Giovanni Netzer

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Giovanni Netzer (born October 28, 1967 in Savognin ) is a Swiss theater director. He is the founder and director of the Graubünden theater Origen Festival Cultural .

life and work

education

Netzer grew up in Savognin as the son of Rudi and Lucia Netzer and attended elementary school there. At the Bündner Kantonsschule in Chur he graduated from the classical grammar school and enrolled at the Chur Theological University in 1987 . After completing basic studies in philosophy and theology , he continued his studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 1989 and completed his theological training with a licentiate . At the same time he took up a second degree in theater studies and art history and deepened his study of liturgical studies . In 2001 he did his doctorate with Si en parvis! , a work on the Rhaeto-Romanic Baroque drama of the 18th century.

First theater and opera projects

Since 1992 Netzer has realized various theater and opera projects , often in the field of spiritual play : he staged his own arrangements with amateur players, for example the Rhaeto-Romanic church play Placi based on the legend about the founders of the Disentis Monastery (performed in 1992 in Savognin and Disentis ) as well as Shakespeare's Der Sturm as a trilingual performance in German, Romansh and Italian under the title Igl orcan u La muntogna striunada ‹The storm or the enchanted mountain› (performed in 1995 in Savognin, Scuol , Disentis and in the Stadttheater Chur ). He also wrote libretti for operas and musical works by Gion Antoni Derungs , which he also staged: The new church opera König Balthasar (world premiere: October 13, 1998 in the cathedral in Chur , then also shown in the Jesuit Church in Lucerne and in the Ludwig Church in Munich) , The birth of Athena. Scene in three chants for mezzo-soprano and piano (world premiere: March 24, 2000, Semper Aula of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ), Passio nova (passion play, world premiere: September 28, 2001 in the Martinskirche in Savognin) and Pievel da notg. Tschintg canzungs misteriousas per chor viril e pianoforte. ‹Night people. Five mysterious songs for male choir and piano ›(2002). Netzer wrote the libretto in German and Romansh for the music theater production Federico and took over the direction (premiere: August 2, 2002 as an open-air play in Brienz / Brinzauls as part of the UN Year of Mountains ). In addition to dramatic texts, Netzer also wrote short stories, some of which were published in 1999 under the title La mort da Giulietta .

Functions

Netzer has been a board member of the Swiss Society for Theater Culture since 1993 , he was Vice President of the Center Suisse ITI as representative of the Lia Rumantscha from 1994–1995 and has been President of the Uniun da scripturas e scripturs rumantschs ‹Rhaeto-Romanic Writers' Association since 2001 . Netzer also works as a freelancer for Cuminanza Rumantscha Radio e Televisiun . In 2001, Netzer took over the management of the Chesa Planta in Samedan on behalf of the Fundaziun Planta and designed a concept for the expansion of the patrician house into a regional cultural center, which was not implemented despite successful start-up financing.

"Origen Festival Cultural"

In 2003 Netzer began to plan and finance the expansion of Riom Castle into a theater house in collaboration with Helen Cabalzar . Two years later he founded the Origen Festival Cultural , which is based in the Middle Grisons and is mainly dedicated to new music theater . In 2006, then Federal President Moritz Leuenberger opened the first professional Romansh theater in history at Riom Castle. Netzer has been the director and in- house director of the Burgtheater ever since . Small, professional theater workshops have sprung up around the Origen Theater that produce costumes, sets and masks - far from any urban agglomeration . 2007 founded Netzer, the Foundation Fundaziun Origen and received by the population of the district Surses in a democratic referendum the building rights on the castle Riom. Netzer is currently working on behalf of Fundaziun Origen to further expand the Burgtheater so that it can be used all year round in the future. The Origen Festival Cultural has grown steadily. With 6,700 spectators and a hundred events in Graubünden , Basel , Zurich and Lucerne , it is now the largest classical music festival in Graubünden. Netzer's mother Lucia Netzer-Peduzzi created the costumes for most of the productions.

Awards

  • 1993: Promotion Prize of the Government of the Canton of Graubünden.
  • 1994: 1st Prize Term Bel of the Romance Literature Days Dis da litteratura rumantscha .
  • 1995: Literary commission from the Pro Helvetia cultural foundation .
  • 1998: Art Prize Pro Arte Christiana from the Bishop of Chur.
  • 1999: 1st Prize Term Bel of the Romance Literature Days Dis da litteratura rumantscha .
  • 2000: Culture Prize of the Cuminanza Radio e Televisun rumantscha CRR.
  • 2004: Literary work commission from the Pro Helvetia cultural foundation.
  • 2007: Hans-Reinhart-Ring , the highest award in Swiss theater life.
  • 2008: Main Prize of the Eliette von Karajan Culture Fund.
  • 2012: Prize of the Foundation for Western Ethics and Culture .
  • 2012: Bündner Kulturpreis, the canton's highest award in the cultural field.

Fiction

  • Giovanni Netzer: La mort da Giulietta . 12 Erz. Artori, Savognin 1999.
  • Giovanni Netzer: Martin Steiler . Tgaminada Editoura, Savognin 1996.
  • Giovanni Netzer: La princessa loscha, picture book based on an old Rhaetorom . Trilingual edition in Romansh, German, Italian. Tgaminada Editoura, Savognin 1995.

Web links

  • Giovanni Netzer. Origen Festival Kultural. In: Origen Festival Kultural. Fundaziun Origen, accessed on August 15, 2017 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Giovanni Netzer. Origen Festival Kultural. In: Origen Festival Kultural. Fundaziun Origen, accessed on August 15, 2017 .
  2. ^ Giovanni Netzer: Si en parvis! : Rhaeto-Romanic dramas of the 18th century = Off to heaven! Editions Theaterkultur Verlag, Basel 2001, ISBN 3-908145-41-4 .
  3. ^ Balz Engler: Shakespeare's Languages. (PDF) Shakespeare and Europe: Border (s) and Territories, November 15, 2007, pp. 3–4 , accessed on August 15, 2017 (English).
  4. ^ Giovanni Netzer, Gion Antoni Derungs: King Balthasar: Opera in three acts with a prologue and an epilogue: Program booklet for the opera: Libretto: Giovanni Netzer, Composition: Gion Antoni Derungs . G. Netzer, 1998, p. 52 .
  5. ↑ Giovanni Netzer: The Birth of Athena . Tgaminada Editoura, Savognin 2000 (libretto for short opera, music by Gion Antoni Derungs).
  6. ^ Giovanni Netzer: Passio Nova . Savognin 2001 (Passion play, music by Gion Antoni Derungs).
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Esther Krättli: Giovanni Netzer . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . tape 2 . Chronos Verlag, Zurich October 22, 2015, p. 1317–1319 ( Theater Lexikon der Schweiz online [accessed on August 16, 2017]).
  8. ↑ a b All award winners since 1969. (No longer available online.) Cultural funding of the Canton of Graubünden, 2016, archived from the original on August 16, 2017 ; accessed on August 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gr.ch
  9. ↑ a b Dis da Litteratura. Dis da litteratura, 2010, accessed August 15, 2017 .
  10. ↑ a b c d Giovanni Netzer. Internet encyclopedia of authors in Switzerland, accessed on August 15, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Hans Reinhart-Ring for Giovanni Netzer. Federal Office of Culture, December 31, 2006, accessed on August 15, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Eliette von Karajan Kulturfonds 2008. Canton of Graubünden, December 4, 2018, accessed on August 15, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Prize winners. Staff - Foundation for Occidental Ethics and Culture, 2016, accessed on August 15, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Netzer, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss theater director
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Savognin