[silence] August 26-Sept 1: Ostrava Days 2007 Festival

[S.E.M. Ensemble]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Donel Young
732/295-2406       
donelyoung@sprintmail.com
 
FOR DIRECT OSTRAVA INFORMATION
Contact: Ostrava Center For New Music
Ostrava Office
info@ocnmh.cz
 
OSTRAVA DAYS 2007 FESTIVAL BEGINS ON AUGUST 26
7 DAYS / 15 EVENTS
ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES & SOLOISTS PERFORM NEW WORKS BY RESIDENT COMPOSERS
ALONG WITH CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS
 
The festival is produced as a part of the biennial Ostrava Days Institute
(August 13-September 2), which includes classes, seminars, discussions and
roundtables.

"Ostrava Days is a working environment, not a school; young composers learn
through collaboration with their more experienced colleagues, rather than
being 'instructed'," says Petr Kotik, Artistic Director, Ostrava Days.
"Young and established composers work side-by-side during three weeks of
presentations, discussions, rehearsals and performances with professional
orchestras, ensembles and soloists.  These conditions require efficiency,
clarity and maximum focus, providing an environment that sets itself apart
from academic and other educational institutions."

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS:
The Ostrava Days 2007 [New Music] Festival focuses on music independent of
both the mainstream music world and the academic environment. Although the
spotlight is on compositions created within the last few years, including
many world premieres, there will also be plenty of works from the second
half of the 20th Century. Several major productions will be presented,
including the opera Neither by Morton Feldman with the libretto by Samuel
Beckett, Wu (an hour-long piano piece) by Rudolf Komorous, symphonic works
by Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Galina Ustvolskaya, a violin concerto by
György Ligeti and Concert for Piano and Orchestra by John Cage in a version
with two soloists and two orchestras. Along with these masterpieces, the
program will also include 26 compositions by the resident-students of
Ostrava Days [6 works are for orchestra]. This year, the Ostrava Days
Institute has accepted 36 students from 14 countries, including Brazil,
Macedonia and New Zealand, not to mention the large number of students from
the USA and UK. 
 
Please see detailed program information below, including the full list of
all participants. 
 
LOCATION:
Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic (population
350,000). Since the mid-19th Century, it has been one of the most important
industrial centers in Central Europe with steel mills, coalmines and other
heavy industry plants. Despite its blue-collar character, Ostrava has one of
the country's best symphony orchestras, the 116-piece Janacek Philharmonic,
housed in the largest cultural complex in the country. It also has a newly
built conservatory, a repertory opera house (which recently produced
Debussy's Peleas and Melissande) and a very lively theater and performing
arts scene. The city is located midway between Prague and Warsaw.
 
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Ostrava Days 2007 is produced under the patronage of Petr Kajnar, Mayor of
Ostrava, and Evzen Tosenovsky, President of the Moravian-Silesian Region.
Ostrava Days has been made possible by support from its general sponsor OKD,
a.s., the City of Ostrava, the Czech Ministry of Culture, Trust for Mutual
Understanding (NYC), the Czech-German Fund for the Future, the International
Visegrad Fund, Multi Development, and Atelier Omicron-K (Prague). Additional
support comes from Hayes Lemmerz Autokola, Moravian-Silesian County, The
Kurt Weill Foundation, USArtists International, the Embassy of the Republic
of Turkey, The Austrian Cultural Forum, the Embassy of the US in Prague,
Goethe Institute Prague, Auto Heller, the Flemish Authorities, Hotel
Imperial, and Hotel Elektra.
 
Special thanks go to the following individuals for the their generous
support: Stephanie Bernheim, Rick Haller, Bessel Kok, Martin Kotik, Mr. &
Mrs. Kramarsky, Robert Rauschenberg, and several anonymous donors.
 

