Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship

17/04/2024

On Sunday 14th April, the City of Weimar welcomed Liam Byrne as Glenn Gould Bach Fellow for 2024-2026. Director of Culture for the city Julia Miehe presented Liam with a certificate to celebrate the moment.

Liam’s work over the next two years of the Fellowship will explore the range and possibilities of recording aspects of the Viola da Gamba, researching the differences between how a musician perceives their sound as opposed to how a listeners does through a recording and producing new ways of thinking sound recording early instruments.

Liam will be returning to the Thüringer Bachwochen in 2025 & 2026. He will also continue his international performing schedule during this time.

https://www.ggbfellowship.org

08/03/2024

Glenn Gould Bach Fellow Tanja Tetzlaff’s Fellowship film “Suites for a Suffering World” had a screening at De Balie yesterday. Thank you for to all those who attended and experienced the thought-provoking and painfully beautiful film.

03/02/2024

Congratulations to Liam Byrne who become the next Glenn Gould Bach Fellow commencing in April 2024. Please see the press release below from Thüringer Bachwochen who will run the project with Liam. The Fellowship is awarded by the City of Weimar and supported by the Philip Loubser Foundation.

Wir freuen uns sehr euch den neuen GLENN GOULD BACH FELLOW vorzustellen: Liam Byrne

Der Gambist hat nun von 2024-2026 die Möglichkeit, sich mit seinem Projekt zu beschäftigen. Dabei konzentriert er sich auf eine musikalische Nische, die aber ein außergewöhnlich schönes Repertoire bietet: Die englische Lyra-Viol Repertoire des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts. „Diese intime und introspektive lautenähnliche Musik spielt mit den subtilsten Aspekten der Resonanz der Viola da Gamba, die sich allerdings mit traditionellen Aufnahmetechniken nicht so einfach festhalten lassen“, erklärt Liam Byrne, der sich am 14. April mit seinem Fellowship-Projekt im Rahmen der Thüringer Bachwochen 2024 in Weimar vorstellen wird.

Das GLENN GOULD BACH FELLOWSHIP wird alle zwei Jahre von der Stadtverwaltung Weimar an Musikerinnen und Musikern vergeben, die mit dem Stipendium ihre anspruchsvollen und innovativen musikalischen Medienprojekte zur Musik Johann Sebastian Bachs und der Barockzeit realisieren können. Ermöglicht wird das Stipendium durch die Philip Loubser Foundation. Koordiniert wird es von den Thüringer Bachwochen.

Die vorherigen Stipendiaten waren Tanja Tetzlaff und Peter Tuite.

Wir sind sehr gespannt auf Liams Projekt. Mehr dazu findet ihr auf www.thueringer-bachwochen.de

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We are delighted to present the new GLENN GOULD BACH FELLOW: Liam Byrne

Viol player Liam Byrne will have the opportunity to spend the next two years working on his project which will focus on the exceptionally rare and beautiful music of the English lyra-viol repertoire from the early 17th century. As Liam Byrne explains, "this intimate and introspective lute-like music plays with the most subtle aspects of the viola da gamba's resonance, which are not so easy to capture using traditional recording techniques". The project will thus take an experimental approach to the recording and transmission of lyra-viol music, using this repertoire as a case study to raise broader questions about aesthetics of sound in classical music recording in general.

The GLENN GOULD BACH FELLOWSHIP, which is awarded every two years by the city of Weimar to musicians who use the fellowship to realise their ambitious and innovative musical media projects on music of Bach and the Baroque period. Fellowship is made possible by the Philip Loubser Foundation and managed by the Thuringia Bach Festival.

Previous fellows were Tanja Tezlaff and Peter Tuite.

We are very excited about Liam Byrnes project. You can find out more at www.thueringer-bachwochen.de

19/07/2023

There are just 12 days left to put in an application for the Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship 2024-2026.

https://www.ggbfellowship.org/

Following in the footsteps of Founding Fellow Peter Tuite and 2021-2023 Fellow Tanja Tetzlaff, the successful musician will be expected to explore and develop a unique project concept over the two-year period of the Fellowship, culminating in an artefact inspired by the example of Glenn Gould.

To see if you and your project idea match the criteria, please visit the link above.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS MONDAY 31st JULY.

29/06/2023

Congratulations to Tanja Tetzlaff on winning an Opus Klassik award for her Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship film project Suites for a Suffering World. OPUS KLASSIK is the ultimate prize for classical music in Germany.

Suites for a Suffering World won in the category 'Innovation Award for Sustainability';
The innovation award for sustainability honours a relevant initiative, for example to protect the climate and the environment in the field of classical music.
The special prize can be awarded to artists, ensembles or institutions who develop projects or products for a sustainable classical music business and thus make a forward-looking contribution to the common good. The prize is awarded in partnership with the Orchester des Wandels Deutschland e.V.
https://opusklassik.de/preistrager/

Links to the film website here:
https://suites4nature.org/en/

For the film project Suites4nature, Tanja Tetzlaff travels with her instrument to places in Europe where climate change is already a reality.

