INVITATION TO COMPOSERS

The London Schubert Players Trust, The Romanian Cultural Institute in Paris and Info Manager Association in Bucharest invite you to join them on a remarkable classical music journey across Europe and beyond.

Invitation to Composers is a ground-breaking project for the European Commission. Over two years (November 2009 – October 2011) an impressive number of concerts, workshops, seminars, conferences, and presentations of audio-visual products and publications will take place in the UK, France and Romania.

The musical journey leads audiences and performers to the very source of inspiration and establishes a new form of relationship between composers, performers and audiences around the world. It is a consequence of the unique international call to composers to enrich the European classical music patrimony with instrumental combinations that do not exist or are very rare in the chamber music repertoire. Five works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Messiaen and Enescu have been chosen as inspirational ‘models’ and are performed and recorded side-by-side with the new works. The audience is made to feel part of the creative process by taking an active part in the dialogue between composers and performers during the seminars and workshops.

The international recognition achieved by Invitation to Composers even before its official launch on March 31st 2010 is testimony to the project’s inventiveness, appeal and brilliance.

For info and reservations please email [email protected] or Tel 020 7603 1396.

OUR SUCCESS

Invitation to Composers has become one of the 'Success Stories' of the European Commission (DG Education and Culture) and is now available online at here. The Commission are planning to use them in different channels, forms and media. This will include illustrations of websites and brochures, pull-out quotes for press releases, speeches etc. Information on our 'Story' can be accessed and used as long as the European Commission is cited as the source and it is not used for commercial purposes.

INVITATION TO COMPOSERS IS FINANCED BY:

  • European Union Culture Fund, Programme 2007-2013
  • London Schubert Players Trust
  • Lionel Tertis Foundation, London
  • Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris
  • Romanian Cultural Institute, London

THE PROJECT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES KIND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM:

  • British Council, Romania
  • VIS NOVUM AB, Sweden
  • Norwegian Embassy in the UK
  • Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
  • Music Information Centre Norway
  • Arts Council of Finland
  • Ministry of Culture, Croatia
  • Concordia Foundation, London
  • Britten-Pears Foundation
  • Steinway & Sons
  • Mr & Mrs David and Elizabeth Nussbaum
  • Mr & Mrs Vincent and Samira Bourgeois
  • Mrs Ursula Bagdasarjanz
  • Mr Kenneth Smith
  • Ms Cristina Mircescu
  • Ms Ariane Braillard

PROJECT TEAM UK

  • Project Director Anda Anastasescu
  • Editors John Gritten, Allan Hughes
  • Music Consultant Luminita Spinu
  • PR and Management Consultant Leor Segal
  • Design Georgina Rhodes, Richard Proctor and Vanessa Cojocaru
  • Printing Tadberry Evedale
  • Project Assistant Evelyne Bologa
  • Photography Ben Gritten, Clara Portugheis, Oskar
  • Proctor and Ionela Flood
  • Creative writing Alexander Enahoro
  • Recording Engineers Kirsten Cowie, Tom Leader, Gregorio Fontén

PROJECT TEAM FRANCE

  • Magda Carneci, Katia Danila, Crengutza Sofronea, Madalina Tureatca

PROJECT TEAM ROMANIA

  • Ionela Flood, Silvia Suiu

PARTNERS IN OUR EVENTS

  • Embassy of Romania in the UK
  • Romanian Cultural Institute, London
  • Embassy of Romania in France
  • Norwegian Embassy in the UK
  • British Council Romania
  • Royal Academy of Music, London
  • Université Paris 8
  • George Enescu International Festival 2011, Romania
  • National Music University, Bucharest
  • Gheorghe Dima Music Academy, Cluj
  • Radio Romania Actualitati
  • Radio Romania International
  • Radio Romania Cultural
  • Radio Romania Muzical
  • Ciocarlia Radio Station, London
  • The Griffon Area Partnership, Norfolk
  • Stewart’s Melville College, Edinburgh
  • Opus Musica, London
  • Românca Society
  • Asociatia Adolescentul, Bucharest
  • RING Media Group, Bucharest
  • Pro Diaspora Publications

AS WELL AS FRIENDS OF THE PROJECT FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC HELP:

  • Margaret and Robert Lyons
  • Mick Flood
  • Christiane Gould
  • Séverine Gould
  • Nicki Billington
  • Susanne and John Mason
  • David Morgan
  • Roger Buck
  • Aida Armitage
  • Sophie Warren

The Parochial Church Councils of:

  • St Botolph’s, Trunch
  • St Nicholas’, North Walsham
  • St Margaret’s, Paston
  • St Edmund King & Martyr, Acle
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Address: Flat 7, The Old Courthouse, 45 North End Road, London W14 8SZ
Tel/Fax: 00 44 (0) 20 7603 1396
Email: [email protected]

www.invitationtocomposers.co.uk
www.londonschubertplayers.co.uk