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8ARTISTSSELECTEDTOPARTICIPATEINTHERESIDENCIESPROGRAMMEINITIATEDBYTHEENOANETWORK

FollowingtheopencallforresidencieslaunchedinNovember2017,5womenartistsand3menartists,willbeawardedaresidencyinoneorseveralinstitutionsofthenetwork.45applications(25filedbymenand20bywomen)havebeensubmittedby23composers,13stagedirectors,4conductors,2librettistsand3visualartistsof18differentnationalities.Thenetworkaimstoorganise27artistresidenciesover4years(May2016-May2020).SincethelaunchoftheYoungOperaMakersprogramme,6artistshavealreadybenefitedfromtheresidenciesprogramme.TAILOR-MADERESIDENCIESTORESPONDTOTHENEEDSOFANEWGENERATIONOFOPERACREATORSTheresidenciesofferedbyenoaareopportunitiesforyoungcreatorstoliveandworkatanartisticinstitutionforavaryinglengthoftimeanddevelopanongoingandfruitfulrelationshipwithit.Theimmersioninaninstitutionallowsthemtodiscoverhowitworksanditsdifferentactivities,totake inspiration from its artistic programme and take part in outreach projects. It is also a greatchancefortheartiststomeetandtalkwiththe institution’ssingers,musiciansandcreatorsandtoenrichtheirownpractice.Fortheinstitutionshostingartistsresidencies,itisaboutforgingtrustfulrelationshipthatcouldleadtofuturecollaborationsandtobenefitfromtheoutlook,imaginationandcreativityoftheartist.Thedurationofresidenciesandtheiraimsaredetermineddependingontheartistsandthehostinstitution.

«LetusimaginejustforamomentwhattheEuropeanculturalscenewouldbelikeifmostoperahouses–andorchestras!-hadresidenciesforcreativeartists.Notonlywouldwehavemanymorenewworksbut,

moreimportantly,theseresidencieswouldstrengthenrelationsbetweeninstitutions,theiraudiencesandtheartists,offeringthemprivilegedworkingconditionsandprofessionalintegrationopportunities.(…)Thereis

nosingleformatforacollaborationwithcreativeartists,anddifferenttypesofcollaborationscanbeenvisaged,whethertheyareshort-termexperimentsorlong-termresidencies.Whatiscrucial,however,isto

approachthisworkwithconvictionanddetermination.Thatisthepricewehavetopaytokeepmusicandoperaalive.»

•BernardFoccroulle,Chairmanofenoa–June2014

PRESSRELEASEMay7th,2018

MAY2018:3residenciesin3institutionsFollowingacreativeprocessin2co-producinginstitutionsNinaRussi,stagedirector(Switzerland)OnthenewproductionofTheFieryAngel(Prokofiev),directedbyMariuszTrelińskiSession1–May7th-14th,2018/TeatrWielki(Warsaw,Poland)Session2–June22ndtoJuly5th,2018/Festivald’Aix-en-Provence(Aix-en-Provence,France)ClairePasquier,stagedirector(France)On theworld premiere of the participatory opera projectOrfeo &Majnun (Dick Van derHast,MoneimAdwan,HowardMoody),directedbyAiranBergSession1–May20thtoJune30th,2018/LaMonnaie/DeMunt(Brussels,Belgium)Session2–July1st-8th,2018/Festivald’Aix-en-Provence(Aix-en-Provence,France)DevelopingaspecificoperacreationprojectJugMarković,composer(Serbia)Work sessions on his opera project E + O, based on Euridice in the Underworld by KathyAcker.Session1–May17th-21st,2018/CalousteGubenkianFoundation(Lisbon,Portugal)Session2–December2nd-8th,2018/CalousteGubenkianFoundation(Lisbon,Portugal)

ABOUTENOA/EUROPEANNETWORKOFOPERAACADEMIESYOUNGOPERAMAKERSPROGRAMME

InMay2016,withthesupportoftheCreativeEuropeProgrammeoftheEuropeanUnion,enoalauncheditsprogrammedesignedforperformersandcreators,YoungOperaMakers.Itaimstoprovideyoungartistswithafirst-ratetrainingpathwayusingcontemporary,multidisciplinaryapproachtoopera;togivethemexperienceofperformingandofthecreativeprocess;andtosupportthedevelopmentanddisseminationofnewoperaticworkswhichcontributetodiversifyingaudiences.

WiththesupportofCreativeEuropeProgrammeoftheEuropeanUnion.

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