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Invitation | Jazz Focus 2024 at Like A Jazz Machine

Deadline for registration: 17/03/2024

The new Focus dedicated to Luxembourgish jazz will take place during Like A Jazz Machine festival at opderschmelz, Dudelange, on May 10th and 11th 2024.

Since 2012 and the creation of Like A Jazz Machine, opderschmelz has been giving its own vision on today’s jazz by putting light on the most adventurous creations and projects. During the last 11 years, the festival presented musicians from diverse backgrounds and musical aesthetics such as Kyle Eastwood, Thomas de Pourquery & Supersonic, Pascal Schumacher, Joachim Kühn, Naïssam Jalal, Kenny Garrett, Greg Lamy, Emile Parisien, Rabih-Abou Khalil, Géraldine Laurent, among many others.

The 2024 edition will be a promising one, with acts by Giovanni Guidi, Barbara Dennerlein, Luxembourgish vocalist Claire Parsons and Ziv Ravitz, Airelle Besson, Claude Tchamitchian and the promising luxembourgish trumpet player Daniel Migliosi. Discover the full programme here.

Our Focus aims to invite professionals from abroad to (re)discover jazz artists from Luxembourg in the frame of a significant event dedicated to jazz, and to connect with the local scene. With this invitation programme, Kultur | lx intends to give artists and professionals (venues, festivals…) from Luxembourg a visibility on the international scale.

Transportation expenses

Kultur | lx offers transportation to Luxembourg up to a limit of 200€ for one person per institution. If you are travelling by car, we will consider 0,30€/km.

Accommodation expenses

A free hotel room will be booked for you for the nights of May 10th and 11th 2024. If you wish to stay longer or arrive earlier, those nights will be at your own expense. However, we could ask for an extension of your hotel booking if you plan to stay longer.

Free Accreditation

A free pass will be given to you at the festival welcome desk. This pass grants you free access to all the concerts, all activities of the Focus, as well as the VIP area.

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Went online: 18.09.2023

Invitation | Focus on visual arts

Deadline for registration: 10/11/2023

On the occasion of the Luxembourg Art Week 2023, which will take place from 09 to 12 November 2023, Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg invites you to discover a part of the Luxembourg VISUAL ARTS scene during days dedicated to exchanges between professionals, meetings with artists and visits to art centers and museums.

The programme will span two and a half days, from Wednesday 08 to Friday 10 November 2023.

We offer you the opportunity to meet artists active in the Luxembourg and European scenes, who have been selected by the curator and director of the Salzburger Kunstverein Mirela Baciak.

She has curated a generous studio visit programme “guided by [her] research on queer and/or ecological practices”:
“I have chosen these two discursive spaces as I see them as relating to the most challenging problems within our shared presence: the problem of the climate breakdown, as well as a growing need for a more tolerant, accessible, and inclusive world.”

It will also allow you to meet the teams of Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, Konschthal Esch – Espace d’art contemporain, and other arts centers. You will also be invited to participate in round-table discussions organised by Casino Display – Space for artistic research in collaboration with Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg.

For this exceptional programme, Kultur | lx will cover your travel and accommodation expenses, as well as your meals.

Programme

Wednesday 08/11

  • Visit of institutions (Mudam Luxembourg, Konschthal Esch, Nei Liicht Art center)

Thursday 09/11

  • Studio visits curated by Mirela Baciak
  • Visit of the Luxembourg Art Week in early access

Friday 10/11

  • Visit of Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain
  • Conference of Dr Sandra Delacourt on the figure of the Artist-researcher
  • Pitch presentations / talk about the question of research practices in the art field at Casino Display
  • Opening party of the Luxembourg Art Week
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Invitation | Contemporary Music Focus

Deadline for registration: 19/11/2023

Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg is delighted to invite you to its Contemporary Music Focus to take place from November 17th to 19th in the frame of the rainy days Festival, organised by the Philharmonie Luxembourg. For this edition called “memory”, rainy days will present projects by composers Christopher Trapani and Bushra El-Turk, among others, and will also feature emerging composers. This first edition under the artistic leadership of Catherine Kontz will also present ensembles and composers from Luxembourg such as Nik Bohnenberger, Albena Petrovic, as well as Ivan Boumans.

rainy days will allow you to hear Luxembourgish ensembles dedicated to the circulation of contemporary music, notably United Instruments of Lucilin, Luxembourg Philharmonic, and Ars Nova Lux, along with the Ensemble Ictus, Aki Takahashi, and the Langham Research Centre.

