May
25

Scientific Seminar

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  • The state of music criticism in Azerbaijan
    Vafa Abbasova, musicologist

  • The place of modern Azerbaijani composer music in the context of World Music
    Elmir Mirzoev, composer

  • East or West? Tradition or modernity?
    Gultakin Shamilli, musicologist

Moderator — Zumrud Dadashzade, musicologist

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Concert
May
24

Concert

Ismail Hajibeyov–Rufat Khalilov Capriccio for piano and chamber orchestra
Ayaz Gambarli “Melancholia” for bariton and ensemble
György Ligeti Piano Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra

Soloists: Mahir Tagizada (bariton), Zakir Asadov (piano), Fidan Aghayeva-Edler (piano)
Cadenza Contemporary Orchestra
Conductor — Orkhan Hashimov

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May
24

Portraits: Samir Asadov (violin) & Afag Garayeva (piano)

Firudin Allahverdi “Yasamal ragtime” for piano
Adnan Marafi “Shininutum” for violin
Ghenadie Ciobanu “... cette fois-ci a Paris” for piano
Ghenadie Ciobanu Fantasia quasi una Sonata “Le reve. İmptomtu” for piano
Morton Feldman “For Aaron Coplan” for viola
John Cage “In a Landscape” for piano
Agshin Alizade “Portrait” for violin and piano

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Concert: Electroacoustic Music
May
23

Concert: Electroacoustic Music

Olga Bochikhina “Musica Sacra II: danse macabre (ac(chord) archeology)” for piano and electronics
Mara Helmuth “Butterfly Within I” for flute and electronics
Wim Hednerickx & Jorrit Tamminga “Shri Yantra” for 8-channel soundtracks
Alexander Khubeev “Cryptocalypse” for cello, video, and electronics
Karlheinz Stockhausen “Kontakte” for piano, percussion, and electronics

Soloists: Yulia Migunova (cello), Rena Fakhradova (piano), Kamil Huseynzade (percussion)

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Portraits: Szilard Benes (clarinet)
May
23

Portraits: Szilard Benes (clarinet)

Pascal Dusapin “If” for clarinet
Ivan Buffa “Perpetum nobile” for clarinet and piano
Balázs Horváth “Élet” for clarinet
Alexey Sioumak “cl.air” for clarinet
Tahir Ibishov “Tuğbaum” for clarinet
Gergely Vajda “Lightshadow-Trembling” for clarinet
Ákos Zarándy “Pe-log in” for clarinet and piano
Uros Rojko “Monologue of a Fallen Angel” for clarinet

Piano — Rena Fakhradova

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Masterclass/Concert: Avital Cohen (flute)
May
23

Masterclass/Concert: Avital Cohen (flute)

Ernst Bloch Two Last Poems (Maybe…) for flute and piano
Francis Poulenc Sonata for flute and piano
Boris Merrson Conjugo meta morfosis op. 31 for flute
Eric Gaudibert Canzone for flute and cello

Cello — Sanubar Sultanova
Piano — Afag Garayeva

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Masterclass: Daniel Weissberg (composer), "Participatory Composition"
May
23

Masterclass: Daniel Weissberg (composer), "Participatory Composition"

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The topic is composing with participatory interaction models as I have developed them in recent years and used them in my works. One example is Convert Ego, which premiered in 2018 with Ernesto Molinari and Ensemble Vertigo and will be worked on in a new version this summer at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, among others.

During the workshop, participants can gain experience with simple models and discuss ideas for developing their own. If this results in an initiative for a collective project for the next festival, this is very welcome.

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Concert
May
22

Concert

Reiko Füting “Act: Ab-stain, from” for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Morton Feldman “Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety” for ensemble
Turkar Gasimzada “Seen When the Night Is Silent” for clarinet and piano
Nils Vigeland “Double Palimpsest” for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

Soloists: Avital Cohen (flute), Szilard Benes (clarinet), Andrey Jurgenssohn (clarinet), Gleb Khokhlov (violin), Yulia Migunova (cello), Fidan Aghayeva-Edler (piano), Rena Fakhradova (piano)

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Portraits: Avital Cohen (flute)
May
22

Portraits: Avital Cohen (flute)

Avital Cohen Air Notes for flute, plastic bag, and electronics
Heinz Holliger “Lied” for bass flute and electronics
Jacques Wildberger “Retrospective I”
Daniel Weissberg,“Atempoem” for flute
Michaël Lévinas “Froissements D’Ailes” for flute
Avital Cohen & Turkar Gasimzada “Pain(T)” for flute, electronics and video jockey
Turkar Gasimzada "Breath for flute and electronics
Avital Cohen “Hevetia” for flute and electronics
Istvàn Zelenka, “es ist eine schöne Sache um die Zufriedenheit..”
Heinz Holliger “(t)aire(e)”

Sound artist – Serafin Aebli

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Festival Opening, Concert
May
21

Festival Opening, Concert

Beat Furrer “Lied” for violin and piano
Said Gani Prelud from the “Kaleidoscope” series for piano
Georg Friedrich Haas String Quartet №2
Tahir Ibishov String Quartet
Janis Petraskevics “Text & Alphabet” for clarinet, violin, and piano
Salvatore Sciarrino “Let Me Die Before I Wake” for clarinet

 

Soloists: Szilard Benes (clarinet), Andrey Jurgenssohn (clarinet), Fatima Nasirli (violin), Gleb Khokhlov (violin), Umid Mustafazada (violin), Nadir Eyvazov (violin), Uzeyir Mahmudbeyli (viola), Rena Rakhimova (viola), Yulia Migunova (cello), Erol Rzayev (cello), Rena Fakhradova (piano), Zakir Asadov (piano)

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Portraits: Gleb Khokhlov (violin) & Yulia Migunova (cello)
May
21

Portraits: Gleb Khokhlov (violin) & Yulia Migunova (cello)

Jose Manuel Serrano “Le regret d'Heraclite" for alto and cello
Georg Friedrich Haas "De Terra Fine" for violin solo
Nadir Vassena "Rivolto verso terra-rivolti verso il mare" for alto and cello
Santiago Diez Fischer "One Tale" for cello and electronics
Aleksey Najarov “Dissolved“ for cello solo
Giacinto Scelsi Duo for violin and cello
Aleksey Sysoev "My gardens" for cello, electronics, video and light

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