Monday Art Garden

On July 9th Al Quds University invited their staff and all students to a "Monday Art Garden". 

    The Monday Art Garden is a monthly creative event presenting an open air art exhibition of the students of Fine Arts and a colourful music programme by Al Quds University Music Department. Special guests on Monday were guest professor Nicolas Dufetel from France on the piano and singer Aglaia Maria Mika from Austria.

   The spontanious, relaxed and joyful ambiance inspired students, visitors and staff to watch, listen and particpate.  

concert at the Hammam Al Ayn

On July 7th Austrian mezzo-soprano Aglaia Maria Mika performed songs of Hildegard of Bingen at the Hammam Al Ayn at the Centre for Jerusalem Studies in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The artist accompanied herself on a shrutibox which is an old Indian instrument and explained to the audience about the text, history and structure of Hildegard of Bingen's music.

Aglaia Mika will come back to Al Quds University in October 2012 in order to give lectures and workshops for music therapy. We are also looking forward to further performances with the artist in Abu Dies, Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

Invitation to a recital with Aglaia Maria Mika

We cordially invite you to a recital of Austrian Mezzosoprano Aglaia Maria Mika.

Aglaia Maria Mika will perform songs of Hildegard of Bingen at the Hammam Al Ayn, 

Souq Al Qattanin, in the Old City of Jerusalem 

on July 7th at 7 pm.

Reservations: 

Mail: petra@music.alquds.edu

Phone: 02 6287517

Piano Recital at Hind al Husseini College

In the evening of May 29th Hind al Husseini College Theatre Hall turned into a classic music hall with the internationally renowned piano duet Marialena Fernandes and Ranko Markovic.
 

The evening was supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum and presented by the new al Quds University College of Music planning it's further activities in July and autumn 2012. The Musicians presented pieces by Mahler, Cassela, Bruckner and Rachmaninov. The artists who came especially from Vienna to Jerusalem to perform this unique concert are both representatives of most renowned Austrian academic music institutions. 

At the end of the concert Ranko Markovic, artistic director of the Vienna Conservatory Music University, expressed his wishes to support Al Quds University's new music initiative. 

Marialena Fernandes was impressed by the wonderful attention and curiosity of Jerusalem's audience. Both artists have spent several days in The Old City and on Abu Dies campuses, interacting with students, professors and partner institutions of al Quds University.  
 
 

 
The concert audience made up of a diverse group of 90 residents of the city, Palestinians and internationals,  with the presence of President of al Quds University, Prof Sari Nusseibeh, were all  thrilled by the breathtaking piano recital and the harmonious light effects especially created for this evening. The artistic event was complemented with an exhibition of art works by students of al Quds University Fine Arts.

Call for the first Al-Quds Composition Award

The first Al-Quds Composition Award will be presented by the new Al-Quds University College of Music, celebrating the cultural uniqueness of the city of Jerusalem. This year it will be supported by the Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ramallah.

It will be awarded and the winning submission performed during the Autumn Academy of Al-Quds University College of Music, Jerusalem, during October 2012. The Artistic director of the performances will be Anke Rauthmann, director of Berlin International Opera.

This new award aims to encourage the creation of high quality chamber music works which include elements of Oriental and Western European music combined with human voice.

A panel of judges consisting of international composers and contemporary music experts will select the winning composition. The winning composer is expected to attend the rehearsals and award concert in Jerusalem. The cost of travel and accommodation will be covered.

Deadline of submission: July 25th 2012

Maximum of instruments or voices involved: 4 (human voice is obligatory)

Title of the new piece: Impossible Grace

Composition prize: 1000 Euros

 „Music scores“ by Maria Tupay Duque

 

The music should be inspired by and reflect on the following poem ‘Impossible Grace’

by Meena Alexander, poet in residence at Al-Quds University, 2011:

Impossible Grace

I

At Herod’s gate

I heap flowers in a crate

Poppies, moist lilies --

It’s dusk, I wait.

II

Wild iris --

The color of your eyes before you were born

That hard winter

And your mother brought you to Damascus gate.

III

My desire silent as a cloud,

It floats through New gate

Over the fists

Of the beardless boy-soldiers.

IV

You stopped for me at Lion’s gate,

Feet wet with dew

From the torn flagstones

Of Jerusalem.

V

Love, I was forced to approach you

Through Dung gate

My hands the color

Of the broken houses of Silwan.

VI

At Zion’s gate I knelt and wept.

An old man, half lame --

He kept house in Raimon’s café,

Led me to the fountain.

VII

At Golden gate

Where rooftops ring with music

I glimpse your face.

You have a coat of many colors -- impossible grace.

 

Please send the score digitally or by post to:

Petra R. Klose

Al-Quds University College of Music

c/o Künstler und Kulturprojekte

Marc Aurel Strasse 2a/6/8

1010 Vienna – Austria

Mail: petra@music.alquds.edu

The score must contain the composer's name, address, telephone number, e-mail and a brief biographical sketch.

If a recording of the work is available, it should accompany the score.

The premiere performance of the winning composition will be presented in two concerts in Jerusalem in October 2012.

For further information please contact:

Ms. Petra R. Klose

Tel: +43 664 2549593 or +972 54 4687640

Mail: petra@music.alquds.edu

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