Michel Montecrossa
Michel Montecrossa (born October 28, 1945 in Vienna ; actually Michael Klostermann ) is a German media entrepreneur , book author , musician , painter, filmmaker as well as futurologist and consciousness researcher.
Life
1945–1968
Montecrossa's father, Dr. Kurt Klostermann, played the violin in Memphis at a young age, studied chemistry on his return to Europe and then worked as a freelance plastics merchant and art collector in Switzerland and Germany. Montecrossa's mother Aimée Alker was a choir singer in Vienna until her marriage and then worked in her husband's company. Due to the artistic open-mindedness of his parents, Michel Montecrossa came into contact with artists and business people from the start and was at times with a wandering group of artists. By studying the piano, guitar and harmonica by himself, he had his first public appearances at the age of twelve. He also sang in the Bavarian Radio as a member of Rudolf Kiermayer's children's choir.
From 1962 Michel Montecrossa received music lessons (piano, singing, guitar and basics of electronic music). From 1964 he attended the state-approved painting and drawing school "Munich Studio" run by Waki Zöllner. After graduating from painting and drawing school, she went on to study pedagogy and psychology . At the same time as attending the painting and drawing school, Michel Montecrossa studied film and photo technology as well as philosophy with private teachers .
In 1965 he presented a comprehensive exhibition of paintings, art objects and electronic compositions ("sound images") in the St. Konrad youth home in Neuaubing from November 14 to 21. In 1968 his light objects and electronic music were exhibited and presented from May 18 to 31 in the Kückels Gallery in Bochum, followed by a two-day program with light show, film and electronic music on November 23 and 24, 1968 in the "Andere Kino" in Westendstrasse, Munich.
1968-1981
After graduating, he worked as a freelance cartoonist for Moewig-Verlag , for which he created the "Shooting Star" series, and as a translator of philosophical and psychological works for Fischer Taschenbuchverlag . His paintings have been shown together with his electronic sound image compositions in various exhibitions in Germany. During this period he was a co-founder of the Mandala artist group, which dealt with future-oriented art.
Michel Montecrossa's artistic and philosophical interest brought him 1968-1969 in connection with the work of the Indian poet and philosopher Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950), who studied and grew up in Europe (mainly England) and returned to India after his college days, in order to combine the humanistic spirit of Europe with the Indian-Asiatic spiritual spirituality in his poetic and philosophical work. During these years Michel Montecrossa began to publish poems, including in the literary magazine "Der Leguan" by Gerhard Merz. He took part in the Schwabinger Weeks with artistic "Sens-Actions" and published his symbolic-surreal story "The Voice of the Divine and the First Step" in early 1969 . Michel Montecrossa began working as a film producer at this time and completed the film "The Great Original" in 1969 , which he designed similar to James Joyce's consciousness stream concept .
Also in 1968–1969, Michel Montecrossa's career as a singer and songwriter began with his first concerts in Munich and later in Europe and America. His song work grew into the 21st century to more than 2000 song and instrumental compositions and texts, which were performed internationally. The first publication of his songs was the LP "Songs from Another Time", released in 1968. From 1968 he began to deal with questions of climate change and world peace in his songs.
Mirapuri idea as a city of peace (1969)
At the end of 1969 he came into personal contact with the French artist and consciousness researcher Mira Alfassa (1878–1973), who lived in Pondicherry , South India, and Sri Aurobindo's partner . After a cultural tour through Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Michel Montecrossa came to Pondicherry in November 1969. Due to the previous written contact with Alfassa, he was able to visit her regularly until 1973 for discussions, mainly about culture and philosophy. During this time, the idea for "Mirapuri" as a European city of peace, which is supposed to help the realization of the ideal of human unity, arose with her . Montecrossa's basic philosophical work "The Sunrevolution" is based on his conversations with Mira Alfassa. In the following years Montecrossa came into contact with a number of philosophical personalities such as Jean Gebser , the Dalai Lama , Krishnamurti and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker . With the latter, he conducted two talk shows on Bavarian Radio in the 1970s under the direction of Dr. Udo Reiter .
