2015
KYIV CONTEMPORARY MUSIC DAYS
festival for classical contemporary music
December 11-21, 2015
Kyiv, Lviv
17 events. 10 venues. 2 cities.
supported by
Goethe Institut | Austrian Culture Forum | Master Class
Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research
partners
Goethe Institut | National cultural and artistic and museum complex "Mystetsky arsenal" | Educational and culture house "Master Class" | Collegium Musicum Lviv | Word and voice | Lviv Philharmonics | Ukrainian national composers' union | Harms | P. I. Tchaikovsky national music academy | Sed Contra Ensemble | Ukho agency |Studway
participants
composers
Sergei Newski / Russia-Germany
Michael Quell / Germany
Jaime Reis / Portugal
Agustin Castilla-Avila / Spain-Austria
Tomasz Skweres / Poland-Austria
Mauro Saleri / Italy
conductors
Mikheil Menabde / Georgia-Ukraine
Yurii Litun / Ukraine
performers
Antonii Baryshevskyi / piano, Ukraine
Andrii Pavlov / violin, Ukraine
Mariana Skrypa / violin, Ukraine
Natalia Onischuk / viola, Ukraine
Vladyslav Primakov / cello, Ukraine
Bohdan Reshetilov / piano, Ukraine
Kroiser Ensemble
Junya Makino / violin, Japan-Germany
Francisco Morais Franco / guitar, Portugal
Darko Horvatic / clarinet, Serbia-Austria
Albert Saprykin / piano, Ukraine
Armonia Ludus Orchestra
Sed Contra Ensemble
Sergiy Vilka / flute, Ukraine
Dmytriy Pashinskyi / clarinet, Ukraine
Andrii Pavlov / violin, Ukraine
Natalia Onishchuk / viola, Ukraine
Zhanna Marchynska / cello, Ukraine
Vitaliy Kyianytsia / piano, Ukraine
EVENTS CALENDAR
KYIV
DECEMBER 11
ORCHESTRA PROJECT
National Cultural-Arts and Museum
Complex "Mystetskiy Arsenal"
[10-12 Lavrska st.]
Mikheil Menabde / conductor, Georgia-Ukraine
Junya Makino / violin, Japan-Germany
Darko Horvatic / clarinet, Serbia-Austria
Armonia Ludus Orchestra
20:00
Marc-André Dalbavie
Tristan Murail
Tōru Takemitsu
Giacinto Scelsi
DECEMBER 13
GALINA USTVOLSKAYA. SIX PIANO SONATAS
Tchaikovsky National Music Academy
[1-3/11 Horodetskoho st.]
Antonii Baryshevskiy / piano, Ukraine
19:00
Galina Ustvolskaya : piano sonatas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
DECEMBER 14
VARIATIONS AS THEME
Chocolate House
[17 Shovkovychna st.]
Francisco Morais Franco / guitar, Portugal
19:30
Alexandre Tansman : Passacaille pour guitare
Benjamin Britten : Nocturnal after John Dowland: Reflections on Come, heavy sleep, op. 70
Manuel Maria Ponce : Variations sur “Folìa de Espana” et Fugue
DECEMBER 15
TOMASZ SKWERES CELLO RECITAL
Chocolate House
[17 Shovkovychna st.]
Tomasz Skweres / cello, Poland-Austria
19:30
Witold Lutoslawski : Sacher Variations
Tomasz Skweres : Transformations
Mateusz Ryczek : Hidden Lights
Gerald Resch : Brücken
Johannes Berauer : Chant 3
DECEMBER 16
LECTURE : SERGEI NEWSKI
Goethe-Institut
[12/4 Voloska st.]
Sergei Newski / composer, Russia-Germany
18:00
Default figures. Writing music in the omnibus digital archive era.
DECEMBER 17
19:30
UNFANTASY ME
portrait concert of composer Agustin Castilla-Avila
Master Class
[16a Lavrska st.]
Serhii Vilka / flute, Ukraine
Agustin Castilla-Avila / guitar, Spain-Austria
Mariana Skrypa / violin, Ukraine
Andrii Pavlov / violin, Ukraine
Natalia Onischuk / viola, Ukraine
Vladyslav Primakov / cello, Ukraine
Bohdan Reshetilov / piano, Ukraine
Agustin Castilla-Avila :
A Story of a String for piano and cello
Im Dunkel for alt flute, clarinet and guitar
Unfantasy me for string quartet
Sakura for microtonal guitar
Tres Momentos Microtonales for guitar solo
DECEMBER 18
Goethe-Institut
[12/4 Voloska st.]
