Concert for human rights

Graz , the venue for the concert for human rights

The concert for human rights takes place at irregular intervals in the Stefaniensaal in Graz and is organized by the Musikverein für Steiermark . In 2017, it was held for the first time one day after Human Rights Day . The concert commemorates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and includes musical works with a message of peace.

Graz has been the first human rights city in Europe since 2001.

concept

Alfred Stingl , Former Mayor of Graz and Vice President of the Musikverein, coined the phrase: “No culture without human rights and no human rights without culture.” The Musikverein für Steiermark emphasizes: “Human rights should and should be a spiritual, cultural and political guide for design Another world of the future. ”This is the sense in which the pieces of music are selected, and the international line-up should also represent a sign of understanding and peaceful coexistence.

Dirk Kaftan , chief conductor of the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra from 2013 to 2017, chose the Leningrad Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich for his concert for human rights in addition to Beethoven's Triple Concerto . He justified this as follows: "This symphony does not set the moral mallet in motion, but rather the belief in people."

Program and contributors

date	Orchestra, conductor	Soloists, singers, speakers	program
March 10, 2014	Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Graz Opera Choir Krzysztof Penderecki	Peter Matić Speaker Izabela Matula Speaker Alberto Mizrahi Cantor	Penderecki Concerto grosso for three cellos and orchestra Schönberg A survivor from Warsaw Penderecki Kaddisch, cantata for orchestra, female voice, male choir and cantor
April 9, 2015	Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera Choir of the Vienna State Opera Ádám Fischer	Paul Groves Florestan Camilla Nylund Leonore Tomasz Konieczny Don Pizzaro Wolfgang Bankl Rocco	Beethoven Fidelio ( concert performance )
October 29, 2015	Merlin Ensemble Martin Walch	Karl Markovics spokesman	Stravinsky Histoire du soldat
March 6, 2017	Graz Philharmonic Dirk Kaftan	Sascha Maisky violin Mischa Maisky violoncello Lily Maisky piano	Beethoven Triple Concerto Dmitri Shostakovich Leningrad Symphony
December 11, 2017	Orchester der Kunstuniversität Graz Choir of the Kunstuniversität Graz Franz Jochum Choir director Ingo Ingensand	Aleksandra Rybakova soprano Belén Alonso soprano Feride Büyükdenktas alto Myriam García Fidalgo violoncello	Bohuslav Martinů : Memorial for Lidice Alban Berg : 3 fragments from Wozzeck , op.7 Giuseppe Verdi : Choir of the Refugees from Macbeth Johannes Brahms : Song of Destiny, op.54 Human Rights Symphony: Juan Pablo Trad Hasbun : A liberated person Shiqi Geng : On the fragrant path in the small garden Robert Christoph Bauer : Night music for Ashraf Fayadh Frederik Neyrinck : Precarité

Concerts of the same or similar topic

On March 7, 2013, a concert for human rights in Russia took place in Berlin . A number of well-known artists, including the pianist Martha Argerich and the violinist Gidon Kremer , performed.

On December 16, 2015, 240 students from all school levels gave a concert for human rights in Lucerne . There was a follow-up event on December 21, 2016, this time with 220 children, adolescents and young adults from primary, secondary, middle and higher education.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Human Rights Advisory Board of the City of Graz: 10 Years of Graz as a Human Rights City , accessed on December 3, 2017
2. ^ Die Presse (Vienna): Shocking: "Kaddisch" by Penderecki , March 11, 2014
3. ^ Musikverein für Steiermark : Fidelio - Concert performance by the Vienna State Opera , accessed on December 3, 2017
4. ↑ Ernst Naredi-Rainer / Martin Gasser: Reviews in Kleiner Zeitung and Kronenzeitung , accessed on December 3, 2017
5. ↑ Musikverein für Steiermark : 6th orchestral concert , accessed on December 3, 2017
6. ^ Musikverein für Steiermark : 4th orchestral concert , accessed on December 3, 2017