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John Gilhooly
John Gilhooly, , OSI (born 15 August 1973, Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ireland) is a British and Irish arts administrator. He is currently artistic and executive director of Wigmore Hall. Education Gilhooly was educated at Lisnagry National School, Ardscoil Rís, Limerick. He read history and political science at University College Dublin, from which he graduated in 1994. He then studied singing as a tenor at the Dublin City College of Music and the Leinster School of Music, under the mentorship of Veronica Dunne. Career Gilhooly had worked on events and concerts at Harrogate International Centre and at the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands. In 2000, he became executive director of Wigmore Hall, with responsibility for general administration separate from its then-Artistic Director, William Lyne. In 2005, Gilhooly became artistic director of Wigmore Hall in addition to the post of executive director, at age 32 he was then the youngest head of a classical concert venu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gilhooly
John Gilhooly, , OSI (born 15 August 1973, Castleconnell, County Limerick, Ireland) is a British and Irish arts administrator. He is currently artistic and executive director of Wigmore Hall. Education Gilhooly was educated at Lisnagry National School, Ardscoil Rís, Limerick. He read history and political science at University College Dublin, from which he graduated in 1994. He then studied singing as a tenor at the Dublin City College of Music and the Leinster School of Music, under the mentorship of Veronica Dunne. Career Gilhooly had worked on events and concerts at Harrogate International Centre and at the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands. In 2000, he became executive director of Wigmore Hall, with responsibility for general administration separate from its then-Artistic Director, William Lyne. In 2005, Gilhooly became artistic director of Wigmore Hall in addition to the post of executive director, at age 32 he was then the youngest head of a classical concert venu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheltenham Music Festival
The Cheltenham Music Festival is a British music festival, held annually in Cheltenham in the summer months (June, July) since 1945. The festival is renowned for premieres of contemporary music, hosting over 250 music premieres as of July 2004. John Manduell was the first Programme Director (''de facto'' artistic director) of the festival, for 25 seasons from 1969 to 1994. Artistic directors * John Manduell (1969–1994) * Michael Berkeley (1995–2004) * Martyn Brabbins (2005–2007) * Meurig Bowen (2007–2017) * Alison Balsom (2018–2019) *Camilla King (2019–2021) *Michael Duffy (2022–present) See also * Cheltenham Festivals Cheltenham Festivals is a registered charity that aims to bring joy, spark curiosity, connect communities, and inspire change year-round with four world-class Festivals in Jazz, Science, Music and Literature, and charitable programmes for educ ... References External links * Music festivals in Gloucestershire Festivals in Cheltenha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Willson Cobbett Medal
The Walter Willson Cobbett Medal is awarded annually by the Worshipful Company of Musicians "in recognition of services to Chamber Music". It was established in 1924 and endowed with £50 by Walter Willson Cobbett (1847–1937), an amateur violinist and expert on chamber music who went on to serve as the company's master in 1928–29. The medal is silver-gilt and features a portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven. Recipients * 1924: Thomas Frederick Dunhill * 1925: Mrs. Frederick Coolidge (United States) * 1926: Alfred J. Clements * 1927: Harry Waldo Warner * 1928: Edward Elgar * 1929: Frank Bridge * 1930: Ralph Vaughan Williams * 1931: Arnold Bax * 1932: John Ireland * 1933: Charles Wood (awarded posthumously) * 1934: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs * 1935: Richard Watkins * 1936: Donald Tovey * 1937: Pablo Casals * 1938: Ivor James * 1939: Herbert Withers * 1940: Isolde Menges * 1942: Ernest Walker * 1943: Sidney Griller * 1944: Myra Hess * 1945: Herbert Walenn * 1946: Lionel Tertis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidelberger Frühling Music Award
The Heidelberger Frühling Music Award is an award given at the music festival Heidelberger Frühling in Heidelberg, Germany. The annually award is endowed with €10,000 and is awarded to creatives and journalists who have made a substantial and sustained contribution to bringing classical music to wider audiences, respectively to individuals who have made substantial and lasting contributions within the classical music education sector. The prize is donated by HeidelbergCement. Recipients * 2013 Jörg Widmann, clarinetist, composer and conductor * 2014 Eleonore Büning, music journalist * 2015 Markus Hinterhäuser, pianist and cultural manager * 2016 Christian Gerhaher, baritone * 2017 Klaus Lauer, hotelier and festival director (Römerbad-Musiktage, Badenweiler Musiktage) * 2018 Gabriela Montero, pianist * 2019 John Gilhooly, director of Wigmore Hall * 2020 Thomas Hampson, baritone * 2023 Martin Grubinger Martin Grubinger (born 29 May 1983 in Salzburg) is an Austrian drummer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidelberger Frühling
The International Music Festival Heidelberger Frühling is an annual classical music festival held in Heidelberg in March and April since 1997, with over 100 events and 47,000 visitors (2018). In addition to the festival's productions and concert operations with internationally established performers, ensembles and orchestras, the "Heidelberger Frühling", organised as a non-profit limited liability company, conceives and organises other projects such as the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival, the Heidelberg Festival Academy for Lied Singing, Chamber Music, Composition and Music Journalism, and the Heidelberg Music Conference, an annual meeting of major European festivals and concert halls. The managing director is Thorsten Schmidt.''Scholarship holders for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal College Of Music
