Youth promotion
Education
Nikolaus and Alice Harnoncourt were deeply committed to the holistic education of young people. He never tired of pointing out to teachers the great importance and responsibility of a fundamental musical education for our children. He himself was able to pass on his enthusiasm, joy and passion for music to young people in particular like no other. In 2005, Harnoncourt conducted the Mur-Mürzzuschlag Youth Orchestra at the Austria Centre Vienna.
Menschenrecht Klangerfahrung, Ljubisa Tosic, Der Standard, 2.5.2005
Piano ist Italienisch und heißt pscht!, Michael Tschida, Kleine Zeitung, 24.4.2005
Performance experience
With encouragement from Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ernst Smole (Nikolaus Harnoncourt Forum) developed the performance internship for Styrian music schools in the 1990s – a concept for avoiding performance anxiety and promoting personal development, for which he was awarded the Nikolaus Harnoncourt Prize of the Canton of Zurich in 2008.
In partnership with the St. Georgen im Attergau regional music school and the Upper Austrian regional music school organisation, the NHZ is implementing the performance internship in an adapted form as a pilot project for Upper Austria. Together with music physiology and motivation courses, the free programme is aimed at all age groups and instruments.
Hublz - an interactive walk through St. Georgen i.A. for children and the curious
This hublz tour is an innovative city walk through St. Georgen i.A. that takes families, school classes and curious adults on an exciting journey through the life and work of the famous conductor and musician Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his wife Alice. The hublz smartphone app allows visitors to interactively explore and experience cultural content. Exciting information is discovered, music is heard and puzzles are solved at several stations in the municipality.
You can find out more about Nikolaus and Alice Harnoncourt, what traces they left behind in St. Georgen im Attergau, and how they themselves embarked on a lifelong musical treasure hunt.
Where and when can you take this tour?
On site: The starting point is Nikolaus-Harnoncourt-Platz. There are two ways to start the tour on site:
- You can download the Hublz app in advance from the Apple App Store or Google Play, open the app, select the location on the map and start the tour.
- Click on the ‘Hublz’ article on the information board at the Nikolaus Harnoncourt Centre and scan the Hublz QR code displayed there. If you have not yet installed the app, the Apple App Store or Google Play will open. If you have already installed the app, the tour will open and you can start.
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Online tip: It is also possible to visit the stations online only and from any location. Go to ‘Entdecken’ in the app and find us! in German only
Gut strings - what is that?
Old and new – baroque and modern string instruments: what’s the difference? Why is it important at all?
Prof Elisabeth Wiesbauer from the Bruckner University in Linz explains it to you in this video in German:
Tutorials
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The International Harnoncourt Days in St. Georgen were launched in 2017 with the Attergau Youth Orchestra.
Since 1992, Irene Troi and Stephen Lloyd have been providing sustainable early support with their youth orchestra in Brixen with great support from the Harnoncourts. The project was awarded the Nikolaus Harnoncourt Prize 2003 by the Canton of Zurich. www.youmago.org
Children in this initiative paint Harnoncourt’s language pictures and intuitively understand his imaginary world.
