1 “Music as a catalyst for Dialogue and Communication” International forum in celebration of the International Year for Cultural Raprochement 15h-17h Conference Room IV Multi-cultural Music recital: Conference Room IV 17h30 28 June 2010 Organized by: Melody for Dialogue Among Civilizations Association www.melodydialogue.org In partnership with: UNESCO American University in Paris Mission of Uzbekistan Mission of Hungry 3 List of speakers 4 Andrew Kaiser Associate Fellow, The STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Carnegie Mellon University Founding Member of the Deep Space Signaling Group Andrew Kaiser is an Associate Fellow at the Studio for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, where he is a founding member with Lowry Burgess of the Deep Space Signaling Group. Kaiser’s work follows questions that resonate with a liturgical construct of deep space, mixing sonic analysis, psycho-geography and electromagnetic sculpture. In the summer of 2008, Andrew consulted with Squonk Opera for their latest work, Astrorama, a multimedia piece that addresses the human urge to reach into space presented as part of the recent Pittsburgh 250 celebration. As an author, Kaiser has had articles published in Computer Music Journal, Leonardo Journal of Art and Science, and in an upcoming collection of essays entitled Between Worlds, to be released by MIT Press, also with Doug Vakoch of the SETI Institute. His work has been included on documentaries produced by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (in a history of electronic music) and the BBC (on SETI, based on work with Doug Vakoch). He has presented papers on the Art and Science of Extra-terrestrial communication at workshops sponsored by the SETI institute, and at the Space Art conference held at the European Space Agency. Kaiser follows an Ivesian split between composition and business, with a professional career in technology project management. In addition, he has significant involvement in non-profit management including terms as treasurer and president on the Board of Trustees of the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh. 5 Michael Schindhelm Founding Director of Cultural & Arts Authority in Dubai Since 2007 Michael Schindhelm has been Founding Director for Cultural & Arts Authority in Dubai and Advise Hong Kong on new large-scale culture center. In 1979 he studied at the International University of Voronezh (USSR) and graduated with a Master of Science in Quantum Chemistry. From 1984 to 1986 he was Research Assistant at the Academy of Science in East Berlin where he worked in the department of theoretical chemistry, where among others Angela Merkel was also active. Afterwards he worked as a freelancer translator, author and dramaturge. In 1990 Mr. Schindhelm became Managing Director adviser of the Theatre Nordhausen. In1992, he was appointed as Managing Director of the Theatre Gera. From 1994 to 1996, he was Managing Director of the Theatre Altenburg Gera, and afterwards, from 1996 to 2006, Managing Director at the Theatre Basel. Since 2005, he has been Executive Director of the newly founded “Stiftung Oper in Berlin”, the world’s largest opera group, comprising three houses: Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper, Komische Oper. Beyond that, Mr. Schindhelm is active as a novelist (Roberts Reise, Zauber des Westens, Die Herausforderung), screenwriter and translator. Amongst others, he has made documentaries on “Chants of the Steppes” (2004) in the desert Gobi and in Beijing Opera House and Herzog & de Meuron in China called the “Bird’s Nest” (2008). 6 Susanna Mälkki Music Director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain (EIC) Former Artistic Director of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and other Opera in Europe and Asia Susanna Mälkki’s versatility and broad repertoire have taken her to symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, contemporary music ensembles and opera houses around the world. She is currently Music Director of the Ensemble intercontemporain and was Artistic Director of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra until the end of 2005. In recent seasons, Ms. Mälkki has conducted many prestigious orchestras including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Ochestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Münchner Philharmoniker. Highlights in coming seasons include debuts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, and the San Francisco, Pittsburgh and National Symphony Orchestras. 