Gerard Alfons August, Baron Mortier was a Belgian opera director and administrator of Flemish origin known for his innovative leadership of major European opera houses, including La Monnaie, the Salzb
The Ruhrtriennale, also known as Ruhr Triennale, was founded in 2002 and is a music and arts festival in the Ruhr-area of Germany which runs between mid-August and mid-October, and happens in three-ye
Gerard Mortier
…the company. He subsequently held the general directorship of the Salzburg Festival from 1991 to 2001. Mortier was the founding director of the Ruhrtriennale arts festival in Germany, leading it from 2002 to 2004. He was inspired to "a social and artistic experiment: how to attract new audiences to the…
The industrial heritage Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum