoire : Florence Badol-Bertrand, Bernard Gagnepain, Yves Gérard.
Atroce fin année ! En moins de trois mois, la musicologie française et le CNSM de Paris ont vu disparaître trois figures parmi les plus marquantes de leur histoire : trois pédagogues hors pair qui ont formé des générations de musiciens et d’historiens, mais aussi trois auteurs de premier plan, dont les ouvrages feront encore longtemps autorité.
De 1975 à 1997, Yves Gérard a dispensé, tel un sacerdoce, son enseignement dans sa classe d’Histoire de la musique au Conservatoire. Ses cours mêlaient avec une fascinante acuité questionnements musicaux, historiques, philologiques et philosophiques.
French musicology in mourning
French musicology and the Paris Conservatoire have seen the death of three of the most outstanding figures in their history: Florence Badol-Bertrand, Bernard Gagnepain and Yves Gérard.
Atrocious end of the year! In less than three months, French musicology and the Paris Conservatoire have seen the death of three of the most outstanding figures in their history: three outstanding teachers who trained generations of musicians and historians, but also three leading authors, whose works will remain authoritative for a long time to come.
From 1975 to 1997, Yves Gérard taught, like a priest, in his History of Music class at the Conservatoire. His classes were a fascinating mix of musical, historical, philological and philosophical questions.