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 Franceschini,
Opus 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