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OSTRAVA DAYS 2007 INSTITUTE
August 13 - September 2
Resident-Composers:
Beat Furrer (Vienna)
Petr Kotík (New York)
Marián Lejava (Bratislava)
Alvin Lucier (New York)
Muhal Richard Abrams (New York)
Phill Niblock (New York)
Kaija Saariaho (Paris/Helsinki)
Miroslav Srnka (Prague)
Christian Wolff (Hanover, NH)
 
Resident-Students:
Rafael Nassif  Brazil
František Chaloupka  Czech
Michaela Plachká  Czech
Mary Bellamy  England
Richard Glover   England
John Lely   England
Scott McLaughlin   England
Panayiotis Demopoulos  Greece
Taylan Susam  Holland
Tamás  Matko  Hungary
Mate Szigeti   Hungary
Adam  Siska   Hungary
Sarah O'Halloran   Ireland
Valentina Velkovska   Macedonia
Michael Norris   New Zealand
Lukasz Pieprzyk   Poland
Paulina Zalubska   Poland
Juraj Kojs   Slovakia
Cameron Harris   South Africa
Jisun Yang   South Korea
Mika J. Pelo   Sweden
Matthew Barnson   USA
George Douglas Barrett   USA
Carolyn Chen   USA
Chris Dahlgren   USA
Naomi Rozanna Epstein   USA
Stephen Joseph Gorbos   USA
Kyle Hillbrand   USA
Joseph Kudirka   USA
Jamie Meyer   USA
Derek Muro   USA
James Orsher   USA
Bryan Senti   USA
Katharine Soper   USA
Daniel Vezza  USA
Mike Winter  USA

OSTRAVA DAYS 2007 FESTIVAL
August 26 - September 1
Sunday, August 26
19:00 Philharmonic Hall
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Curtis, Violoncello
Petr Kotik, Beat Furrer, Conductors
Frantisek Chaloupka*      An Ancient Calligraphy      (2007)
Christian Wolff      Orchestra: Pieces      (2005)
Muhal Richard Abrams      Mergertone (world premiere)      ((2006/07)
Beat Furrer            Phaos            (2005/2006)
Kaija Saariaho            Orion            (2005)
Morton Feldman            Violoncello and Orchestra            (1972)
            
Monday, August 27
17:00 Janáček Conservatory
Melos Ethos Ensemble
Daan Vandewalle, Piano
Marián Lejava, Conductor
Jan Rychlík      Relazioni      (1963)
Petr Kotík      Kontrapunkt II      (1962/1963)
Rudolf Komorous      Olympia      (1964)
Vladimír  Šrámek      6 Minutových cvičení pro Petra Kotíka  (1961)
Peter Kolman      Drei Klavierstücke      (1960)
Rudolf Komorous      Sladká královna      (1962)
Ladislav Kupkovic      Mäso Kriza      (1961/62)
 
20:00 Philharmonic Hall
Ostravská banda 
Vilem Veverka, Oboe
Joseph Kubera, Daan Vandewalle, Pianos
Petr Kotik, Roland Kluttig, Conductors
Luca Lombardi      Unison for Oboe and 7 Instruments (1980)
Stefan Wolpe      Chamber Piece #1 (1964)
Christian Wolff      Nine (1951)
Chiyoko Szlavnics            Heliotrope (After Frank O'Hara) (world
premiere)          
Karlheinz Stockhausen      Zeitmasse (1955/56)
Petr Kotík      Spontano (1964)
John Cage      Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957)
Version for 2 pianos and 2 orchestras
 
22:15  Philharmonic Hall
Daan Vandewalle Piano Recital
Karel Goeyvaetrs      Litanie No. 1  (1979)
Stockhausen              Klavierstuck 1-4 (1952/53)
Tamas Matko*      Three Movements      (2006)
Cornelius Cardew       Thalmann Variations  (1974)
Boudewign Buckinx      Vele groetges (selection) (1991)
Ferruccio Busoni      Indianisches Tagebuch  (1914)
Mary Bellamy*      Celestine (2006)
Galina Ustvolskaya      Sonata #5 (1986)
 
Tuesday, August 28
17:00 - 18:30 Janáček Conservatory
Melos Ethos Ensemble
Marián Lejava, Conductor
Marco Mazzini, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Peter Kolman      Partezipationi (1962)
Jana Kmiťová      Rana (2003/06)
Marián Lejava      Wrath (2007)
Naomi Epstein*      [Untitled] (world premiere)
Carlos Ordonez      El sonido mas obscuro (2005)
Stephen Gorbos*      Col Canto (world premiere)
Katharine Soper*      As The Crow Flies (2007)
 
19:30 St. Wenceslas Church
Ostravská banda
Petr Kotik, Roland Kluttig, Conductors
Canticum Ostrava, Yurii Galatenko, Director
St. Vavřinec Vocal Quartet
Gayla Morgan, Soprano
Steven Fox, Countertenor/Tenor
Phill Niblock            4 Chorch + 1 (world premiere)
Hildegard von Bingen            Ecclesia (1151/58)
Petr Kotík       Spheres and Atraction (1981/2005)
Juraj Kojs*      There He Stayed (world premiere)
Richard Glover*      is without nothing (world premiere)
James Orsher*            trinkets and titivation (world premiere)
Máté Szigeti*      Kantate (world premiere)
Galina Ustvolskaya            Symphony No. 3  (1983)
 
