Berlin Philharmonic

Artists use their own personal context and connection to their society. Barbara Kruger does this through her work “Buy Me, I’ll Change Your Life” as she confronts consumer culture, economic and social issues. Another work by Kruger “We’ve received orders not to move” this work also reflecting her societal link. The Guerilla Girls are a group of anonymous feminists that fight racism and sexism in the art world. Two of their works include, “How many works by women artists were in the Andy Warhol…

about the Berlin Philharmonic. All of their concerts and recordings for the last fifty years have been filled with that amazing quality that sets them apart from their European and North American counterparts. Most well-rounded musicians are familiar with the energy that Karajan injected into the Berlin Philharmonic. What he did with with it has had a lasting effect on his successors. It's nothing short of astonishing. Claudio Abbado was the first of Karajan’s successors to prove that the Berlin…

born in Trossingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. His dad is a famous cello player for the Berlin Philharmonic. His mom died when Friedrich was 2 or 3 years old. Friedrich was the conductor for the Empire Philharmonic. Before he became the conductor of the Empire Philharmonic, he had conducted the The Tchaikovsky in Germany. Then Friedrich got the opportunity to move to New York City to conduct the Empire Philharmonic. Going back to Friedrich’s family, Friedrich had an Uncle named Gunter. He was…

One of the first American-born composers to receive such high acclaim on a global scale, Leonard Bernstein was arguably one of the most commended and talented musicians raised and educated in the United States of America. Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He discovered his passion for music at a very young age after listening to a piano performance which inspired him to begin learning the piano. Bernstein attended the Boston Latin School as a child.…

Instead, Ozawa conducted the NHK Symphony Orchestra’s rival, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1964, Ozawa was appointed as the first music director of the Ravinia Festival, the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was there until 1968, serving as the festival’s principal conductor in 1969. He served as Music…

she won first place in the prestigious ABC Young Performers Award. Kate Young rapidly established herself as a virtuosic soloist, and has since performed with the London, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras; Warsaw, Royal and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras,…

Berlin is a city located in the east of Germany. To the east, Germany borders Poland and the Czech Republic, to the west, it borders France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and to the south it borders Austria and Switzerland. Germany’s northern border accesses the North and Baltic Sea and Denmark. Germany is located in the College Board region of Western Europe. The first place I would visit would be the Philharmonie to see the Berlin Philharmonic perform there. The Philharmonie is home to some…

moved to Berlin and was active in conducting and composing at the Grand Theatre with the directorship of Max Reinhardt. Moreover, he was the leader of “Golden 1920’s”, which was involved in various activities such as frequent guest performances with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, lectures at the University of Berlin, writing reviews for the newspaper and etc. In 1931, he came to Japan at the age of 48, because of disappointment from the position as the Director in General at Berlin…

The Mathis der Maler symphony (Mathias the Painter) was composed between 193334 while Hindemith worked on an opera of the same name. It’s a three movement work that received a very successful premier under Wilhelm Kurtwangler and the Berlin Philharmonic. The political implications of the work however caused much controversy within the ruling Nazi party; so much so that it led to Kurtwangler having to step down as music director of the orchestra and Hindemith to leave Germany before the outbreak…

All around the world, there are places plagued with poverty. Often poverty will affect the life choices and style of living for the newer generations. Much too often youth will fall into pits of alcohol and drug abuse, and gang activity. Many will even drop out of school. How do we stop this chain reaction caused by poverty and misuse of time? Since 1975, José Abreu and others have ran an organization called El Sistema (formerly known as National Network of Youth and Children's Orchestras of…