May 03.2018

Initiator: Arne Herman

“There is a nagging sensibility that we are living well beyond that authentic age of the orchestra and its repertoire.” – Leon Botstein

The established musical canon has served as an implicit framework for aesthetic orientation and social identification throughout history. As the dominance of this regulative force influences (top-down) policy discourses and (bottom-up) public opinion alike, programmers, composers and performers feel increasingly obliged to adhere to the canon’s fixed boundary conditions in order to sustain themselves. The present-day symphonic landscape thus presents itself as a scattered and imbalanced pluriverse, dominated by government-funded orchestras that mostly play canonised repertoire, complemented by small-scale alternatives that promote new music to a niche audience, and tinted by some variations in between. This seminar takes on the question of how the current symphonic landscape in the broadest sense can be (re-)organised in a sustainable way. That is, without having to compromise its artistic integrity and without losing sight of its practical performance climate.

Contributions by:

• Jerry Aerts
• Marlies De Munck
• Joost Maegerman
• Luc Joosten
• Arne Herman
• Ben Haemhouts
• Rebecca Diependaele
• Wim Henderickx

Venue: ARIA, Lange Sint-Annastraat 7, 2000 Antwerpen - Promotiezaal - 9:30-16:30

Programme

Het seminarie wordt gehouden in het Nederlands.

Voormiddag: De muzikale canon en zijn esthetische implicaties

• 9.30 – 10.00: Arne Herman (muziekfilosoof en muzikant; moderator)
• 10.00 – 10.30: Marlies De Munck (muziekfilosofe Universiteit Antwerpen)
• 10.30 – 11.00: Koffiepauze
• 11.00 – 11.30: Luc Joosten (hoofddramaturg Opera Vlaanderen)
• 11.30 – 12.00: Wim Henderickx (componist)
• 12.00 – 13.00: Lunch

Namiddag: Organisatorische strategieën

• 13.00 - 13.30: Jerry Aerts (algemeen directeur deSingel)
• 13.30 – 14.00: Rebecca Diependaele (musicologe, o.a. Nadar Ensemble en Matrix New Music)
• 14.00 – 14.30: Ben Haemhouts (algemeen directeur en dirigent Casco Phil)
• 14.30 – 15.00: Koffiepauze
• 15.00 – 15.30: Joost Maegerman (intendant Antwerp Symphony Orchestra)
• 15.30 – 16.30: debat

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