 THE MEMBERS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES 2004 This is the annual Calendar of European New Music Events, produced by the ECPNM. In this Calendar details are listed of concert series, festivals, workshops and other activities organized by the members of the European Conference of Promoters of New Music. ACDA - Association pour la Création et la Diffusion Artistique In just over two decades the Centre Acanthes has become a revered symbol of contemporary composition. Launched at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1977, it has since 1987 been linked to the Avignon Festival. Above all, the Centres Acanthes sets out to teach young musicians about contemporary music. Adopting an innovative approach, it centres its activities around leading modern composers, who each lead different sessions. The Centre Acanthes is held each July for a period of two to three weeks, in the magnificent fourteenth-century monastery, the Chartreuse, in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon. Workshops are run by an entire team, as the guest composer is assisted by a group of musician-teachers, chosen by common accord to perform and analyse his works. Alongside the workshops, a series of concerts are held, at which the works of the guest composer hold pride of place, performed by the musician-teachers as well as ensembles or orchestras. These concerts are included in the official programme of the Avignon Festival. The Centre Acanthes is aimed at young music professionals, be they composers, performers, musicologists or teachers. They hail from all over the world - between half and three-quarters of the participants come from outside France. Participants are selected on the basis of their applications. Their numbers range from 80 to 120 every year. To make it easier for them to attend, over half of the participants are granted a bursary. Acanthes 2004 - Metz 5 to 18 July 2004 Composition Workshops: Jonathan Harvey and Philippe Manoury, with the participation of the Ensemble Intercontemporain Computer Music Workshops: Educational and scientific team from Ircam /Centre Pompidou Instrumental Workshops: Flute: Sophie Cherrier, Clarinet: Alain Damiens, Cello: Anssi Karttunen, Percussion: Michel Cerutti Introduction To The Repertoire: Jonathan Harvey, Philippe Manoury, Martin Matalon Teaching Team: Public Concerts: Ensemble Intercontemporain and soloists
Organ competition Next competition June 2004, 1st to 9th Jacques Taddei, artistic director Marie-Louise Langlais, artistic collaboration 6th Jean-Pierre Rampal flute competition October 20th to 30th, 2005 the rules will be available in 2004 Age limit : 30 years old 8th Rostropovich cello competition November 9th to 20th, 2005 rules in progress, information will be available in 2004 Age limit : 33 years old Martial Solal piano-jazz competition next competition in 2006 Age limit : 35 years old
Aspects des Musiques d’Aujourd’hui Annual festival (in spring) which concentrates on one particular composer: concerts, lectures, exhibitions, films etc. In past years there have been festivals about Stockhausen, Kagel, Xenakis, Ligeti, Kurtág, Dusapin, Fedele and others. Aspects des Musiques d’Aujourd’hui 22e Festival - 12-13-14 march 2004 12/3 - 20h30, Grand Auditorium De Caen: Philippe Boivin - Six Algorithmes; Gérard Zinsstag - Anaphores : fantaisie pour piano et orchestre; Peter Eötvös - Snatches of a conversation pour trompette ŕ double pavillon et orchestre. Orchestre de Caen, Mark Foster, direction, Marco Blaauw, trompette, David Chevalier, piano, 13/3 - 11h30 Eglise Saint-Etienne: Valéry Aubertin - 2č sonate pour orgue; Eric Tanguy - Cinq Litanies; Jean-Louis Florentz - Debout sur le Soleil; André Jolivet - Prélude apocalyptique; György Ligeti - Ricercare. Michel Bourcier, orgue, - 16h Petit Auditorium Du CNR: Elliott Carter - Quatuor n°5; Brian Ferneyhough - Quatuor n°2; Ludwig van Beethoven - Quatuor n°10 "les harpes" opus 74. Quatuor Diotima, Eiichi Chijiiwa, violon, Nicolas Miribel, violon, Franck Chevalier, alto, Pierre Morlet violoncelle - 20h30 Grand Auditorium De Caen: Tom Ades - Catch; Mark-Anthony Turnage - Cortege for Chris; James Dillon - Redemption; Oliver Knussen - Prayer Bell Sketch, - Fraser Trainer, - Road Movies; Dai Fujikura - Work for cello solo; Michael Finnissy - Takemitsu tribute piece; Toru Takemitsu - Between Tides. London Sinfonietta 14/3 - 11h Petit Auditorium Du CNR : György Ligeti - Etudes pour piano, - n°2 Cordes ŕ vide, n°3 Touches bloquées, n°5 Arc-en-ciel ; Michaël Lévinas - Trois Etudes pour piano, n°1 Forte/Piano, n°2 Variations sur une seule note, n°3 Cordes étouffées ; Tristan Murail - Territoire de l’Oubli. Michaël Lévinas, piano - 16h Grand Auditorium De Caen : Joshua Fineberg - Tremors ; Tristan Murail - Ethers ; Michaël Jarrell - Assonances VI ; Pierre Boulez - Dérive 1 ; Michaël Lévinas - Rebonds ; Philippe Hurel - Figures libres. Ensemble Court-Circuit, Pierre-André Valade, direction, Jean-Marie Cottet, piano
Aspekte Salzburg Annual festival in March
Aspekte Salzburg 2004 February 25 - March 3, 2004, Austria „Music of the world" 25/2 - 20.00, SEAD. Maroc, Egypt, traditional and new class. music. Miroglio (Percussion) und Aprodu (piano play works by Mahmoud, Essyad a.o. 26/2 - 20.00, SEAD. Thailand, Ensemble of the „King Bhumiphol College of Music" Bangkok, ASPEKTE New Music Ensemble present traditional music and Works by Somtov, Pataradetpisan a.o. 27/2 - 18.00, SEAD. Latinamerica, Ensemble Encuentros (Buenos Aires). Works on Poetry by Luis Borges - 20.00, SEAD. La Capilla de Indias, The music. Heritage of the Chiquitos and Moxos 28/2 - 18.00, SEAD, South Africa. E. Chojnacka, T. Miroglio und A. Aprodu present. Works by Blake. Wilk, McLachlan, Zaidel-Rudolph, Merve etc. and traditional Music - 20.00, SEAD, Korea. ASPEKTE New Music Ensemble (dir. K. Röhrig). Works by Kang, Choi, Yun, Oh a.o. 29/2 - 18.00, SEAD, China. The Shanghai New Music Ensemble presents. traditionelle und neue Musik aus China - 20.00, SEAD, Austria. Neues Ensemble Linz (dir. A. Peschek). Works by Krenek, Klein, Strobl, Peschek, Maultasch etc. 1/3 - 20.00, SEAD. Central Asia: Works by I. Sahbai, H. Evirgen, Latif-Zadeh a-o- 2/3 - 20.00, SEAD. Japan. Yumi Nara and Ensemble, traditional Music and Works by Matsudaira, Myoshi, Itoh a.o. 4/3 - 18.30, Museum CA. Breccia Project, an international Projekt with works by composers from Europ, the USA and Japan XI CóATL „Wandering Star" for flute 2. Competition Of Composition August 30, 2004, Deadline Conditions of the Competition: YAGE, association for latinamerican art, culture, and science & ASPEKTE Salzburg CATEGORIES: 1. Composition for solo Flute 2. Composition for Flute and Guitar (acoustic) 3. Composition for Flute and string quartet - Electronic means may be used, in this case 6 copies of the corresponding CD have to be handed in. - For the categories 2 and 3 only the necessary copies of the score which contain all the instruments, are to be submitted. - The winners of the competition, however, are obliged to send in the different written parts for each instrument of the composition by Dec. 15. 2004 in order to guarantee their performance in spring 2005. - Works which have already been awarded or presented in public are not to be submitted. - Topic: The compositions should be related to folkloric or classical Latin American music. - Duration Of The Piece: The length of each submitted piece can be up to 30 minutes. - Enclosures: Join a short note (not longer than one page) explaining the origin, the sources, the techniques used and an explanation of how the music is related to latin american culture. - We ask you to send SIX COPIES of the piece as well as of the note using a pseudonym or a key word. In a closed envelope please add your personal details (address, fax, telephone number, e-mail, and photo if possible) and short curriculum vitae. - The score including all required annexes can also be sent (in separate files) as PDF-format via e-mail to the following address: concurso@euroyage.net - Closing date for the entries: August 30, 2004 - The awarded pieces of at least three of the winners will be performed in february 2005 at the 29th International Festival Of Contemporary Music "Aspekte Salzburg" In Salzburg. Submitted works will not be returned. - Awards: 1st PRIZE: 1.500 Euros; 2nd PRIZE: 1.000 Euros; 3rd PRIZE: 500 Euros; *. Honorary Awards for excellent compositions; *. The results of the competition will be announced in the 70th edition of the Magazín Cultural Latinoamericano XICóATL (January/March 2005) and the „Zeitschrift für zeitgenössische Musik „AROVELL" Please send the copies and the necessary enclosures to: CONCURSO XICóATL Moosstr. 7/18 A-5020 Salzburg, Austria concurso@euroyage.net , more information under: www.euroyage.com
Association Thélčme Contemporaine Creation - diffusion - training in electroacoustic and computer music. Founded in 1986, Thélčme Contemporain is a small association involved in contemporary music and specially in electroacoustic & computer music. Initiator of creative projects such as: instrumental and/or tape music concerts, multimedia exhibitions, interactive music, sound environments, musical show, training stages for musical schools and adult musicians.