Our visitor’s programme will give space to formal and informal meeting occasions in the frame of rainy days’ Coffee with Composers, as well as a speedmeeting session between national and international delegates.

The Kultur | lx team would be delighted to count you among its guests. In case you are interested to join the Contemporary Music Focus, please fill out the accreditation form below by September 29th 2023.

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Went online: 27.06.2023

Invitation | Classical Music Focus

Deadline for registration: 07/10/2023

Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg is delighted to invite you to its Classical Music Focus to take place on October 6th and 7th at the Trifolion Cultural Centre in Echternach, Luxembourg, in the frame of the Echter’Classic Festival. At the start of every autumn, the festival Echter’Classic makes Echternach vibrate to the sounds of chamber music, baroque music and much more. Concerts take place in various venues around Echternach, including the TRIFOLION, the Church of St. Peter & Paul and the Basilica of St. Willibrord. Located in the heart of Müllerthal, also known as “Luxembourg’s Little Switzerland”, Echternach is Luxembourg’s oldest city, and has shown a vibrant cultural and musical life for decades.

During these two Focus days, we invite you to discover the richness and liveliness of Luxembourg’s Classical music scene through showcases taking place in the frame of the Echter’Classic Festival. During those showcases, the violinist Sandrine Cantoreggi will present her project dedicated to Mel Bonis’ works for piano and violin.

You will also have the chance to listen to Maurice Clement, Resident Organist of the Luxembourg Philharmonie, presenting Cesar Franck’s works for organ. This Focus will also feature Luxembourg’s finest young talents, notably Zala and Val Kravos, two pianist siblings who will show their mastery of four-hand piano repertoire, as well as cellist Benjamin Kruithof, laureate of the Enescu Competition. Last but not least, the Ensemble de la Chapelle Saint-Marc will present a repertoire dedicated to early Italian music.

The official programme of the festival will feature the ensemble Kammerata Luxembourg in the frame of a programme dedicated to the young and promising Luxembourgish composer Nik Bohnenberger. On October 7th, you will be able to discover the project Hear Eyes Move – Dances with Ligeti, where the dancer-choreographer Elisabeth Schilling gives her choreographical vision of Ligeti’s Piano Etudes played live by Cathy Krier (ECHO Rising Star 2015/2016). Last but not least, the Victor Kraus Group, consisting of Luxembourg’s finest musicians around the percussionist Victor Kraus, will present a hybrid project around Simeon Ten Holt’s Canto Ostinato.

Along with these musical moments, this visitor’s programme will lead to encounters and formal networking moments to create opportunities for further exchanges with the local classical music scene.

06.10.2023

  • 5:00 pm: welcoming cocktail at the Trifolion Echternach
  • 6:00 pm: showcase 1 – Zala & Val Kravos
  • 6:30 pm: dinner
  • 7:30 pm: concert – Bohnenberger Plus – Kammerata Luxembourg
  • 9:00 pm: showcase 2 – Maurice Clement

07.10.2023

  • 10:00 am: visit of Echternach – upon interest
  • 11:30 am: showcase 3 – Ensemble de la Chapelle St. Marc
  • 12:00 pm: lunch
  • 1:30 pm: speed-meetings
  • 3:30 pm: Hear Eyes Move – Dances with Ligeti 
  • 5:00 pm: showcase 4 – Benjamin Kruithof
  • 6:00 pm: showcase 5 – Sandrine Cantoreggi
  • 6:30 pm: dinner
  • 7:30 pm: Canto Ostinato – Victor Kraus Group
  • 9:00 pm: after-party

In the frame of this invitation, we offer to cover a part of your travel and accommodation costs.

