February 21, 14:30-15:00
‘Music in Exile’
Presented by Accentus Music
While music in exile might not be a new phenomenon, it has changed over the years – and while social media + global connectivity have made the world seemingly smaller, the song remains much the same.
Violinist Daniel Hope and opera + film director Oksana Taranenko will reflect on exile hubs, the effects on emigré artists and their music, and share personal experiences.
SPEAKERS
Daniel Hope
Violinist
Violinist Daniel Hope is valued and celebrated worldwide for his musical creativity and commitment to humanitarian causes. He is best known for creating and hosting over 150 episodes of music and talk in the award-winning Hope@Home livestream series broadcast by ARTE during the 2020 lockdown. With the beginning of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, he initiated several benefit concerts with Ukrainian pianist Alexey Botvinov. Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra since 2016, in 2018 he took up the same position with San Francisco’s New Century Chamber Orchestra. In 2019, he also became Artistic Director of the Frauenkirche Dresden, and he has been President of the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn since 2020.
Oksana Taranenko
Opera + Film Director
Motivated by her strong passion for musical theater and film, Oksana gained the reputation of a knowledgeable and experienced professional with exceptional artistic vision and creative skills. Persuading both of the domains, she always finds a way to integrate their features to develop new dimensions in her works. As a meditator for many years and being fond of human nature and psyche, she is known for psychologically probing interpretations of the operatic repertoire and special personal approach in the work with actors. She is running workshops for artists from many disciplines in which she uses the method that she developed; ‘Acting Skills in Modern Media’.
Presented by
- IMZ