Associazione Musica Aperta Incontri Europei con la
musica European Music Meetings - Italy, Bergamo European Music Meetings XXIII - Bergamot Associazione Musica Aperta Bergamo in cooperation with Comune, Provincia, Provveditorato agli Studi di Bergamo, Regione Lombardia, S.I.M.C. (Societŕ Italiana Musica Contemporanea) Sala Piatti, via S. Salvatore, Bergamo 7/2 - 16.00 hrs.: The Ring Around Quartet (4 voices). Music by Cl. Ambrosini, A. Basevi, P. Cattaneo, M. D’Amico, R. Dapelo, P. Molino, E. Morricone 14/2 - 16.00 hrs.: Namaste Ensemble (M. Notarstefano, piano; G. Arbonelli, clarinets; M. Mazzoni, saxophones). Music by L. Berio, G. Arbonelli, P. Cattaneo, F. Festa, D. Nicolau, F. Oppo, G. Petrassi, R. Piacentini 21/2 - 16.00 hrs.: Orchestra da camera Milano Classica, A. Carbonare, clarinet, F. Bossone, bassoon, direction E. Güyen Yaslicam (Turkey). Music by P. Warlock, Gluck, Mozart, Devienne 28/2 - 16.00 hrs.: Trio vaghi accenti (M. Martello, flute; St. Boesso, bassoon; D. Busetto, harpsichord). Venetian Sonatas 6/3 - 16.00 hrs.: Andrea Vettoretti, guitar. Music by S. Iannarelli, A. Piazzolla, N. Arnoldi, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Tarrega, Scarlatti, Chopin, Mertz 13/3 - 16.00 hrs.: Gruppo Fiati Musica Aperta, direction Fr.-J. Cintado (Spain). Music by P. Cattaneo, J. Françaix, S. Prokofiev, Mendelssohn 20/3 - 16.00 hrs.: Simone Sala, piano. Music by S. Rachmaninov, A. Scriabin 27/3 - 16.00 hrs.: Antonio Tinelli, clarinet - Luca Palladino, piano. Music by D. Anzaghi, F. Busoni, L. Danceanu, V. Fellegara, N. Rota, Schumann
Associazione musicale Ensemble 900 Promote XX century and contemporary music with the organization of a festival (Finestre sul Novecento), playing some concerts with our ensemble (Ensemble 900) and publishing books and music scores with our editorial departement.
Avantgarde Schwaz Avantgarde Schwaz organizes an annual International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art in a 14 days period at the end of August / beginning of September, offering courses in instrumental composition, analysis of new music, real time composition, media technologies and audio art. The Academy is helt under the artistic direction of Boguslaw Schaeffer
Brno
International Music Festival Exposition of New Music may also be described as a music-ecological festival. Its purpose is to extend the understanding of contemporary music movements and its historical roots and confront them with Czech musical tendencies. In the Czech context it represents a unique enterprise in its kind as well as its topical extent. The NME was introduced in the 1960s and established as an annual event in the 1990s in an attempt to help contemporary music followers to familiarise themselves in certain symptomatic trends and be able to evaluate different creative procedures. A brief overview of previous events: New pulsation (new approaches to rhythm in classical music - 1994), Teatromusica (music as theatre - 1995), Against the Stream (mavericks and outsiders - 1996), Chaos and Communication (scientific findings in art - 1997), Unexpected Encounters (search for new relationships - 1998), Apocalypse Now? (seers, prophets, utopians, and we-all - 1999), Czech Accent (Czech music emphasized - 2000), Spring glory (Rites of the Spring in the New Millenium - 2001), Roots in Rock (experimental development of former rock musicians - 2002) Exposition of New Music - International Music festival Brno May 19-23, 2004, Czech Republic Place: Dum Pánu z Kunstátu, „We and the World: Looking for the common language " 19/5 - 7.30 pm: Gunda Gottschalk - (Germany). Gunda Gottschalk: Wassermonde, Michal Kosut: Partita, Gunda Gottschalk: MK-Variations 20/5 - 7.30 pm: Petr Kotík and S.E.M. Ensemble (USA), Kvartet sv. Vavrince, DAMA DAMA (Czech Republic). Petr Kotík: There is Singularly Nothing, Petr Kotík: B. L. & R., Morton Feldman: Why Patterns? 21/5 - 7.30 pm: Ensemble Konvergence (Czech Republic): Roman Pallas: Tom & tom, Tomás Pálka: Kontemplace, Jan Rybár: Dimenze, Ondrej Stochl: Úniky k radosti, George Crumb: Black Angels 22/5 - 7.30 pm: Gareth Davis - (Great Britain / The Netherlands): Luigi Ceccarelli: Birds; Quanti, Nicola Sani: Isola Terza, Wayne Siegel: Jackdaw 23/5 - 7.30 pm: Arditti Quartet: Mirek Srnka: String Quartet (opening night), Atli Ingolfsson: String Quartet, Brian Ferneyhough: Adagissimo, Marco Stroppa: Spiral
Budapest Music Center Budapest Music Center (BMC) was established in 1996, and its main aim was to create a Hungarian music database on contemporary music, jazz and classical music which is available free to everyone through the Internet. In 2002 the database got a new structure, the information site was redesigned, and the content of the database is expanding countinuously. In the next few years BMC is going to develop a multimedia library where all records and scores of Hungarian contemporary compositions can be found. Apart from the above non-profit activity of building an information site, BMC started its own record label in 1997. Since then BMC Records has released more than 80 contemporary, classical and jazz albums. The CD series hosts internationally recognized Hungarian composers/musicians like György Kurtág, Péter Eötvös, András Szollosy, Barnabás Dukay, Erich Bergel, János Starker, György Sebok, Tibor Varga, the Bartók String Quartet, András Keller, Márta Kurtág, Gábor Csalog, László Hadady, the Amadinda Percussion Group and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. BMC Records has several distributors all over the world, which also contributes to the promotion of Hungarian music.
CDMC/
Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea The Centro para la Difusión de la Musica Contemporanes (CDMC) was founded in 1985 to fill the increasing gap in the dissemination of contemporary music and to create a more favourable atmosphere for new composition. It aims to help the understanding, enjoyment and study of contemporary music and put an end the isolation in which musical creation finds itself today. The CDMC is a department of the Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música (INAEM), the performing arts division of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. It programmes and stages musical performances, encouraging total artistic freedom. CDMC’s more specific aim is the study, examination and experimentation of new musical genres and trends, with a particular focus on Spanish composers. It is also involved in concert production and other musical performances, coproductions with music organisations, tours in Spain and abroad and the handling of definitive works by new Spanish writers, which are premičre by the CMCD. - The CMCD is also involved in further activities, such as promotion, advertising, text editions, scores and recordings, and coordination with other production units subsidised by the INAEM. The head office of the CDMC has been based on the 5th floor of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia since 1987. One of the CDMC’s principal objectives was to provide a laboratory for computer-generated and electronic music (LIEM). The move to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía gave the CDMC a suitable location for the LIEM and, following the redesign of the building’s interior and in agreement with the INAEM, the equipment was installed. This has enabled the inclusion of an important branch of contemporary music, which had so far been neglected in Spain. - The aims and activities of Laboratorio de Informática y Electrónica Musical de CDMC (LIEM-CDMC) include the composition of new works, the development of software for composition, the circulation of music, training, concert production and other musical events.
CIDIM
- Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica The principal aim of Cidim is to contribute to the development of music culture both in Italy and abroad, encouraging collaboration between public bodies (competent ministries, local authorities, cultural institutes) and music organizations by means of initiatives of coordination and promotion. The initiatives promoted by Cidim relate to the following fields of activity: - planning and realization of Data Banks covering the various sectors of the world of music and entertainment; - research and documentation on legislative issues and on musicological and historical subjects directed to the analysis and study of music activities in Italy; - programming and coordination on a continuous basis of production and distribution in the music sector; - creation of research and documentation centres on musical matters; - promotion and diffusion of contemporary music; - diffusion of propaedeutic and formative initiatives, with particular attention to those which have as their object the intensification of the role of music in school education; - financial aid to young research workers and musicians via scholarships and grants; - organization of national and international events to facilitate the promotion of composers, conductors and performers, with particular attention to the younger generation.
Composers Association SOCOM is founded in 1947 and is the main organiser
of the contemporary music life in Skopje and Macedonia. It conists of over
40 members (composers, musicologists and ethnomusicologists). It is the
organizer of the contemporary music festival "Days of Macedonian Music"
held annually in March, and organizer of many other concerts, meetings,
and other contemporary music activities in Macedonia. The Composers Association of Macedonia (SOCOM) is the organizer of the contemporary music festival "Days of Macedonian Music" held annually in Skopje, Macedonia in March. Every year we try to include international activities and invite foreign guests that would participate in our festival. Macedonian New Music Days 2004 Skopje, Macedonia from 21 to 31 March
Concorde Contemporary music ensemble specialising in the performance of new music. Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano, soprano with optional others. Our activities include projects with guest performers, international composers, commissioning of new work, exchanges with other groups/festivals, promotion of young Irish composers, and a regular series of concerts in the Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin.
Contemporary Music Centre Ltd Ireland’s national archive and resource centre for new music. The library with over 3000 scores and 5000 recordings contains the only major specialist collection of music by modern Irish composers. Scores and recordings are available for sale or on loan. - CMC engages in an ongoing programme of activities to develop and promote new Irish music nationally and internationally. Free advice, sample scores and recordings can be provided to anyone interested in programming Irish music. - Promotional CDs are produced and distributed free of charge worldwide. - The Centre is a member of the International Association of Music Information Centres. Our web site also offers many new features including: - Comprehensive searching of the Centre's unique collection of more than 3,000 Irish compositions. - News updates and a calendar of events. - Interviews, including video and audio clips, with composers and new music specialists. - Comprehensive data on each composer, including biographies, work lists, photos and articles. - Secure shopping facilities for online purchase of Irish contemporary music CDs and publications. - A special 'Education and Outreach' section for school students and their teachers.
