ARBOS – Company for Music and Theatre
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ARBOS – Company for Music and Theatre in Vienna
, Salzburg
and Klagenfurt
, is a society specialized in the realisation of new forms of theatre especially of projects for contemporary new music theatre, scenic concerts, theatre for young people, theatre concerts, deaf theatre, directed space, theatrical exhibitions and other forms of the arts (crossover projects).
Among the Project partners are the following institutions: Teatr 3 (Szczecin), Stiftung Neue Kultur (Berlin), Dokumentationszentrum Prora (Rügen), Ballet Unit Cramp Prague, Renaissance Foundation (Odessa), CINARS (Montreal), Kulturforum Hallein (Salzburg) Quest: arts for everyone (Maryland), Draumasmidjan (Reykjavik), Kulturhuset (Stockholm), Singapore Arts Festival.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
and Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt
-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
, is a society specialized in the realisation of new forms of theatre especially of projects for contemporary new music theatre, scenic concerts, theatre for young people, theatre concerts, deaf theatre, directed space, theatrical exhibitions and other forms of the arts (crossover projects).
Awards
ARBOS got awards for the following projects:- „The Emperor of Atlantis“ written by Viktor UllmannViktor UllmannViktor Ullmann was a Silesia-born Austrian, later Czech composer, conductor and pianist of Jewish origin.- Biography :...
(music) and Petr Kien (libretto): music theatre production of the year 1993 in PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
(selected by an independent jury of music and theatre experts for the Czech Theatre Magazine „Divadelni Noviny“). This production was presented till now in Washington D.C. (United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumUnited States Holocaust Memorial MuseumThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history...
), Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
(USA), OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(Canada), StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(Sweden), TerezínTerezínTerezín is the name of a former military fortress and adjacent walled garrison town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.-Early history:...
, Prague (Czech Republic), DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
(Germany), Hallein, Vienna and also in Klagenfurt. - "Kar“ music theatre for the mountains written by Herbert Lauermann (music) and Christian Fuchs (libretto) produced and presented inside the dam of the Großer Mühldorfer See in 2300 meter about see level in the mountains of the Reißeck in Carinthia: MAECENAS-Award 1994 for the best art sponsoring-project in Austria.
- "Different Trains“ three operas dealing with the Holocaust in a moving train through Europe in stations in Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria: ARTECO-Award 1999.
- European Artprize of the Financial TimesFinancial TimesThe Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
(Cerec-Award) for the projects „Kar“ music theatre for the mountains, „InukshukInukshukAn inuksuk is a stone landmark or cairn built by humans, used by the Inuit, Inupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. These structures are found from Alaska to Greenland...
“ the arctic-alpine art- und theatre project and the European Deaf Theatre concept. - „I can see something You cannot see“ deaf theatre play for children for deaf and hearing children, parents, relatives and teachers: EUROPASIEGEL 2002 for innovative language projects.
- „Theatre traps in the subway of Vienna“ visible and invisible theatre in the stations of the subway lines U 1, U 2, U 3, U 4 and U 6: MAECENAS-Award 2002.
- „Speaking Hands“ deaf theatre workshop project: EUROPASIEGEL 2002 for innovative language projects.
- „Dada in Tramline 1 and Tramline 2“ visible and invisible theatre at stations of the tramlines 1 & 2 in Vienna: MAECENAS-Award 2003
Artistic concepts and productions
- „Dialogues on the Border“ a trilogy of the dramas „Al-Mukaffa“, „The Delighted Angel“ and „The Strangers“ by Dževad KarahasanDzevad KarahasanDževad Karahasan is a Bosnian poet.- Education :He studied literature and theatre at the university of Sarajevo. He received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagreb.- Life :In 1993 Karahasan fled the war in Sarajevo, a city that plays a central role in his work...
presented in Washington D.C. (USA), Prague (Czech Republic), Erfurt (Germany), Vienna, Salzburg, Krems, Hallein and Klagenfurt (Austria). - „The Stories about Voyages“ a music theatre trilogy „The Singing of The Fools about Europe“, „The Concert of Birds“ and „UROBOS : Project Time“ by Dževad Karahasan and Herbert Gantschacher produced and presented in OdessaOdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
(Ukrainia), Prague, Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic), BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, ErfurtErfurtErfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
, Leipzig (Germany), Klagenfurt, Salzburg, Hallein (Austria) and SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
(Singapore Arts Festival 2001). - „Tracks to Viktor UllmannViktor UllmannViktor Ullmann was a Silesia-born Austrian, later Czech composer, conductor and pianist of Jewish origin.- Biography :...
“ – The Viktor Ullmann Project with the productions „The Emperor of Atlantis“, „The Lay Of The Love And Death Of Cornet Christoph Rilke“ (directed in two productions one for piano and one for orchestra), „The Strange Passenger”, „The Broken Jug“ in the Czech Republic, Austria, USA and Canada. - “War = dada” Art and War in the mirror of the 20th century from the war on the Balkans 1912-1913 to The Great War 1914-1918 to The Great War 1939-1945 to the war on the Balkans in 1991-1999; the 20th century was the bloodiest one in the history of mankind. Performances and conferences and exhibitions(including plays of Herbert Thomas MandlHerbert Thomas MandlHerbert Thomas Mandl was a Czechoslovak-German-Jewish author, concert violinist, professor of music, philosopher, inventor and lecturer...
and Dževad Karahasan or music of Viktor Ullmann) in Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany and Poland.
