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INSPIRED MINDS

Composer and conductor Andre Richard

Born in Bern, Switzerland in 1944 Andre Richard studied singing, composition and music theory at the Conservatory of Music in Geneva and the Musik Hochschuler of Freiburg, where his teachers included Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough. After further studies in Paris, Andre Richard moved to Italy where he assisted the renowned Italian composer, Luigi Nono in the completion of his last major works. This needless to say, has made André Richard one of the world experts on the interpretation and performance techniques of the great Italian composer. André Richard was awarded the Reinhold Schneider Prize in 1990 and the prize of the Christoph and Stephan Kaske Foundation in 1994. In 1998 he received the European Prize for New Music in 1998. His works have been performed at many major international festivals, including The World Music Days in Budapest, Frankfurt, Oslo and Essen. Together with the conductor Arturo Tamayo, André Richard founded the Solistenchor Freiburg in 1982 to perfo
 rm Luigi Nono's "Das Atmende Klarsein" and has been their artistic director since 1984. Today André Richard is the director of the Heinrich Strobel foundation electronic studios in Freiburg and appears regularly as conductor and composer at many of the world most prestigious music events. He recently organised a retrospective of the works of Luigi Nono, and it was about this composer and his work he talks to Breandáin O'Shea in this week's Inspired Minds. 




INSIGHT

Islamic schools in India and the UK face tough scrutiny

During the 1979-1989 US-backed guerrilla war against the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan, many hard-line Islamic schools were set up in Pakistan, often with American and Saudi funding, as indoctrination and military training sites. These schools have meanwhile been suspected of bringing forth Islamist terrorists who have perpetrated attacks against targets in the West. After the July 7 London bombings, Britain pressed Pakistan to move against the radical schools known as 'madrassas'. More than 800 militant suspects have been arrested and around 1,400 foreign madrassa students ordered to leave the country. Not only radical Islamic schools in Pakistan- often moderate institutions in several countries of the world face harsh scrutiny, for example in Britain and India. For this week's edition of Insight, Neeraj Bali travelled to the UK and India to see how Muslim educational institutions there are faring. 




ASIA THIS WEEK

IAEA resolution calls for freeze on Iran's nuclear work 

The UN atomic watchdog has called unanimously on Iran to halt nuclear fuel work which has raised fears of atmoic weapons development and set off an international crisis. Work was resumed at the Isfahan uranium conversion plant this week after being suspended in November to start talks with the European Union. The International Atomic Energy Agency resolution on Thursday left the door open to more talks, by refraining from bringing Iran before the UN Security Council. The resolution was drafted by the EU3 - Germany, France and Britain. It requests the IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei to provide a comprehensive report on the implementation of Iran's NPT Safeguards Agreement AND this resolution by September 3rd. We discuss the implications of these developments. 


Snap elections in Japan 

The Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has called early elections. He was responding to the defeat this week in the upper house of the Japanese parliament of a bill to privatise the post office. Among those voting against this central plank in Mr Koizumi's reform policy were members of his own Liberal Democratic Party. And the evident division in the party could mean that, for the first time in decades, it might not dominate the next parliament. 


Nagasaki marks 60th anniversary of atomic bombing

Japan has marked the 60th anniversary of the destruction of Nagasaki by a US atomic bomb at the end of World War II. About 6,000 people, including hundreds of ageing survivors, crowded into the city's Peace Memorial Park, just a few hundred meters from the centre of the blast. The attack on August 9th, 1945 came just three days after America's bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A report on the horrific effects of the bombing and the significance of this week's ceremony.


German press

A look at what the German press has been saying about developments in Asia. 


A glimpse into the life of some indigenous people

This week, the International Day of the World's Indigenous People was celebrated around the world. The UN decided in 1994 to mark this day on August 9th every year. In fact, in 2004, the General Assembly proclaimed the second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. The goal is to strengthen international cooperation for the solution of problems faced by indigenous people in areas like culture, education, health, human rights, the environment, and social and economic development. We'll tell you how the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar islands survived the tsunami and bring you glimpse of art by the Aboriginal people of Australia.

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