Tag Archives: Olga Neuwirth

Olga Neuwirth wins both Grawemeyer Award and Ernst von Siemenspreis 2022

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Thea Derks

The Austrian politician Jörg Haider once labelled her work as Weltkatzenmusik (‘cat’s wailing music’). When his extreme right Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs joined the government in 2000, this led to mass protests. At one such meeting, Olga Neuwirth (Graz, 1968), denounced … Continue reading →

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Why I hope to meet the twenty-something members of a reading club at the Dutch premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s soundtrack to ‘Die Stadt ohne Juden’

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Thea Derks

‘If it happens once, it can happen again.’ These admonishing words from the Italian-Jewish concentration camp survivor Primo Levi are more topical than ever. Neo-Nazis in Germany shout Hitler’s slogans with impunity, in the Netherlands the largest political party (Forum … Continue reading →

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Van Han-Na Chang tot Marie Jaëll, Olga Neuwirth en meer

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Thea Derks

Ik heb mijn blog schandelijk verwaarloosd de afgelopen periode, het was een beetje druk…. Op 9 mei kwam mijn vriend Huang Ruo weer naar Amsterdam, voor het tweede deel van zijn verblijf op uitnodiging van het Concertgebouw, waar hij dit … Continue reading →

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