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Symposium on Amateur Music at the Berlin Academy of the Arts
Top-class representatives from the fields of music, culture, media, politics, science and sports at both state and federal levels discuss different positions on the importance of amateur music for the society and ways to make it more visible.
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KEY VISUAL THANK YOU FOR THE (AMATEUR-) MUSIC!
PROGRAM
(2pm - 7pm)
INTRODUCTION:
- Landesmusikrat Berlin (State Music Council Berlin) / Hella Dunger-Löper, President
- Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion / Senator Joe Chialo (requested)
- Julius Stern Institute / Prof. Anita Rennert
MUSIC:
Blackbird Café Orchestra
AMATEUR MUSIC VIEWED FROM THE INSIDE:
- Verband der Liebhaberorchester Berlin (Association of amateur orchestras Berlin) / Till Schwabenbauer
- Berlin Choral Association / German Choral Association / Petra Merkel
- Federal Music Association Choir and Orchestra / Dr. Kai Habermehl
- Choral Association of the Evangelical Church / Cornelia Ewald
- Public Berlin Music Schools / Josef Holzhauser
- State Music Academy Berlin / Chris Berghäuser
- Federal Association of Popular Music / Olaf Kretschmar
- Orchestras and ensembles in schools / Marianne Grenz
BREAK
MUSIC:
Gemischter Chor Pankow e.V. (Mixed Choir Pankow e.V.)
AMATEUR MUSIC VIEWED FROM THE OUTSIDE:
- Charité Berlin and Fliedner Clinic / Prof. Dr. Mazda Adli (requested)
- Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband (Parity Welfare Association) / Anne Jeglinski
- Federal Network for Civic Engagement / Dr. Ansgar Klein
- Maecenata Foundation / Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz
- Stiftung Zukunft Berlin (Future Foundation Berlin) / Beate Stoffers
- KulturLeben Berlin / Angela Meyenburg
- German Cultural Council / Gabriele Schulz
BREAK
MUSIC:
Ensemble "accordanza"
OTHER AREAS AND PERSPECTIVES:
- Rhineland-Palatinate / Etienne Emard
- City of Hamburg / Theo Huss
- Carnival of Cultures / Aissatou Binger and Geraldine Hepp
- Landessportbund Berlin (Berlin State Sports Association) / Friedhard Teuffel
- rbb / Dirk Hühner (requested)
ORGANIZERS:
- Chorverband Berlin e.V. (Berlin Choral Association)
- Europäische Akademie Berlin (European Academy Berlin)
- Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. (Cultural and Political Society)
- Landesmusikrat Berlin e.V. (State Music Council Berlin)
- LV Berlin-Brandenburgischer Liebhaberorchester e.V. (Association of amateur orchestras Berlin-Brandenburg)
- Maecenata Stiftung (Maecenata Foundation)
- Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin e.V. (Parity Welfare Association)
- Stiftung Zukunft Berlin (Future Foundation Berlin)
For the detailed program, please refer here
Admission free!
>> Registration required
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Participating artists
Till Schwabenbauer
Petra Merkel
Dr. Kai Habermehl
Cornelia Ewald
Josef Holzhauser
Chris Berghäuser
Olaf Kretschmar
Marianne Grenz