Wednesday, August 29
17:00  Janáček Conservatory
Sonar Streich Quartet (Berlin)
Helmut Lachenmann         "gran torso"      (1971)
G. Douglas Barrett*      Surfaces I-IV      (world premiere)
Valentina Velkovska*      The Transfiguration (world premiere)
Scott McLaughlin*      5 Bells for Elliott Carter (world premiere)
Stefan Wolpe        12 Pieces for String Quartet (1950)
                   
19:30  Philharmonic Hall
Janáček Philharmonic
Charles Curtis, Violoncello
Roland Kluttig, Petr Kotik, Ondrej Vrabec, Conductors
Jamie Meyer*      The Palm at the Endm of the Mind (world premiere)
Mathew Barnson*            Secondary Colors (world premiere)
Alvin Lucier                        SLICES for Vlc. & Orch. (world premiere)
Petr Kotík      Asymmetric Landing (2003)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann      Sinfonie in One Movement  (1951)
      
22:15  Club Parnik
Erkan Ogur & Band
Turkish and Ottoman Music
 
Thursday, August 30
17:00  Philharmonic Hall
Ostravská banda
Thomas Buckner, Baritone
Petr Kotík, Petr Rundel, Ondrej Vrabec, Conductors
Miroslav Srnka            Making my Brain Quiet (world premiere)
Panayiotis Demopoulos* Music for a Secret Vesper (world premiere)
Raffael Nassif*            Noturno (world premiere)
Somei Satoh      The Last Song  (2005)
Christian Wolff                  new piece (world premiere)
Michaela Plachka*            Darovals nam pokoj (world premiere)
Beat Furrer            Antichesis (2006)
 
21:00-24:00  Philharmonic Hall
Conrad Harris, Muhal Richard Abrams, Robin Hayward, Joseph Kubera , Daan
Vandewalle
Ostravská banda
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Muhal Richard Abrams      Untitled (2007)
Luigi Nono        Post-prae-ludium n. 1 "per Donau"  (1987)
Alvin Lucier       Tuba Solo piece (2007)
Iannis Xenakis      Dikhthas (1979)
Rudolf Komorous      Wu  (2002/03)
 
Friday, August 31
18:00   Philharmonic Hall
Members of Ostravská banda & Guests
Works by Ben Patterson, Yoko Ono, Milan Knížák, Emmett Williams, Terry
Jennings, Tayland Susam, John Lely, Richard Maxfield, Jackson  Mac Low, La
Monte Young
 
21:00 Philharmonic Hall
FLUX Quartet
Leroy Jenkins      Revival  (2004)
Kurt Weill      String Quartet No. 1  (1923)
Conlon Nancarrow      String Quartet No. 3  (1987)
Mika Pelo*      String Quartet (world premiere)
György Ligeti      String Quartet No. 1 (1953/54)
 
Saturday, September 1
15:00 Janáček Conservatory
Ostravská banda & Guests
Joseph Kudirka*      Time and Harmony (2005)
Michael Winter*      Streams I (2006)
Daniel Vezza*      Flux  (2006)
Sarah O'Halloran*      Break My Rusty Cage (2006)
Christian Wolff      OUT-TAKE (2005)
Derek Muro*      a landslide of maps  (2007)
Peter Graham      Secreta (2007)
Kyle Hillbrand*      Evaporate  (2006)
Carolyn Chen*      Rendition  (2007)
Kaija Saariaho            Cendres  (1998)
 
19:00 Philharmonic Hall
Ostravská banda
Hana Kotková, violin
Roland Kluttig, Petr Kotik, Ondrej Vrabec, Conductors
Earle Brown      Available Forms I  (1962)
Paulina Zalubska*      Impression (world premiere)
György Ligeti       Concert for Violin + Orch (1990/92)
 
Janáček Philharmonic
Piia Komsi, Soprano
Peter Rundel, Conductor
Pamela Hunter, Stage Director
Morton Feldman        Neither  (1977)
(In cooperation with Media Arts Productions, Zürich)

*resident-student of Ostrava Days 2007 Institute
 
 
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