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Festspiele Balver Höhle
Festspiele Balver Höhle is an arts festival, featuring musical and theatrical performances, in Balve, Germany. The festival is centered on the cave of Balve ('' Balver Höhle'' in German). The association was founded in 1985 in Volkringhausen and based on an idea by Franz Hoffmeister and Theodor Pröpper. Lukas Koch is the chair of the board. Activities A valuable part of Festspiele Balver höhle is the festival. Balver Märchenwochen The most successful adaption was Pippi in Taka-Tuka-Land in the year 2001. In 2009 they did a piece called "Der kleine Muck". Justus Frantz The German musical director and pianist Justus Frantz was invited by the Festspiele Balver Höhle from 1995 to 2007 each year. In the early years it was a cooperation with the Kreishandwerkerschaft Märkischer Kreis. He conducted a soulful version of Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony with the Philharmonie der Nationen. Festivals * Balver Märchenwochen (1991–2008) :Directors: Gabriele Krieger, Josef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weissmann FBH 2005 Front
Weißmann (Weissmann, Weiszmann, Waismann) is a German surname meaning "white man". Common variants in spelling are Wiseman, Weismann, Weissman, Weisman, Waismann, and Vaisman. Science and medicine * August Weismann (1834–1914), German biologist, evolutionary theorist and proposer of the Weismann barrier * Charles Weissmann (born 1931), Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist * Drew Weissman (born 1966), American physician and immunologist * Irving Weissman (born 1939), American scientist * Joel Weisman (1943–2009), American doctor, one of the first to recognize AIDS * Jonathan Weissman, American biologist * Mariana Weissmann (born 1933), Argentinian physicist * Samuel Isaac Weissman (1912–2007), American chemist and professor * Sherman Weissman (born 1930), American scientist * Weismann-Netter-Stuhl Syndrome, Congenital osteopathic syndrome named after French doctors Weismann-Netter and Stuhl. Philosophy * Friedrich Waismann (1896–1959), Austrian-Jewish mathematician, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharina Von Georgien
''Katharina von Georgien'' is a drama written by baroque writer Andreas Gryphius Andreas Gryphius (; 2 October 161616 July 1664) was a German poet and playwright. With his eloquent sonnets, which contains "The Suffering, Frailty of Life and the World", he is considered one of the most important Baroque poets of the Germanos ... about Queen Ketevan the Martyr of Georgia. It was published in 1657. Synopsis The queen Ketewan dies for her faith. She was loved by Shah Abbas. Main characters * Ketevan, queen of Georgia * Shah Abbas, shah of Persia * Iman Culi * Seinel Can * Salome References {{17thC-play-stub 1657 plays German plays Plays about queens Plays set in ancient Persia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian women's choir conducted by Stijn Kolacny, and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. They have released five studio albums (in multiple languages), starting with ''On the Rocks'' in, 2002. Most of their songs are specially arranged renditions of songs by well-known musicians and bands, such as Oasis, Björk, Radiohead, U2, Nirvana, Depeche Mode, Muse, and Rammstein, although they have also recorded their own compositions. History Early years Formed in 1996, Scala & Kolacny Brothers won the Belgian "Choir of the Year" contest in 2000. In 2006, Rammstein released their live album ''Völkerball'' which features Scala & Kolacny Brothers' " Engel" in the closing credits of the DVD. In 2008, the group was asked to do a project in remembrance of the legendary Belgian singer Pierre Rapsat, who died in 2002. The sold out "Dans les yeux d’Aurore" tour strengthened the group's relationship with Belgium's French-speaking audienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Hermus
Antony Hermus (born 1973, Oosterhout, The Netherlands) is a Dutch conductor. Biography Hermus started playing piano at age 6. His piano teachers as a youth included Pieter van Moergastel and Ben Martin Weyand. He later studied with Jacques de Tiège at the Tilburg Music Conservatory. He graduated from the Katholieke Universiteit Brabant with a degree in information science, alongside musical training. He then studied conducting with Jac van Steen and Georg Fritzsch. In 1998, Hermus joined the staff of the Theater Hagen, where he subsequently served as a repetiteur. After attaining the post of ''Erster Kapellmeister'' with the company, he became ''Generalmusikdirektor'' (GMD) of the company in 2002, and held the post until 2008. In 2009, he became GMD of the Dessau Opera, and was nominated for Conductor of the Year by ''Opernwelt'' in 2010, 2011, and 2012. He completed his tenure in Dessau in 2015 by conducting his first Ring cycle, and being named honorary conductor. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ianni
