The expert advisory board advises the committee of the Kurt-Weill-Gesellschaft e.V. and supervises the series of the Society. Furthermore, the council, along with the coordination office of the Kurt-Weill-Gesellschaft e.V., plans and organises interdisciplinary or musicological conferences, symposiums or seminars in Dessau that take place during the Kurt Weill Festival.
The advisory board of the Kurt Weill Society in Dessau, Germany, will host an international symposium, „Weill and France“, from 2 to 4 March 2012. The symposium coincides with Dessau's annual Kurt Weill Fest, whose motto in 2012 will be „Paris“.
DETAILS
Prof. Dr. Andreas Eichhorn
(University of Cologne)
Dr. Nils Grosch
(German National Folksong Archive Freiburg)
Dr. Elmar Juchem
(Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, New York)
Dr. Joachim Lucchesi
(University of Karlsruhe - Bertolt Brecht Chair)
Dr. Jürgen Schebera
(Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Weiss
(University of Music and Drama Hanover)
So far, the following conferences have taken place:
1995 Scientific conference „New Contributions to Weill-Research in Germany“
1997 Scientific conference „Emigrated Composers in the Exile’s Media Scene from 1933 to 1945“
2000 Symposium „The ‚Ten Commandments“ of Interpreting Weill“
2003 Public seminar „The Musical Theatre of the 1920s“
2004 Interdisciplinary conference „Kurt Weill – Musical Theatre and the Modern City/ Metropolis“
2005 Symposium „Street Scene and Urban Space in the Musical Theater of the 20th Century“
2008 International academic symposium „The Reception of Broadway Musicals in Germany“