During this time he wrote various children's books ("Four Fairy Tales of Love") and drew cartoons (including "Sinus and the Earth Spirit"). Musically, in addition to song music, he turned to composing modern, classical instrumental music, some of which he combined with poetry recitations. In the field of film production, he was mainly active in documentaries and published a documentary film about the Dalai Lama's visit to Pondicherry.
From 1969 to 1981 Michel Montecrossa lived mainly in Auroville (South India), where he worked as an art teacher, musician, filmmaker and author. During this time he also worked with the musician Sunil Bhattacharya as a co-composer, producer and electric guitarist in nearby Pondicherry. He was introduced to him through Mira Alfassa, who was one of the pioneers of electronic music in India. During the summer holidays, Michel Montecrossa was in Europe for his diverse artistic activities, where he built up the Filmaur Multimedia - film and TV production company with the support of Alfassa. Alfassa then commissioned him to produce the " Meditations on Savitri " film series, which she described as her legacy to the world. The series is a film adaptation of the main poetic work Savitri by Sri Aurobindo on the basis of drawings and descriptions by Mira Alfassa, combined with her recitations of text passages from Savitri and her organ music. After its founding on April 24, 1972, the Filmaur production company was soon expanded to include the departments Mira Sound Germany, Miraprint - digital and offset printing and the Mirapuri publishing house, and is now Filmaur Multimedia Germany. At the time, Michel Montecrossa also starred in the series Marriage in Court , directed by Ruprecht Essberger , and produced an Auroville documentary and the documentary "Meditation in Mahabalipuram" for Swiss television.
Development and construction of Mirapuri (1971–1981)
From 1971 a circle of friends of artists, workers and entrepreneurs interested in the idea of Mirapuri formed and began to prepare the conception and foundation of Mirapuri as a city of peace and the future man in Italy. This circle of friends formed the basis of the Mirapuri-Freunde eV The Mirapuri-Freunde now pursued all the steps that, after the first land purchases and structural measures, led to the founding of Mirapuri on August 15, 1978, near the town of Coiromonte in northern Italy (Via Monte Faló 8 , 28011 Mirapuri-Coiromonte), and in 1981 led to the establishment of Miravillage as a branch of Mirapuri in Gauting (near Munich ), Germany. Since then, Filmaur Multimedia has its headquarters in Miravillage, Danziger Str. 1, with additional production studios in Mirapuri. The Mirapuri friends also made it possible to set up "New Community", a community and cultural center in the Auroville settlement of Certitude. This house was one of the last projects to emerge from the collaboration between Michel Montecrossa and Mira Alfassa . Conceived as an international meeting place, it should also serve as a guest house for Mirapuri friends.
Michel Montecrossa managed the construction of the New Community Center until its completion and full commissioning in 1978 and accompanied the cultural activities in the New Community Center on site until 1981.
Life in Mirapuri (1981-2010)
Michel Montecrossa has lived mainly in Mirapuri since 1981, which has meanwhile grown into an independent, democratically organized community. In 1986 he took his stage name Michel Montecrossa. With his artistic and entrepreneurial activities he contributes to the growth of Mirapuri and advocates the establishment of an international consciousness research university in Mirapuri through lectures and lectures. In 1987 he married the artist and musician Mirakali, with whom he has two children.
From 1986 Montecrossa began with film productions, which u. a. his "Portrait" included the overground musical "Living the Experience", the six-part "Reality Rocker" series and the consciousness stream musicals "Invisible Wall" and "The Resurrection Movie". By the beginning of the 21st century, he wrote more than 2000 songs and symphonic compositions, which he has performed in regular concerts (around 40 per year) since 1992. Montecrossa is also a reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's song work in collaboration with Sony BMG . Other musicians u. a. reinterpreted by Michel Montecrossa are Robert Johnson , Jimmie Rodgers , Woody Guthrie , Hank Williams , Johnny Cash , Elvis Presley , Freddy Quinn , Lonnie Donegan , Paul Anka , Robbie Robertson , Françoise Hardy , Kris Kristofferson , Led Zeppelin and Avril Lavigne . In his own songs, he and his band "The Chosen Few" (Mirakali, Diana Antara, Mirachandra, David Butterfield, Artis Aldschalis) are committed to peace, free spirit and coping with climate change. For the 2008 Olympics in Beijing he wrote the song "Believe in your Dream", which was performed there in the athletics stadium with the support of the German Olympic Sports Confederation . For the world exhibition Expo 2008 in Saragossa he wrote the song "Water is Life" and produced a film about it, which was shown during the duration of the expo. In addition, his song "This World is My World" was made famous by an advertising campaign for the Dutch daily AD . During Barack Obama's presidential campaign , Montecrossa stood up for him in the media with the song "New President" and received the message "Keep on moving with your saving message" from him .
