Tribuna Musical: The multiple worlds of chamber opera

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The multiple worlds of chamber opera
Opera was born in 1597 at the Camerata Fiorentina, whose name indicates that at first it was an art form designed for a small audience in an intimate hall. Eventually the exiguous Late Renaissance orchestra grew into a sizable one during Baroque times and public theatres welcomed opera. Even then, there were big pieces such as Cavalli´s "Ercole amante" with great stage machines and a quest for splendor, and "intermezzi" such as Pergolesi´s "La serva padrona", with just two characters. Classicism was a time for refinement and Mozart´s "Così fan tutte" is the perfect example of a chamber opera. The expansion of Romanticism gave the genre little space, but nevertheless there are such pleasant small operas as Donizetti´s "Rita". In the Twentieth Century chamber opera sometimes came about as the result of restricted financial resources, and the same author, Benjamin Britten, could write the ample "Peter Grimes" and such chamber pieces as "The turn of the screw". Ideally this repertoire should be done with the small orchestra most composers require, but sometimes the originals are so "chamber" that they make do with just a piano, and at other times money (the lack of it) imposes the piano as a replacement.

Cultura Nación – 2º Concurso Internacional de Violín – Buenos Aires 2012

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2º Concurso Internacional de Violín – Buenos Aires 2012
9 de Enero 2012
Entre el 14 y el 27 de julio de 2012 se realizará el 2º Concurso Internacional de Violín – Buenos Aires 2012. Organizado por la Comunidad Amijai y presentado por la Fundación YPF, este certamen internacional volverá a convocar a jóvenes violinistas de todo el mundo y contará con un jurado de destacados artistas, presidido por el Maestro Shlomo Mintz. El Teatro Colón de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires será el escenario de la gala de cierre.
Hasta el 31 de marzo de 2012, todos los postulantes podrán inscribirse a través del sitio web www.violinbuenosaires.com.