Two Swiss projects nominated
Out of 103 projects, the Lucerne Mullbau concert series "Free Improvised Music for Children" and "The Golden Heart", a co-production of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, the Lucerne Festival and the Cologne Philharmonie, were shortlisted.
In the first jury round of the young ears award In 2013, eleven music projects for children and young people were nominated from 103 applications. Among them in the category LabEar the project "Free improvised music for children" by Gauze construction from Lucerne and in the category Best Practice, Concert the co-production "The Golden Heart" by the Philharmonie Luxembourgthe Lucerne Festival and the Cologne Philharmonic Hall. The competition, which is being held for the eighth time in 2013 under the motto "Excellent for young ears", honors outstanding educational projects. The final will take place on November 21 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
According to the organization, "the young ears prize is awarded in four categories. Best Practice searches in the categories Concert and Participatory project for exemplary concert formats for young audiences and process-oriented educational programs for children and young people. In the category Music & Media Music projects are in demand that use auditory, visual or digital media to extend the spectrum of musical activities for children and young people beyond the experience of music. Concertbeyond that. LabEar is aimed at projects on the fringes of music with a focus on listening itself."
The finalists
Best Practice, Concert
- The three voyages of Sinbad, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart (Germany)
- The golden heartPhilharmonie Luxembourg, Lucerne Festival, Kölner Philharmonie (Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany)
- You are here, you are goneTheater Kontra-Punkt (Düsseldorf, Germany)Best practice, participatory project
- CollAge - a composition project for Bernd Alois Zimmermann's "Requiem for a Young Poet", KölnMusik GmbH (Cologne, Germany)
- The Third Hand and Sonatina Cinetica - an instrumental pedagogical project on
contemporary piano musick, Nazfar Hadji (Hanover, Germany)
- The Magic Flute - a special kind of cooperationPorta-Nigra-Schule der Lebenshilfe Trier, Stadttheater Trier (Germany)Music & Media
- All ears! Music for childrenHanover University of Music, Drama and Media (Germany)
- Tracking 2.0, Swabian Education Center Irsee (Germany)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - animated film project, SWR Young CLASSIX (Stuttgart, Germany)LabEar
- Free improvised music for children - concert series, mullbau (Lucerne, Switzerland)
- The listenersTheaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel (Flensburg, Germany)
