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UMPC Summer Festivals 2019

UMPC Summer Festivals 2019

Many UMPC composers’s works are being performed at this year’s international summer festivals—from the Bregenz Festival and BBC Proms to the Salzburg Festival, an exciting summer awaits.
 

Bachfest Leipzig

18.06.2019, Carlo Boccadoro, N.7 - Grandangolo for orchestra, 
Omar Meir (cond.), Junge Deutsche Philharmonie Bremen (WP)
 

BBC Proms

13.08.2019, Dai Fujikura, tact 60 for orchestra, 
Martyn Brabbins (cond.), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (WP) 

20.08.2019, Edgar Varèse/Chou Wen-Chung, Ameriques for orchestra, 
Sir Simon Rattle (cond.), London Symphony Orchestra

14.09.2019, Elizabeth Maconchy, Proud Thames Overture for orchestra, 
Sakari Oramo (cond.), BBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethovenfest Bonn

24.09.2019, Enno Poppe, Schnur, concerto for solo violin and orchestra,
Alan Gilbert (cond.), Carolin Widmann (violin), NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester (WP)

26.09.2019, Salvatore Sciarrino, Infinito nero, opera,
Mark Daniel Hirsch (stage director), Hermes Helfricht (cond.), Dshamilja Kaiser (voice)
 

Bregenz Festival

17.07.2019, Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto (critical edition Martin Chusid), opera,
Enrique Mazzola (cond.) 

30.07.2019, Bernhard Lang, Der Reigen, music theatre for five voices and 23 instruments,
Alexandra Liedtke (stage director), Walter Kobéra (cond.), amadeus ensemble-wien (NP)

Festival Bach en Combrailles

17.08.2019, Philippe Hersant, Nun Komm for ensemble and choir,
Lionel Sow (cond.), Chœur Sequenza 93, Ensemble Les Timbres (WP)

Festival dei Due Mondi

28.06.2019, Silvia Colasanti, Proserpine, opera,
Giorgio Ferrara (stage director), Pierre-André Valade (cond.) (WP)

Festival des Arcs

25.07.2019, Benjamin Attahir, 217:2b for violin and cello,
Geneviève Strosser (violin), Gregorio Robino (cello) (WP)

Festival Enescu

06.09.2019, Carlo Boccadoro, Primo taccuino dell'ombra e della luce for ensemble,
New European Ensemble (WP)
 

Festival Le Vent sur l'arbre

07.08.2019, Christian Rivet, Entre l'outre-mer et le bleu roi for viola solo,
Gérard Caussé (viola) (WP)
 

Festival Manifeste

22.06.2019, Tovel/Matteo FranceschiniOpus for amplified string quartet and live electronics, 
Tovel aka Matteo Franceschini (live el.), Quartetto Maurice (WP) 

Festspiele im Schlossgarten Neustrelitz

28.06.2019, Emmerich Kálmán, Die Bajadere, operetta,
Pascale-Sabine Chevroton (stage director), Panagiotis Papadopoulos (cond.), Die Neubrandenburger Philharmonie

Immling Festival

22.6.2019, Giacomo Puccini, Turandot, opera,
Ludwig Baumann (stage director), Cornelia von Kerssenbrock (cond.)

Klangspuren Schwaz

06.09.2019, Olga Neuwirth, anaptyxis for orchestra,
Lothar Zagrosek (cond.), Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck (NP)
 

Lucerne Festival

08.09.2019, Bruno Maderna, Grande Aulodia for flute, oboe and orchestra,
Riccardo Chailly (cond.), Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Alumni (NP) 

08.09.2019, Luigi Nono, ...sofferte onde serene... for piano and tape,
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
 

Music in the Summer Air Festival

02.07.2019, Huang Ruo, Folk Songs for Orchestra, version for large orchestra,
Sir Andrew Davis (cond.), BBC Symphony Orchestra (WP) 

Musikfest Berlin

07.09.2019, Edgar Varèse/Chou Wen-Chung, Ameriques for orchestra,
Peter Eötvös (cond.), Berliner Philharmoniker 

18.09.2019, Gérard Grisey, Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil for soprano and 15 instruments,
Susanna Mälkki (cond.), Juliet Fraser (soprano), Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

18.09.2019, Olga Neuwirth, Aello − ballet mécanomorphe for solo flute, two trumpets, strings, synthesizer and typewriter,
Susanna Mälkki (cond.), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Musikfest Eroica

24.09.2019, Olga Neuwirth, Die Stadt ohne Juden for amplified ensemble and tape,
Nacho de Paz (cond.), Ensemble PHACE 

26.09.2019, Georges Aperghis, Le soldat inconnu for baritone and ensemble,
Pablo Rus Broseta (cond.), Holger Falk (Baritone), Ensemble Modern

26.09.2019, György Kurtág, Stele op. 33 for orchestra,
Teodor Currentzis (cond.), SWR Symphonieorchester

Musiktheatertage Wien

20.09.2019, Bernhard Lang, DW 16 Songbook I for voices, saxophone, keyboards and percussion,
David Eggert (cond.), Jack Adler-Mc-Kean (cond.), Gina May Walter (soprano), Nina Guo (soprano), Sophie Catherin (mezzosoprano), Mia Bodet (keyboards), Pedro Pablo Camara Toldos (saxophone), Evdoxia Fillipou (percussion) (NP)

New Music Biennial

07.07.2019, Rolf Hind, Tiger’s Nest for percussion, gamelan and piano,
Southbank Gamelan Players 

Salzburg Festival

28.07.2019, Pascal Dusapin, Medeamaterial, opera,
Franck Ollu (cond.), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

11.08.2019, George Enescu, Oedipe, opera,
Achim Freyer (stage director), Ingo Metzmacher (cond.), Wiener Philharmoniker

13.08.2019, Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da requiem (critical edition David Rosen), opera,
Riccardo Muti (cond.), Wiener Philharmoniker

28.08.2019, Luigi Nono, ...sofferte onde serene... for piano and tape,
Maurizio Pollini (piano) 

Smog Festival

21.06.2019, Zeno Baldi, Décalage for ensemble,
Ensemble Hopper (WP) 

Soli Deo Gloria – Braunschweig Festival

22.06.2019, Reinhard Febel, Studien nach Bachs Kunst der Fuge for two pianos,
Yaara Tal (piano), Andreas Groethuysen (piano)

Spannungen Festival

28.06.2019, Eric Montalbetti, Lied des Dankes für das Leben in Freundschaft for piano and violin,
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Alexander Vorontsov (piano) (WP)

Taschenopernfestival Salzburg

24.09.2019, Sarah Nemtsov, verflucht, miniature opera for soprano and ensemble,
Peter Rundel (cond.), Nini Goldstein (soprano), österreichisches ensemble für neue musik (WP) 
 

Thüringer Bachwochen

27.07.2019, Reinhard Febel, Studien nach Bachs Kunst der Fuge for two pianos,
Yaara Tal (piano), Andreas Groethuysen (piano)





  

Photo: Bregenzer Festspiele / Lisa Mathis