1. Sight-reading European policies | Rarita Zbranca

Hello and welcome to the last special episode of the 4th season of the Early Music Podcast, dedicated to the impressions shared by the participants of the Early Music Summit with host Darina Ablogina.  CREDITSguests Richard Lorber, WDR and the Early Music Days in Herne Mélanie Froehly, ZAMUSThomas Höft and Georg Kroneis, Kunsthaus 17Lila Hajosi, Ensemble IriniJorge Losana, ECOS Festival Sofie Vanden Eynde, Imago Mundi EnsembleJurgen De bruyn, Zefiro Torna EnsembleKarin Cuéllar Rendón, Early Music Americainterview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicNocturne in E major, Frédéric Chopinperformed by Raoul KoczalskiHistorical recording, 1938¡Cucú, cucú!, Juan del Enzinaperformed by Ensemble Cantoria2021Ensemble Irini at La Cité de la Voix2017The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Priceperformed by Reginald Mobley and AgaveAmerican Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021Introduction, Sofie Vanden EyndeMistress Elizabeth Davenant, Her Songes, 2012The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a, Piotr Ilitch TchaikovskySymphony No. 41 & Symphony No. 41 in C 'Jupiter', K. 551, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In a branch of music where research plays such a central role, how can there be such a disconnection between research and performance? How can we create cooperation between both fields? These themes, according to Rebekah Ahrendt, are central in "EarlyMuse", a research action funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Listen to her describe her ideal world in this final episode of the 4th season of the Early Music Podcast! CREDITSguest Rebekah Ahrendt, Utrecht University interview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicString Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1, "Razumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto, Ludwig van Beethovenperformed by Quatuor ÉbèneBeethoven around the World, Erato 2019The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Priceperformed by Reginald Mobley and AgaveAmerican Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021

How early music can be specific in its approach to new audiences? How are conservatoires tackling this issue? Isaac Alonso de Molina shares his views on the need for conservatoires to teach audience development, as the first step to develop the artists' skills to engage with society, and a focal point of the European Association of Conservatoires' Early Music working group discussions. CREDITSguest Isaac Alonso de Molina, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag interview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicAve verum corpus, O sacrum conviviumperformed by La Academia de los Nocturnos and Ensemble La Danserye2023

What’s the situation of inclusion in the Early Music sector? In this episode, countertenor Reginald Mobley puts the issues of race, gender, and more generally, identity under the spotlight. He talks about the challenges and discrimination he faced as an Afro-American singer, and opens our eyes to the progress that still needs to be made to make the sector more inclusive.   CREDITSguest Reginald Mobley, countertenorinterview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicMusic for a while, Henry Purcellperformed by Reginald Mobley and Brandon Acker2022The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Priceperformed by Reginald Mobley and AgaveAmerican Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021

What’s the current situation of recordings in Early Music? How can we innovate in a sector that has undergone such change in recent years? Listen to Hannelore Guittet’s view on the topic: starting as co-founder of recording label NomadMusic, she had to adapt to drastic changes in the recording industry and created interactive application NomadPlay. She shares some of her processes and reflects on the perks of this creative mindset!CREDITSguest Hannelore Guittet, NomadPlayinterview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicPartita No.1 in B-flat major, BWV 825, Johann Sebastian Bachperformed by Jean-Luc HoIntégrale des Partitas pour clavecin, NoMadMusic 2018

In this episode, Tiago Simas Freire discusses how research is also a means of connecting the past with present emotions. More than historically informed, Early Music can be culturally informed and resonate with our own experiences. And that’s the first step for successful research projects that will breach the market! CREDITSguest Tiago Simas Freire, "Per esercitarsi nella dispositione di gorgia" (CNSMDL, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, HEM Geneva)interview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicAd Tenebras - Jerusalem surge - Responsório II, Dizidme qual de los dos, Requiem aeternam - Graduale - Anonyme, Zente Pleto - Vilancico Negro a2 & a6 performed by Capella Sanctae Crucis and Tiago Simas FreireAd Tenebras, Artway Records / University of Coimbra 2023

How do we create and innovate in early music today? How do we reappropriate music that has been played thousands of times? Raphaël Pichon puts honesty, generosity, objectivity and responsibility at the heart of his work with the Pygmalion ensemble. In this 4th episode, he shares his views on the challenges faced by each generation, the need for an open mind and artistic responsibility. CREDITSguest Raphaël Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalioninterview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicLes Boréades, RCT 31, Act IV, Scene 4: Entrée de Polymnie, Jean-Philippe Rameauperformed by Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël PichonEnfers, Harmonia Mundi 2018Cantata BWV82 - Ich Habe Genug, Johann Sebastian Bachperformed by Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichonlive performance, Philharmonie de Paris 2018

What role do agents play in promoting early music? How can they help the sector evolve? Management, digitization, new expectations, news skills... Clémentine Richard from l'Agence Artist Management shares her views on the changes in the management business in this third episode of the Early Music Podcast. CREDITSguest Clementine Richard, Agence Artist Managementinterview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicAria, Nicola Matteisperformed by Gli Incogniti and Amandine BeyerFalse Consonances of Melancholy, Alpha Classics 2019III. Adagio molto e mestoString Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1, "Razumovsky", Ludwig Van Beethovenperformed by Quatuor ÉbèneBeethoven around the world, Warner Classics 2020Symphonie No. 3 Eroica, Op. 55Ludwig Van Beethovenperformed by Orchestre Elektralive performance, Paris 2023

What’s the scope of early music? This unanswerable question impacts our practices and our approaches to the sector. Since reaching a common definition seems idealistic, why not embrace the different meanings given to these words, and what they imply for their supporters and their activities? In this second episode, Romina Lischka shares her specific vision of early music, influenced by an intercultural approach and a desire to pass on and broaden horizons by mixing oral and written traditions, early and contemporary music. CREDITSguest Romina Lischka, leader of the Hathor Consortinterview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicKing of Denmark’s GalliardRaga Bhairavi: AlapIn NomineWhen Daphne from fair Phoebus did flyperformed by Hathor Consort and Uday BhawalkarDhrupad Fantasia, Fuga libera 2020

How can Europe contribute to strenghten the early music scene? How can cultural policies be regulated at European level when culture is so specific to one country? What are the concrete impacts of European policies at the level of a country, a network, a town, etc.? In this first episode, Rarita Zbranca explains the repercussions of EU policies on the Romanian cultural scene, using the Cluj Cultural Center (Romania) as an example.  CREDITSguest Rarita Zbranca, program director at the Cluj Cultural Centerinterview & editing Darina Abloginaproduction REMAdesign Doretta RinaldimusicMusic for a while, Henry Purcellperformed by Reginald Mobley and Brandon Acker2022Musical excerptsperformed by local artistsBaroque Festival in Cluj 2010