Introduction
The Hampsong Foundation is pleased to announce the Arts@Future series in the IDAGIO Global Concert Hall. This series of online performances, presented during the 2020-21 season, is a unique opportunity to experience the brilliance of tomorrow’s artists and to support their development during this challenging time. High-quality performances from a variety of music conservatories, universities, festivals, young artist programs, and arts organizations will give audiences a unique glimpse into the creativity and talent of the next generation of classical artists poised to launch their on-stage careers.
The COVID-19 crisis has the potential to stunt the careers of many young, talented, and hard-working musicians who are just beginning to make their artistic mark on the world. In purchasing tickets for these concerts, audience members will be providing direct financial support to the education and growth of these young artists. 70% of the net revenue from ticket sales will go directly to the organization or educational institution making each live presentation possible.
Thomas Hampson and the Hampsong Foundation have worked with partners and colleagues to put together a diverse and captivating series of concerts. From contemporary music in Karlsruhe (Germany) to classical saxophone in Michigan (USA) to young opera singers in both Europe and North America, audience members are in for an extraordinary digital experience.
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July 7, 2021
Arts@Future at Reina Sofía School: Javier Comesaña – The Spirit of the Violin
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Arts@Future at Reina Sofía School: Zuzanna Sosnowska – The Voice of the Cello
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Arts@Future at Reina Sofía School: Nicolás Margarit and Bach’s Goldberg Variations
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Naumburg artists Grace Park (2018 Violin Award) and Albert Cano Smit (2017 Piano Award) are featured in the Naumburg debut concert of the Global Concert Hall. They perform two works by Dvořák – Four Romantic Pieces, Op.75 and the ravishing Romance in F Minor, Op.11 – as well as the Rondo Brilliante in B minor, D.890 by Franz Schubert. Ms Park is also showcased performing Ysaye’s demanding solo violin Sonata No. 4 in E minor, a work that was dedicated to Fritz Kreisler.
Visit siteApril 19, 2021
It still seems like a miracle that the 12th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart was able to take place in autumn 2020 – in the middle of the Corona pandemic! The International Hugo-Wolf-Academy is delighted to be able to continue supporting the prize-winning Lied partnerships of that special edition of the competition by presenting two of them in the Arts@Future series in IDAGIO's Global Concert Hall.
In February, First Prize-winners Konstantin Ingenpaß (baritone) and Hyun-hwa Park (piano), and Second Prize-winning duo Małgorzata Rocławska (soprano) & Olga Wien (piano) recorded an exclusive all-Schubert programme in the charming atmosphere of the "Fruchtkasten"/Haus der Musik of the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Stuttgart. In addition to such well-known songs as "Der Zweg", "Bei dir allein" and "Der Geistertanz", the varied programme includes "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" (with clarinetist Adam Ambarzumjan), as well as other special arrangements of songs for clarinet and piano.
Visit siteJan. 29, 2021
Internationale Hugo-Wolf-Akademie für Gesang, Dichtung und Liedkunst (IHWA) (Stuttgart)
Highlights from "The Complete Hugo Wolf"
With its series Der ganze Hugo Wolf, which began in March 2016, the Internationale Hugo-Wolf-Akademie launched the ambitious undertaking to bring all of Hugo Wolf's songs to the stage in concerts over the next few years. In December 2019, the 10th concert in the series was already held, which means that over 200 of the approximately 300 songs composed by Hugo Wolf have already been performed. The series, planned and curated by Brazilian pianist Marcelo Amaral, is expected to be completed by 2022. This special concert presentation highlights exceptional songs, as well as young artists, as part of Arts@Future
Visit siteDec. 14, 2020 at 7pm Eastern
(Rebroadcast January 2021)
Courtney's Stars of Tomorrow:
Feel the Spirit Concert II
Feel the Spirit is a series dedicated to the study, preservation, and performance of the Negro Spiritual.
The second concert of this two-part concert series features mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford and tenor Edwin Cotton. Lucia Bradford will sing traditional spiritual arrangements by Lena McLin and J. Rosamond Johnson, as well as an original setting entitled 'Lord, I’ll Go', by Jacqueline Hairston. Bradford will share the evening with tenor Edwin Cotton who rounds out the program with arrangements by the "father of the Concert Spiritual" H.T. Burleigh, as well as spirituals by William Grant Still and Wendell Whalum.
Courtney's Stars of Tomorrow is an arts conduit committed to promoting and presenting classical musicians of the highest calibre and is a vehicle to feature them in concert, recital, and opera. Additionally, Courtney's Stars of Tomorrow targets a multi-generational, ethnically diverse audience of both classical music lovers and those who have never been exposed to the medium.
Visit siteDec. 7, 2020 at 7pm Eastern
(Rebroadcast January 2021)
Courtney's Stars of Tomorrow:
Feel the Spirit Concert I
Feel the Spirit is a series dedicated to the study, preservation, and performance of the Negro Spiritual.
The first concert of this two-part concert series features baritone Justin Austin and soprano Brittany Robinson. Justin Austin will sing spirituals by H.T. Burleigh and Courtney Carey, including the world premiere of Carey's spiritual arrangements, "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?" and "In Bright Mansions Above". Brittany Robinson will sing spirituals by Hall Johnson, Hale Smith, Robert Morris, Tim Amukele and Margaret Bonds.
Courtney's Stars of Tomorrow is an arts conduit committed to promoting and presenting classical musicians of the highest calibre and is a vehicle to feature them in concert, recital, and opera. Additionally, Courtney's Stars of Tomorrow targets a multi-generational, ethnically diverse audience of both classical music lovers and those who have never been exposed to the medium.
Visit siteDec. 6, 2020 at 8pm Eastern
The University of Michigan Saxophone Studio
Fall Quartet Showcase
The revered classical saxophone program at the University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance brings a streamed recital, broadcast globally, featuring the program's saxophone quartets in their annual Fall class recital.
Visit siteOct. 25, 2020
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe:
Festival for Music of Our Time
The Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (University of Music, Karlsruhe) presents the final concert of the Karlsruher Festival für Musik unserer Zeit (Festival for Music of Our Time) live from the Wolfgang-Rihm-Forum. This special event, part of the Arts@Future on IDAGIO, curated by the Hampsong Foundation, featured compelling contemporary works by Wolfgang Rihm, Markus Hechtle, Márton Illés, Rebecca Saunders, and Vito Žuraj.
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OperaWire
Hampsong Foundation to Spotlight Young Artists with ‘Arts@Future’ Concert Series (Dec. 16, 2020)
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