"Roche Continents" at the Salzburg Festival celebrates its five-year anniversary
Basel/Salzburg, 27 July 2011
â??Roche Continentsâ?? at the Salzburg Festival celebrates its five-year anniversary
100 students meet in Salzburg to experience innovation in the arts and science
Roche and the Salzburg Festival are celebrating the fifth- anniversary of their collaboration this year. Once again, as in the past years of cooperation, students of the sciences, art and music of 34 different nationalities will come together in Salzburg to discuss creativity in the arts and science and uncover common ground in what at first glance appear to be very different disciplines.
The study week, which took place for the first time in 2007, encourages students to share in discovering concepts of creativity and innovation in the arts, music and science. The concert series â??Continentsâ? at the Salzburg Festival is an integral part of the program and provides the students with an opportunity to encounter the work of modern composers, while various workshops allow the participants to exchange ideas and experiences.
Franz B. Humer, Chairman of the Board of Roche, said: â??A company that lives from research and innovation must regularly overcome conventional barriers of thought. This ideal is at the heart of the offer that Roche Continents makes to young people of different academic backgrounds. I very much appreciate that this project is taking place for the fifth year in cooperation with the Salzburg Festival.â?
Helga Rabl-Stadler, President of the Salzburg Festival, added: â??The arts and science are connected by the human ambition to understand and experience. The Salzburg Festival has always offered a platform for this. We therefore welcome that Roche supports this tradition both financially and morally and allows young people to experience it.â?
