press release Archive - Furore Verlag

16 05, 2022

Camille van Lunen on the board of directors German Composers Association: She gets started with an opera and an oratorio

Sabine Kemna2022-05-16T12:10:07+02:0016. May 2022|Current Posts, Press, press release|

(Kassel) The composer Camille van Lunen is now the second chairwoman of the German Composers’ Association (DKV) – Landesverband NRW.

About the person: Camille van Lunen was only a junior student (viola) and studied singing in the Netherlands. At some point she dared to jump back to the source: the composition that had fascinated her since childhood – after all, she didn’t have much to lose, as she remarks with a wink. International prizes and orders followed. Today she no longer sings or plays the stages of Europe, but leaves this to their protagonists and interpreters. Camille also enjoys leading master classes in improvisation and composition of vocal music. A formative experience was her time as Composer in Residence at a leading Biological Institute in Lisbon: stringency, tireless creativity and solidarity. She would also like to use these qualities, which she appreciates in scientists, in her new role at DKV.

Regarding the current works: The composer Camille van Lunen, once on the stage as Soprano, knows how to delight and touch an audience. Her works are provocative …

28 05, 2021

Hessian Publishing Prize for Furore: Music publications from Kassel are unique

Sabine Kemna2021-06-09T13:17:43+02:0028. May 2021|Current Posts, press release|

The Art and Culture Minister Angela Dorn today announced the jury’s decision for the Hessian Publishing Prize: The special prize will go to the Furore Verlag.

Music publications from Kassel are unique! The jury was impressed by the consistent line with which only works by women composers have been published for 35 years. “To this day, the publisher is unique in the world with its sheet music, books and CD publications. Over 2000 works by 170 female composers from almost all parts of the world have been published to date. The music of women, which was ignored or disregarded for centuries, made a sensation audible again in concert life, helped them to break through in the international concert business and thus made an important contribution to musical life not only in Germany. ”

Barbara Jost, Chairwoman of the State Association of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland of the Börsenverein: “I am particularly pleased that Corona was unable to slow down the Hessian Publishing Prize, as it puts the publisher’s services in the public eye. Furore Verlag, an extraordinary music publisher that …