Croatian Composers Society The Croatian Composers Society (HDS) is a modern and well-equipped professional organisation which gathers around 200 regular members and 3500 associate members (composers, musicologists, publicists...). Its primary aim is further promotion of musical life in Croatia and the recognition of Croatian music at home and abroad. Organizer of the Music Biennale Zagreb, Publishes Cantus Magazine 23rd Music Biennale Zagreb 2005 April 15 - 24 2005 The international festival of contemporary music, will host the ISCM World Music Days 2005 Call for Scores, Works and Projects The ISCM World Music Days 2005 will be held within the 23rd Music Biennale Zagreb, an international festival of contemporary music, in the period from Friday, 15 to Sunday, 24 April 2005. The festival programme aims to present the widest range of musical activities from all over the world. The proposals which do not draw on the central theme will also be considered. - The central theme of the festival is ‘Music of the Cities’. Composers are invited to submit their scores, multimedia and other projects related to the cities which enhanced our civilization through their contribution to music, culture and history. Special attention will be given to compositions and projects related to the following Croatian cities: Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Pula, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Varaždin, Osijek and Vukovar. More details on these cities can be found on the website www.croatia.hr. - The festival programme will be agreed by the festival Artistic Council chaired by the Artistic Director Berislav Sipus following the selection made by the international jury consisting of renowned composers from all over the world. - The names of the international jury members will be given in due time. - Each ISCM Section may submit up to 6 scores and projects. - The applications are also invited to be sent by composers, orchestras, soloists and chamber ensembles, producers, publishers, and various artistic organizations. No one can submit two compositions or two projects by the same composer. - A registration fee for each score, work and/or project is ! 50 - The ISCM Sections do not have to pay the registration fee for the submitted proposals (up to 6 compositions or projects). - Each application should include the following: 3 copies of a score; project description, including the technical requirements; notes on the work with the year of origin and a recording (audio, video), if possible; composer’s biography with a photograph, certificate of citizenship as well as the address, phone number and e-mail address; a receipt for the registration fee. - The applicant may propose the performer. - Proposals which offer a co-production or co-financing of a project or provide further performances of a composition or project will be specially considered. - Applications are invited for all kinds of music and multimedia works, including operas, ballets, compositions for symphony orchestra (with or without a soloist), for various chamber ensembles (with or without a soloist), choirs, compositions for solo instruments, works for specific folk instruments, as well as electronic and computer works. Except for musical and stage works, the recommended duration of compositions is maximum 15 minutes for large ensembles and 10 minutes for chamber ensembles and solo instruments. - Special attention will be given to the appropriate geographical and stylistic balance of the programme and representation of young composers (maximum age 30). - The organizer reserves the right to directly discuss the programme with the ISCM Sections, producers, publishers, cultural centres and others in order to define the programme and agree on co-productions or to finance the projects in an adequate manner. Registration fee is not required in such cases. - The organizer is not responsible for the production of performing materials, which should be available on sale or on hire from the composer or from his/her representative. - The materials sent with the proposal shall not be returned and they will be stored in the library of the Croatian Composers’ Society. The organizer does not accept any liability for loss or damage of the materials sent. - The authors of selected works will be guests of the festival. The expenses of their stay in Zagreb will be covered by the organizer. - The submission deadline is 1 March 2004 (postmarked). The applications are submitted by regular mail to the address below: ISCM World Music Days 2005, 23rd Music Biennale Zagreb, Berislaviceva 9, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia - The registration fee in the amount of !50 is to be paid either in cash or by cheques to the following account: 70300-3206394 (ZABA), SWIFT - ZABA - HR - 2X Director: Ivo Josipovic, hds@zg.hinet.hr , Artistic Director:
Berislav Sipus, b_eros2001@yahoo.com , Production
Director: Sanda Vojkovic, sanda.vojkovic@cantus.hr ,
Executive Producer: Cantus Ltd, www.cantus.h r
Czech
Music Information Centre Collects documentation on Czech contemporary music composers and events, run archives of sheet music and recordings, intermediate contacts and provide information for foreigners interested in Czech music, organize meetings, conferences, talks, concerts, publish regular periodicals Publications 1. Czech Music - bimonthly magazine in English (formerly called Music News from Prague) 2. Music Events in the Czech Republic - a yearbook of musical festivals, competitions, workshops, musicological conferences 3. Czech Musical Directory (from 1995 issue appearing as "Muzikontakt") 4. HIS VOICE - quarterly newsletter in Czech. 5. leaflets of Czech Contemporary Composers Documentation and library: The Czech MIC library collects scores, CDs, LPs and tapes with music by Czech contemporary composers, as well as books, periodicals and copies of articles concerning Czech composers. We are in contact with all other libraries, music editors, festival organizers etc. in the Czech Republic to be able to provide all kind of information concerning Czech music. Czech MIC is developing a database of Czech contemporary music compositions http://www.musicbase.cz.
Dartington International Summer School Dartington International Summer School 2004 July 24 - August 28, 2004
Donaueschinger Musiktage Festival of contemporary music. Many new works by composers from all over the world, commissioned by the Südwestfunk. Also attention for musical installations, jazz and crossovers, radiophonic works and performances. Exhibition of scores, books, CDs.
Dresdner Zentrum für Organizer of annual festival Dresdner Tage der Zeitgenössische Musik in October." All kinds of 20th century music.
Eesti
Kontsert State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert has a wide-ranging musical remit, including symphonic and chamber music, jazz and other forms of improvisation, electro-acoustic music, non-European and children music. Working for the co-ordination of musical activities in Estonia is one of its central tasks, together with initiatory and supplementary concert and programme activities. Wider international contacts and information on music in Estonia are other important fields. Eesti Kontsert provides services for county councils, municipalities, popular movements, music institutions, artists and concert arrangers. Eesti Kontsert’s activities are financed out of state grants and earnings. 600 concerts are organised by Eesti Kontsert each year in Estonia and abroad
ensemble für neue musik zürich
The ensemble für neue musik zürich, founded in 1983, focuses exclusively on contemporary music. The 7 musicians plan and conceive their programmes according to their own and unique concept, allowing for the greatest possible stylistic openness. Members: Hans-Peter Frehner, flute, Handruedi Bissegger, clarinet, Urs Bumbacher, violin, Stefan Thut, violoncello, Matthias Eser, percussion, Viktor Müller, piano, Jürg Henneberger, conductor. Concerts 27/1 - Musiksalon in der Box Schiffbau Zürich. Music by Johannes Harneit 8-11/2 - Düsseldorf. Kein blasser Schimmer by Matthias Heep, direction, Lukas Langlotz 20/2 - Box Schiffbau Zürich, (&1,2,4,5,6/3 & 6-20/4. Premičre Geschwister Tanner after de Novel of Robert Walser. Direction and stage Bühne Anna Viebrock. Musical direction Johannes Harneit 13/3 - Kunsthalle Zürich. (WP) Parsifal by Rodney Graham (mind. 12 Stunden) 7/5 - 20.00hr: ZKO-Haus Zürich 9/5 - 20.00hr: Gare du Nord Basel 4/6 - 19.30 hr: Konservatorium Zürich, grosser Saal. WP from the composition calsses from the HMT 9/6 - 20.00 hr: Zürich 10/6 - 20.00 hr: Gare du Nord Basel. KOLORATUR II. WP by Johannes Harneit, with lectures from texts by W.I. Lenin, James Joyce, Robert Walser and Peter Stamm, direction, Johannes Harneit 17/9 - 20.00 hr: Zürich 18/9 - 20.00 hr: Gare du Nord: Composers Portrait Alfred Wälchli - WP „Die Cadenza des Prester Vorwerk" (1987), Ttapeworks and chambermusic, lecture, direction, Bruno Stöckli 19-22/10 - 20.00 hr: EWZ Unterwerk Selnau Zürich. 21/10 - 20.00 hr: Gare du Nord Basel. „Engelchen" WP ein Musiktheatralisches Werk von H.P.Frehner nach einem Text von Isaak Babel Leitung Lukas Langlotz 9/11 - 20.00 hr: (voraussichtlich) in Zürich 11/11 - 17.00 hr: Kaserne Bern 18/11 - 20.00 Uhr (voraussichtlich) im Gare du Nord Basel. 78th. ISCM World New Music Days 2004 - „TRANS-IT". Works by Britta Bystöm, Kee-Yong Chong, Pan Wang and two other composers.
eNsemble of the Pro Arte Institute eNsemble of the Pro Arte Institute was formed in December 2000. It came into existence in order to cultivate in Russia a new understanding of the music of the 20th Century and new concert practices. Presently eNsemble is the only regular ensemble of contemporary music in St.Petersburg. The work of eNsemble moves in different directions: the classics of the XXth century, new young composers, post-avant-garde, remakes and transpositions of early music, intuitive music and unorthodox forms of concert discourse. Every month eNsemble prepares a new programme. eNsemble has also established an annual art-competition project "Delphic Games" - the competition for composers (in interpretation of poetic and artistic texts) and for instrumentalists (in interpretation of music texts).
EULEC
- (European Live Electronic Centre) New Music in Lüneburg a look into the 21st Century. „The 27th Festival Neue Musik Lüneburg, marked the beginning of a new area of contemporary music in Lüneburg. What in 1975 began as a weekend festival, rapidly grew into a series of concerts, workshops, seminars and courses which continue to gain recognition both nationally and internationally. The aim from the very beginning was not only to organise concerts, but to play an active role in furthering New Music. As a result of such thinking, the Fortbildungszentrum für Neue Musik, Lüneburg was founded in 1977, with the support of the Niedersächsische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur. As the activities of the Center continued to be developed the Festival in Autumn was given an international counterpart in Spring, the Internationale Studienwoche für Zeitgenossische Musik. Furthermore the weekend seminars Neue Musik - Computermusik - Elektronische Musik - Live-Elektronik - Improvisation became a network of courses spread over the year. Its innovative system enabling people of all agegroups, who show interest in the subject, to join at any point during the year."Two years ago the Center was able to extend the alread varied analogue studios to move into the realm of digital technology, and the production of project work on compact disc, thanks to the generous support of the Niedersachsische Lottostiftung, das Land Niedersachsen, and the extended working area provided by Lüneburg town."Wide ranging work with children and young people, the promotion of up-and-coming professionals, project opportunities for performers and composers from Germany and abroad at the cutting edge of man/machine - this is our credo for the 21st Century, of which the recent 28th Festival Neue Music Lüneburg was an impressive example. Weekend courses, new music, computermusic, live-electronic January 16-17. February 06-07. & 20-21. April 16-17. May 07-08. & 14-15. June 04-05. July 02. Program: Topic: Electronic Musik/Live electronics. Live electronics as subsection of composition (areas electronic music/computer music) understands itself mainly as practical discipline. The practice area completed with discussions historically and more theoretically background as by concerts. In the practical work become modulation -, effect devices of different type - similar and digital with instrument/voice and Synthesizern, - sound extensions experimentally tests. The supply with possibilities of experimental video work is extended.