Create
- Michel Montecrossa's literary work comprises more than 40 major works in the fields of poetry, song lyric, short stories, novels, philosophy and art. In addition to the English language "The Sunrevolution", "Mirapuri and the Philosophy of Spiritual Realism" and a multi-volume Mirapuri documentation are further basic works for Michel Montecrossa's thinking and understanding the world. In 2001 he published the novel "Tarana and the island of immortality" in German and English.
- The filmography of Montecrossa includes more than 40 productions in short films and feature films. The main characteristic of his films is the Stream of Consciousness style. His film genres include documentary, meditative film, sci-fi action, and consciousness stream musicals.
More recently, Michel Montecrossa has been working in the field of healing wellness music and sacred music. His large-scale, several-hour wellness work "Sound and Soulworld Cybersymphony" premiered on November 10, 2007 during the Liquid Sound Festival in the Toskana Therme, Bad Sulza . His main sacred work "The Jesus Symphony", on which he had worked for several years, was premiered on November 14th, 2009 in the St. Martin Church in Lagerlechfeld , Germany.
In 2010 Montecrossa completed the production of his musical "House of Time", which he had started in Paris in May 2009. By invitation of the program director Ph. D. Igor Neshcheret from the Organization committee of Interuniversity UNESCO Chair of Philosophy of Human Communication (Kharkov, Ukraine) Montecrossa's musical Going To The Spirit Of Woodstock Festival In Mirapuri was presented at the 'Bommer Cinema' in Kharkov on November 17th First performed in 2010.
Artistic developments from 2011
From 2011 onwards, Michel Montecrossa intensified his painting and drawing activities, which have since been progressively documented through exhibitions in Mirapuri, Italy and in the New Art Gallery of the Filmaur Multimedia Haus in Germany. (e.g. the annual exhibition entitled 'Intensity', which from 2014 to 2015 presented 106 paintings and drawings in the Omnidiet Resort and Business Hotel in Mirapuri, and the annual exhibition entitled 'Creation', which also took place from 2014 to 2015 in the New Art Gallery of the Filmaur Multimedia Haus in Gauting, Germany presented 223 paintings and drawings to the public). In parallel to this artistic work, Michel Montecrossa especially developed his new topical song work. In his New Topical Songs, Michel Montecrossa continually takes a stand on current issues in world affairs in terms of international understanding, the promotion of world peace and the ideal of a united humanity. In the cinematic field, Michel Montecrossa produced numerous documentaries of his concerts as well as the continuation of the film series 'The House Of Time' and the Director's Cut Extended Version of the 'Reality Rocker 21 Movie Series'. Important book releases until 2015 included the 'Love & Unity Song Lyrics Book' (a collection of 88 new topical songs), 'Wegen Des Menschen' (two current and future-oriented lectures and an essay by Michel Montecrossa about his life and Work as well as about awareness and consciousness research in a time of global crises and the desire for a new humanity), 'The Yogi Sri Aurobindo for Transformation and Spiritual Evolution', 'Paintings & Drawings Vol. I and II' (two art books with a total of 379 reproductions of Michel Montecrossa paintings and drawings from various creative periods from 1956 to 2013). Michel Montecrossa's paintings and drawings from 2013 to 2015 are documented in the catalogs for the 'Intensity' and 'Creation' art exhibitions with a total of 329 reproductions. The ongoing developments in Michel Montecrossa's artistic creation in the fields of music, painting, film, literature, lectures and concerts can be continuously followed on his homepage www.MichelMontecrossa.
