Video Showcases
Classical:NEXT video showcases are a new presentation format which complements the live showcases. The 10-minute videos show recent projects of musicians, ensembles or larger productions via live footage, interviews or documentaries about the artistic content and context.
The video showases are thus an ideal opportunity to present large ensembles or staged productions such as operas. At the same time, this format is designed to enable artists, ensembles or productions to present themselves when traveling or scheduling issues make a live appearance impossible. Moreover, the video showases are an appropriate way to present work in progress to the professional community at Classical:NEXT.
The 2013 video showcases A - Z:
Founded in 1995 by Marc Michael De Semt, this 24-strong chamber choir dedicates itself to embrace all forms of contemporary music in a global context: classical and popular, sacred and secular, progressive and conservative.
Dreamers' Circus (Denmark/Sweden)
Dreamers' Circus Symphony Orchestra Project: www.dreamerscircus.comThis video showcase features a collective of three musicians – violin, cittern and piano/accordion – who explore the boundaries between classical and Scandinavian folk music whilst performing their original compositions with the Copenhagen Philharmonic.
Ensemble Dialogos (France)
Judith - A Biblical Story from Renaissance Croatia:www.ensemble-dialogos.org
Founded by Croatian singer and musicologist Katarina Livljanić this production brings medieval music to life by linking new musicological research with a theatrical approach to performance.
With a main focus on innovative twentieth century music, using the unusual mix of strings, wind instruments and piano this group explores the latest experimental trends. In particular the fusion of traditional compositions with contemporary repertoire.
Aiming to create music which breaks through the divisions of society, this project unites members of the Amman Symphony Orchestra, the Palestinian Youth Orchestra and children from local refugee camps to perform Merlijn's compositions which were a result of collaborations with Arab musicians and singers.