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Award ceremony
Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 10:00 a.m., Handel House, Chamber Music Hall
Musical introduction:
George Frideric Handel: Arias from the opera Serse (HWV 40)
Aria of Romilda “Se l`idol mio rapir mi vuoi” (I/14)
Aria of Amastre “Or che siete speranze tradite” (II/1)
Jiyoung Kim (Soprano)
Ming Xiao (alto)
(Students of the Institute for Music, Media and Speech Studies of the
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, class of Prof. Monika Köhler)
Daniel Spogis, piano (conductor of the Academic Orchestra of the Martin-Luther-
University of Halle-Wittenberg)
Welcome and introduction: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hirschmann
Greetings:
- Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann (Minister for Science, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment of Saxony-Anhalt)
- Dr. Jürgen Fox (Chairman of the Board of Saalesparkasse)
- Prof. Dr. Pablo Pirnay-Dummer, Prorector for Research and Teaching at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Prof. Dr. Susanne Voigt-Zimmermann (Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy II at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
- Dr. Judith Marquardt (Deputy Mayor for Culture and Sports of the City of Halle)
Wolfgang Hirschmann
Laudation of the laureate and awarding of the International Handel Research Prize 2023
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Lecture by the award winner Christoph Schaller
“A New Messiah in Augsburg. Handel in the Cycle of Canon, Work Constitution, and Musical Perception.”