The Cologne Philharmonic translations made an important contribution to cultural transfer and integration, according to the statement. The jury's decision was based in particular on aspects relating to the recognition of language services for the success of the company.

The Konzerthaus has a bilingual German-English website. There are program booklets for almost all of its concerts, in which the vocal texts are not only in the original language, but also in German translation. The descriptions of the works of international composers for their new pieces are often included in the program booklet in unabridged German translation.

The translators have long been mentioned in the program booklets of the Kölner Philharmonie - not a matter of course in the industry. The translated program preview and much more information also appear online. The translators' online copyrights are respected and remunerated.

Successful multilingual communication is a success factor for companies. However, it is not a matter of course that companies recognize this. The Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators therefore launched the Hieronymus Prize in 2012 and awards the prize annually. The prize is named after St. Jerome, who is considered the patron saint of translators.

According to a statement by Hesse's Minister of Science Boris Rhein, the decision is the result of a meeting of university heads at which the future of university construction in Hesse was discussed together with the 13 Hessian universities and the distribution of funds from the so-called "Heureka II" program to the universities for the period from 2021 to 2026 was determined.

In the further planning processes, the location in the area of the current Juridicum will be examined together with the City of Frankfurt. This is land that is currently still used by Goethe University but will be given up as part of the relocation process.

Various cultural institutes are to be brought together on the planned cultural campus, including the Ensemble Modern and the Forsythe Company, the University of Music and Performing Arts as well as the Institute for Social Research and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society. According to an earlier report by Germany's "Neue Musikzeitung", the Kulturcampus Frankfurt is intended to combine living, working and culture and "transparently connect the Bockenheim and Westend districts".

Three multi-year grants of 30ꞌ000 francs for groups and 15ꞌ000 francs for individual musicians were awarded. Kala Jula, a collective led by Vincent Zanetti, Beat Jaggy for his Carillon Plus project and Aurélie Emery will receive three years of support from Musik Pro.

Célina Ramsauer and Olivier Magarotto will each receive a creative grant of CHF 10ꞌ000 for their composition project. The grants for collaboration between amateur and professional musicians and for the establishment of studios were not awarded this year.

Jean-Marc Lovay, writer (Cultural Prize of the Canton of Valais 2015), Cosima Grand, dancer, Malika Pellicioli, video artist, Pascal Viglino, musician and composer, (sponsorship prizes) and the Bretz-Héritier Foundation (special prize) will receive their prizes on November 13, 2015, 7 pm, at the Arsenaux, Sion (Rue de Lausanne 45). An overview of the prizewinners' work will be presented during the ceremony.

Operetta Sirnach developed from the Sirnach Male Voice Choir, which has been active since 1860, and the Sirnach Theater Society, which was founded later. Since 1955, the theater company has created a tradition of operetta productions that also enjoys a considerable reputation outside the canton of Thurgau.

Every three years, a large-scale production is put on under professional direction and with over 200 participants from the region, which is attended by over 11,000 spectators from the region and the surrounding cantons.

The 2016 production will be directed by an artistically proven team: Leopold Huber, director of the See-Burgtheater, has once again been recruited to direct the production. Martin Baur, the long-standing musical director of Operetta Sirnach, will also be responsible for the musical direction of the new production. Kinsun Chan has been in charge of the choreography since 2007, while Klaus Hellenstein is responsible for the stage design and costumes for the third time.

Seven professional soloists, an amateur choir with singers from the Wil region and a 28-piece orchestra made up of professionals and amateurs are also involved. A total of 24 performances are scheduled in the Dreitannensaal in Sirnach from January 9 to March 16, 2016.
 

The committee "is convinced that it is not only the creative artists and cultural institutions who value the importance of the cultural offerings in the Basel region, but above all the diverse and interested public".

