The notion of ‘key moments’ is a psychological concept describing life-changing experiences. It’s interesting to explore how this concept can shed light on musicians’ career choice, but also how it can be applied… Read More
Hamburg Elbphilharmonie project group has annouced a fantastic multimedia show: “How does it feel to be right in the middle of a large symphony orchestra, experiencing the power of its sound right at… Read More
The 3rd edition of FIM’s International Orchestra Conference will be taking place in Oslo, Norway, from the 24 to 26 February 2014, with the backing of Norwegian musicians’ union MFO. The first two… Read More
Managers from Chinese orchestras discussed benchmarks for future development at the CSDF Summit in Xiamen from April 15 to 17. The China Symphony Development Foundation (CSDF) is taking care of the professionalization of… Read More
Every orchestra is looking for artistic vibrancy. The measurement of artistic quality is difficult, but not impossible. The Australian government and the Australian Arts Council have developed an “Artistic Reflection Kit”. This is… Read More
The Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra (WKO – Heilbronn, Germany) on paths of innovation: A fresh released making-of-video on YouTube (in German) shows how young people in the home city of the orchestra are exploring… Read More
Many musicians possibly play at some time with the idea of working in a foreign orchestra. In Germany for example 27 per cent of orchestra musicians are not of German stock. The motivation… Read More
“Todos Somos Musica” (We are all music) is the motto of the protest movement in Spain against further cuts in the national arts sector. On March 22nd hundreds of orchestra musicians from Spain… Read More
It das been a good idea to cooperate between a couple of European orchestras from different countries since 2003: An Orchestra Network for Europe (ONE). Topic program – funded by the European Union… Read More
Working conditions within orchestras have changed considerable since the 1990s. Concepts like quality management or controlling have been adopted, also raising questions over performance, or even ‘high performance’. Orchestra musicians experience a particular… Read More
