Michel Montecrossa

Michel Montecrossa ( born October 28, 1945 in Vienna; actually Michael Klostermann ) is a German media entrepreneur, author, musician, filmmaker and future and consciousness researcher.

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Life

1945-1968

Montecrossas father, Dr. Kurt Klostermann, played violin in his early years in Memphis, studied for his return to Europe, chemistry and worked as an independent plastic businessman and art collector in Switzerland and Germany. Montecrossas mother Aimée Alker was until her marriage choir singer in Vienna and then worked in her husband's company. Through the artistic open-mindedness of his parents Michel Montecrossa came from the beginning with artists and business people in touch and was at times a wandering group of artists on the go. Through the self-study of piano, guitar and harmonica, he had his first public appearances with twelve years. He also sang in the Bayerischer Rundfunk as a member of the children's choir of Rudolf Kiermayer.

From 1962 Michel Montecrossa received music lessons (piano, vocals, guitar and basics of electronic music). From 1964 he attended the state-approved painting and drawing school " Munich studio" Waki Zöllner. After the completion of the painting and drawing school followed an additional degree in education and psychology. Parallel to visiting the painting and drawing school studied Michel Montecrossa at private teachers film and photographic technology as well as philosophy.

In 1965 he presented from 14 to 21 November at the youth center in St. Konrad Neuaubing a comprehensive exhibition of paintings, art objects and electronic compositions (" sound images "). 1968 its light objects and electronic music from 18 to 31 may have been exhibited in the gallery Kückels in Bochum and presented, followed by a two-day program with light show, film and electronic music on 23 and 24 November 1968 "Other Cinema " in the Westend, Munich.

1968-1981

After graduating, he worked as a freelance cartoonist for the Moewig -Verlag, for which he created the " shooting star " series and as a translator of philosophical and psychological works for the fisherman paperback publisher. His paintings were shown along with his electronic sound compositions in various exhibitions in Germany. During this period, he was co-founder of the Mandala Artist Group that dealt with future-oriented art.

Michel Montecrossa 's artistic and philosophical interest brought him 1968-1969 in connection with the work of the Indian poet and philosopher Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950), in Europe (mainly England ) studied and grew up and returned to his college years to India to the humanistic spirit of Europe to join in his poetic and philosophical work with the Indo- Asian spiritual spirituality. In these years, Michel Montecrossa began to publish poetry, including in the literary journal " The Iguana " by Gerhard Merz. He participated with artistic " Sens- Actions" to the Schwabing weeks and published early in 1969 its symbolic- surrealistic short story " The voice of the Divine and the first step ". Michel Montecrossa began at this time to work as a film producer and completed the 1969 movie "The great archetype ," he similar to the Consciousness Stream Concept by James Joyce designed.

Also 1968-1969 Michel Montecrossas began career as a singer and songwriter with the first concerts in Munich and later in Europe and America. His songs work grew into the 21st century to more than 2000 songs and instrumental compositions and lyrics that have been performed internationally. The first publication of his songs was released in 1968 LP " Songs from the other time." From 1968, he began increasingly to deal with issues of climate change and world peace in his songs.

Idea of Mirapuri as City of Peace (1969 )

The end of 1969 he came into personal contact with the people living in Pondicherry, South India French artist and consciousness researcher, Mira Alfassa ( 1878-1973 ), the companion of Sri Aurobindo. After a cultural journey through Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan Michel Montecrossa came in November 1969 to Pondicherry. Due to the prior written contact with Alfassa now he could until 1973 regular conversations, mostly about culture and philosophy visit. During this time together with her did the idea for " Mirapuri " as European City of Peace, which is the realization of the ideal human Geeintseins help. Montecrossas philosophical fundamental work "The Sunrevolution " is based on his conversations with Mira Alfassa. In the following years Montecrossa came into contact with a number of philosophical figures such as Jean Gebser, the Dalai Lama, Krishnamurti and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. With the latter, he led in the 1970s in the Bayerischer Rundfunk two week program led by Dr. Udo Reiter.

During this time he wrote several children's books ( "Four tales of love" ) and drew cartoons (including " sinus and the earth spirit "). Musically, he turned to composing music of the song of modern, classical instrumental music to which he linked in part with poetry recitations. In the area of ​​film production, he was mainly documentary and worked, among other things, published a documentary about the visit of the Dalai Lama in Pondicherry.

From 1969 to 1981 Michel Montecrossa mainly lived in Auroville (South India ), where he worked as an art teacher, musician, filmmaker and author. During this time he also worked with the musician Sunil Bhattacharya together as co- composer, producer and electric guitarist in nearby Pondicherry. With him, who was one of the pioneers of electronic music in India, it was made known by Mira Alfassa. During the summer holidays Michel Montecrossa was for its diverse artistic activities in Europe, where he Filmaur with multimedia support Alfassa - built film and television production company. Alfassa then entrusted him with the production of " Meditations on Savitri 'movie series, which she described as her legacy to the world. The series is an adaptation of the poetic main work Savitri by Sri Aurobindo on the basis of drawings and descriptions of Mira Alfassa, coupled with their recitations of passages from Savitri and their organ music. The Filmaur production company was soon after its founding on April 24, 1972 by the departments Mira Sound Germany, Miraprint - expanded digital and offset printing as well as the Mirapuri -Verlag and is now the multimedia Filmaur Germany. At the time, seemed Michel Montecrossa in the series marriages in court under the direction of Rupert Essberger as performers with and produced for the Swiss television a Auroville documentation and the documentary "Meditation in Mahabalipuram ".

Development and construction of Mirapuri (1971-1981)

From 1971, an interested in the idea of Mirapuri Friends of artists, workers and employers, who began concretely prepare the design and creation of Mirapuri as City of Peace and Future Man in Italy was formed. This circle of friends formed the basis of Mirapuri Friends eV. The Mirapuri Friends pursued now all steps further that, after the first land purchases and construction measures, on 15 August 1978 founding of Mirapuri, near the village of Coiromonte in northern Italy ( Via Monte Falo 8, 28011 Mirapuri - Coiromonte ), and 1981 to the founding of Miravillage as a branch of Mirapuri in Gauting (near Munich), Germany led. In Miravillage, Danziger Str 1, Filmaur Multimedia has since been his place of business with additional production studios in Mirapuri. The Mirapuri Friends also allowed the construction of " New Community ", a community and cultural center in the Auroville settlement Certitude. This house was one of the last projects that has emerged from the collaboration of Michel Montecrossa and Mira Alfassa. Conceived as an international meeting place, it should also serve as a guesthouse for Mirapuri friends.

Michel Montecrossa led the creation of the New Community Centre until its completion and full commissioning in 1978 and accompanied on site cultural activities in the New Community Center until 1981.

Life in Mirapuri (1981-2010)

Since 1981, Michel Montecrossa lives mainly in Mirapuri, which was now grown into an independent, democratically organized community. In 1986, he took his stage name of Michel Montecrossa. With its artistic and entrepreneurial activities, he contributes to the growth of Mirapuri and continues through presentations and lectures for the establishment of an international consciousness research university in a Mirapuri. In 1987, he married the artist and musician Mirakali, with whom he has two children.

From 1986 Montecrossa started with film productions which inter alia be " portrait ", the " The Resurrection Movie " included Overground Musical " Living the Experience ," a six-part " Reality Rocker" series and the Consciousness Stream musicals "Invisible Wall" and. He has more than 2000 songs and symphonic compositions written to the beginning of the 21st century, which he (approx. 40 per year) lists at regular concerts since 1992. Montecrossa is in collaboration with Sony BMG, a Neuinterpret of Bob Dylan's song work. Other musicians who, inter alia, were reinterpreted by Michel Montecrossa are Robert Johnson, Jimmy Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Freddy Quinn, Lonnie Donegan, Paul Anka, Robbie Robertson, Françoise Hardy, Kris Kristofferson, Led Zeppelin and Avril Lavigne. In his own songs, he is involved with his band " The Chosen Few" ( Mirakali, Diana Antara, Mirachandra, David Butterfield, Artis Aldschalis ) for peace, free spirit and tackle climate change. For the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he wrote the song " Believe in your Dream", which was acquired with the assistance of the German Olympic Sports Confederation in the athletics stadium for the performance. For the World Expo 2008 in Saragossa, he wrote the song " Water is Life " and produced a film to which was shown during the duration of the Expo. It was also during this time his song "This World Is My World " made known by an advertising campaign of the Dutch newspaper AD. During the presidential campaign of Barack Obama Montecrossa sat for him in the media with the song " New President ", and was awarded him the message of " Keep on moving with your saving message".