16:00
LECTURE : AGUSTIN CASTILLA-AVILA
Microtonality in music for guitar
Agustin Castilla-Avila / composer, Spain-Austria
18:30
LECTURE : MICHAEL QUELL
"Momentaufnahmen / caprichos" and "a blurring cloud" -
exploring the hermeneutic aspect of contemporary music
Michael Quell / composer, Germany
20:00
KROISER ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Junya Makino / violin, Japan-Germany
Francisco Morais Franco / guitar, Portugal
Darko Horvatic / clarinet, Serbia-Austria
Albert Saprykin / piano, Ukraine
Sergei Newski : Freeze frame for bass-clarinet and violin
Tomasz Skweres : Deuterium for violin solo
Adrian Mocanu : Melting for clarinet, guitar, violin and piano *
Agustin Castilla-Avila : Mama Ocllo for clarinet, guitar, violin and piano *
Artem Mironov : 12 micro-episodes for clarinet, guitar, violin and piano *
Ruud Roelofsen : D'un corps hybride for bass clarinet solo
* the piece is composed especially for Kroiser Ensemble's concert
DECEMBER 19
Goethe-Institut
[12/4 Voloska st.]
16:00
LECTURE : MAURO SALERI
Open presentation of works by Italian composer Mauro Saleri.
During the presentation his piece "Soglie" for piano trio
was performed by musicians of Sed Contra Ensemble.
Mauro Saleri / composer, Italy
Sed Contra Ensemble / Ukraine
17:00
LECTURE-CONCERT : JUNYA MAKINO
Junya Makino / violin, Japan-Germany
Anton Webern
Pierre Boulez
Luciano Berio
Iannis Xenakis
Heinz Holliger
18:30
LECTURE : JAIME REIS
Jaime Reis / composer, Portugal
Considerations on time: studies on Emmanuel Nunes, Karlheinz Stockhausen and my musical practice
DECEMBER 20
13:00
KYIV CONTEMPORARY MUSIC DAYS :
MEETING WITH THE TEAM AND PARTICIPANTS
Harms
[45a Volodymyrska st.]
17:00
CHAMBER MUSIC BY YOUNG EUROPEAN COMPOSERS
National Composer's Union
[32 Pushkinska st.]
Sed Contra Ensemble / Ukraine
Yurii Litun / conductor
Sergiy Vilka / flute
Dmytriy Pashinskiy / clarinet
Andrii Pavlov / violin
Natalia Onishchuk / viola
Zhanna Marchynska / cello
Vitaliy Kyianytsia / piano
Ignacy Zalewski : Entschwebung for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Arash Jazdani : Anamorphism. Hommage to G.Mahler for flute, clarinet, violin and cello
Adrian Mocanu : Meandres for flute and piano
Emilie Girard-Charest : Épanchements for piano trio
Sebastian Hilli : Hypha for flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello
Mauro Saleri : Soglie for piano trio
Sanzhar Baiterekov : Halo for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
LVIV
DECEMBER 16
19:30
TOMASZ SKWERES CELLO RECITAL
"Word and Voice" centre
[38, Horodots'ka st]
Tomasz Skweres / cello, Poland-Austria
Witold Lutoslawski : Sacher Variations
Tomasz Skweres : Transformations
Mateusz Ryczek : Hidden Lights
Gerald Resch : Brücken
Johannes Berauer : Chant 3
DECEMBER 21
16:00
LECTURE : AGUSTIN CASTILLA-AVILA
"Word and Voice" centre
[38, Horodots'ka st.]
Microtonality in music for guitar
Agustin Castilla-Avila / composer, Spain-Austria
19:00
KROISER ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Lviv Philharmonic chamber hall
[7, Tchaikovsky st.]
Junya Makino / violin, Japan-Germany
Francisco Morais Franco / guitar, Portugal
Darko Horvatic / clarinet, Serbia-Austria
Albert Saprykin / piano, Ukraine
Sergei Newski : Freeze frame for bass-clarinet and violin
Tomasz Skweres : Deuterium for violin solo
Edison Denisov : Sonata for clarinet solo
Adrian Mocanu : Melting for clarinet, guitar, violin and piano *
Agustin Castilla-Avila : Mama Ocllo for clarinet, guitar, violin and piano *
Artem Mironov : 12 micro-episodes for clarinet, guitar, violin and piano *
Ruud Roelofsen : D'un corps hybride for bass clarinet solo
* the piece is composed especially for Kroiser Ensemble's concert