7 Bartholomeus-Henri Van de Velde Founding Music Director of the Charlemagne Orchestra for Europe, Music Conductor Maestro Van de Velde has enjoyed great success as guest conductor of many orchestras around the world. He began his professional career in music as a violinist in his native Belgium. He studied conducting at The Pierre Monteux School for Advanced Conductors and at the Tanglewood Center for the Arts under the personal direction of Lorin Maazel. In 2008-2009, Maestro Van de Velde led the Nirvana Philharmonic Orchestra in a nationally televised gala in the KBS hall in Seoul, Korea, as well as the Flint Symphony and the Buenos Aires Philharmonic. Maestro Van de Velde and the Charlemagne Orchestra have recorded the Tchaikovsky “Serenade for Strings”, Shostakovitch’s “Kammersinfonie”, and the Concerto for violin and piano of “Mendelssohn” with Katchatour Almazian, violin and Martin Cousin, piano for the SONORIS label. The Charlemagne Orchestra was in residence at the 2008 Intermezzo Opera Festival in Bruges, where Maestro Van de Velde led performances of Die Zauberflöte and the opening Gala Concert and Finals Concert of the Elardo International Opera Competition. Maestro Van de Velde was selected as a Rolex Artist Ambassador in 2005 and has appeared in the prestigious watchmaker’s print advertising campaign since that time. He added a second Ambassadorship in 2008, that of luxury car manufacturer BMW. 8 Richard Bourdarham Conductor of Bel’Arte Symphonic Orchestra Artistic Director of l’Opera d’Ile de France Richard Boudarham since September 2007 is the Artistic Director of the “Opera d’Ile de France” and the founder and Conductor of the Bel’Arte Symphonic Orchestra. He studied piano and clarinet while attending university. Interested in conducting the orchestra, he pursued his studies with R.P. Chouteau and S. Celibidache. He began his career as the Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music of Ile-de-France, and subsequently he established his own orchestra, the Bel’Arte Symphony orchestra, in 1992. Since then, Mr. Boudarham has conducted with various orchestras in France (Paris, Bordeaux, Agen...) and participated as a Guest Conductor in a number of festivals in France and abroad. He directed the Oratorio Society of New York (official chorus of Carnegie Hall). In November 2006, he performed at a multi-cultural concert (Mozart, but not only,..) organized by the Association Melody for Dialogue Among Civilizations (MDACA) for the 60th anniversary of UNESCO in Paris, and in June 2007, he was invited as a Guest Conductor to the International Opera Festival in Miskolc, Hungary, where he directed Charles Gounod’s opera, “Mireille”. In Dec 2007, he was also invited by MDACA, Northeastern University and UNESCO to perform as a Guest Conductor with the Prague Philarmonic Orchestra at UNESCO and with the St. Luke’s Orchestra at the Lincoln Center (Avery Fisher Hall) in New York. 9 Sylvie Douche Maître de Conférences en Musicologie à l’Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) Après des études de Musicologie à la Sorbonne et au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, Sylvie Douche effectua un diplôme de troisième cycle en Histoire de l’art (à Paris I) et en Littérature comparée (à Paris IV). Agrégée, Docteur et Maître de Conférences en Musicologie à l’Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), où elle co-dirigea la Faculté de Musique & Musicologie jusqu’en 2008, elle s’intéresse, dans ses recherches, aux liens unissant musique et texte littéraire (articles sur la mélodie) et publie essentiellement sur la musique française des XIXe- XXe siècles ; elle a ainsi récemment dirigé un ouvrage consacré à Maurice Emmanuel. Ses recherches concernent également le répertoire pianistique de cette époque et les études interprétatives. Titulaire des palmes académiques, elle dirige, depuis de nombreuses années, des choeurs et orchestres de jeunes étudiants avec qui elle donna maints concerts en France et à l’étranger (Londres, Cracovie, Prague, Bratislava, Todmoos, Abu Dhabi, Stockholm, Budapest, Kiev...) Elle a aussi fait des disques et des comédies musicales avec des enfants de tous bords. Mme Douche par son probité intellectuelle, ne peut défendre l’idée de la «musique universelle». En revanche, elle est persuadée que la musique demeure un des arts les plus propices à l’échange culturel entre les nations, si tant est qu’elles en aient le désir, car son expérience ‘a prouvé que les codes musicaux diffèrent grandement d’un pays à l’autre. 10 András Batta, PhD President of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest Andás Batta, PhD, studied musicology and cello at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, and since 1979 has taught the history of music there. Between 1976 and 1996 he was responsible for numerous music broadcasts on Hungarian Broadcast and Television (Budapest) and ORF (Vienna). Between 1996 and 2001 he worked as an editor for music publishers Könemann (Cologne-Budapest). 2002- 2004 he was head of the department of musicology and vice president at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in