The Swiss Global Artistic Foundation has appointed writer, critic and musicologist Bernard Jacobson to its Advisory Board. The Oxford-trained scholar has written for Fanfare Magazine and the Chicago Daily News, and his publications include A Polish Renaissance, and entries in Encyclopedia Britannica and The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He frequently performs in concert as a narrator, often to works of his own translation.
Please click here to read Mr Jacobson’s full biography.
Swiss Global Artistic Foundation Director Heather de Haes and Advisory Board member Dr Peter Tregear attended a dinner celebrating the opening of the Australian branch of the London-based Australian Music Foundation. The event took place at the Admiralty House, the official Sydney residence of the Governor-General of Australia, and included Ms de Haes as a featured speaker. As Trustees of the Foundation, Ms de Haes and Dr Tregear organised the dinner and musical entertainment, which was provided by Laurence Meikle, baritone, and Amir Farid, piano. Additional distinguished guests included Sir Charles and Lady Mackerras.
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A review of Jours des Arts IV, Impressionism and Beyond, by renowned critic Bernard Jacobson.
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On 8 October 2006 the Anglo-Suisse Artistic Foundation took the decision to change its name, in order to reflect its recent growth and broadening horizons.
It was felt that the name “Swiss Global Artistic Foundation” would accurately apply to the Foundation’s present activities while well serving the organisation’s planned future development. The name has been duly registered in Switzerland and the UK.
The Foundation’s structure and charity status remain the same.
The new website address is www.swissglobal.org, but the previous website address will forward to the new address for the foreseeable future. The Foundation’s email addresses are now [firstnamelastname @ swissglobal.org] although emails sent to the previous addresses will likewise be forwarded.
The change of name was formally announced at the Soirée for Investec on 12 October in Geneva.
Media leader, arts philanthropist, and Patron of the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation Don Pedro Serra of Majorca, Spain, donated several significant Spanish lithographs to the Foundation at a private event at the Swiss Global Headquarters in Montreux.
The Jours des Arts festival, known for its world-class musicians, stimulating lectures and sumptuous cuisine, all nestled in an idyllic setting, presented its fourth edition in September. Entitled Impressionism and Beyond, this year’s festival, perched high in the Swiss Alps in the picturesque town of Glion, was rated afterwards as the best thus far.
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Don Pedro Serra, Patron of the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation, eminent Majorcan media leader and Chairman of Grupo Serra, donated a collection of significant Spanish lithographs to the Foundation. The magnanimous gift was in recognition of the Foundation’s continuing work in promoting the careers of exceptional young performers and artists.
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Impressionism and Beyond
Thursday through Sunday, 27-30 September, 2007
Hotel Victoria, Glion, above Montreux
You may attend for the entire period, a single day, a morning session or an evening session.
The Foundation’s new Patron, Don Pedro Serra of Palma, Majorca, will be honoured in Montreux on Wednesday 26 September at a reception to be held at the apartment of Foundation Director Heather de Haes, followed by dinner at the Hotel Victoria in Glion.
Musical interludes will be performed by Matthew Garrett tenor and Stephen Delaney piano.
The occasion will also mark the inaugural performance of Ms de Haes’s new Bösendorfer piano.
Reviews of the Seattle premiere of Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony.
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