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; page 32; Cambr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Bollmann
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Joachim-Ernst Berendt
Joachim-Ernst Berendt (20 July 1922 in Berlin – 4 February 2000 in Hamburg) was a German music journalist, author and producer specialized on jazz. Life Berendt's father, Ernst Berendt, was a Protestant pastor belonging to the Confessing Church who was imprisoned and died in the Dachau concentration camp. J.-E. Berendt started studying Physics, but his studies were interrupted by his enlistment to the Wehrmacht. Already during the Nazi Germany years Berendt took an interest in jazz; enthusiasts in this period retreated to the underground. After World War II, he helped founding the Südwestfunk (SWF) radio network in the then French occupation zone of Germany. From 1950 until his retirement in 1987, he was in charge of the jazz department of the SWF. In 1952, the first German edition of Berendt's ''Jazz Book'' was published. It became a definitive book on jazz translated into many languages and is still being updated and reprinted. For almost 40 years, Berendt produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmina Burana (Orff)
' is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection '' Carmina Burana''. Its full Latin title is ' ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images"). It was first performed by the Oper Frankfurt on 8 June 1937. It is part of '' Trionfi'', a musical triptych that also includes '' Catulli Carmina'' and '' Trionfo di Afrodite''. The first and last sections of the piece are called "" ("Fortune, Empress of the World") and start with " O Fortuna". The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Bavarian State Library, and was issued in a facsimile edition by Schott Music. Text In 1934, Orff encountered the 1847 edition of the '' Carmina Burana'' by Johann Andreas Schmeller, the original text dating mostly from the 11th or 12th century, including some from the 13th century. was a young law student and an enthusiast of Latin and Greek; he assisted Orff in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rustavi
Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 127,154 (January 2024), making it the third most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is dominated by the Rustavi Metallurgical Plant. History Rustavi is one of the ancient towns of Georgia. The history of Rustavi has two phases: an early history from ancient times until the city was destroyed in the 13th century and modern history from the Soviet era to the present. Early history The 11th-century Georgian chronicler, Leonti Mroveli in his work "'' Georgian Chronicles''" connects the foundation of the city to Kartlos, the eponymous ancestor of Georgians, whose wife had founded a town along the Kura river called Bostan-Kalaki ( lit. "''city of gardens''"). The same chronicler, who also worked on “''The life of the Kings''”, mentions the town Rustavi among those castles, which opposed Alexander the Great's army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Folk & Celtic Music
The Balver Höhle (German for Balve Cave) is the biggest cave used as a cultural venue in Europe. It is located in Balve, Germany. History The Balve Cave was mentioned in the Thidrekssaga. It has been used by the local ''Schützenfest'' (marksmen's festival) each year for over 160 years. Since 1985 it has also been the venue of an annual theatre and music festival, the ''Festspiele Balver Höhle''. Its first play was the ''Katharina von Georgien'' directed by Hermann Wedekind.In 1991 it staged dramas based on fairy tales festival was installed by ''Festspiele Balver Höhle''. In 1998 the ''Festspiele Balver Höhle'' performed their first oriental musical. In 2009 they did their second, "Der kleine Muck". Semi-professionals and professionals are working together at ''Irish Folk & Celtic Music'', '' Balver Märchenwochen'' and other activities of ''Festspiele Balver Höhle''. Rehearsals *Christian Bollmann (until 1999) *Justus Frantz (1994–2007) *Mixery-Cave Single events *R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