26th Lüneburg International Seminar Week for Contemporary Music May 16 - 23, 2004, Germany Prof. Helmut W. Erdmann, Claus Dieter Meier-Kybranz, International lecturer team. In concerts, seminars and Workshops presents the 26. Internally. Study week for contemporary music development tendencies of new music, whereby the sound extensions of voice/instrument with the help of electronic media in the foreground is. Composers, music scientists, interpreters, users and listeners go on discovery journey into the fascinating sound world of present music work. The direct contact to the executing, lets the hearing experience, which outrageous ones enter deepen, which new ones understand. (see also new music - computer music - to Live electronics).
Federazione CEMAT Federazione CEMAT (Music Art Technology - Federation of Italian Electroacoustic Music Centers), was founded in 1996 with the purpose of promoting the activity of Italian computer music research and production centers. In 1999 the Italian Ministry of Culture recognized CEMAT as Institution for National Contemporary Music Promotion and recently took part in C.I.M.E.(Confédération Internationale Musique Electroacoustique-UNESCO). Since 2000 SONORA project has been created by CEMAT and launched jointly by the Department for Performing Arts, Ministry for Cultural Affairs and the Directorate for Cultural Relations, with the aim of promoting and diffusing Italian contemporary music abroad, in strong relationship to the most famous foreign musical Institutions working in the field of contemporary music. SONORA is a promotional, and organisational instrument which was created in order to give more value to the different aspects of the Italian musical actuality in the international context.
January 2004: CEMAT promo 2004, new Cd published by Federazione Cemat including works by Laura Bianchini, Mauro Cardi, Fabrizio Casti, Luigi Ceccarelli, Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Alessandro Cipriani, Enrico Cocco, Maria Cristina De Amicis, Giuseppe Di Giugno, Alessandro Melchiorre, Walter Prati SUONO ITALIANO PER L'EUROPA (SIXE PROJECT)
Festival Contrasts International Contemporary Music Festival CONTRASTS
was launched in 1995. The Festival is organized by the National Composers’
Union of Ukraine, Lviv Branch, and the Centre for International Cultural
Initiatives, Lviv. Lviv regional administration and various cultural
foundations are supporting the Festival CONTRASTS.
Festival Forfest Kromeriz nternational Festival of contemporary arts with spiritual orientation, each year in June: 8 days with concerts, exhibitions, workshops, and lectures, with local and foreign artists. Presentation of young composers and creative artists. Portraits of wellknown artists. XVth Festival Forfest June 19-27, 2004, Czech Republic 19/6-24/8 - Moravian Gallery - Exhibition of the Czech Collection. Curator, Mgr. Ivo Binder 19/6 - 7 p.m.- Knight Hall of Chateau Chropyne. I Fiati, Slovak Republic, chamber concert: Works by M. Betko, V. Bokes, I. Hurnik, J. Novak, P. Zagar, I. Zeljenka 20/6 - 3 p.m.- Museum of Kromeriz. Walther H.J. Smeitink-Mühlbacher, Holland, Days of Dutch Culture, Opening Of Exhibition - 5 p.m., Town Hall - Exhibition. Milos And Marek Mucha - 8 p.m. - Assembly Hall of Chateau, Allegri String Quartet, Great Britain. Opening Concert. Works by R. Saxton, M. Harry, M. Stimpson, L. Janacek 21/6 - 9 a.m. Lecture Hall of Museum of Kromeriz, Video Art USA - presentation of recent works - 11 a.m. - Town Hall. Press Conference to Opening of Festival - 5 p.m. - St.Morice Church: Karel Hiner - organ, CZ> Works by B.A.Wiedermann, I. Loudova, O. Mesiaen, M. Slavicky - 8 p.m. Assembly Hall of the Chateau. Ensemble Telesto Trio Amsterdam, Holland. Works by S.Gubaidulina 22/6 - 5 p.m. Concert Hall of Church Conservatory. Peter Machajdík, Germany-Slovak Republic. Music performance - 8 p.m. - Assembly Hall of the Chateau. Svatopluk Havelka, CZ - author concert. Ensemble Mondschein Prague , CZ, Tereza Mátlová, Oldriska Musilová, Petr Matuszek - voices. Works by S. Havelka - 10 p.m. - Lecture Hall of Museum of Kromeriz. VideoArt USA - presentation of recent works 23/6 - 9 a.m. - The Great Square. Mobius Group Boston - Performance USA. - 2 p.m. - Garden Atelier: Vaclav Vaculovic - Garden Atelier - 8 p.m. - Assembly Hall of the Chateau. Kristýna Valousková, Tomás Krejcí, CZ. Works by M. Stern, D. Constantinides, Z. Cernovska, Florian Dabrowski - Litania, Poland 24/6 - 5 p.m. - St.John Baptiste Church Bruntál´s Children Choir,CZ. Works by P. Eben, L. Huf, M. Stern, J. Novak - 8 p.m. - St.Morice Church. Sárka Brychová, CZ - singer recital, Stella Maris, France, Petr Julicek, CZ, Petr Kolar, CZ - organ. Works by J. Hanus, P.Eben, F. Emmert, I. Zeljenka, N. Zourabichvili, Peter Tenhaef, Germany, Maria Magdalena - chamber oratorio 25/6 - 5 p.m. Chateau Garden. Mobius Group Boston - Performance USA - 8 p.m. Picture Gallery of Chateau. Duo Goelan, Germany /CZ, Hudbaby - author’s group Brno, CZ. Works by I. Loudova, K. Ruzickova, K. Simandl, Duo Goelan 26/6 - 5 p.m. - Assembly Hall of the Chateau. Contemporary Austrian spiritual works. Linda Healy-Steck, USA - Austria, Eduard Spácil, Stepánka Kotmanová, CZ. Works by V. Schulze, K.A. Hueber, N. Zourabichvili - 8 p.m. - Assembly Hall of the Chateau. Elena Letnanová, Slovak Republic - piano, Roman Berger, Slovak Republic, Jaroslav Stastny, CZ - author’s profiles - 10 p.m. - Assembly Hall of the Chateau: Henrik Sande, Norway - Door Ensemble, Musica Nova e Rediviva, Vit Spilka, CZ - clarinet, Martin Oprsal, CZ, - percussion. Works by S. Bodorova, P. Zemek, D. Spilka, A Parsch 27/6 - 2 p.m. The Flower Garden. Milan Kohout - Mobius Group Boston - Performance, USA - 8 p.m. - St.Morice Church: Final Concert - Philharmonic Orchestra Bohuslav Martinu Zlín, Julie Hirzbergerova, Austria -accordion, Jirí Bárta, CZ - violoncello. Works by J. Adamik, S. Gubaidulina, V. Mojzis
Festival Inventionen Biennial festival, beginning of July
Fondation Royaumont As part of the Royaumont Foundation, with its headquarters in the Cistercian abbey built by Saint Louis in the 13th century and located 30 kms from Paris, Voix Nouvelles devotes all its activities to contemporary music. Created in 1983, the Voix Nouvelles programme offers a festival of creation, a composition course, residencies for composers, various workshops, commissions, lectures… Priority is being given to training young composers with the international composition course «Voix Nouvelles» organised since 1990 with Brian Ferneyhough.
Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian Organisation with its own orchestra, choir and dance company. Different concert series (also classical music and dance), in past years featuring composers such as Stockhausen, Boulez, Nono, Elliot Carter, Xenakis, Ligeti, Kurtág, Berio, Kagel and Nunes. 7-9/2 - Arditti Quartet. Works by Pascal Dusapin, Luciano Berio, Wolfgang Rihm, Helmut Lachenmann, Francisco Guerrero, George Benjamin, Brian Ferneyhough, Rohan de Saram, Elliot Carter. 10/5 - Galliard Ensemble Wind Quintet. "The Ligeti Line" works by Gyorgy Ligeti, Gyorgy Kurtág, Sándor Veress, Ferenc Farkas, Eurico Carrapatoso, Béla Bartók. 24/5 - Trio Matisse, works by Luis de Pablo, Joăo Pedro Oliveira (WP of the Piano Trio), Alessandro Solbiati, Mauricio Kagel 8-20/3 - Gulbenkian Orchestra Workshop for Portuguese Young Composers. Closing concerts on 19 and 20 March. Guillaume Bourgogne, conductor. This workshop is organised jointly with the Seminar on Composition directed by Emmanuel Nunes at the Gulbenkian Foundation.
Fundació Ŕrea Creació Acústica, A.C.A Promotion and diffusion of contemporary music. Organizes several theme- and tribute-concerts with local and foreign composers. Annual International Festival for Contemporary Composers: ‘Encontre des Compositors’. Organizes in cooperation with several mallorcan cultural organisations, Govern of the Baleares, Consell Insular de Mallorca, Fundacio Pilar y Joan Miro, musical and pedagogical meetings, music workshops, music workshops between and for composers, creators, musicologists, teachers, music students and other artfreaks."Annual concerts and symposium on the historic organs of Mallorca, in the week of Easter. Promoter of cultural tourism, traditional music, poetry, image-art, musictheatre/dance, historic organs of Mallorca. Fundacio A.C.A. has its own recordlabel, UM/Unio Musics, editing, semestrial 3 compact discs of contemporary music. Compact Discs available by subscription.