Discography (selection)
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Fonts (selection)
- Auroville - city of the future man. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag , Frankfurt am Main, February 1976, ISBN 3-436-02254-3 .
- The solar revolution. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1980, ISBN 3-596-23380-1 .
- Four fairy tales of love. Mirapuri-Verlag, 1984, ISBN 3-922800-14-9 .
- Venasha. Mirapuri-Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-922800-26-2 .
- Sri Aurobindo and The Mother - Life and Works. Mirapuri-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-922800-22-X .
- Jesus and the light of the New World. Mirapuri-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-922800-38-6 .
- Mirapuri - City of Peace and Future People in Europe. Volume I, Mirapuri-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-922800-72-6 .
- Tarana and the island of immortality. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-922800-73-4 .
- MIRAPURI the City of Peace and Futureman in Europe, Italy and the SUNREVOLUTION. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-922800-76-9 .
- Cyberbeat Poetry and Image Power. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-922800-85-8 .
- Words of Love and Hope. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-922800-82-3 .
- Song Lyrics # 1. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-922800-83-1 .
- Sunmessages. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-922800-93-9 .
- Mirapuri And The New Consciousness. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-86710-003-9 .
- Mirapuri and the Philosophy of Spiritual Realism. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86710-041-0 .
- Song Lyrics # 2. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86710-045-8 .
- Sunray Revolution. Mirapuri-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86710-046-5 .
Filmography (selection)
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Web links
- Literature by and about Michel Montecrossa in the catalog of the German National Library
- Michel Montecrossa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mirapuri - official website
- Miravillage - official website
- Michel Montecrossa - official website
- music
- Movies
- painting
- Books
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.giornalemetropolitano.it/michel-montecrossa-raddoppia-mostra-darte-e-concerto/
- ↑ http://www.saatchiart.com/michelmontecrossa
- ↑ http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=4781882daf4066bebb1bb155d39561ef2ce927ec&dal=&al=&pubblicazione=&edizione=&dove=&testo=michel+montecrossa&page=1
- ↑ http://michelmontecrossa.com/gallery/paintings-drawings/
- ↑ http://www.freenovara.it/cultura-e-spettacolo/laghi/michel-montecrossa-concerto
- ↑ youtube.com
- ↑ archivio.lastampa.it ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ liquidsound.com ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ presseanzeiger.de
- ↑ bommer.org.ua
- ↑ http://michelmontecrossa.com/gallery/paintings-drawings/
- ↑ http://michelrockvision.com/#gallery
- ↑ http://www.omnidiet-hotel.com/art-exhibitions.html
- ↑ http://verbanonews.it/index.php/categorie/opinioni/3709-michel-montecrossa-una-canzone-per-charlie-hebdo
- ↑ http://ithaque.gr/michel-montecrossa-interview/
- ↑ http://www.soullove.com/2013/04/24/boston-marathon-learnings-interview-with-michel-montecrossa/
- ↑ http://www.verbanianotizie.it/n252540-michel-montecrossa-dedica-canzone-a-je-suis-charlie.htm
- ↑ http://ireport.cnn.com/people/Montecrossa
- ↑ http://mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2011/10/03/cantante-aleman-dedica-cancion-a-camila-vallejo-y-el-movimiento-estudiantil-chileno-video/
- ↑ http://www.thomhartmann.com/users/mirasound/blog/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-17-new-topical-songs-movies-michel-montecrossa
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ http://archivio.lastampa.it/articolo?id=8893ea9777125977d3186030adb0234d1391f768&dal=&al=&pubblicazione=&edizione=&dove=&testo=michel+montecrossa&page=1
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ http://www.novaratoday.it/eventi/concerti/2015-girl-concert-michel-montecrossa-and-his-band-the-chosen-few.html
- ↑ http://www.daringtodo.com/lang/it/2010/10/19/il-festival-della-letteratura-di-mirapuri/
- ↑ http://www.prlog.org/11240815-michel-montecrossa-releases-video-of-his-happy-future-and-climate-change-speech.html
- ↑ http://ithaque.gr/michel-montecrossa-interview/
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| SURNAME | Montecrossa, Michel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klostermann, Michael (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and multimedia artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |