The composer, musician and set up artist Manos Tsangaris is the new president of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. The architecture journalist Anh-Linh Ngo became additionally appointed vice chairman for 3 years. Both were elected with a big majority, the academy introduced on Saturday. Tsangaris has been a member of the academy inside the track phase since 2009, where he served as director from 2012 to 2021.
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The Academy of Arts, founded in 1696, is one of the oldest European cultural institutes. The worldwide community of artists is divided into six sections.
After 3 terms in workplace it’s far over
After 9 years, filmmaker Jeanine Meerapfel and author Kathrin Röggla stepped down as president and vp. According to the statutes of the academy, which presently has 407 members, a fourth term isn’t always planned. The candidates remained tight-lipped until the decision become made.
The 67-year-vintage Tsangaris comes from Düsseldorf. He lives in Cologne, where he studied from 1976 to 1983 on the song academy below Mauricio Kagel (composition, new tune theater) and Christoph Caskel (percussion). Tsangaris’ works are done at fairs inclusive of the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, the Belgrade International Theater Festival or the song biennials in Berlin and Venice, as well as in numerous theaters and opera homes. In addition to his compositions, he additionally writes poems and prose texts and works as a visible artist.
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Since 2016, Tsangaris has directed the Munich Biennale for New Music Theater collectively with Daniel Ott. He has also been Professor of Composition on the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden considering the fact that 2009. Tsangaris has obtained several awards, most lately the Mauricio Kagel Music Prize, well worth 80,000 euros.
The Academy additionally appointed new individuals to the Senate with Karin Sander and Arnold Dreyblatt (Fine Arts Section), HG Merz and Regine Keller (Architecture), Carola Bauckholt and Iris ter Schiphorst (Music), Kerstin Hensel and Cécile Wajsbrot (Literature) and Nele Hertling and Mark Lammert (Art). The Film and Media Arts Section has reportedly postponed the election. (dpa)
