BACKContinuo Foundation announces first grant recipients
Continuo Foundation has named the recipients of its first round of grants to UK period-instrument ensembles. The charity – established in October 2020 to support projects which create work for freelancers whose careers are at risk due to Covid-19 – will award £150,000 to 23 projects taking place from April to September, leading to work for more than 300 musicians across a variety of ensembles, including Dunedin Consort and La Nuova Musica.
Back in January, Continuo – whose patrons include Emma Kirkby and Rachel Podger – invited ensembles to apply for a share of the £100,000 being offered in the first swathe of grants.
Berlin stoppt Pilotprojekt zur Wiedereröffnung von Kultureinrichtungen
Das Berliner Pilotprojekt zur Wiedereröffnung von Kultureinrichtungen ist kurzfristig gestoppt worden. Da über die Ostertage von der Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz gemeinsam mit der Kanzlerin eine bundesweite “Ruhephase” beschlossen wurde, pausiert auch das Berliner Projekt.
Betroffen davon sind Aufführungen an der Volksbühne, der Staatsoper Unter den Linden und der Deutschen Oper. Diese sollen nach dem 6. April nachgeholt werden, dann wieder mit vollständig auf das Coronavirus getestetem Publikum.
Berlin stops pilotproject to reopen cultural institutions
The Berlin pilot project for the reopening of cultural institutions has been stopped at short notice. Since the Conference of Minister Presidents and the Chancellor decided on a nationwide “rest period” over the Easter holidays, the Berlin project is also on pause.
This affects performances at the Volksbühne, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the Deutsche Oper. These are to be made up after 6 April, then again with audiences fully tested for the corona virus.
Trois millions de dollars pour Silkroad, le collectif de musicien fondé par Yo-Yo Ma
Trois millions de dollars, c’est le don reçu par Silkroad, l’organisation fondée par le violoncelliste américain Yo-Yo Ma. L’occasion de faire connaissance avec un collectif d’artistes pas comme les autres…
Organisation, ensemble, collectif d’artistes du monde entier, Silkroad, qui veut dire « route de la soie », est tout cela à la fois : ce collectif a été fondée en 1998 par un Yo-Yo Ma soucieux d’élargir le répertoire du violoncelle et de créer un trait d’union entre musiciens qui ont ce même souci, ce même appétit de repousser les frontières de la musique classique en jouant, par exemple, les musiques traditionnelles de leur pays.
Three million dollars for Silkroad, a collective of musicians founded by Yo-Yo Ma
Three million dollars is the donation received by Silkroad, the organisation founded by the American cellist Yo-Yo Ma. An opportunity to get to know an artist collective unlike any other…
Silkroad, which means “Road of silk”, is all of these things at once: the collective was founded in 1998 by Yo-Yo Ma, who wanted to broaden the cello repertoire and create a link between musicians who share the same concern and drive for pushing back the frontiers of classical music by playing, for example, the traditional music of their country.