Transportation expenses

Kultur | lx offers transportation to Luxembourg up to a limit of 200€ for one person per institution. If you are travelling by car, we will consider 0,30€/km.

Shuttles will be organised for local transportation between your place of arrival and the hotel, as well as between the hotel and the festival venue. Please let us know your places and times of arrival and departure in the registration form.

Accommodation expenses

A free hotel room will be booked for you for the nights of October 6th and 7th 2023. If you wish to stay longer, those nights will be at your own expense. However, we could ask for an extension of your hotel booking if you plan to stay longer. Also, do not hesitate to specify if you want a single or double occupancy room.

Free Accreditation

Trifolion Echternach offers you a free pass to the festival. It will be given to you at the welcomedesk. This pass grants you free access to all activities of the Focus and the catering area.

The Kultur | lx team would be delighted to count you among its guests for this promising event. In case of interest, please fill out the following form by September 4th, 2023.

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Went online: 03.03.2023

Invitation | Jazz Focus @ Like A Jazz Machine 2023

Deadline for registration: 07/04/2023

Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg, in collaboration with the CCRD opderschmelz, are delighted to invite you to its Jazz Focus taking place on May 12th and 13th in Dudelange, Luxembourg, in the framework of the festival Like a Jazz Machine. This Focus aims to encourage the identification of Luxembourg artists featured at the festival for export purposes.

During these two Focus days, you will have the opportunity to listen to Manuel Hermia and his Freetet, Stanley Clarke and his new project *N* 4Ever, and Samuel Blaser for the release of his CD ROUTES. On the Luxembourgish side, take a chance to discover Michel Reis’ new collaboration with the contemporary music ensemble United Instruments of Lucilin, Shauli Einav’s Quartet, Living Organs (artist in residence), the ignited compositions of the fearless musicians from Tele-Port, and the result of Mathieu Clément’s residency with his sextet. As the festival aims to favour encounters and exchanges, this Jazz Focus will also feature a networking moment.

About Like A Jazz Machine
Since 2012 and the creation of Like a Jazz Machine, CCRD opderschmelz has been giving its own vision on today’s jazz by putting light on the most adventurous creations and projects. During the last 10 years (almost 11!) the festival presented musicians from diverse backgrounds and musical aesthetics such as Kyle Eastwood, Thomas de Pourquery & Supersonic, Pascal Schumacher, Joachim Kühn, Naïssam Jalal, Kenny Garrett, Greg Lamy, Emile Parisien, Rabih-Abou Khalil, Géraldine Laurent, among many others. More info on the complete line-up soon. The entire festival will take place from May 10th to 14th.

Free transportation
Kultur | lx offers free transportation to Luxembourg up to a limit of 200€ for one person per institution. The reimbursement will be made after the festival upon the presentation of the receipts and a refund form request that will be sent to you or an invoice. If you are coming by car, just keep the gas and toll tickets and send it to us with your refund invoice (Parking costs will not be reimbursed). If you plan to come accompanied, the additional transportation costs will be at your expenses. Shuttles will be organised for local transportation.

Free accommodation
A free hotel room will be booked for one person per institution for the nights of May 12th and 13th 2023. If you wish to stay on May 10th, May 11th and/or May 14th, those nights will be at your own expenses. However, we could ask for an extension of your hotel booking if you plan to stay longer. Also, do not hesitate to precise if you want a single or double occupation room.

Free accreditation
CCRD opderschmelz offers you a free pass. It will be given to you at the accreditation desk. This pass grants you free access to the festival’s concerts and the VIP area.

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Went online: 04.12.2022

Invitation | Focus on Performing Arts in Luxembourg

Deadline for registration: 24/03/2023

Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg is pleased to invite you to join the first Performing arts platform in Luxembourg from 23 to 25th of March 2023 in Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette. A programme divided into three thematic days – young audiences, theatre, dance – will offer you a unique opportunity to discover the performing arts landscape of Luxembourg, its places, artists, creations and its challenges.

