In the margins of our regular orchestral performance practice, there is a range of contextual activities such as lecture performances, open rehearsals next to recurrent presence in the national and regional media (radio interviews, television news coverage). We won’t hesitate to share these moments with the most curious listeners amongst our audience. That is you.
Compared to performing a concert or making a new recording, the challenge in opening up the doors of the anima-kitchen to you is a different one. It creates encounters of a different kind. For you to be involved in the Anima Xperience as much as possible, requires a setting that allows intimacy. Together with our partners in music like Concertgebouw Brugge, Bozar and Opéra de Dijon, we can create these intimate encounters, combining discovery with playfulness.
Keep an eye on the events calendar to keep track of these opportunities to dive into the heart of our music-making. We look forward to welcoming you on or off stage some time soon.
‘Muziek spelen zoals de componist het hoorde’
gepubliceerd op 04 februari 2012 in de Tijd
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Anima Eterna Brugge stelt zijn feestelijke concertseizoen voor op de Cultuurmarkt in Antwerpen.
Wij verwelkomen u graag op zondag 28 augustus,tussen 11:00 en 18:00 u op de Grote Markt.
The importance of Erard
Round table discussion with:
Jos van Immerseel (pianist)
Claire Chevallier (pianist)
Chris Maene (piano builder)
Jan Van den Hemel (piano builder & restorer)
Johan Huys (musicologist)
Moderator: Johan Van Cauwenberghe
sunday 12.02.2012 / 15.00 / Forum 6
Free admittance on presentation of a ticket for a concert within MAISON ERARD
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The Erard dynasty and its competitors
Lecture by Rene Beaupain, author of the book La Maison Erard. Manufacture de pianos, 1780-1959, and monographs on Pleyel and Gaveau.
sunday 12.02.2012 / 14.00 / Chamber music hall
Free admittance on presentation of a ticket for a concert within MAISON ERARD
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Anyone who played the piano or harp between the late 18th and the mid 20th century probably did so on an Erard instrument. It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this brilliant builder to the development and performance of the Romantic repertoire. Founder Sébastien Erard’s one man project grew into a flourishing family business, with a branch in London as well as its Paris headquarters. Maison Erard continued trading until 1959. Erard’s innovations in piano building gave free rein to a powerful, transparent and colourful sound that enchanted and inspired composers such as Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn and even Wagner. Erard also made his mark on music and performance as an innovator of harp mechanics.
Six years after the Steinway170 Festival, the Concertgebouw is now turning the spotlight on Erard. Spearhead of this festival is a unique exhibition of some twenty grand pianos and harps that illustrate Erard’s innovations during the course of the 19th century. Erard and the music of his time will also be the focus of four concerts. Expert René Beaupain will be telling the story of the Erard dynasty and placing the company in the wider context. And finally, we will assess the importance of Erard to pianists, instrument restorers and today’s music lovers.
thu 09.02.2012 – 20.00 Anima Eterna Brugge / Debussy
fri 10.02.2012 – 20.00 Sandrine Piau & Jos van Immerseel / Mélodies de Paris
sat 11.02.2012 – 20.00 Jos van Immerseel & Claire Chevallier / Erard. Piano x 2
sun 12.02.2012 – 17.00 Marjan De Haer en Ann Fierens / Erard. Harp x 2
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