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los primeros años del Mozarteum Argentino
varios artistas, comprendiendo nuestra labor, donaron
sus honorarios. Entre ellos, el pianista Friedrich
Gulda (arriba) y los violoncelistas Antonio Janigro
y Pierre Fournier. |
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The Mozarteum Argentino, created in 1952, is a private non-profit institution, well known outside the country for its extensive and fruitful work as a promoter of musical culture both in Argentina and South America. In 1955 Mrs. Jeannette Arata de Erize was named President. Since then, the institution's international reputation has grown to world-wide renown. One of the
main activities of the Mozarteum Argentino has been the organization
of international orchestras' and ballets’ tours throughout
Southamerica. To compensate these long trips, the orchestras
demand that their tour be extended to more than one Southamerican
country, (this has included Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil,
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and that one institution take
the responsibility of organizing and financing the whole tour.
The Mozarteum Argentino, therefore, decided to undertake these
ambitious projects, investing time and patience. Argentina
is, in this respect, the leader of these musical productions,
and Buenos Aires its focal point. At present the tours are
organized together with the "Centro Cultural de Música"
in Montevideo, Uruguay - "Sociedad de Cultura Artística",
Sao Paulo, Brazil; "Fundación Beethoven"
and Teatro Municipal, Santiago de Chile.
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Igor
Stravinski durante uno de sus históricos
conciertos
en el Teatro Colón. |
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The Mozarteum Argentino presented, in 1965, the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, with Karl Böhm: in 1966; the PHILHADELPHIA /
Eugene Ormandy and the NHK, Japan. In 1963, 1965 and 1968, respectively,
LONDON PHILHARMONIA / Sir John Barbirolli; in 1965 NEW PHILHARMONIA
/ Paul Kletzki, and in 1968, HALLE of Manchester / Sir John
Barbirolli. It also presented the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, CONCERTGEBOUWORKEST
AMSTERDAM, ORCHESTRE DE PARIS, STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN, BOSTON
SYMPHONY, SAINT PETERSBURG, ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE, BAYERISCHE
RUNDFUNK, and many others. The ballets included STUTTGART, ROYAL
WINNIPEG, NEDERLANDS DANS THEATRE, DU THÉATRE CONTEMPORAIN,
GRANDS BALLETS CANADIENS, DU THÉATRE DE GENÉVE,
DE NANCY (with Rudolf Nureyev), DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM, HUBBARD
STREET DANCE CO., KIROV soloists, OPERA DE PARIS, HAMBURG, TOKIO
with “Kabuki”. .
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| Concierto
multitudinario en la Avenida 9 de Julio en 1987,
ofrecido por la Filarmónica de New York,
dirigida por Zubin Metha, auspiciado por Citibank. |
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Open air concerts have been organized in many opportunities, for instance with the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC / Zubin Mehta (1987), or the ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE / Lorin Maazel (1988), in the 9 de Julio Avenue for more than 120.000 people. In the Basilica in Luj�n, Mozart�s C minor Mass was rendered by the NEUBEUERN CHOIR and BACH COLLEGIUM conducted by Enoch zu Guttenberg in a moving gathering of more than 5000 people. In the Luna Park free concerts were offered by the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC / Zubin Mehta (1982), and the PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA / Wolfgang Sawallisch (1994), STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN / Daniel Barenboim for some 10.000 people.
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Special emphasis was always placed
on chamber music in the institution's yearly programme: Quinteto
Chigiano, Juilliard, Budapest, Tokio, Vegh, Borodin, Cleveland,
Sidney, Beethoven di Roma, Alban Berg, Chicago, Hagen, Guarneri
quartets and Trieste, Beaux Arts, Ravel, Munich, Italiano,
Röhn trios, amongst many others. Other chamber ensembles
have also been invited, such as I Musici, I Solisti de Zagreb,
English Chamber Orchestra, Capella Coloniensis, Academy of
St. Martin in the Fields, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Wiener
Ensemble Schulz, Salzburger Musici, Hamburg Philharmonic Chamber
Orchestra, Camerata Academica Mozarteum Salzburg, Sinfonia
Varsovia, Wiener Sängerknaben, I Solisti Italiani, Robert
Shaw Choir, Ensemble Instrumentale Andree Colson, New York
Pro Musica, Percussionistes de Strasbourg, Roger Wagner Chorale,
Waverly Consort, Octet of the Berlin Philharmonic, Camerata
Bern, Mozart Ensemble, Camerata Bariloche, Orchestra of the
Age of Enlightenment, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Trio
di Milano, Akademie für Alte Musik, Les Arts Florissants,
and many more.
