Rheinsberg Music Academy

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Rheinsberg Music Academy
Musikakademie Rheinsberg
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Kavalierhaus of Schloss Rheinsberg, seat of the academy
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Rheinsberg Music Academy
Rheinsberg, Brandenburg

Germany
Coordinates 53°05′58″N12°53′23″E / 53.09944°N 12.88972°E / 53.09944; 12.88972
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TypeMusic academy
Established1991 (1991)
Founder Ulrike Liedtke
Website Official website

The Rheinsberg Music Academy (German : Musikakademie Rheinsberg) is an academy for music in Rheinsberg, Brandenburg, Germany. It was co-founded by Ulrike Liedtke and is now a national and state institution, educating both lay people and professionals. It is based at Schloss Rheinsberg and uses the theatre there for performances.

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History

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Schlosstheater Rheinsberg

Rheinsberg Music Academy is a facility for young performers on the grounds of Schloss Rheinsberg, [1] co-founded by the musicologist Ulrike Liedtke in 1991. In 2001, it became a national academy (Bundesakademie), which has been run from 2014 by Musikkultur Rheinsberg, supported by the Ministry of Culture of Brandenburg (Ministerium für Bildung, Jugend und Sport (Brandenburg)  [ de ]), the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district and the town of Rheinsberg. [2] As of 2020, the artistic director is Georg Quander and the director is Felix Görg; the CEO of Musikkultur Rheinsberg is Thomas Falk. [3]

As an educational institution, the academy conducts workshops, master classes, and scientific seminars (Kolloquien) related to music. [2] [4] In 2019/20, master classes were given by singer Waltraud Meier, stage director Harry Kupfer and conductor René Jacobs, among others. [3] A focus is the performance of works by young composers and composers who were neglected during the GDR regime. [5] Some compositions were commissioned by the academy to be premiered in Rheinsberg. [6] Annually, around 40 courses [3] and 130 events are held, attracting 17,000 visitors. [1]

The Kavalierhaus, which had deteriorated, was restored after the Wende and reopened in 1999 as the seat of the institution. The main hall is a simple modern room within the historic walls. [1] Events of the academy and the opera festival Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg are held there and at the Schlosstheater. Both institutions reside in the Kavalierhaus. [1]

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  2. 1 2 "Musikakademie Rheinsberg". Verband der Bundes- und Landesmusikakademien in Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Piergande, Franziska (2019). "Neue Schwerpunkte in Rheinsberg 2019/20 / Exzellenzkurse und Fortbildungen mit Waltraud Meier, Harry Kupfer und René Jacobs". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Nölte, Joachim (2016). Seenland Ruppin. Ein Wegbegleiter (in German). Berlin: Edition Terra. pp. 135ff. ISBN   978-3-94-291731-5.
  5. ↑ Schurz, Claudia (2005). Liedtke, Ulrike (ed.). Das Theater des Prinzen Heinrich: ein Lesebuch zum Schloßtheater Rheinsberg (in German). Leipzig: Hofmeister. p. 131. ISBN   978-3-87-350016-7.
  6. ↑ Hüsers, Francis (2016). Gier, Albert (ed.). Drei Helden von Jörn Arnecke - Ein Werkstattbericht des Librettisten (in German). Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press. pp. 283–294. ISBN   978-3-86-309011-1.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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