Schwarzenberg, Austria
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Schwarzenberg is a village in the Bregenzerwald
, Vorarlberg
, Austria
, part of the district Bregenz
. As of 2002 it has a population of 1,805. The village center is heritage-protected for its clapboard houses.
In Schwarzenberg Angelika Kauffmann (*1741, October 30, in Chur / Switzerland; †1807, November 5, in Rome) grew up. She is broadly acknowledged as the most important female painter in 18. Century. In Schwarzenberg her father, also a painter, taught her and helped her to create her first paintings. In the church of the village there are mural paintings of father and daughter to admire.
The concert hall is named after her.
Here annually the world-famous lied- and chamber-music-festival Schubertiade Schwarzenberg takes place, with performances of artists like Alfred Brendel
, Emerson String Quartet
, Michael Schade
, Robert Holl, Angelika Kirchschlager
, Thomas Quasthoff
.
Bregenzerwald
Bregenzerwald is one of the main regions in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria. Geologically, the Bregenzerwald is a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, specifically the northern flysch zone. It is the drainage basin of the Bregenzer Ach river....
, Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, part of the district Bregenz
Bregenz (district)
The Bezirk Bregenz is an administrative district in Vorarlberg, Austria. It comprises the Bregenzerwald region, the Leiblach valley, and the Austrian part of Lake Constance....
. As of 2002 it has a population of 1,805. The village center is heritage-protected for its clapboard houses.
In Schwarzenberg Angelika Kauffmann (*1741, October 30, in Chur / Switzerland; †1807, November 5, in Rome) grew up. She is broadly acknowledged as the most important female painter in 18. Century. In Schwarzenberg her father, also a painter, taught her and helped her to create her first paintings. In the church of the village there are mural paintings of father and daughter to admire.
The concert hall is named after her.
Here annually the world-famous lied- and chamber-music-festival Schubertiade Schwarzenberg takes place, with performances of artists like Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel KBE is an Austrian pianist, born in Czechoslovakia and a resident of the United Kingdom. He is also a poet and author.-Biography:...
, Emerson String Quartet
Emerson String Quartet
The Emerson String Quartet is a New York–based string quartet in residence at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Previously the Quartet was in residence at The Hartt School. Formed in 1976, they have released more than twenty albums and won nine Grammy Awards. Both violinists...
, Michael Schade
Michael Schade
Michael Schade is a Canadian operatic tenor, who was born in Geneva and raised in Germany and Canada. He and his four children live in Oakville, Ontario; a city just outside of Toronto, Canada. The family has a second home in Vienna, Austria.Schade is considered a leading Mozart tenor...
, Robert Holl, Angelika Kirchschlager
Angelika Kirchschlager
Angelika Kirchschlager is an Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer.-Career:Kirchschlager began her musical training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where she studied percussion and piano. In 1984, she went to the Vienna Music Academy, where she studied with Gerhard Kahry and Walter Berry...
, Thomas Quasthoff
Thomas Quasthoff
Thomas Quasthoff is a German bass-baritone. Although his reputation was initially based on his performance of Romantic lieder, Quasthoff has proven to have a remarkable range from the Baroque cantatas of Bach to solo jazz improvisations.-Biography:Quasthoff was born in Hildesheim, Germany, with...
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