Gaudeamus Foundation International Contemporary Music Centre. Promotion of all kinds of contemporary music - especially young composers and musicians - through festivals, workshops, competitions, international exchanges, concert series, service. Extensive documentation center with 35.000 scores, books, tapes, CDs, composers’ files, etc. Dmitri Kourliandski Wins Gaudeamus Prize 2003 At the end of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2003, which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 1 to 7 September, the Gaudeamus Prize was awarded to Dmitri Kourliandski (Russia, 1976). He received the prize for Innermost Man, a composition performed on September 3 the Amsterdam ‘Beurs van Berlage’ by the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Alexei Vinogradov, with voice-soloist Maria Boulgakova. The Gaudeamus Prize is 4500 Euros, intended as a commission for a new work to be performed in the following edition of the Music Week in 2004. There were three Honorable Mentions: Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece, 1974) received and honourable mention for Holophony, performed on September 1 by the Zephyr string quartet; Marko Nikodijevic (Serbia, 1980) received an honourable mention for music box, performed by the Nieuw Ensemble on September 1; Polina Medyulyanova (Ubekistan, 1974) received an honourable mention for Ave Maris Stella, performed on September 6 by Holland Symfonia, conducted by Henrik Schaeffer, with soloists amongst which the composer herself as player of the chung, a sort of cither from Uzbekistan. The composers who receive an honorable mention are asked, without commission, to propose a new or recent work for performance during the following Gaudeamus Music Week. The Gaude-amus Prize and the honorable mentions have been awarded by the jury consisting of Richard Ayres (United Kingdom/The Netherlands), David Lang (United States), and Trevor Wishart (United Kingdom). For the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2003, open to composers under 31, the Gaudeamus Foundation received 354 scores from 42 countries; the jury selected 9 works to compete for the Gaudeamus Prize 2003. Gaudeamus Music-Theatre Festival 2004 May 9 15, 2004, the Netherlands From May 9th until 15th Gaudeamus organizes the Gaudeamus Music-Theatre Festival 2004. The festival contains some of our own new productions, a conference and the presentation of some co-productions with the association of Dutch new music venues (VAMP) (see below). The festival shows the current state of small-scale music-theatre in The Netherlands. That the medium is beloved in and outside The Netherlands, was shown by the success of the Gaudeamus production "ONE" of Michel van de Aa, that is now programmed at international festivals as Berliner Festspiele and Festival d’Automne in Paris. More and more composers survey the possibilities to work with different disciplines. In this festival they get the possibility to show how divers the result of this can be. The compilations of these recent pieces, together with the conference supply an excellent view of the vitality of the Dutch music-theatre scene. The festival will start with a conference about de current state of small-scale music-theatre in The Netherlands at De Balie on Sunday May 9th. On the same night one of the productions will be performed at De Balie and from Monday until Saturday there will be a performance every night at the [NES] theaters, Frascati 1 or 2. The following productions will be involved: 1. Six and a half hours: a collaboration of Alison Isadora en Richard Huber (for actrice, ensemble, electronics and video) 2. Voyager: a mini chamber opera of Arnoud Noordegraaf (for voice, electronics and video) 3. De Dialoog: a new production of Edwin van der Heide (for voice, quadraphonic speaker and electronics). 4. Een Lied van Schijn en Wezen: a production of Gilius van Bergeijk (for electronics). Direction and visuals: Catharina Boon. 5. The Pitchshifter: a semi-scenic chamber opera of Christina Viola Oorebeek (for voice, ensemble and multi-media electronics. A production of ensemble Insomnio and STEIM. 6. Vita Nova: a chamber opera of Calliope Tsoupaki (for voices, harpsichord, baroque viola and viola da gamba), visuals: Berend Strik. A production of theater Korzo, in collaboration with the VAMP-stages. 7. New work to be announced. International Gaudeamus Music Week 2004 September 6-12, 2004, Netherlands composers' competition for the young generation * Composers who are born after September 7, 1973 may enter works. * Works may already have been performed, but they must have been composed not more than three years ago. An international committee will select the works which will compete for the Gaudeamus Prize. After the performance of the selected compositions during the Music Week 2004, an international jury - consisting of Alvin Curran, Karin Rehnqvist and a composer living in the Netherlands (t.b.a.) - will award this prize. This Gaudeamus Prize consists of € 4.500,- as a commission for a new composition which will be premiered during the International Gaudeamus Music Week the following year, 2005. * Compositions can be entered into the following categories with a maximum of 2 works per category and 4 works in total. A. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Chamber orchestra compositions with a maximum of instruments specified below: 2 fl., 2 cl., 2 bsn, 2ob., 2 hrn., 2 trp., 2 trb., 1 tb., 1 piano/1 cel., 2 perc., 8 1st vl., 6 2nd vl., 5 vla., 4 vc., 2 db. B. CHAMBER MUSIC: In principle everything is possible in this category, within the limits of solo instruments to ensembles consisting of maximally 16 instruments; with or without electronics, video, etc.; written for specific performers or for any musician/ensemble. C. CHOIR AND CHAMBER CHOIR: Choir compositions with a maximum of voices specified below: 4 sopr., 4 mezzo., 4 alt., 4 ten., 4 bas. D. ELECTRONIC MUSIC: Electronic music meaning tape compositions, music for instruments and electronics, music for live controlled electronic music or installations. E. IMPROVISATION * Entries should be accompanied by a text about the method of improvisation and tape or cd with sound examples. * The entry fee is ! 25,- (Euro) for each work and should be paid by credit card, international postal money order/mandat de poste international (no bank cheques) or transferred Gaudeamus Foundation, Postbank account No. 381200, IBAN code NL83PSTB0000381200, BIC code PSTBNL21or to the ABN/AMRO Bank in Bilthoven, No. 552420220, IBAN code NL86ABNA0552420220, BIC code ABNANL2A of the Gaudeamus Foundation, with reference to 'Music Week 2004' before February 1st 2004. (more details on the entry form for the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2004) * Only the title, the year of composition and the duration of the works may be included in the scores. The composer's name may not appear in/on the score so that the selection committee can judge the score anonymously. * The composer's name, his/her correspondence
address, and the title of the work must be written on an envelope enclosed
with the score and containing: * Composers who don't want to compete for the Gaudeamus Prize should mention this expressly in a separate letter. * The composer must provide the performance material if the work is selected by one of the selection committee. The performance may not result in charges, such as rental fees, for the Gaudeamus Foundation, the performers, the radio, or cd-producer. * Deadline: January 31, 2004 (postmark 31/1/04, to be received by 9/2/04) * During the International Gaudeamus Music Week composers whose works have been selected will be hosted by the Gaudeamus Foundation. Accommodation and a daily food-allowance will be provided. * The entered works will be kept in the library of the Gaudeamus Foundation. They will be returned only if this is expressly requested and the composer has paid his entry fee. * All works received within the deadline on our address below, will be judged by the selection committee. International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition April 11 - 24 April, 2005 - The Competition is open to all instrumental and vocal soloists, duos and ensembles up to twelve performers (excluding conductor). - Special Theme: Ensemble and electronics 1. The Interpreters Competition is open to soloists or duo-members born after 25 April 1969. For ensembles the average age of the group members must not exceed 35 years. For vocalists the maximum age is 40. 2. The submitted program should include at least six compositions with a total duration of at least 60 minutes. At least two compositions must be written using the traditional staff notation. Although all compositions must have been written after 1940, we would appreciate if one extra work is added which was written between 1900 and 1940. At least three of the compositions must have been written in or after 1990. At least two compositions must be by a Dutch composer, or a composer residing in the Netherlands. Next to the normal prizes in the competition, there is a special prize for "ensembles and electronics". For more information on music by Dutch composers, please contact: MuziekGroep Nederland / Donemus (publisher of Dutch contemporary music), tel: +31-(0)20-3058900, muziekinfo@muziekgroep.nl, web: www.muziekgroep.nl. Muziekgroep Nederland has prepared booklets for each solo instrument with the first pages of several works. You can order scores directly from Muziekgroep Nederland or from the agents listed at the end of this brochure. 3. For ensembles it is required that all members of the ensemble participate in at least three compositions. It is required of duos that their program consists entirely of works for duos. 4. Programs must be submitted before 1 November 2004. In case there are too many applications, there will be a pre-selection. 5. The program must reflect the quality and versatility of contemporary music. The jury has the right to refuse programs, which are considered to be below the standard of the competition. 6. Except for piano and organ, all participants should use their own instrument. Soloists must provide their own accompanist. Rehearsal rooms are available at the Amsterdam conservatory. 7. Upon registering at the start of the competition, three copies of each score on your program must be given to the secretariat of the jury. These scores will be returned after the performances. 8. The competition consists of three rounds. 9. Each competitor of the third and final round
will receive a certificate. 10. The verdict of the jury is final and not subject to debate. 11. The entry fee is: € 30 for soloists, with or without accompanist; ! 40 for duos; ! 50 for ensembles. The entry fee should be paid by: credit card: VISA / MasterCard / American Express or transfer to Gaudeamus Foundation, Postbank account No. 381200, IBAN code NL83PSTB0000381200, BIC code PSTBNL21or to the ABN/AMRO Bank in Bilthoven, No. 552420220, IBAN code NL86ABNA0552420220, BIC code ABNANL2A of the Gaudeamus Foundation, with reference to Interpreters Competition 2005. If you wish to pay by bank cheque, you must add ! 15 to cover bank transfer costs. 12. All competitors have to provide their own accommodation. Information on accommodation can be requested from the V.V.V., Tourist Information Office in Amsterdam, tel: +31-(0)9004004040 or on internet e.g. at: www.holland.com/amsterdam/ or www.vvvamsterdam.nl 13. Special Theme: Ensembles and Electronics. At each competition a Special Prize is awarded next to the three regular prizes mentioned in article 9. In 2005 this extra prize is announced for the best use of electronics by an ensemble. Ensembles, which in addition to the regular competition also like to compete for this Special Prize, have to add at least two pieces with electronics to their program (include technical riders). The organisation will provide a stereo PA system with mixing desk and CD player. The ensemble has to take care of all other electronic equipment itself. There will be limited setup-time so be well prepared and inform us well in advance if you use a complicated setup. Please note that your complete program has to comply with all regular conditions of the competition, so you cannot enter the competition only for this Special Prize. - Deadline for entries: 1 November 2004. Entry application forms must be sent to: International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition 2005, Swammerdamstr. 38, 1091 RV Amsterdam, The Netherlands info: Gaudeamus Foundation, Swammerdamstraat 38,
1091 RV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, tel: +31-(0)20-6947349, fax:
+31-(0)20-6947258, 10th International Young Composers Meeting February 22-28 2004, Netherlands The 10th International Young Composers Meeting will take place in Gigant, Nieuwstraat 377 in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, from February 22-28. This Meeting is organized in connection with the Composition Competition for the International Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam. The leaders will be Louis Andriessen, Martijn Padding, Richard Ayres. During the meeting the young composers have discussions with the leaders, there are lectures, workshops and concerts. Every selected composer is requested to write a 3-minute composition for orchestra 'de ereprijs'. During the week the orchestra presents itself rehearsing these pieces and on the final concert all the pieces are being performed by orchestra + 5 voices. The winner gets a commission to write a new concert work for 'de ereprijs'. And another young composer gets a commission from the International Stichting Masterclass Apeldoorn to write a piece for a solo-instrument (and piano). info: International Young Composers Meeting: Fleur Noordam, Cultural Centre Gigant, tel: +31 55 5216346, f.noordam@gigant.nl Dutch music abroad The following concerts, festivals, tours, workshops, performances of Dutch musicians and ensembles and of Dutch composers are organized in co-operation with Gaudeamus: * The Netherlands Student Orchestra, conducted by Hans Leenders, will perform a new work by Florian Maier "Plutonic" in Budapest, Hungary on 30 January, after an extensive concert tour in the Netherlands earlier that month. * The international ensemble Osmosis (Oene van Geel - violin, Mark Haanstra - bass guitar, Guillaume Orti - saxophone, Jozef Dumoulin - piano, Afra Mussawisade - percussion, B.C.Manjunath - Indian percussion) will make a tour of seminars and concerts in India between 1 and 23 February. They will visit Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad. The group combines western and non-western music and techniques in composed and improvised works. * The festival "Making New Waves" will take place in Budapest, Hungary from 5 to 9 February. This year there will be a major Dutch presentation, consisting amongst others of the STEIM Touch exhibition for young children, 2 workshops by STEIM on interactive electronic music and a concert by Michel Waisvisz * Bass clarinetist Henri Bok will tour in the UK in February. One of the concerts is on 12 February in Portree at the Isle of Skye, presenting a duo with Sarah Watts, where works are performed by Jacob ter Veldhuis, Konrad Boehmer and Burkhardt Söll. * Flutist Eleonore Pameijer will be musician-in-residence at the University of Chicago, USA and the Bowdon College in Main, USA. She will work with composition and flute students, do workshops and lectures, and perform in a concert in Chicago on 28 February with works by Dutch composers and a work for flute and percussion by Marta Ptaszynska. In Main she will also perform with pianist Marcel Worms in a concert with works by composers who died during the Second World War, including Dutch composer Leo Smit. * The Other Minds festival will take place from 4 to 6 March at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, USA, and among its guests are composer Hanna Kulenty and flutist Anne LaBerge who will soloist in Kulenty’s "Flute Concerto". * The Electronic Hammer Percussion Computer Music Trio, consisting of Diego Espinosa, Henry Vega and Juan Parra Cancino (all students at the Royal Conservatory The Hague) will have a tour in Cuba (at the electronic music festival Primavera en la Havanna 15-21 March), Mexico City (23-24 March), Miami, USA (26 March at Florida International University), Houston, Texas (29 March) and Denton, Texas (31 March). They will play works by Cort Lippe, Javier Alvarez, Henry Vega, Rodrigo Sigal, Alejandra Hernandez, Juan Pampin, Carlos Sandoval and the ensemble. * The Mondriaan String Quartet will perform a program of Dutch and Macedonian new music at the Macedonian New Music Days, which will take place in Skopje, Macedonia from 21 to 31 March. * The Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Peter Eötvös will premiere a new work by Michel van der Aa in Budapest, Hungary on 30 March. This work is especially written for this concert celebrating Peter Eötvös’ 60th birthday. * The New Juilliard Ensemble, conducted by Joel Sachs, and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh will premiere Guus Janssen’s "Clarinet concerto for chamber orchestra and clarinet" on 1 April 2004 at the Alice Tully Hall in New York, USA. * The Barton Workshop and bass clarinetist Henri Bok will play at the New Music Miami ISCM Festival, which takes place at the Wolfsonian Museum on Miami Beach from 8 to 10 April. The Barton Workshop will play works by Jos Zwaanenburg, Jim Fulkerson and Samuel Vriezen, who will also give a lecture about contemporary music life in the Netherlands. Henri Bok will present a Dutch/American program, including a world premiere of a work for bass clarinet and tape by René Uijlenhoet. * The Netherlands Piano Quartet and composer Carlos Michans will make a tour of concerts and workshops in Costa Rica and El Salvador from 15 to 21 April. They will perform many works by Dutch and Latin American composers. * Composer Theo Loevendie will give a young composer’s workshop at the conservatory in Tbilisi, Georgia from 14 to 20 April. Students of the conservatory will perform several of Loevendie’s chamber music works. This workshop is organized in co-operation with the Caucasus Foundation. * The Canadian ESPRIT Orchestra, conducted by Alex Pauk, will perform "Edens Gardener" for piano and orchestra by Peter-Jan Wagemans (with pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama) and Tristan Keuris’ "Sinfonia" on May 2 in Toronto. This concert also includes works by Chris Paul Harman, Alexina Louie and José Evangelista, and is organized in the framework of the CBC Radio / Radio Netherlands Dutch Music Week. * The International Contemporary Music Festival in Prishtina, Kosovo, will take place from 10 to 15 May, featuring pianist Marcel Worms, flutist Eleonore Pameijer and soprano Irene Maassen, who will perform works by Louis Andriessen and other Dutch composers. * The international flute ensemble "e-wave", created by flutist Wil Offermans, has been working on new works for flute ensemble and electronics by Michelangelo Lupone (Italy), Sofia Martinez (Spain), Yann Orlarey (France), Jean-Paul Dessy (Belgium) and Wil Offermans (Netherlands). These works will be premiered during the festival "Musiques en Scčne" in Lyon on 16 March, with further concerts on 18 March in Bourg-en-Bresse and 20 May at CRM in Rome, Italy and 24 may in Madrid, Spain. * The Bath International Music Festival (UK) will feature music from the Netherlands, presenting the current vibrancy of Dutch musical life. Between 23 May and 6 June there will be several performances by the Combattimento Consort, the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble (o.a. with Iva Bittova), the Amsterdam String Trio, Ernst Reijseger, the Osiris Piano trio, Percussion Group The Hague (presenting James Wood’s opera "Hildegard") and Daniel Landau’s music theatre piece "Worlds of Milosh" which is presented during the Contemporary Music Weekend (with many lectures, workshops, discussions t.b.a.). * The annual International New Music Week in Bucharest, Romania will take place from 23 to 30 May. The festival will present several music installations by Hans van Koolwijk. * "Mensa Secura", a video/dance opera by Roderik de Man, will be performed by Jorge Isaac (recorder & live electronics), dancers Benjamin Petitjean, Isabel Ariel and Nicolas Delamotte Legrand and video-artist Marcel Wierckx, on 18 and 19 June in Bristol, UK. * The Palmos Duo will make a small tour of concerts and workshops in the USA, visiting Arkadelphia, Arkansas and the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. They will perform works by Sofia Serghi, Yannis Kyriakides, Dimitri Terzakis and other Greek composers.
