Ludwig Tuman
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Ludwig Tuman is a composer, pianist, author and educator. As a composer, Tuman has written for varied media, including orchestra, chorus, chamber, and solo. His degrees in music composition are from Harvard (B.A. cum laude) and San Francisco State University (M.A.). He has extensive experience as a music educator and choral director. He has been a faculty member of the Chicago Conservatory College, where he designed and taught courses in composition, theory, and non-Western music. Having also had a professional production facility, where he has created and produced music for television, he is currently active in music production.
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[edit] Recognition
The Spiritual Role of Art received the Association for Bahá’í Studies’ Award for Excellence, and was published in The Bahá'í World, Vol XX
Mirror of the Divine: Art in the Baha'i World Community was described by the Baha'i Reviewing Panel for the United Kingdom as "relevant to the future progress of all artistic expression," and in a book review for Baha'i Studies, it was characterized by Constance Chen as "an excellent, thought-provoking piece of writing." R.N. Shah (late Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India) referred to it as a "pioneering work" and a "brilliant exposition of Baha'i perspective" on the arts. It has been translated in Spain as Espejo de lo Divino.
Can Art for the Baha’i Faith Become Distinctive? has been translated to German and published by the Association for Bahá'í Studies for German-Speaking Europe.
An essay titled: Toward Critical Foundations for a World Culture of the Arts was published in World Order magazine and described by the late Daniel C. Jordan as a "seminal contribution."
[edit] Publications
- Mirror of the Divine: Art in the Baha'i World Community
- Networking our Vision of the Core Concepts of Art
- Nine Steps to Raise and Nurture a Community Choir
For those wishing to establish their own community choir, Nine Steps to Raise and Nurture a Community Choir is a brief, practical, entertaining and highly effective guide, based on Baha'i teachings. Co-authored with Katherine Tahiri, and previously sold by Celestial Navigation Publishing, it is now available for download (without charge) at his official website
Three of his papers, including "Networking our Vision of the Core Concepts of Art" are published on the Rabbani Trust web site, as contributions to the Baha’i Social and Economic Development Conference, where he has been a keynote speaker.
[edit] Other accomplishments
His speaking engagements have included "The Role of the Artist in an Emerging World Order" at the Landegg Academy in Switzerland.
The organizers of the recent "Wings to the Spirit" Arts Conference in Florida selected his essay, "Networking our Vision of the Core Concepts of Art," to be included in the basic package of materials given to all conference participants. It is a 12-page summary of vital, core concepts regarding the way the arts are conceived and practiced, as the author understands them to be stated or implied in the Baha'i teachings. It is strongly supported by quotations from the Baha'i Writings. Written with the general public as well the Bahá'í community in mind, the author says it is "humbly offered in the hope it may serve as a point of departure for consultation, and may help to lead eventually to a consensus." Available for viewing on this web site, and for downloading at the web site of the Rabbani Trust: Rabbani Trust (Scroll to bottom)
For a list of musical works by Ludwig Tuman, some of which can be listened to online, see: [1].
For a full list of publications and presentations by Ludwig Tuman see: [2].
