Arts Global Young Artist Konstantin Soukhovetski piano (also co-President of Russian Friends of Arts Global) opened the 2012-2013 season of the Miami Symphony Orchestra on 21 October, performing the magnificent Piano Concerto No.3 of Rachmaninov. Seeking to foster performance opportunities at the highest levels of artistic achievement, the Foundation has sponsored his participation in the concert.
Arts Global was proud to sponsor an academic program entitled Rousseau in the Sing-Akademie which took place at the Humboldt-University, Berlin, 20-22 September 2012. Please click the underlined date to view the event poster.
Marcus Miller is a jazz saxophonist and a Young Artist in Arts Global’s Jazz Division. Please click the underlined date to read excerpts from his most recent newsletter.
Please click here to visit Mr Miller’s personal website.
The Foundation was delighted to present the newly-formed Arts Global Chamber Ensemble, which performed its debut concerts in Lausanne and Geneva under the name Swiss Global Chamber Ensemble. The performances took place on 14 September in the majestic Salon Sandoz of the Beau Rivage Hotel in Lausanne, and 15 September in the historic Théâtre Les Salons in Geneva.
L’Orchestre International de Genève, in partnership with SGAF, the Swiss Branch of Arts Global Foundation, participated in the Concerto Night at Saint-Ursanne International Piano Festival on 10 August. The programme offered the opportunity to promote two Laureates of the Foundation, the Croatian pianist Martina Filjak and the Moldavian violinist Alexandra Conunova. At the completion of the two concerts, which had sold out five months in advance, the artists enjoyed a standing ovation.
The sold-out 12 August performance by Arts Global and its partner, L’Orchestre International de Genève, noted above, was preceded by the artists’ appearance at the International Piano Festival 2012 in Saint-Ursanne on 10 August.
Arts Global and its partner, L’Orchestre International de Genève, performed a Sunday morning concert at the Geneva Conservatoire de Musique on 12 August. Two of the Foundation’s Swiss-based Emerging Artists, Martina Filjak piano and Alexandra Conunova violin, appeared as soloists in Mendelssohn’s delightful Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings.
As part of its Cultural Diplomacy programme, linking people and cultures around the world through the medium of exciting events and performances, Arts Global will travel to Mumbai, India for concerts in January 2013.
Details will be posted shortly.
Arts Global, incorporating the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation, launched its new name with aplomb as it co-presented Siudy: Between Worlds at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, in a sold-out performance on Saturday 23 June. Two further performances followed on Sunday, 24 June.
The Foundation co-presented three exciting staged performances of flamenco dancing underscored by heart-pounding, cross-cultural percussion.
Award-winning Venezuelan director Pablo Croce—Consultant to Arts Global on Film and Creative Events—and his wife Siudy were pleased to collaborate with Arts Global on Between Worlds, A Flamenco Fantasia.
Click here to watch a preview clip from the show.
Performances were Saturday June 23 in the evening, and the afternoon and evening of Sunday June 24.