Grame GRAME, Centre National de Création Musicale does constantly welcome performers, composers and researchers. Associated with the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Grame offers in Lyon and in Rhône-Alpes region, a concert season, with the intense days of the biennia lMusiques en Scčne festival, and also other initiatives of diffusion within national and international events. In the field of computer music Grame research laboratory’s object is both basic and applied research, focused on today’s musical issues. These artistic and scientific activities are completed by the release of records, softwares and by training. Biennale Musiques en Scčne 2004 March 8 - 25, 2004, Lyon Concerts and new Productions - Thierry De Mey: Films/danses/musiques - Ensemble Ictus; Concert-portrait - Musiciens et danseurs du CNSMD de Lyon; Concert Jean Geoffroy, percussions (WP); Installations: "Deep in the wood" and new work - Salvatore Sciarrino: Concerts-portraits - Ensemble Alter Ego/Musiciens du CNR de Lyon; "Studi per l’intonazione del mare" (French Premiere) - 200 musiciens et solistes du CNR de Lyon, de l’ENM de Villeurbanne, des écoles de musique du Grand Lyon et de la Région Rhône-Alpes - Tan Dun - Orchestre National de Lyon - Xu Yi/J.F. Estager (créations) - Ensemble Alter Ego - An Chengbi (création)/K. Saariaho/R. Pascal - Quatuor Ayin - Leilei Tian/Joyce Bee Tuan Koh (WP) - Ensemble vocal Résonance Contemporaine - B. Jolas/M. Reverdy/E. Lejet/C. Menesson - Chśur Britten et Ensemble Erwartung, Nicole Corti et Bernard Desgraupes, directions - R. Pascal (WP)/G. Scelsi/P. Leroux - Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Lorraine Vaillancourt, direction - M. Giri/Y. Orlarey/R. Pascal/J. Nordin (création) - Benjamin Carat, violoncelle - J.P. Dessy/M. Lupone/S. Martinez/W. Offermans/Y. Orlarey (créations) - eWave, ensemble contemporain européen de flűtes - J.F. Estager/J. Giroudon/P.A. Jaffrennou/V. Carinola/P. Gouttenoire/S. Ingo Koch (WP) - Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart - S. Reich (création)/B. de la Fuente/J.F. Estager - Percussions Claviers de Lyon Spectacles Musique, Danse, Multimédia… - Fausto Romitelli/Paolo Pachini : "An index of metals", vidéo-opéra - Ensemble Ictus - S. Van Eycken/R. de Raaff/T. de Mey/G. Aperghis/S. Reich/J. Harvey/M. Lindberg/ T. Hosokawa/T. Pauwels/F. Romitelli/L. Francesconi : "Counter Phrases", films/danses/musiques - Ensemble Ictus - La Monte Young/Marian Zazeela : Création pour violoncelle, électronique et lumičres - Charles Curtis, violoncelle - Xu Yi : "Tempęte sur l’Asie", ciné-concert - Musiciens de l’Orchestre National de Lyon, Ludovic Morlot, direction - Jean-Lambert Wild/Jean-Luc Therminarias : "Crise de Nerfs, parlez-moi d’amour", spectacle - Edouard Lock, La La La Human Steps/David Lang : "Amelia", spectacle musique et danse - Marie Chouinard/Louis Dufort : "Étude #1" et "Le Cri du Monde", spectacle musique et danse - Boris Charmatz/Helmut Lachenmann : "Herse, une lente introduction" - Mathilde Monnier/Erikm/Jean-Luc Nancy : "Allitérations", conférence dansée - Mathilde Monnier/Didier Aschour/Karim Zeriahen/Annie Tolleter : "8 mn", performance danse, musique, vidéo - Serge Meyer/Frédéric Pattar : "Loops" (création), performance danse, multimédia
GRM Based within the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel at the Maison de RadioFrance, the GRM contributes to the Institute’s innovation mission its internationally recognized expertise in the field of electroacoustics,providing Radio France musical creation activities with specific services and productions. Heir to the initial « musical research » work originated by Pierre Schaeffer in the fifties, the Ina-GRM has greatly enhanced its theoreticaland practical tools, developing both novel production modes, derived from sound synthesis, and listening modes, through radio broadcasts or spatialized concerts. The GRM’s project consists of an integrated set of specific functions and facilities. Multiphonies Salle Olivier Messiaen. Maison de Radio France, Paris. Admission Free 7/2 - at 8:00pm. Live Electronics Studio Charles Trenet (105), Maison de Radio France, Paris. The Multiphonies concert series, produced by GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales), as part of the Radio France Présences festival, presents music for instruments and electronics by Jovanka Trbojevic, Jose Luis Campana, Nicolas Vérin, and Sylvain Kassap and Thierry Balasse. The performers include Carol Robinson, bass clarinet, and many others. 13/3 - at 8:30pm. Live Electronics. Music for instruments and electronics by Arnaud Rebotini, Bruno Letort, Peirre Bernard, and Jacques Derégnaucourt. 14/3 - at 6:30pm. Acousmatique. Electronic music by Christian Eloy, Adrian moore, Jean-François Minjard, and jean-Louis Clot / Alex Grillo. 24/4 - at 8:30pm. Live Electronics. Music for instruments and electronics by Pierre Jodlowski, Jorge Antunes, and Elzbieta Sikora. 25/4 - at 6:30pm. Live Electronics. Music for instruments and electronics by Alexandre Lévy, Patrick Roudier, and Jacques Lejeune. 29/5 - at 6:30pm. Acousmatique. Electronic music by Evelyne Gayou, Jacques Stibler, Jean Mahtab, and Kazuko Narita. 29/5 - at 8:30pm. Acousmatique. Electronic music by Nicola Sani, Luis Naon, Diego Losa, Ramon Gonzales-Arroyo, and Alexandre Yterce. 21/6 - Fęte de la Musique, in Paris, with time and place to be announced. The Multiphonies concert series ends the season with a major event. Stay tuned.
Handelsbeurs / Noordstar fonds VZW 15/1 - 20:15: strinGent; Quatuor Mosaďques 4/2 - 20:15: strinGent, Quatuor Diotima & Noriko Kawai 12/2 - 20:15: Centraal-Europese dwarsverbanden: Roby Lakatos, Myriam Fuks, Patricia Kopatsjinskaja & Viktor Kopatsjinski 13/2 - 20:15: Centraal-Europese dwarsverbanden: Patricia Kopatsjinskaja, Mihaela Ursuleasa, Emilia Kopatsjinskaja & Viktor Kopatsjinski 20/2 - - 20:15: strinGent: Artis Kwartet & Stefan Vladar 18/3 - 20:15; Piano Adventures: Joanna MacGregor 25/3 - 20:15: Viola Dames: Isabelle Van Keulen 8/4 - 20:15: Piano Adventures: Delphine Bardin 7/5 - 20:15: strinGent: Brodsky Quartet & Quartetto di Cremona
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Institute for research on Music & Acoustics The Institute for Research on Music and Acoustics is a non-profit, non-government organization aiming to develop and support research in the field of music and acoustics, support contemporary music creation and provide systematic information and documentation in these domains. Founded in 1989, the Institute is the result of a common initiative from musicians and musicologists who created this organization according to those found abroad. During the last years, IEMA has established a permanent cooperative relationship with the Greek ministries of Culture, Education and Research. It is a member of the National Music Network, and is currently the most active organization involved in music research and music information within Greece. A continuous strand in IEMA's vision is the use of new research methods and advanced new technology for the Institute's realization of objectives. During the last years, IEMA has established a permanent cooperative relationship with the Greek ministries of Culture, Education and Research. It is a member of the National Music Network, and is currently the most active organisation involved in music research and music information within Greece The Music Information Center In 1995 IEMA, based on the extensive material acquired and experience already collected, inaugurated a special project concerning Music Information in Greece aiming to: - Collect of information of Greek music life - Give response to information requests from institutions or people - Document and promote of Greek Music - Promote new music creation - Organize activities concerning music information - Publish music newsletters
International Bartók Seminar and Festival International Bartók Seminar and Festival: The event is organized every year in the middle of July. It includes concerts, instrumental and compositional courses, computer music workshop and, lectures on musicology. It focuses on the 20th century and contemporary music repertoire especially on the oevre of Bartók. The musicians are the greatest Hungarian artists from Hungary and abroad, but also several professors, musicians and ensembles are invited from other countries, too. International Bartók Seminar and Festival July 6-20, 2004, Hungary, Szombathely Music students: 100, music teachers:15-20. Director: Otto Bence, seminar manager, Csilla Kádár. Master classes, lectures, concerts. Hungarian folk music, Dutch Jazz, music of Bartók, 20th century, contemporary music concerts (Eötvös, Vidovszky, Stockhausen..etc), other programmes: musicology lectures, films - Ages, levels: students, young professionals, audition required - Courses: conductor (Zoltán Peskó), piano (Gábor Eckhardt), string quartet, chamber music (Pál Éder), flute (Jacques Zoon), clarinet (Béla Kovács, Csaba Klenyán), bassoon (György Lakatos), singing (Adrienne Csengery), composition, computer music (Mesis Maiguashca), violin (Isabelle van Keulen).
Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt - Since 1946 Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt (17 days biannual); seminars, lectures, workshops, ateliers, conferences, more than 40 concerts; Kranichsteiner Music Reward - Since 1962 information centre for contemporary music (member of International Association of Music Information Centres, IAMIC) . Library New Music: international lending library; professional advice; users catalogue; press, picture and digital audio archives Concerts Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 7. - 22. August 2004
Klangspuren Schwaz The Klangspuren Schwaz – Festival for Contemporary Music in Tirol Klangspuren 2004 September 10 – 26, 2004 The Klangspuren Schwaz Festival (September 10 – 26, 2004) follows the same concept also in 2004: presenting new music from Austria while shedding a musical spotlight on other countries or regions. Europe is continuously growing together and we see it as a cultural responsibility to reflect these tendencies in our program. While the North was our focal point last year, the Klangspuren 2004 concentrate on the East – on Lithuania, Hungary and Slovenia. These countries will be represented by distinctive personalities from the areas of musical interpretation and composition. Detours to other directions are, like always, very welcome. This year, for example Vykintas Baltakas, one of Lithuania’s leading composers will present a variety of his works and at the same time also feature as a conductor. He will also feature in a talk with Vytautas Landsbergis, former president of Lithuania. With Peter Eötvös and György Kurtág some of the most important personalities in new music will join us from Hungary while Slovenia is represented by the composer and trombone player Vinko Globokar – another important player within the field of contemporary music. Globokar has influenced modern thinking with his society-oriented approach to composing since many years. These are only the highlights of this year’s program. Amongst other events rank an International Academy with the Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt), readings and many interesting premieres. The ambitious and eclectic program again features the most versatile musicians and includes local tendencies and should leave much space for discussions, learning and getting to know each other, for discourse and understanding. Reinhard Schulz 10/9 - Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck, Gaida Ensemble, Conductor, N.N. Violin, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Vykintas Baltakas, Poussla für Ensemble und Orchester (Austrian premiere); Peter Eötvös - Zeropoints for orchestra; Otto M. Zykan · Violin-Konzert (world premiere) 11/9 - Vytautas Landsbergis In Conversation With Vykintas Baltakas - Gaida Ensemble, Conductor, Vykintas Baltakas, Violin, Irvine Arditti, Vykintas Baltakas - song for piano and recording tape - Vykintas Baltakas - another song (world premiere); Vykintas Baltakas - song (world premiere); Klaus Lang - (world premiere); Raminta Serksnyte -Violin and Ensemble (world premiere) 12/9 - 11.00: Windkraft Tirol, Conductor, Kasper De Roo: Sofia Gubaidulina - Stunde der Seele-für 62köpfiges Bläserensemble (UA); Franz Schreyer - WP - 20.00: Swarovski Kristallwelten Wattens: Arditti Quartett. György Ligeti - Stringquartett Nr. 2; Vytautas V. Jurgulis - Elipses (Austrian premiere); Sarunas Nakas - world premiere; Andrŕs Szöllösy - Austrian premiere 16/9 - 20.00: Klangforum Wien, Conductor, Beat Furrer: Beat Furrer · Spur · Bernhard Gander · UA · Beat Furrer · Invocation - scenes for ensemble und choir (Austrian premiere) 17/9 - 20.00: Beat Furrer - Jannis Lounellis, A Conversation <BR>, Chordos Quartett; Raminta Serksnyte - The oriental Elegy (ÖE); Thomas Amann - WP; Olga Rajeva - WP; Hannes Seidl - WP 18/9 - 20.00; Orchestra - International Ensemble Modern Akademy, Conductor, Franck Ollu, György Kurtág - signes, games, messages, ...; György Kurtág - quasi una fantasia; Karlheinz Stockhausen - Ylem 19/9 - 20.00: Kristallwelten Wattens: Marta and György Kurtág; György Kurtág - Játékok 23/9 - 20.00: Minguet Quartett, Kurator, Wolfgang Rihm; Wolfgang Rihm - 3 Stringquartettes ; James Olson - WP; Marton Illes - WP; Johannes Motschmann - WP 24/9 - 20.00: Slowind; Vinko Globokar - Discours VII; Bor Turelj - WP; Vinko Globokar - Dos a Dos for horn and trombone; Uros Rojko - Ottoki ; Larisa Vrhunc - Celo; Vinko Globokar - Augustin, dober je vin 25/9 - 20.00: Ensemble Modern, Conductor, Peter Eötvös, Cello, Eva Böcker, Flute, Dietmar Wiesner, Clarinet, Roland Diry, Speaker, N.N., Trumpet, N.N., Soundregie, Norbert Ommer; Peter Eötvös - Windsequenzen (1975/1987); Peter Eötvös - Two poems to Polly (1998); Peter Eötvös - Shadows (1996), Version for Flute, Clarinet and Ensemble; Peter Eötvös - Snatches of a conversation (2001) for double-trumpet and ensemble; Peter Eötvös - Chinese Opera for Orchestra (1986) 26/ 9 - 11.00: Wattens, Swarovski Musik Wattens, Conductors, Franz Schieferer, Vinko Globokar, Speaker, Felix Mitterer, Werner Pirchner, Works-Texts: Vinko Globokar - La tromba č mobile; Vinko Globokar - Crocs en jambe; Vinko Globokar - En rond et en large avec poteau indicateur International Ensemble Modern Academy Sep 12-18, 2004 Schwaz/Tirol/Austria Within a cooperation of the International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) and the Klangspuren Festival, members of the Ensemble Modern will be holding master classes in Schwaz in September 2004. Instrumental instruction and questions of interpretation will be at the foreground of these courses. Time and place: The course will take place from September 12-18, 2004 in Schwaz/Tirol/Austria; on the last day the results will be presented at a public concert. Contents: The musicians will work on solo pieces of there own choice as well as on the in the booklet listed pieces of chamber music with tutors. Further pieces of chamber music can be added on request. Apart from Franck Ollu, who will represent the Ensemble Modern as conductor and brass player, the percussionist Rumi Ogawa, the pianist Hermann Kretzschmar, the flautist Dietmar Wiesner and the violinist Michael M. Kasper will take part as teachers. The composer György Kurtág will be present on the last day when the course participants will work on a performance of his 'Quasi una fantasia...'.
Laboratory of Contemporary Music Organizes concerts (9-12 each year), meetings,
recordings, competitions, courses and festivals
Latvian Music Information Centre LMIC's focus of activity is Latvian contemporary, classical, professional music, and its composers, interpreters, event organisers and devotees. The Centre's goals are: to popularise Latvian music, to collate and publicise information about it, within and outside Latvia, to coordinate Latvian music activities with all the organisations involved, to facilitate Latvia's involvement in the international music scene, to promote the performance of, and publishing of Latvian music. The Ministry of Culture has delegated its statutory function in music information to the Centre, and finances the Centre's activities.
Lithuanian Composers Union The Lithuanian Composers’ Union includes the Music Information and Publishing Centre. The Centre prepares, collects and distributes documentation on Lithuanian contemporary music composers and events, and maintains archives of sheet music and recordings. The Centre also publishes brochures on composers and releases CDs on selected Lithuanian music. The LCU arranges: - Contemporary Music Festival Gaida (Note) - New Music Festival Jauna muzika (Young Music) - Contemporary Music Festival Mariu klavyrai (Clavier of Seas) in Klaipeda - Contemporary Music Festival Is arti (From Up Close) in Kaunas - Youth Chamber Music Days in Druskininkai - Public hearings of compositions; Musicology symposiums and conferences"(Baltic Countries triennially, Lithuanian-Poland - biennially) - Composition competitions. LCU supports: - The New Music Festival Kopa (Dune); Monographic concerts of the composers. - The LCU nominates candidates for the state and international awards and honorary nominations, state scholarships and pensions. Jauna muzika 2003 April 16-25, 2003, Lithuania International XI New Music Festival New electronic, electro-acoustic music and media art. Wide range of electronic music varieties, from academically oriented composers and performers to sound and video installations, improvisational / intuitive music and experimental DJ’ing. 16/4 - 7 p.m. Tolerance Centre. eMedia I. Holland Multimedia, Edwin van der Heide 17/4 - 7 p.m. Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. eCosound. Austrian Sound, Vegetable Orchestra 18/4 - 6 p.m. Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. eLit. Lithuanian Electronic Music Premieres Darius Ciuta, Orlandas Narusis, Antanas Jasenka, Snieguolé Dikciüté, Marius Baranauskas, Algirdas Martinaitis 22/4 - 7 p.m. Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. eDistance. Japan Noise music, Merzbow 24/4 - 7 p.m. Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. euroLit. Electronic Music Premieres Luca Pavan, Antanas Kucinskas, Vytautas V. Jurgutis, Ricardas Kabelis - Linas Paulauskis 25/4 - 6 p.m. Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. eMedia II. USA Multimedia, Phill Niblock 4th Music Theory Conference April 24-25, 2004 Principles of Musical Composition. Aspects of Historical Spread Lithuanian Academy of Music, Lithuanian Composers' Union The purpose of the conference is to give new impulses to the development of musicological thought, which could do service to compositional practice and teaching process. The three preceding conferences took place in Vilnius (Principles of musical composition. Theory and practice 1999; Principles of musical composition. Between ethno and techno 2001; Principles of musical composition. Continuity and Innovation in Contemporary Music 2002). Main theme: Principles of musical composition. Aspects of historical spread Sub themes: 1. Etymological and evolutional aspects of the concept of compositional principle. 2. Notions of compositional principles in music theory and history of various epochs (from the Antiquity to the present day). Systematisation prospects for rising contradictions. 3. Historical overview and perspectives of modern compositional principles (serialism, minimalism, etc). 4. Old and new composition: comparative structural aspect. 5. National schools of composers and musicologists at the turn of the centuries and generations: conceptions, systems, principles. Vision of the future. The deadline for proposal submission has already passed.
Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music The LGNM , the Luxembourg section of the International Society for Contemporary Music , was founded in 1983 by a handful of composers, performers, teachers and followers of contemporary music. The aims of the LGNM are: - to promote contemporary music, particularly that of Luxembourg; - to organise concerts, conferences, workshops and events of any other kind designed to promote contemporary music; - to develop exchanges and cooperation with national and international groups or organisations which pursue similar aims; - to set up a documentation centre for Luxembourg contemporary music; - to extend its activities to all fields having a direct relationship with these aims. Since its inception, the LGNM has tried to pursue these objectives by organising a large number of events of various kinds: - Classics of the 20th century: This is an annual festival devoted to composers who have left their mark on the 20th century. - Symphony concerts: Since 1993, the 10th anniversary of the founding of the LGNM, special concerts have been given by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, with Marcel Wengler conducting. - Exchange concerts: Since 1995 the LGNM has been able to intenify its contacts with foreign partners and hold exchange concerts in Israel, Japan, Denmark and Romania. In addition, ensembles and soloists are regularly invited to concerts of contemporary music in Luxembourg. - Festivals of Luxembourgish music: The three festivals which the LGNM has organised were mainly intended to bring Luxembourgish composers more to the attention of the public. - Dedicatory concerts: In this series, the concerts are centred around a celebrated composer who is invited for the occasion to Luxembourg. Several world premičres have thus seen the light of day, by Ivo Malec, Iannis Xenakis, Silvano Bussotti, Michael Tippett, Olivier Messsiaen, George Crumb, Maurice Ohana and Witold Lutoslawski. - LGNM Editions: Whereas most Luxembourg composers either publish on their own account or have their works published by international publishing houses to which they are affiliated, LGNM Editions basically promote Luxembourgish music via compact disc. Amongst the 16 CDs published to date, is the Anthology of Luxembourgish Music, comprising some 22 symphonic works by 16 Luxembourgish composers. - Luxembourg Sinfonietta: This ensemble, set up in 1999 with a view to the ISCM World Music Days 2000, is an ensemble which varies in function of the works programmed. It has a twofold aim: to make international contemporary music better known and to propagate the Luxembourgish music of our time.
International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2003 The Spanish composer Francisco Lara won the first prize in the "International Composition Prize – Luxembourg 2003" with his work "Dust". Live recorded CD contains the works by all six finalists: Francisco Lara, Dust Patrick Harrex, Hauptweg und Nebenwege Cristian Marina, Density - Intensity Paul Robinson, Chamber, Concerto Kyung-Jin Han, Dancing on a Bamboo Marco Carnevalini, Riflessioni sul giallo e sul blu Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Conductor : Marcel Wengler 3rd International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2004 - The Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music announces its 3rd International Composition Prize for the year 2004. - Composers from all over the world are invited to present new compositions for the ensemble Luxembourg Sinfonietta. - Composers of any age or nationality may submit works for the whole ensemble: clarinet, clarinet bass, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, barytone saxophone, horn, 2 trumpets, trombone tenor, tuba, 2 violins, v |