The Mozarteum Argentino's seasons have included, together
with our foremost local artists, internationally famous soloists,
for example: Claudio Arrau, Nikita Magalaoff, Narciso Yepes,
Victoria de los Angeles, Mstislav Rostropovich, Birgit Nilsson,
Alicia de Larrocha, Wilhelm Kempff, Friedrich Gulda, Hans
Richter Haaser, Paul Badura-Skoda, Horacio Gutierrez, Regine
Crespin, Hans Hotter, Hermann Prey, Julian Bream, Uto Ughi,
Janos Starker, Leonard Rose, Rosalyn Turek, Abbey Simon, Byron
Janis, Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleischer, Ralph Votapek, Bruno
Gelber, Rudolf Buchbinder, Elizabeth Leonskaja, Edith Wiens,
Lucia Popp, Wolfgang Schulz, Jessye Norman, Pablo Casals,
Daniel Barenboim, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Kiri te Kanawa, Nelson
Goerner, Jose Van Dam, Isaac Stern, Kathleen Battle, Maxim
Vengerov, Pieter Wispelwey, Imogen Cooper, Bo Skovhus, Julian
Rachlin, Leif Ove Andsnes, Felicity Lott, Heinz Holliger,
Nikolai Demidenko, Franz Peter Zimmermann, Emma Kirkby, Daniel
Taylor, Joji Hattori, David Daniels, Leonidas Kavakos.
Composers Igor Strawinsky, Pablo Casals (conducting his "Pessebre"),
Olivier Messiaen, Goffredo Petrassi, Pierre Boulez and Krzysztof
Penderecki came to Argentina specially invited by Mrs. Erize.
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MRS. JEANNETTE ARATA DE ERIZE |
| Jeannette Arata de Erize, daughter of Dr. Luis Arata, an Argentine surgeon, and Valentina de Rufz de Lavison, of French nationality, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is, since 1955, President of the Mozarteum Argentino, a private, non-lucrative entity dedicated to the spreading of musical culture. Under her leadership during all these years, the Mozarteum Argentino has become the most influential and active musical society in Latin America. |
Mrs. Erize�s work has been recognized by the Governments of the following countries: O.E.A : Diplome of Honor, Washington 1991; .Italy, Cavalliere and Commendatore della Ordine del Merito; Gold Medal to Italian Culture in Argentina. Chile, Oficial de la Orden de Bernardo O'Higgins; she was also awarded a Medal by the Beethoven Foundation. Brazil, Orden Cruzeiro do Sul; Orden Cruzeiro do Sul, Grado Comendador. France, Ordre du M�rite, Palmes Academiques, Chevalier de la L�gion d'Honneur, Officier de la Legion d�Honneur.Croix du Officier de les Arts et le Lettres. Austria, Goldener Verdienstorden and Silberner Verdienstorden, Nikolai Medal (this condecoration was presented to her personally by Karl B�hm, the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra which was touring Argentina in 1979), Goldenes Verdienstzeichen des Landes Salzburg, Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen f�r Verdienste um die Republik �sterreich, Goldene Ehrenzeichen f�r Verdienste um das Land Wien, Grosses Ehrenkreuz f�r Kunst und Wissenschaft der �sterreichischen Bundesregierung. The international Rotary Club's Silver Laurel, Premio Rioplatense 2002. Germany, Goldener and Silberner Verdienstzeichen. Portugal, Orden de Enrique I El Navegante. Ecuador, Orden Nacional al M�rito en el grado de Comendador. Russia, Congratulatory Letter from the Russian Ministry of Culture to the 50th. anniversary of the Mozarteum Argentino. Sobereign Orden de Malta:.Dame of Magistral Grace. Silver Laurel and Rio de la Plata Prize 2002, Rotary Club International.
