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23rd May: music education could keep disengaged young people in school, Pieter Wispelwey wins Brahms prize, and Stars and Rising Stars Festival lineup

Thursday 23rd May 2019

21st century music education could keep disengaged young people in school, research says

A new four-year research project by Birmingham City University and national music charity Youth Music has highlighted the importance of music education for young people at risk of educational exclusion.

The project, titled ‘Exchanging Notes’, studied young people’s musical interests and the positive impact of bringing music genres such as grime and hip-hop into the classroom, with the help of music industry professionals and local music-making projects.

The importance of working in partnership with out-of-school music education providers for this new model of teaching music is highlighted in the 14 recommendations outlined in the report, which is available to read online here.

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Pieter Wispelwey wins Brahms Prize for unconventional recording project

The Brahms Society of Schleswig-Holstein has awarded its 2019 Brahms Prize to cellist Pieter Wispelwey and pianist Paolo Giacometti. The pair were chosen for their long-term project to record the complete duo works by Schubert and Brahms, including arrangements of the sonatas for violin, viola, flute and clarinet.

Wispelwey and Giacometti were given the €10,000 prize on 17 May at a recital at St Bartholomew in Wesselburen, where they performed Schubert’s Arpeggione sonata and Brahms’s Cello Sonata no.2 in F major.

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Das Festival „Stars & Rising Stars“ 2019 

Die Nachwuchsförderung spielt nicht nur bei Künstlern, sondern auch bei Konzertveranstaltern eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Ein schönes Beispiel, wie solche Projekte gelingen können, ist das Münchner Festival „Stars & Rising Stars“. Seit 2017 bringt es junge Talente in gemeinsamen Proben und Konzerten mit international gefragten Solisten zusammen. In diesem Jahr sind das – unter vielen anderen – Alfred BrendelOlga PeretyatkoSimone KermesAlban Gerhardt und Arabella Steinbacher.

Jeder „Star“ nimmt als Mentor einen oder mehrere „Rising Stars“ unter seine Fittiche, gibt Tipps und bereitet sie auf das gemeinsame Konzert vor. Alle Nachwuchsmusiker sind erfolgreiche Wettbewerbsteilnehmer oder studieren schon bei angesehenen Künstlern und Professoren. Und so dürfte aufmerksamen Klassikhörern der eine oder andere Name der Rising Stars bekannt sein. Neben Cellistin Raphaela Gromes, und Perkussionistin Vivi Vassileva ist auch der Pianist Amadeus Wiesensee bereits ein gefragter Solokünstler.

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“Stars & Rising Stars“ Festival 2019

The promotion of young talent is playing an increasingly important role not only with artists but also with concert promoters. A good example of how such projects can succeed is the Munich festival “Stars & Rising Stars“. Since 2017, it has brought together young talents in rehearsals and concerts with internationally sought-after soloists. This year, soloists include Alfred Brendel, Olga Peretyatko (pictured), Simone Kermes, Alban Gerhardt and Arabella Steinbacher.

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