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Cecilia Bartoli © Silvia Lelli

Cecilia Bartoli und die Berliner Philharmoniker in Baden-Baden

November-Programm soll besonderen Werken Gehör verschaffen

„Es gilt wieder der Kunst“. Baden-Badens Festspielhaus-Intendant Benedikt Stampa stellte das November-Programm seines Hauses vor, in dem unter anderem die Berliner Philharmoniker und ihr Chefdirigent Kirill Petrenko, die Mezzosopranistin Cecilia Bartoli und die Münchner Philharmoniker zu erleben sind. Im weiteren Verlauf des Novembers kommen Violinistin Julia Fischer und das Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionala di Santa Cecilia aus Rom unter der Leitung von Antonio Pappano mit einem Mozart-Programm (13.11.), die lettische Mezzosopranistin Elīna Garanča mit einem Liederabend (14.11.) und der deutsche Jazz-Trompeter Till Brönner mit einer Band (15.11.) nach Baden-Baden.

Mehr Information unter www.festspielhaus.de

Self-Taught Artist Wins BP Portrait Award 2020

Night Talk by Jiab Prachakul, 2019 © Jiab Prachakul

Jiab Prachakul has won the prestigious first prize in the BP Portrait Award 2020 it was announced today, Tuesday 5 May, on the National Portrait Gallery’s social media channels. Prachakul’s winning portrait, Night Talk, which depicts her close friends in a bar in Berlin, is displayed in the BP Portrait Award 2020 exhibition, which has opened online on the National Portrait Gallery’s website, while the Gallery in London is temporarily closed due to the current Coronavirus pandemic.

The winning portrait was selected from 1,981 entries from 69 countries. The judges thought the work was ‘an evocative portrait of a fleeting moment in time, giving us a glimpse into someone else’s life that is beautiful, mysterious and alive. It is loosely painted and the bold composition makes clever use of contrasting shapes.’

Prachakul wins £35,000 and a commission, at the National Portrait Gallery’s Trustees’ discretion, worth £7,000 (agreed between the National Portrait Gallery and the artist). Born in Nakhon Phanom, in northeast Thailand, in 2006 Prachakul relocated to London where she realised that she wanted to be an artist after attending the David Hockney exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Entirely self-taught, her work has been seen in solo exhibitions in the UK, Germany and France. This is the first time she has been selected for the BP Portrait Award exhibition.

Further Information www.npg.org.uk

Stefan Draschan beobachtet Menschen nicht nur im Museum

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