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programme includes events organized for our
patrons and friends: |
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 On
the occasion of World TB Day 2008
U.S. premiere at Opera Museum, N.Y.
Our musical drama "Chopin and The
Nightingale" will be performed at the Chopin
Festival of the
Marcella Sembrich Opera
Museum, Bolton Landing, Lake George, New York on 25 and 27 July
2008. >> MORE |
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 Ongoing
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw invited on 12
May 2006 the founders of Icons of Europe to become
"honorary advisers" to the Chopin 2010 bicentenary (Countdown to 2010).
- Icons of Europe began in 2007 an exchange of ideas
with the
City
of Lodz, Poland on its bid to become a European
Capital of Culture in 2016. Chopin 2010 as well as
Arthur Rubinstein and his favourite composers will be
central to this project. |
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 Ongoing
Oscar Wilde / Boston / Napoleon
Research on the life and works of Irish poet-dramatist
Oscar Wilde is a priority. He wrote
in 1890: "After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had
been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and
mourning over tragedies that were not my own" (The
Critic As Artist).
Partly related, research is also being
conducted on the cultural exchanges of the distinguished 19th century
BOSTON SATURDAY CLUB with Europe, and on NAPOLEON's rise
to power in France and Europe. |
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 Ongoing
Posthumous period of Chopin
New
research is being conducted on the 1849-1929
posthumous period of Chopin, and on Jenny Lind's use of symbolism for the
enshrinement of the legacies of Chopin and herself.
The enshrinement reached a climax in Paris during La Belle
Époque. |
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 Ongoing
Development of film project
in partnership with
IT FINANCE.
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw and Daniel
Blumenthal, the renowned pianist, are advisors to the project.
The research work of Icons of Europe has been used to
write the 120-page screenplay.It will be the first historically
correct feature film about Chopin, and the first ever about Jenny Lind.
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Non-fiction
book on the film
In connection with the release of the film, a book on the film and the historical evidence
for each scene will be published. The content will also include information on the
many friends and patrons of Chopin and Jenny Lind. |
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 24 April 2005, Toronto, premiere
"Chopin and The Nightingale"
performed in context of World
TB Day
by The Glenn Gould School of the
Royal
Conservatory of Music at the
Royal Ontario Museum; co-produced
with Icons of Europe and with the
support of Toronto Public Health. |
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 2 April 2005
Hans Christian Andersen
The 200-year anniversary of
Hans Christian Andersen's birthday was
celebrated in Toronto by the Nightingale
events on 4 March and 24 April
(see below and above).
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 4 March 2005, Toronto, concert
"Chopin masterpieces
and Nightingale songs"
In the context of World TB Day,
Chopin's Concerto in F-minor
and songs from "Chopin and
The Nightingale" performed by
The Glenn Gould School.
Hans Christian Andersen: 200 years! |
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 11-12 January
2005, Edinburgh
Roundtable with British musicologists, University of
Edinburgh, on the Chopin / Jenny Lind research findings. |
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 July - December, 2004, Lasne
Research initiatives
In preparation for future events and publications, research on new issues:
- Film project: Chopin / Jenny Lind
- Chopin key venues in Paris
- Trail of Mazurka in A-flat,
op. 24, n° 3
- Polish art treasures in
Canada
- "Lucrezia" | Niecks
| Stirling | Tellefsen |
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 5 June 2004, near Brussels
"Dvorák and Brahms:
a creative friendship"
A recital for cello and piano by Justus Grimm and Daniel
Blumenthal, to celebrate the New Europe and Dvorák's 100-year anniversary on 1 May 1904.
Icons of the Czech Republic
Patronage: CZ, DE, US embassies. |
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 6 April 2004, Embassy
of Sweden, Warsaw
Nightingale Opus 24
Musical drama for piano, two
sopranos and narrator - to celebrate the New Europe through Chopin, Jenny Lind and Hans
Christian Andersen with a specially invited audience including sponsor guests. |
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 1 March 2004, in Warsaw
Expert roundtable
Presentation and discussion of our new research
findings on Chopin and Jenny Lind at a roundtable (ref. minutes) with
Chopin experts and the media at Warsaw Philharmonic, in connection with the annual Chopin
birthday concert. |
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 11 October 2003, in Lasne
Nightingale Opus 24
Based on the new Chopin biography, avant-premiere of a musical drama for piano, two sopranos and narrator
- to celebrate Chopin, Jenny Lind and Hans Christian Andersen. Patronage by six
ambassadors. With thanks to our sponsors. |
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A tenue-de-ville dress code and an indoor
no-smoking
policy apply to all events in Lasne.
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