Karl Amadeus Hartmann im Jahr 1945 und die Anfänge der musica viva
14.05.25
Munich 1945 – real awakening or ‘business as usual’? A long-awaited moment for many in the resistance, some – including Erwin Schulhoff and Maria Luiko – were not to live to see it. Karl Amadeus Hartmann founded the musica viva concert series for young people. The exhibition focuses on the challenges of the new beginning, but also provides insights into disappointments, dashed hopes and his composition workshop.
A visit to the exhibition is possible during the upcoming events (9 July / 1 October / 29 October / 26 November) or by prior appointment (by e-mail/by telephone). Guided tours are available on request.
It is with great sadness that the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Center bids farewell to its long-standing member and former Chairman of the GEMA Board of Directors, Prof. Dr Reinhold Kreile, who passed away on Friday, 30 August 2024, at the age of 94. Reinhold Kreile was not only a committed member of our society, but also deeply connected to the musical legacy of Karl Amadeus Hartmann and the Hartmann family. Music was always at the centre of his work, and with his death Munich’s cultural life has lost an important personality. The Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre will always honour Reinhold Kreile’s memory.
On 20 July 2024, the Kollegienkirche offered an extraordinary concert programme with works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pärt and Karl Amadeus Hartmann as part of the Salzburg Festival. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, dressed in bright red, performed Hartmann’s ‘Concerto funebre’ together with the Camerata Salzburg with impressive vibrancy and energy. A detailed review of this special evening is linked below. In 2023, Kopatchinskaja was made an honorary member of the Hartmann Society for her services to Karl Amadeus Hartmann and his work. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/salzburger-festspiele-ouverture-spirituelle-102.html
Congratulations to the two speakers of this year’s hartmannforum Charlotte Steup and Johanna Bulitta! We are very much looking forward to the respective music-historical and music-analytical lectures on Hartmann’s Concerto funebre. When? 27th November 2024 at 6.30 pm Where? Premises of the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre in Franz-Joseph-Str. 20 80801 Munich. Further information can be soon found on the homepage.
The Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society/Hartmann Center is hosting the hartmannforum, a platform for the promotion of young musicologists in German-speaking countries, for the second time on 27 November 2024 at 6.30 pm.
The hartmannforum scientific conference will be held in the premises of the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society/Hartmann Centre in Franz-Joseph-Str. 20 80801 Munich. The overarching theme is Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Concerto funebre for solo violin and string orchestra (1939/rev. new version 1959). In addition to introductory thoughts by Andreas Hérm Baumgartner (Director of the Hartmann Centre) and a keynote speech by Prof. Dr Wolfgang Rathert (LMU Munich), the symposium will include two contributions. A music-historical and a music-analytical lecture on the Concerto funebre are therefore being organised. The presentation should last 45 to a maximum of 60 minutes.
The call for applications is specifically aimed at people who have already obtained a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Music degree in musicology or music studies and were born after 27 November 1994. All information on the hartmannforum can also be found in the announcement below.
The application deadline is 17 May 2024 at 23:59 CET (digital receipt). Applications received after this date cannot be considered. The winners will be notified by email by 15 July 2024 at the latest.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Marion Lutsch (marion.lutsch@hartmann-gesellschaft.de)
It is with great sadness that the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre bids farewell to one of the most important composers of the post-war period. Aribert Reimann died in Berlin at the age of 88. He was a founding member of the Hartmann Society and he and his works were welcome guests at our concerts.
The Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society / Hartmann Centre will always honour Aribert Reimann’s memory.
We would like to draw your attention to an exciting concert by the ensemble risonanze erranti under the direction of Peter Tilling at the Schwere Reiter on 24 January 2024 at 8 pm. The occasion for the concert is the 100th birthday of the Italian composer Luigi Nono. The three composers of the evening – Luigi Nono, Hans Werner Henze and Karl Amadeus Hartmann – were linked by a close friendship and Hartmann is often cited as the mentor of the two much younger composers. The programme includes two works by Luigi Nono, his “Canti per 13” (1955) and the “Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica per Ensemble” (1951) as well as Henze’s “Der Idiot” (1952) with paraphrases of Dostoyevsky on poems by Ingeborg Bachmann and Hartmann’s “Burleske Musik für Ensemble” (1931). In “Burleske Musik”, Hartmann takes up various musical trends of the time, including jazz elements, song style and allusions to Kurt Weill’s “Kleine Dreigroschenmusik”. The importance of “Burleske Musik” is also shown by the fact that it was not only his first work to appear in print, but was also dedicated to his future wife Elisabeth (born Reussmann).
Die Karl Amadeus Hartmann-Gesellschaft / Hartmann-Center wünscht Ihnen frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr 2024. Wir bedanken uns herzlich für eine spannende Saison 2023 und freuen uns darauf Sie im nächsten Jahr wieder bei unseren Veranstaltungen begrüßen zu dürfen. Alles Gute und bis kommenden April!
To mark the start of the new 2023/2024 season and his official inauguration as Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg State Philharmonic, conductor Roland Böer has come up with a very special programme for the first concert of the season, with performances of Hartmann’s Symphonic Hymns and Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. Remaining tickets for the concert on Friday, 13 October are still available via the following link:
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