AWCB Partner the International Study Group announced this extraordinary event. Thanks to the good relations Felicitas Donker has with responsible persons of the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth and the Concours Reine Elisabeth (Queen Elisabeth Competition), she has been able to organise an attractive trip to the Chapelle with an interesting program.
Thursday, 12 May from 10:00-12:00 followed by lunch
Musicale Reine Elisabeth and the Concours Reine Elisabeth (Queen Elisabeth Competition) , she has been able to organise an attractive trip to the Chapelle with an interesting program. THE CHAPELLE MUSICALE REINE ELISABETH
“Offshoot of ideas about musical training initiated by Eugène Ysaÿe 20 years earlier, the Music Chapel was inaugurated on 12 July 1939 by Queen Elisabeth. It is one of three musical institutions (the others being the Queen Elisabeth Competition and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the residence orchestra of the Queen Elisabeth Hall) dedicated to the former Queen.” (Wikipedia)
The Chapelle in its impressive Art Déco building complete with original furniture and interior decoration plus its modern addition hosts a great number of teaching, rehearsal and concert rooms and is the temporary home for year-round residents (currently 15) and the participants of the Queen Elisabeth Competition during the weeks of their seclusion before the event. Its main function is being a high-level music school for the most talented students from all over the world on a number of different instruments.
The Chapelle has a rich and wide-ranging program of concerts every month. The building is not publicly accessible except for tours and guests. We will experience the “musicality” of the building where you hear people practicing and rehearsing in all corners.
PROGRAM
Thursday, 12 May
10:00 Guided tour through the Chapelle visiting the rehearsal and concert rooms as well as a quick look into the living quarters of the residents.
12:00 Concert
We let the artists in residence surprise us with their ‘cartes blanches’. It will be a cello concert which is this year’s competition instrument.
13:30 Lunch in the restaurant of The Chapelle
PRICES
The price of the guided tour and the concert is €20.00.
The price for the lunch of one course, water and coffee is €29.00.
Participants may choose the guided tour and the concert, only. Or the tour, concert and lunch.
DEADLINE
Please sign up with Felicitas Donker before 20 April. Phone 02 375 39 98, GSM: 0470 55 06 52, email: donker@skynet.be. Payment to the ISG account BE32 3100 5147 9202 after your reservation has been confirmed.
