Cincinnati Opera and the chamber ensemble concert:nova have entered into a
strategic partnership.
The new arrangement, the first of its kind for either
company, is the natural outgrowth of previous collaborations and will allow
concert:nova to focus on its artistic product while strengthening its
administrative infrastructure through the resources of Cincinnati Opera.
“We selected concert:nova as our first strategic partner for
a number of reasons,” said Patricia K. Beggs, general director and CEO of
Cincinnati Opera. “It’s a proven, stable organization with great talent; we
admire the work they have produced; and we have previously partnered with them
on two successful projects: 'Maria de Buenos Aires' in 2012 and the Cincinnati
Remembers World War I concert 're:member:' in February, 2014. We knew their
artistic product was very strong, but they lacked administrative support, and
we felt that we had the organizational capacity to solve that problem."
“By utilizing Cincinnati Opera’s infrastructure, we can
spend more time crafting truly unique concert experiences and developing our
education initiative,” said Ixi Chen, managing artistic director of
concert:nova.
“The strategic partnership is not intended to influence the
artistic product,” said Murray Sinclaire, Jr. president of Cincinnati Opera.
“Another reason for selecting concert:nova is that our two companies are very
artistically different, with well-recognized and distinct brands.”
Founded in
2007, concert:nova was formed to blend the traditional and the contemporary by
performing chamber music with a visual twist. It combines musicians of the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with guest artists and creative collaborators in
film, sculpture, the sciences, culinary arts, ballet, opera and theater with
the objective of breaking down barriers between audience and performers for an
interactive and engaging concert experience.
Through the partnership, Cincinnati Opera will provide
concert:nova with office and rehearsal space, equipment and software, and the
companies will share an employee. Cincinnati Opera staff will also play an
advisory role in certain administrative areas.