"Rue Ernest Bloch"
Contrasting street signs can be found in the two towns marking the beginning and ending of the life of Ernest Bloch: 1880 to 1959. Here is the sign in Geneva, Switzerland. The photo for Agate Beach (Newport), Oregon, thanks to the Newport City Council, is posted at the Photo Resources tab. That sign now marks a point on Highway 101 in Newport (Agate Beach), Oregon near the home where Ernest Bloch lived from 1941 until his death in 1959.
Ernest Bloch Music Competition
The Ernest Bloch Music Competition and the Israeli Music Competition <www.israelimusiccompetition.org> semi finals (July 11) and finals (July 15) were recently completed.
2011 -- 3rd International Ernest Bloch Music Competition -- 2011
The Ernest Bloch Music Competition was begun in 2009 and has drawn much worldwide interest. Ernest Bloch (24 July 1880 – 15 July 1959) was a Swiss-born, American-Jewish composer and, since the 50th anniversary of his death was commemorated in 2009, the addition of the Ernest Bloch Music Competition to the Israeli Music Competition has drawn much worldwide interest. It has therefore been decided to make the Ernest Bloch Music Competition a regular part of the Israeli Music Competition. Each competitor is asked to play a prescribed classical composition, a piece of their own choice, as well as a piece by Bloch for the Ernest Bloch Competition. Please register via the website.
Deadline: 6 May 2011 Competitions: 10 July 2011 - 14 July 2011
Special Announcement: The Ernest Bloch I Knew
"The Ernest Bloch I Knew: The Agate Beach Years" by Helen Johnston Kintner
Helen Johnston was "a private student and close friend of Ernest Bloch" for the last thirteen years of his life. "My goal in putting this story together is simply to offer some glimpses into the inner dynamics of those final years of Ernest and Marguerite Blochs' lives in Agate Beach, Oregon, from an insider's perspective."
This 107 page book has just come from the printer (August 4, 2009). It has been published (Heirloom Edition of 100 copies) by the author in Oregon. Anyone interested in securing a copy should "contact us" by link to the left.
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International Jubilee Festival
2009 – and beyond
A worldwide celebration of
Ernest Bloch’s works commemorating
the 50th anniversary of his death
Musical organizations large and small, including opera companies, orchestras, choirs, ensembles, soloists and venues worldwide were invited to include Bloch’s music in their programs for 2009-2010 – and beyond. If you are programming Bloch and would like your event listed in this Festival calendar, please contact festival@ernestbloch.org . To begin the 50th year the International Ernest Bloch Society was launched on July 8, 2008 in London.
Keep your eyes on the calendar link to the left for day to day events scheduled far and wide honoring Ernest Bloch.
This International Jubilee Festival of performances and workshops was coordinated by the Jewish Music Institute SOAS University of London, Joint Presidents Lady Solti and Leopold de Rothschild CBE, by the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, and by the Ernest Bloch Legacy Foundation, Agate Beach, Oregon, Chairman Ernest Bloch II.
Please contact festival@ernestbloch.org for information on having events posted to the calendar, or gaining authorization to post events from your country of origin.
International Committee:
Ernest Bloch II, Dr Frank J.M. Geltner (USA); Alain Hirsch. Oliver Margulies (Switzerland); Professor Dalia Atlas, Professor Jehoash Hirshberg (Israel); Ms Li Jin (China); Mr Akinori Itoh (Japan). Norman Solomon, Alexander Knapp, J Audrey Ellison (UK)
Producing events featuring Ernest Bloch and his music?
(Let us know details of upcoming events and we will add to master calendar in vertical navigation bar to left - or contact us to become a pubisher to the calendar.)
Visit the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts "Ernest Bloch Project" link.
Ernest Bloch Legacy logo print created by Lucienne Bloch Dimitroff from original photograph by Walt Dyke.
This site is updated on a regular basis: last updated on July 9, 2010. Master calendar updated on a regular basis.
