Festival för klassisk musik och samtidskonst
på båda sidor Öresund 6-31 oktober 2010

Som en del i firandet av Öresundsregionens 10-årsjubileum samarbetar flera av de främsta musik- och konstinstitutionerna på båda sidor sundet för första gången kring ett omfattande program med utställningar, konserter, seminarier, dagsutflyker och musik på konstinstitutionerna. Music and Art Around pågår 6–31 oktober och sätter fokus på regionen som ett centrum för musik och samtida konst på hög internationell nivå.

Music and Art Around er en videreudvikling af festivalen Music Around, der er et unikt samarbejde mellem forskellige orkesterinstitutioner på begge sider af Øresund. Festivalen er siden 2002 blevet afholdt hvert andet år med vekslende temaer. Nu udvides festivalen, der for første gang også samarbejder med samtidskunstens store institutioner, til at blive en tilkendegivelse – en manifestation – af det store og kvalificerede kunstudbud, som findes begge sider af Øresund. Dette indbyder publikum i hele den dansk-svenske region til at tage over broen til naboens kulturinstitutioner og få nye oplevelser og komme ”around”.

Planen er, at Music and Art Around skal være en tilbagevendende begivenhed hvert andet år. I Music and Art Around 2010 medvirker: ARKEN, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium, DR Symfoniorkestret, Dunkers Kulturhus, GL Strand, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Lunds Konsthall, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Symfoniorkester, Moderna Museet Malmö, Musik i Syd, Musikhögskolan i Malmö, Sjællands Symfoniorkester og Statens Museum for Kunst.

Temaet for musikken i 2010 er ”Begyndelser” og handler om musik fra det første årti i hvert århundrede fra 1600–1610 frem til 2000–2010. Udover orkesterinstitutionernes koncerter på deres egne scener og hos hinanden, gæstes festivalen af Lahti Symfoniorkester fra Finland. Kammermusik, seminarier og workshops med nationale og internationale ensembler som Arditti String Quartet, Tallis Scholars m.fl. er prikken over i’et i det alsidige musikprogram.

I forbindelse med Music and Art Around vil der herudover også blive afholdt en række koncerter på kunstinstitutionerne, som bliver musikoplevelser i overraskende og inspirerende omgivelser.

Music and Art Around 2010

Festival of classical music and contemporary art in the Oresund Region

As part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Oresund Region, some of the best music and art institutions on both sides of the Sound are partnering for the first time ever to produce an extensive program of exhibitions, concerts, seminars and music at the art institutions. Music and Art Around, which will be held 6–31 October, spotlights the region as a centre of music and contemporary art at a high international level.

Music and Art Around 2010 highlights the dynamic music and art institutions of the region and presents the rich cultural offering found on both sides of the Sound. The hope is to entice the public – both residents of the entire Danish/Swedish region and visitors – to visit several institutions, travel across the bridge for new experiences and “get around”.

Music and Art Around 2010 has the following participants: ARKEN, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Dunkers Kulturhus, GL Strand, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Lunds konsthall, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Moderna Museet Malmö, Musik i Syd, the Malmö Academy of Music, Copenhagen Philharmonic and the National Gallery of Denmark.

Within the framework of Music & Art Around, a series of concerts will be held at the art institutions – musical experiences in inspiring environments and perhaps even an arena for further experimentation between music and art that challenges the audience's expectations.

Music and Art Around has grown out of the Music Around festival established in 2002 – a unique collaboration between the orchestral institutions of the Oresund Region that is arranged every other year with varying themes. Now, for the first time ever, a collaboration has been created with contemporary art that helps to draw attention to and entice more people to enjoy the large and superior art of international importance found within the region.

The musical theme for 2010 is “Beginnings” and covers music from the first ten years of each century, starting from 1600–1610 up until our own time, 2000–2010. In addition to the orchestras performing concerts on their own stages and giving guest performances on each others' stages, the festival will be graced with the music of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra from Finland. Chamber music, seminars and workshops round out the extensive music program.

Administration of the festival is handled by Musik i Syd in partnership with the Golden Days secretariat in Copenhagen.