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The Arnold Schönberg Center , established in 1998 in Vienna , is a repository of Arnold Schönberg 's archival legacy and a cultural center that is open to the public.

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15-670: Archive and library, exhibitions, concerts, lectures, workshops and symposia make it possible to become familiar with Schönberg's world and that of his contemporaries. Schönberg's study with the original furniture and work tools can be viewed at the Center year-round. The Center publishes regularly, and in particular, produces the periodical Journal of the Arnold Schönberg Center. A catalogue raisonné of Schoenberg's paintings and drawings has also been published. The Center regularly awards an international Arnold Schönberg Prize . The archive

30-537: A single chief conductor in 1982 with Riccardo Chailly . Ingo Metzmacher became principal conductor as of the 2007–2008 season, with an original initial contract until 2011. However, after reports of disputes over financing and a threatened reduction in the size of the orchestra, in March 2009, Metzmacher announced his early resignation from the DSO-Berlin principal conductorship as of the summer of 2010. His final concerts as

45-614: Is a living monument for the intellectual activity of Schönberg's Viennese circle, contains a museum (open to the public since September 1999). Arnold Sch%C3%B6nberg Prize The International Arnold Schönberg Prize was established in 2001, and named after the Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg , on initiative of Kent Nagano , the former principal conductor and musical director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin , together with Deutschlandradio . The prize

60-613: Is awarded by the Arnold Schönberg Center (Vienna, Austria) to international composers. The prize money was €12,500. This music event–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) is a German broadcast orchestra based in Berlin . The orchestra performs its concerts principally in

75-490: Is open all year-round to scholars, composers, musicians and the general public. The collection comprises more than 20,000 pages of music and text manuscripts, historical photographs, personal documents, diaries, concert programs, Schönberg's library, memorabilia and instruments, as well as copies and scans of the worldwide inventory of Schönbergiana. The website of the center contains high-resolution scans of all available autographs , paintings and letters, and additionally offers

90-1014: The Getty Center and the University of California Los Angeles . Vienna, as the city in which Schoenberg was born and the birthplace and namesake of the Viennese School , was chosen: in early 1997 the Arnold Schönberg Center Privatstiftung was founded by the City of Vienna together with the Internationale Schönberg-Gesellschaft. The purposes of the Foundation include establishing the Arnold Schönberg Archives (legacy) in Vienna, its maintenance and preservation,

105-798: The Philharmonie Berlin . The orchestra is administratively based at the Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) Fernsehzentrum in Berlin. The orchestra was founded in 1946 by American occupation forces as the RIAS Symphonie-Orchester (RIAS, Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor / "Radio In the American Sector"). It was also known as the American Sector Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra's first principal conductor

120-634: The DSO-Berlin. In October 2015, the orchestra named Ticciati its next principal conductor, effective with the 2017–2018 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. In September 2020, the DSO Berlin announced the extension of Ticciati's contract through 2027. In March 2023, a news report indicated that Ticciati is to stand down as principal conductor of the orchestra in 2025, two years ahead of his previously announced contract extension. The DSO-Berlin has recorded commercially for such labels as Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical and Harmonia Mundi. In 2011,

135-533: The complete works and voice recordings as streaming audio. Arnold Schönberg's legacy remained in the possession of his heirs after his death in 1951 and was administered by his widow Gertrud Schoenberg until 1967. In the 1970s, Schönberg's heirs decided to make the collection available to the Arnold Schoenberg Institute of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where a modern archive

150-541: The condition of Schönberg's heirs that the Institute and archive be limited exclusively to research and studies about Arnold Schönberg, triggering off a legal battle between them and the University in 1996. Many cities, universities and private people were interested in giving the orphaned collection a new home: New York , Vienna , Berlin , The Hague , Basel , Yale , Stanford , Harvard , Arizona and even in Los Angeles ,

165-544: The education of the public with regard to Schönberg's interdisciplinary artistic influence, as well as teaching and publicizing Schönberg's contributions to music and other achievements. The purposes of the Foundation shall be achieved by making the Schoenberg legacy accessible and available for scholarly study and research by scholars, composers, musicians, and the general public; regularly organizing exhibitions, concerts, and other events; holding symposia and conferences devoted to

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180-522: The life and work of Arnold Schönberg; exhibiting paintings and drawings by Arnold Schönberg, which have been made available to the Foundation by their owners as a long-term loan. In March 1997, as one of its founders, the International Schönberg Society deeded Arnold Schönberg's residence in Mödling (1918–1925) to the newly founded Arnold Schönberg Center Private Foundation. The house, which

195-571: The orchestra's principal conductor were in June 2010 in Berlin and in August 2010 at The Proms . In September 2010, the DSO-Berlin announced the appointment of Tugan Sokhiev as its Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, as of 2012, with a contract of 4 years. Sokhiev concluded his DSO-Berlin tenure after the 2015–2016 season. In October 2014, Robin Ticciati made his first guest-conducting appearance with

210-639: Was Ferenc Fricsay . In 1956 it was renamed the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ), and in 1993 took on its present name. Between the chief conductorships of Lorin Maazel and Riccardo Chailly , the orchestra did not have a single chief conductor. The major conductors who worked with the orchestra during this period, from 1976 to 1982, were Erich Leinsdorf , Eugen Jochum , Gerd Albrecht , Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Neville Marriner . The orchestra returned to having

225-425: Was established along with a concert hall and an exhibition hall. That archive was open to the public until 1997. Leonard Stein , who had studied with Schoenberg, was the director of the institute. During its 25-year history, the institute was consulted by thousands of researchers, artists, students and music-lovers. Towards the end of this period, the University of Southern California felt it could no longer fulfill

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