Partners
Cooperation partners and Performances of ARBOS are in 32 countries on four continents in Australia, Asia (National Arts Festival in Singapore, one of the most important Art Festivals in Asia and in Hong Kong), America (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles of the USA and in Nunavik, Nunavut, Canada, Peru and Argentine) and Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Kosovo, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Denmark, Germany, France, Nederland, Belgium, Great Britain, Austria and Switzerland).Among the Project partners are the following institutions: Teatr 3 (Szczecin), Stiftung Neue Kultur (Berlin), Dokumentationszentrum Prora (Rügen), Ballet Unit Cramp Prague, Renaissance Foundation (Odessa), CINARS (Montreal), Kulturforum Hallein (Salzburg) Quest: arts for everyone (Maryland), Draumasmidjan (Reykjavik), Kulturhuset (Stockholm), Singapore Arts Festival.
International Cooperation
ARBOS is member at the following international organisations:- musica reanimata Berlin (working on Degenerate musicDegenerate musicDegenerate music was a label applied in the 1930s by the Nazi government in Germany to certain forms of music that it considered to be harmful or decadent. The Nazi government's concern for degenerate music was a part of its larger and more well-known campaign against degenerate art...
) - NewOp International Contemporary Music Theatre Conference
- Deaf Theatre Network Europe ViennaDeaf Theatre Network Europe ViennaThe Deaf Theatre Network Europe is an open platform of professional deaf theatres. This network was established in 2001 in Vienna during the European Deaf Theatre Conference. The mission of the platform is to bring deaf artists and deaf theatre to a bigger audience.The following projects are part...
Literature about ARBOS
- Herbert Lauermann: "On my Desk". musica 4/1994, Bärenreiter-Edition, Kassel 1994, .
- Dževad Karahasan: "About Exile in an Open Society". Kulturkontakt, Vienna 1994.
- Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs: "Cultural Report 1996". Manz Edition, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-214-08287-6.
- Marion Demuth and Udo ZimmermannUdo ZimmermannUdo Zimmermann was born in Dresden on October 6, 1943. He is a German composer, music director, and conductor.- Biography :Zimmermann was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor from 1954 to 1962. He then continued his music education at the Dresden Music School. He studied composition with Johannes...
: "Sound Space Movement - 10 Years of Artistic Work of the Dresden Institute for Contemporary Music". Breitkopf & Härtel Edition, Wiesbaden-Leipzig-Paris 1996 ISBN 3-7651-0331-4. - Antonia Kriks: "Consume, Commerce, Culture - The Art of Sponsorship. Westdeutscher RundfunkWestdeutscher RundfunkWestdeutscher Rundfunk is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD...
1996. - Franck Mallet: "Viktor Ullmann - The Emperor of Atlantis". Le Monde de la Musique 195, Paris 1996.
- Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer: "The Emperor of Atlantis". Die Brücke Nr.3, Klagenfurt 1996.
- Ekkehard Pluta: "Viktor Ullmann - The Emperor of Atlantis". Fonoforum, Unterschleißheim 1996, .
- Bernhard Günther (editor): "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Music in Austria". music information center Austria, Wien 1997 ISBN 3-901837-00-0.
- Wolfgang Freitag: "Arias on Rails". Österreichischer Akademischer Austauschdienst, Vienna 1998.
- "Tracks to Viktor Ullmann". Essays written by Viktor Ullmann, Herbert Thomas MandlHerbert Thomas MandlHerbert Thomas Mandl was a Czechoslovak-German-Jewish author, concert violinist, professor of music, philosopher, inventor and lecturer...
, Dževad Karahasan, Ingo Schultz and Herbert GantschacherHerbert GantschacherHerbert Gantschacher is an Austrian director and producer and writer.- Education :...
(edited by ARBOS / Vienna: edition selene 1998), ISBN 3-85266-093-9. - Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselear: "Ullmann: de Terezin au Canada". Oe Culture, Edmonton 1998.
- Michael Ausserwinkler: "Culture Awards Speech". Manuscript, Klagenfurt 1998.
- Spyros Pappas: "Kaleidoscope Programme Report 1996-1998". European Communities, Luxembourg 1999 ISBN 92-828-4217-7.
- Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs: "Cultural Report 1998". Manz Edition, Vienna 1999 ISBN 3-214-08295-7.
- Gerhard Ruiss: "Spent Commitments". Autorensolidarität, Wien 1999.
- "InukshukInukshukAn inuksuk is a stone landmark or cairn built by humans, used by the Inuit, Inupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. These structures are found from Alaska to Greenland...
- The Arctic Art & Music Project" edited by ARBOS, edition selene, Wien 1999. ISBN 3-85266-126-9. - Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs: "Cultural Report 1999". Manz Edition, Vienna 2000 ISBN 3-214-08295-7.
- "Generalprogram" Kungliga Operan, Stockholm 2000/2001.
- Dietmar Jäger / Sabine Zeller: "A Language seen by everybody but not heard" @ cetera, St.Pölten 2001.
- Irene Suchy: "The Loneliness of the Composer". LADS, St.Pölten 2001.
- Amnesty International: "Commented list of Books written by critical, politically persecuted and exiled Authors". Berlin-Bonn 2007.
- Eva Zwick: "Hearing. 'Hearing Rooms' in Deaf Theatre". University Mozarteum Salzburg 2007.
- Jana Unuk: "The Vilenica 2010 Prize Winner Dževad Karahasan", pages 9, 13, 17 - 2010. ISBN 978-961-6547-50-5
External links
- Homepage of ARBOS
- http://articles.latimes.com/1998/nov/09/entertainment/ca-40848Viktor Ullmann „The Emperor of Atlantis“ at the American LegionAmerican LegionThe American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
Building in Hollywood, Los Angeles review in "The Los Angeles Times"] - Viktor Ullmann „The Emperor of Atlantis“