16/05/2023

Call for applications.

Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship 2024-2026

Awarded by the City of Weimar, the Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship honours the name of one of the world's most influential and iconic pianists. Famed for both his legendary performances of Bach and for his ground-breaking engagement with film and recording technology, the Fellowship seeks to emulate and celebrate these same qualities by helping a professional established musician to recreate the music of the Baroque for the 21st Century.

The successful recipient will be expected to explore and develop a unique project concept over the two-year period of the Fellowship, culminating in an artefact inspired by the example of Glenn Gould.

The Glenn Gould Bach Fellow will receive a total stipendiary budget of €50,000 (Fifty Thousand Euro) over the course of their Fellowship - i.e. over the two-year period of the Fellowship. In addition to this, a budget of up to €90,000 (Ninety Thousand Euro) will be provided towards the production and realization of their Fellowship Project, whilst the recipient will be fully supported and mentored by the Fellowship team throughout the two-year period of the Fellowship.

Please visit the website to check eligibility and for application downloads.

Glenn Gould Bach fellowship is a Baroque music fellowship for virtuoso musicians

07/09/2022

The deadline for applications for the next Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship (2023-25) is fast approaching. Applications must be received by 5pm (GMT) on September 30th 2022. The Fellowship represents an extraordinary opportunity for an established solo musician to realize an ambitious project centered around the music of the Baroque. With a personal budget of Euros 50,000 and a project budget available of Euros 90,000 (both over two years), this is an astonishing opportunity to enable an outstanding musician to realise an artistic vision of stature and in the process make a statement about the music of the Baroque that endures.

For more information on the Fellowship and how to apply, see

Glenn Gould Bach fellowship is a Baroque music fellowship for virtuoso musicians

07/09/2022

The latest photos from Tanja Tetzlaff's project as the current Glenn Gould Bach Fellow (2021-23). The completed project will be presented at the Thuringia Bach Festival in Weimar next year.

12/07/2022

Who will be our THIRD Glenn Gould Fellow?
We are now accepting applications for the Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship - an opportunity for an established solo musician of any instrument to realise an ambitious project around music and technology. With a personal budget of Euros 50 000 and a project budget available of Euros 90 000 (both over two years), this is an astonishing opportunity to study and create a meaningful piece of work for future generations.

More information on https://www.ggbfellowship.org

Founding Fellow 2020-2021 Peter Tuite http://www.petertuite.org
Fellow 2021-2023 Tanja Tetzlaff https://en.tanjatetzlaff.com

Glenn Gould Bach fellowship is a Baroque music fellowship for virtuoso musicians

04/06/2022

Listen to Founding Fellow Peter Tuite speak about The Goldberg Variations on RTÉ One about the Dublin International Chamber Music Festival.

Peter speaks about both his recordings that were created as the Glenn Gould Bach Fellow, one in the Long Room at Trinity College, Dublin and the other in a warehouse venue in Erfurt,Germany .
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22104544/

The Dublin International Chamber Music Festival will be filling our historic venues with incredible music for one whole week beginning next Tuesday June 7th. Irish pianist Peter Tuite will be performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations in Dublin Castle’s Chapel Royal.

11/05/2022

We are delighted to announce that applications are welcome for the 2023-2025 Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship. Starting now and running until September 30, the application phase for the GLENN GOULD BACH FELLOWSHIP 2023 to 2025 is open. Noting the updated criteria Musicians with a pedagogical proclivity can apply with an innovative, artistic project idea, that embraces fresh, new thinking, whilst utilising modern day technology to present and capture their overal vision. At the end of the three-stage selection process, the new Fellow will be appointed and presented to the public during the Thüringer Bachwochen (Thuringia Bach Festival) 2023 https://www.ggbfellowship.org

Glenn Gould Bach fellowship is a Baroque music fellowship for virtuoso musicians

14/09/2021

We’re proud to share with you this beautiful trailer for the Glenn Gould Bach Fellow 2021-2023 Tanja Tetzlaff. Tanja’s film ambitions will take her to parts of our planet where our human ways are causing destruction. Her film will capture the live sound of Bach Cello Sonatas soothing these wounds.

https://vimeo.com/586376393

The German cellist Tanja Tetzlaff performs suites for violoncello solo by Johann Sebastian Bach amid natural surroundings devastated by climate change. Beauty confronts…

01/09/2021

Founding Fellow Peter Tuite presents an outstanding collection of work from his tenure as Glenn Gould Bach Fellow. In a ground-breaking exhibition Peter curates his filmed interpretations of The Goldberg Variations, interviews, Bach soundscapes and writings. Opening in Weimar on September 8th.

Glenn Gould Bach fellowship is a Baroque music fellowship for virtuoso musicians