Achim Wichert News
German opera singer and music educator (1934-2008)
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- baritone
- Germany, German Democratic Republic
- opera singer, music teacher, university teacher
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2024-04-21
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2019-10-30 01:47:04
The Category Finalists have today been announced at the 2019 Spohr International Violin Competition – in Weimar, Germany. The 14-Years-and-Under Category Finalists are: Mona Endo (Japan) Emiri Kakiuchi (Japan) Fiona Khuong-Huu (United States) Raphael Nussbaumer (Switzerland) Maya Wichert (Germany) The 15-to-17-Years-Old Category Finalists are: Emil Hartikainen (Finland) Haewon Lim (South Korea) Wojciech Niedziółka (Poland) Anatol Toth (Switzerland) […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2018-03-17 09:41:00
Carbon neutral classical music has arrived
In a recent post I wrote 'Of course orchestras need to tour; but to my knowledge there have been no attempts within classical music to recognise this environmental impact by, for example, introducing carbon offsets'. Now Paul von Wichert - host on Winnepeg's Classic 107 - has pointed out amicably that I am wrong. Because the Italian ZEBO - Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra - seen above is setting an example by taking a responsible attitude towards classical music's environmental impact. Here is an explanation of their attitude from the orchestra's website: Now more than ever, in a world grounded on consumerism and waste, it's important to work in an alternative way designed to respect, care and preservation of the environment that should be able to sustain ourselves for a long time.What's the relationship between this concept and music?This question is the driving force of our project: a professional orchestra that can […]
2018-03-17 09:41:00
Carbon neutral classical music has arrived
In a recent post I wrote 'Of course orchestras need to tour; but to my knowledge there have been no attempts within classical music to recognise this environmental impact by, for example, introducing carbon offsets'. Now Paul von Wichert - host on Winnepeg's Classic 107 - has pointed out amicably that I am wrong. Because the Italian ZEBO - Zero Emission Baroque Orchestra - seen above is setting an example by taking a responsible attitude towards classical music's environmental impact. Here is an explanation of their attitude from the orchestra's website: Now more than ever, in a world grounded on consumerism and waste, it's important to work in an alternative way designed to respect, care and preservation of the environment that should be able to sustain ourselves for a long time.What's the relationship between this concept and music?This question is the driving force of our project: a professional orchestra that can […]
2016-12-10 17:37:00
[…] transform the brain and, as a result, can transform lives. Just five days later the BBC ran a story reporting that doctors at a leading London hospital have used non-invasive ultrasound to operate deep inside the brain. In that story a leading neurosurgeon stated that ultrasound brain surgery had an "enormous future" and could be used to treat other movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease. I am indebted to Winnipeg Classic FM presenter Paul von Wichert for prompting this post, and for his Facebook comment of 'Imagine what listening to the "wrong" kind of music can do to you!' Also on Facebook and Twitter. Any copyrighted material is included as "fair use" for critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s).
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