In a written petition that has now been launched (online petitions are not accepted in the canton of Basel-Landschaft), "various groups from civil society and civil society can sign with immediate effect that the cost-cutting measures planned by the cantonal government of Basel-Landschaft in the area of culture more than seriously jeopardize the quality and continuity of the existing offerings," write the petitioners. There is a threat of cultural policy collapse.

Petition forms can be ordered from the following address: Committee for a Sustainable Cultural Partnership BL/BS, c/o Eva Heller, Klingentalgraben 2, 4057 Basel or kulturpartnerschaft@gmx.ch.

According to a Media release According to the Basel-Landschaft cantonal government's financial strategy, savings targets in the area of cultural and arts funding will lead to a suspension of funding offers and a reduction in service purchases and co-productions for the years 2016 to 2019. In implementing the savings measures, the Education, Culture and Sport Directorate is giving "priority to intact project funding in the region and solid subsidies for Basel-Landschaft's arts and cultural institutions".

Among other things, funding offers that enable artists, ensembles and bands to carry out activities outside the region will be suspended from 2016. The New Music Festival in Rümlingen will be given the opportunity "to apply to the Basel-Landschaft Swisslos Fund for funding after the end of the subsidy period, in the same way as all festivals in the region. An increase in the subsidy to the New Theater in Dornach must also be refrained from for the time being".

The decision also has a particularly harsh impact on municipal institutions. As the "bz Basel", the Gare du Nord, which is supported exclusively by Baselland (with a subsidy of CHF 465,000 in 2015), will have to close if the canton goes through with its austerity program. The Basel Madrigalists and the Basel Sinfonietta are also threatened with closure.

Wiesmann, who came from a scouting tradition, worked as a presenter and editor for Swiss radio and television in addition to his appearances as a singer-songwriter. In 1983, he co-founded the Schaffhausen local radio station Radio Munot.

Wiesmann released eleven albums, produced by Reinhard Mey among others. In 1989, he received a gold record for the children's song album "Matthias". His best-known songs include the Schaffhausen anthem "Blos e chlini Stadt" and the children's song "Tuusigfüessler Balthasar".

As co-owner of the central pharmacy in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, the trained pharmacist Wiesmann was also a local celebrity in Schaffhausen.

The text and libretto of the work were written by the author and journalist Jürgen Berger. He met Martin Woodtli, who was born in Bern and founded a facility in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to care for dementia patients. Director Ludger Engels, known in Bern for his opera productions of "Macbeth", "Peter Grimes" and "Salome", had the idea of turning "Alzheim" into a play for drama and music.

Concert and Opera Director Xavier Zuber, developed the project further with Berger and Engels and was able to win over the Geneva composer Xavier Dayer for the musical part.
 

With her portrayal of the courtesan Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata", this year's production of the Musiktheater Wil, Nicole Bosshard "demonstrated her professional skills, both with her natural voice, which interpreted each aria with ease and at the same time adapted to the respective situation, as well as with her acting talent, which was particularly impressive in the tragic scenes," writes the canton. 

Nicole Bosshard is not only musically active on the opera stage, she also performs in concert, for example at the Wiler Verdi Openair Classic. According to the canton, however, her heart beats just as strongly for church music, as this is where her musical career began. She also performs as a soloist in church concerts and church services far beyond the region.

This year's St. Gallen Culture Prize goes to Esther and Rolf Hohmeister from Bad Ragaz, who organize the Bad RagARTz open-air exhibition there every three years.

Ruth Girod is a music and movement teacher and mime artist. She has appeared on stage as a music clown at children's and family concerts conducted by Willi Gohl. As co-founder of the "tanzinwinterthur" association, she supported the development of the local dance scene. Later, her focus shifted to artistic education. She taught for forty years, most recently as a lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) until 2010.

Ruth Girod was also a board member for several years and finally President of the Winterthur Cultural Foundation, where she was committed to supporting the independent cultural scene. Roger Girod is a jazz pianist, but first studied law and then trained as a classical organist and pianist.