Creation

  • The literary work of Michel Montecrossa includes more than 40 major works in the fields of poetry, song lyrics, stories, novels, philosophy and art. In addition to the English-language "The Sunrevolution " are " Mirapuri and the philosophy of spiritual realism" as well as a multi-volume Mirapuri documentation for more basic works for the thinking and understanding of the world by Michel Montecrossa. In 2001 he published the novel " Tarana and the Island of Immortality " in German and English.
  • The Montecrossas filmography includes more than 40 productions in short film and feature film length. The main characteristic of his films is the stream of consciousness style. His film genres include documentary, meditative film, sci- fi action and Consciousness Stream musicals.

More recently, Michel Montecrossa engaged in the area of healing spa music and sacred music. His large-scale, multi -hour wellness work " Sound and Soul World Cybersymphony " had on 10 November 2007, during the Liquid Sound Festival in the Toskana Therme, Bad Sulza premiere. His sacred masterpiece " The Jesus Symphony ', on which he had worked for several years, was premiered on November 14, 2009 in the St. Martin Church Lagerlechfeld, Germany.

2010 brought Montecrossa the production of his musical " House of Time" at the end, which he had begun in May 2009 in Paris. By invitation of the Program Director Ph. D. Igor Neshcheret from the Organization committee of Inter University UNESCO Chair of Philosophy of Human Communication ( Kharkov, Ukraine) Montecrossas Musical Going To The Spirit Of Woodstock Festival was in Mirapuri in ' Bommer Cinema ' in Kharkov on 17 November 2010 premiered.

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • Atmosphere ( 1986)
  • Freedom (1986)
  • Girl ( 1986)
  • Something's Crushin ' In ( 2006)
  • Michel Montecrossa Unplugged (2006)
  • Urvasie Part I -X ( 2006)
  • Shall We Go To War Again? (2007)
  • Sweet Earth - Save The Climate Of Our Earth # 1 (2007)
  • The Soul World Cybersymphony Part 1 & 2 (2007)
  • Jesus Symphony (2009)
  • Complete concert recordings (from 1993)
  • New Year's music, from 1981.

Boxing

  • Power - Collection Vol 1-12 (1966-1996)
  • Reality Rocker, 6 Audio CD Box (1993 )
  • SUNRAY REVOLUTION Peace & Climate Change Song Collection 2008 (2008), 6 Audio CD Box
  • Spirit of Woodstock Festival, CDs from 1993.

Writings (selection )

  • Auroville - City of the future man. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, February 1976, ISBN 3-436-02254-3.
  • The solar revolution. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1980, ISBN 3-596-23380-1.
  • Four tales of love. Mirapuri - Verlag, 1984, ISBN 3-922800-14-9.
  • Venasha. Mirapuri - Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-922800-26-2.
  • Sri Aurobindo and The Mother - Life and works. Mirapuri -Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-922800-22- X.
  • Jesus and the light of the New World. Mirapuri - Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-922800-38-6.
  • Mirapuri - City of Peace and Future Man in Europe. Volume I, Mirapuri -Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-922800-72-6.
  • Tarana and the Island of Immortality. Mirapuri -Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-922800-73-4.
  • MIRAPURI the City of Peace and Futureman in Europe, Italy and the SUNREVOLUTION. Mirapuri -Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-922800-76-9.
  • Cyber ​​Beat Poetry and Image Power. Mirapuri -Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-922800-85-8.
  • Words of Love and Hope. Mirapuri -Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-922800-82-3.
  • Song Lyrics # 1 Mirapuri -Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-922800-83-1.
  • Sunmessages. Mirapuri -Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-922800-93-9.
  • Mirapuri And The New Consciousness. Mirapuri - Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-86710-003-9.
  • Mirapuri and the philosophy of the spiritual realism. Mirapuri -Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86710-041-0.
  • Song Lyrics # 2 Mirapuri -Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86710-045-8.
  • Sunray Revolution. Mirapuri -Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86710-046-5.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2004: Portrait Of A Cyber ​​Rocker Part II: The UFO Landed
  • 2005: Meditations On Savitri ( Director's Cut, digitally remastered ), DVD - series in 12 parts
  • 2006: Reality Rocker Part Five: 'Young Dream'
  • 2007: Reality Rocker Part Six: ' The Man'
  • 2007: Going to the Spirit of Woodstock Festival in Mirapuri, Italy
  • 2008: The Invisible Wall
  • 2009: The Resurrection Movie
  • 2009: The Jesus Symphony Concert
  • 2010: The House of Time
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