Programme
Thursday 23/03 – Focus on young audiences
Friday 24/03 – Focus on theatre
Saturday 25/03 – Focus on dance

Find the programme here.

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Went online: 05.10.2022

Invitation | Focus on visual arts

Deadline for registration: 26/10/2022

On the occasion of the Luxembourg Art Week 2022 which will take place from November 10 to 13, Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg invites you to discover a part of the Luxembourg visual arts scene during days dedicated to exchanges between professionals, meetings with artists and visits to collections and institutions.

The programme will take place over two and a half days, from Wednesday 09 to Friday 11 November 2022.

We propose you to meet artists active on the Luxembourg and European scene, selected by the independent curator and critic Marianne Derrien.

It will also allow you to meet the teams of the Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, the Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, the Konschthal Esch – Espace d’art contemporain, and to participate in round tables.

For this exceptional programme, Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg takes care of your travel and accommodation expenses, as well as your meals.

Programme

Wednesday 09/11

  • Visit of the Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean and of the Konschthal Esch – Espace d’art contemporain

Thursday 10/11

Friday 11/11

  • Visit of the Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain
  • Conferences on professional accompaniment for artists and curatorial practices
  • Presentation of the « Lëtzebuerger Konschtpräis », a new national prize in the field of visual arts
  • Opening party of the Luxembourg Art Week
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Went online: 21.06.2022

Invitation | Contemporary Music Focus

Deadline for registration: 16/08/2022

Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg is pleased to invite you to its Contemporary Music Focus on 16 and 17 September 2022. This event aims at introducing and discovering Luxembourg’s contemporary music scene and composers on the occasion of the 33,7 Festival, organised by the Ensemble United Instruments of Lucilin and the Kulturfabrik (Esch-sur-Alzette) in the framework of Esch2022 – European Capital of Culture.
More than a moment of discoveries, and in view of Kultur | lx’ collaboration with Impuls neue Musik, this focus shall encourage encounters and initiate artistic collaborations, as well as synergies.
NB: programme to come soon. The Focus will start on Friday 16 September around 4 pm and will end on Saturday 17 September in the evening.

About 33,7
33,7, which will take place on 17 and 18 September 2022, is a gigantic musical cartography representing the eclectic population of southern Luxembourg and the neighbouring French towns. This diversity will be transcribed into 2022 minutes (33.7 hours!) of music commissioned or borrowed by United Instruments of Lucilin from composers of different nationalities represented on the territory of Esch2022.

Programme

  • Works from Lucilin’s repertoire by Claude Lenners, Catherine Kontz, Alexander Müllenbach, Marcel Reuter, Roland Wiltgen, Marco Pütz, Roby Steinmetzer
  • Creations by Camille Kerger and Tatsiana Zelianko
  • Presentation of Gast Waltzing’s new project (Grammy Award)
  • Solo set by Francesco Tristano (Piano)
  • Continuously: audiovisual installations by Pascal Schumacher, Albena Petrovic

Registration deadline: 16 August 2022

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Invitation | Visual Arts Focus

Deadline for registration: 15/04/2023

On the occasion of the Esch2022 – European Capital of culture, Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg invites you to discover a part of the VISUAL ARTS scene in Luxembourg during three days dedicated to artists’ meetings, exhibition visits and exchanges between professionals.

The programme will take place over three days, from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 May 2022.

A common thread: the post-industrial south of Luxembourg
The main theme of the programme of visits, located in the industrial and post-industrial south of Luxembourg, a cross-border area with multiple identities and questionings, will be based on the place of creativity in the possible futures of these territories undergoing reconversion.

Networking and discoveries
This focus will allow you to visit some of Esch2022’s exhibition highlights, industrial sites converted into hubs for creative companies or collaborative spaces for artists and citizens, or prominent museums and art centres. You will be able to make artists’ studio visits curated by Margot Delalande (curator, Frac Lorraine) and meet the teams of Esch2022, Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand- Duc Jean, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, Konschthal Esch – Espace d’art contemporain.

Finally, you will be able to attend some highlights and enjoy the friendly and informal atmosphere of these Focus Luxembourg events.

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