Since the 1970s, he has realized various projects, such as the hard bop formation "GNU" with Koni Weber. From 1987, he organized the "Concerts for Early Risers", bringing big names from the Swiss scene to Winterthur. Girod has been a full-time musician since the early 1990s.

He also taught as a lecturer at the ZHdK until 2010. Together, Ruth and Roger Girod conquered the Swiss cabaret scene with the "Lala-Quintett" in the 1970s and 1980s. The couple's activities in the background were particularly valuable for Winterthur's cultural scene. As founding trustees of the Sulzberg Foundation, they were both instrumental in setting up the Villa Sträuli, which has since hosted a wide range of artist-in-residence programs and cultural events.

Both are still members of the Villa Sträuli program committee. Ruth and Roger Girod live in Winterthur and have two grown-up sons.

The cultural award ceremony will take place together with the presentation of the sponsorship award on December 1, 2015, starting at 7 p.m. in the Cameo cinema.

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According to the canton's press release, the Thurgau cantonal government is convinced that an appearance as a guest canton at the Artists' Fair is an ideal opportunity to shine a spotlight on the small arts scene in the canton. A three-member jury of experts headed by Martha Monstein, Head of the Cantonal Office of Culture, will decide which artists from Thurgau will be allowed to present themselves in Thun. The selection is intended to represent the current cultural activities in the field of cabaret in the canton of Thurgau.

The Swiss Artists' Exchange from April 14 to 17, 2016 offers artists the opportunity to present themselves with performances, an exhibition stand and artistic interventions on and off stage. The exchange is organized by the association "KünstlerInnen - Theater - VeranstalterInnen, Schweiz" (KTV). Over the course of three days, around 90 artists - or artist formations - from Switzerland and abroad present their current programs.

In addition to cantonal cultural policy, support for the university was also discussed at the meeting. Both governments state that the University of Basel is of inestimable value to the economic region. Even the considerable financial relief sought by the Canton of Basel-Landschaft should not jeopardize the further development of the joint university.

The government council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt will take a holistic and consolidated view of the situation of the university and the cultural institutions, the two governments write in a joint press release. The two governments have appointed delegations to explore points for negotiation. The primary focus will not be on the termination of the university contract. 

The Warner Group secured the rights in 1988 and has so far earned around two million dollars a year for the commercial use of the song. The song, written in 1893 by a musician and a nursery school teacher, two sisters from the US state of Kentucky, was first published in a book in 1924 and copyrighted in 1934 by another sister of the authors for the Clayton F. Summy Company.

Clayton F. Summy was sold in the 1930s and renamed Birch Tree Ltd. In 1998, Warner Chappell bought Birch Tree Ltd and obtained the original rights to "Happy Birthday to You".

In 2013, three documentary filmmakers took legal action against the Warner Group's claims and have now finally been vindicated. According to the collecting society Gema, "Happy Birthday to You" is only protected in Germany until the end of 2016.
 

How the austrian music information center mica - music austria today announced that "Voices for Refugees", a solidarity concert for a humane Europe, will take place in Vienna on October 3. It is being organized by the Volkshilfe Austria together with Nova Music and other organizations. There will be 15 bands to listen to, from Bilderbuch to Zucchero.

mica - music austria and Volkshilfe Österreich are now offering musicians who are not taking part in the concert the opportunity to make their voices heard. Until September 29, solo artists, ensembles and bands can send their "thoughts on those people who have had to leave their homeland, on European history and the future, on the self-image of a democratic republic" or on the events of the last few weeks in the form of a statement together with a photo or as a video message (download link) to:

steiner@musicaustria.at
Subject: Voices for Refugees

Statements from Switzerland are also welcome. This appeal by mica - music austria is also addressed to labels, publishers, managers, organizers, etc. with the request that they forward this appeal to their musicians.
 

Further information: http://voicesforrefugees.com