Regional Music Council Hamburg

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The Landesmusikrat Hamburg is the regional music council responsible for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and was founded in 1978. He is a member of the German Music Council .

history

The LMR HH emerged in 1978 from the state working group for music education and music care ; the chairing founding members were Werner Krützfeldt, Hermann Rauhe and Peter Hartmann. In 1982 the first regional music plan was drawn up. In 1988 the LandesJugendJazzOrchester was founded by the LMR HH. In 1990/1991 the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg approved institutional funding and the first office was set up. Krützfeldt was chairman until 1998 and handed over the office to Wolfhagen Sobirey. In 2003, the State Music Academy was founded under the auspices of the LMR HH. In 2006, the Hamburg State Youth Orchestra became the sponsor of the LMR HH.

Structure and goals

The State Music Council in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is the umbrella organization for music-related associations, organizations and institutions. The total of around 90 members are made up of the professional organizations and professional associations active in Hamburg, the amateur music associations , professional and non-professional choirs, ensembles and orchestras, training centers, school and extracurricular educational institutions, the music industry , socio-cultural centers, sponsoring associations and competition organizers, foundations and Societies, concert providers as well as five individual members and seven honorary members.

The aim of the Landesmusikrat is to promote music culture in Hamburg in all its forms. He is the legitimate interlocutor for all questions relating to music, as far as these concern the interests of the individual associations.

President

  • 1978–1998: Werner Krützfeldt
  • 1998-2014: Wolfhagen Sobirey
  • from 2014: Rüdiger Grambow

Controversy

Wolfhagen Sobirey resigned from the office of President in January 2014. With this he protested against the decision of the Hamburg cultural authority not to support the day of music financially.

Facilities

  • Hamburg Guitar Forum
  • State Youth Jazz Orchestra Hamburg
  • Klangradar3000 - composers in schools!
  • Landesmusikakademie Hamburg - advanced and advanced training facility in cooperation with the Hamburg Conservatory and the State Youth Music School
  • Landesjugendorchester Hamburg - the youth orchestra of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • State youth selection orchestra of the Spielmannszüge in the State Music Council Hamburg

Projects

Extra! - Exchange Traditions

Extra! - Exchange Traditions, a project with the European Music Council and the Wilhelmsburg community center, aims to strengthen mutual cultural understanding in Hamburg through a musical exchange that takes place once a year. Through workshops, sound experiments and short concerts, visitors to the Wilhelmsburg community center (since 2009) are encouraged to discover worlds of sound and get to know foreign traditions, rhythms and instruments. The latter can not only be heard but also alluded to; The listener can also become active with songs and dances.

Jazz train

The Landesmusikrat Hamburg eV is, in cooperation with the Hamburger Hochbahn AG and the youth music school Hamburg, organizer of the jazztrain, which takes place annually in September, a live jazz event that has taken place in Hamburg since 1998. This extends over three different venues: the jazztrain equipped with music systems and instruments (a special subway train along the route of the Hamburg subway line U3), the atrium of the Schlump subway station and the historic sliding stage hall at jazztrainNIGHT the HOCHBAHN factory premises in Barmbek. The jazztrain begins in the morning and goes seamlessly into the evening event of jazztrainNIGHT. The styles at the event range from Dixieland to swing, Latin and funk to contemporary jazz.

Hamburg Baroque

Hamburg Barock is an initiative to strengthen the Hamburg music scene for music from the 17th and 18th centuries. The public awareness of the importance of early music for the city of Hamburg should also be increased. Musicians, ensembles, but also amateurs and musicians friends of this style should come together through a new network. The cooperation partners of the campaign weeks with concerts, lectures, workshops and church services every two years are the University of Music and Theater, the Hamburg Conservatory, the Musicological Institute of the University of Hamburg and the main churches of St. Jacobi and St. Katharinen. The project week aims to focus both on the musical heritage of the Hanseatic city and on the contemporary music scene.

KITA makes music - advanced training for educators

The basic idea of ​​“KITA macht Musik” is to support children of preschool age with music, since the activities of singing, making music and dancing have been shown to have positive effects on the ability to concentrate as well as the personal development of children. A 120-hour course for educators is offered to carry out the project.

Day of Music Hamburg

The Hamburg Music Day is broadly based with around 300 events spread across the city and over 5000 participating musicians. A key feature of the Germany-wide “Tag des Musik” initiative is the range of musical performances, which particularly include amateur and young ensembles.

Competitions

Youth jazz

Jugend Jazzt is an event at which soloists and ensembles as well as jazz orchestras alternately present their skills and are then advised and assessed by an expert jury. A supporting program ensures that in addition to the collective experience of the competition for the respective ensemble, there is also an exchange between the performing groups. The regional youth jazzt committee works in cooperation with the State Youth Music School Hamburg, the NDR Big Band and Jazz editorial team, as well as the Jazzbüro and JazzHaus Hamburg associations and the Hamburg school authority.

Pop-up band competition

Pop Up is a Hamburg music competition for young bands that took place for the first time in 2011. In various Hamburg districts, five winning bands will be selected in the preliminary round, which will then compete against each other in the Hamburg music club "Knust" at the competition finals.

ORCHESTRALE - the state orchestra competition for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein

The ORCHESTRALE state orchestra competition enables a large number of different amateur orchestras to participate in a prelude. In addition to the associated assessment and advice from an expert jury, the competition also serves to facilitate musical encounters between the orchestras and their line-ups. Can participate u. a. Symphonic orchestras, wind, plucked or accordion ensembles.

CHORAL - the state choir competition for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein

The competition, which is held together with Schleswig-Holstein , is open to various forms and performance requirements in choral art: adult and children's choirs, church and jazz choirs find a forum here to present themselves and compare the musical skills they have already acquired compare with choirs of the same category. Since 2009 the state competition has also offered its own category for school choirs. In the state choir competition, a choir can qualify for participation in the federal choir competition.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landesmusikrat About us . Retrieved February 24, 2020
  2. ^ President of the Landesmusikrat Hamburg resigns