Musica viva (Munich)

musica viva is a concert series of contemporary music, founded in Munich in 1945 by Karl Amadeus Hartmann. It has been run by the broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk from 1948. It is focused on orchestral music, performed at the Herkulessaal of the Münchner Residenz, but also features multi-media events and studio concerts at venues such as the Muffatwerk [de] culture centre, churches in Munich, the Marstall [de] theatre and the Gasteig.^[1]

It has been regarded as a leading series of contemporary music, along with the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Darmstädter Ferienkurse and the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik.^[1]

Artistic directors

The festival was directed by:^[1]

1945–1963: Karl Amadeus Hartmann
1963–1978: Wolfgang Fortner
1978–1997: Jürgen Meyer-Josten [de]
1997–2011: Udo Zimmermann
from 2011: Winrich Hopp [de]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Die musica viva im Wandel der Zeiten" (in German). 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

External links

Official website
Julia Zupancic: Musica viva. In: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns
musica viva (in German) BR 2011

[BR-1] "Die musica viva im Wandel der Zeiten" (in German). 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

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