In Argentina she received the following
awards and prizes: St. Martin de Tours (1985/1988); "Manzana
de las Luces" ; Konex Platinum Prize, from the Konex
Foundation (1988); "Cultural Action of the Year"
(1990) from the International Critic's Association, AICA.
“Santa Clara de Asis” statuette (Special Prize,
1991); Rómulo Raggio Foundation’s Merit Prize
for Promoting Culture in Argentina (1995); “Emeritus”
distinction, awarded by President Menem (1998); “Senadora
de las Luces” (1998), Bach Prize 2000 for Excellence
and Promotion of Music. She is a Fellow of the National
Academy of Fine Arts, and member of the Argentine Council
for International Relations (CARI) forms part of its Board
of Directors who honoured her with a Gold Medal to Culture.
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| THE MOZARTEUM ARGENTINO�S SEASON INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: |
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REGULAR CONCERT SEASON |
Divided into two
subscription series, the concerts are offered in the
Teatro Colón, for nearly 4000 members. |
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| MUSIC FOR THE
YOUTH |
Was created in
1971 by the Mozarteum Argentino, as a contribution to
our community's cultural progress, for young people
under 25 who can attend the seasons' concerts for a
minimum entrance fee. |
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| MIDDAY
CONCERTS (with free admittance) |
One of the most
important achievements of the Mozarteum and a source
of great pride, they have taken place once a week at
noontime, from May to September, since 1959, in a down-town
theatre. These performances last 45 minutes for an audience
of approximately 2000 persons, and are performed by
local soloists and ensembles, as well as international
artists visiting Buenos Aires during the season. The
Midday Concert Cycle is unique and its popularity makes
it a real witness of the Argentinian people's musical
culture. Since it was created more than 750 concerts
have been offered. |
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| CONCERTS
IN THE PROVINCES |
The Mozarteum
Argentino's activity also reaches out to the provinces,
spreading musical culture, since 1978, in collaboration
with various University centers and creating, through
the years, several branches which today are: Rosario,
San Juan, Olavarría, Tandil, Tucumán,
Jujuy, Bahía Blanca, and Salta; it also cooperates
with other cities like Mercedes, Neuquén and
General Roca. The concerts, about 70 a year, often with
free admittance, present famous local and foreign soloists
and ensembles.
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| AN
ATELIER IN PARIS |
This was bought
in 1965, belonging to the Cité Internationale
des Arts, and created in Paris under André Malraux's
initiative, as a temporary residence for artists who
wish to complete their education, or seek inspiration
in the proper atmosphere. The Mozarteum Argentino is
the only Southamerican institution, private or public,
which owns one, and makes it available not only to musicians,
but also to all visual artists and writers, whether
Argentinian or from other Southamerican countries. |
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| MASTER-CLASSES |
Offered by world-known
authorities especially invited for the occasion, the
first master-class was organized by the Mozarteum Argentino
in 1961, for the Quintetto Chigiano di Siena. |
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| SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG INTERPRETERS |
Much young talent
has come forth in these years, such as: Eduardo Delgado
Antonio Spiller, Jorge Caryevsky, Daniel Zisman, Nicolas
Chumachenco, Enrique Ricci, Mario Benzecry, Anahi Carfi,
Juan Carlos Zorzi, Daniel Rivera, Ivan Citera, Nelson
Goerner, Oscar Strasnoy, Javier Logioia, Roberto Rutkauskas,
Claudio Barile, Paula Piluso, Alexander Panizza, Roberto
Fabbroni, Alberto Trimelitti, Andr�s Tolcachir, Mar�a
Soledad Cardoso, Esteban Benzecry, Mariano Vales, Sami
Merdinian, Emiliano Greizerstein, Alejo P�rez Pouillieux
and Iv�n Rutkauskas, Xavier Inchausti. Added to these
prizes at present the Mozarteum offers the following scholarships:
“Teresa Grüneisen” (in
honour of her father, Ricardo E. Grüneisen), for
instrumentalists and conductors.
“María Isabel Grüneisen”
for singers.
“Jeannette Arata de Erize” for
chamber musicians and young talent. |
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