The Royal College of Music is a music school, conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the Undergraduate education, undergraduate to the Doctorate, doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performance, composition, conducting, music theory and history. The RCM also undertakes research, with particular strengths in performance practice and performance science. The college is one of the four conservatories of the ABRSM, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and a member of Conservatoires UK. Its buildings are directly opposite the Royal Albert Hall on Prince Consort Road, next to Imperial College and among the museums and cultural centres of Albertopolis. History Background The college was founded in 1883 to replace the short-lived and unsuccessful National Training School for Music (NTSM). The school was the result of an earlier proposal by the Albert, Prince Consort, Prince Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Irish Academy Of Music
The Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) in Dublin, Ireland, is one of Europe's oldest music conservatoires, specialising in classical music and the Irish harp. It is located in a Georgian building on Westland Row in Dublin. An institution which offers tuition from age 4 up to doctorate level, the RIAM has taught music performers and composers who have gone on to acclaim on the world stage. It is an associate college of the University of Dublin, Trinity College. History The RIAM was founded in 1848 by a group of music enthusiasts including John Stanford (father of Charles Villiers Stanford), Richard Michael Levey, and Joseph Robinson. It was originally located in the former Antient Concert Rooms on Pearse Street, then at 18 St Stephens Green, and moved to its present address in 36 Westland Row in 1871. The following year it was granted the right to use the title "Royal". Its teaching staff includes many international and national prizewinners, members of the National Symphony Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guildhall School Of Music And Drama
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz along with drama and production arts. The school has students from over seventy countries. Widely regarded as one of the leading performing arts institutions in the world, it was ranked first in both the Guardian’s 2022 League Table for Music and the Complete University Guide's 2023 Arts, Drama and Music league table. It is also ranked the sixth university in the world for performing arts in the 2022 QS World University Rankings. Based within the Barbican Centre in the City of London, the school currently numbers just over 1,000 students, approximately 800 of whom are music students and 200 on the drama and technical theatre programmes. The school is a member of Conservatoires UK, the European Association of Conservatoires and the Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Academy Of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of Wellington. Famous academy alumni include Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Sir Elton John and Annie Lennox. The academy provides undergraduate and postgraduate training across instrumental performance, composition, jazz, musical theatre and opera, and recruits musicians from around the world, with a student community representing more than 50 nationalities. It is committed to lifelong learning, from Junior Academy, which trains musicians up to the age of 18, through Open Academy community music projects, to performances and educational events for all ages. The academy's museum houses one of the world's most significant collections of musical instruments and artefacts, including stringed instruments by Stradivari, Guarneri, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The White Rose Of Finland
The Order of the White Rose of Finland ( fi, Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ritarikunta; sv, Finlands Vita Ros’ orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, and the Order of the Lion of Finland. The President of Finland is the Grand Master of all three orders. The orders are administered by boards consisting of a chancellor, a vice-chancellor and at least four members. The orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland have a joint board. History The Order of the White Rose of Finland was established by Gustaf Mannerheim in his capacity as regent (temporary head of state) on January 28, 1919. The name comes from the nine roses argent in the coat of arms of Finland. The order's rules and regulations were confirmed on May 16, 1919, and its present rules date from June 1, 1940. The revised scale of ranks was confirmed most recently in 1985. The original decorations were designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The swastika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Decoration For Science And Art
The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (german: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art" was established by the National Council as an honour for scientific or artistic achievements by Federal Law of May 1955 ( Federal Law Gazette No. 96/1955 as amended BGBl I No 128/2001). At the same time, the National Council also established the "Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art", which is awarded as "Cross of Honour, First Class" (German: ''Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse'') and "Cross of Honour" (German: ''Ehrenkreuz''). While not technically counted as lower classes of the Decoration for Science and Art, these crosses are nevertheless affiliated with it. Divisions Decoration for Science and Art The number of living recipients of the Decoration for Science and Art is limited to a maximum of 72 at any on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellectual or honorary fields. It was created by the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, on 7 September 1951. Colloquially, the decorations of the different classes of the Order are also known as the Federal Cross of Merit (). It has been awarded to over 200,000 individuals in total, both Germans and foreigners. Since the 1990s, the number of annual awards has declined from over 4,000, first to around 2,300–2,500 per year, and now under 2,000, with a low of 1752 in 2011. Since 2013, women have made up a steady 30–35% of recipients. Most of the German federal states (''Länder'') have each their own order of merit as well, with the exception of the Free and Hanseatic Cities of Bremen and Hamburg, which rejec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
