“A Trail on the Water“

"A Trail on the Water" is a film about the connections between three leading musicians: the composer Luigi Nono, the pianist Maurizio Pollini and the conductor Claudio Abbado. Interviews, quotes, excerpts from dress rehearsals and fascinating shots of Nono's hometown Venice throughout the film paint a touching portrait of the friendship between these three artists, a friendship that has had a clear impact on the world of music today.

Moscow Conservatory Centre for Electroacoustic Music
CEAM Artists

Program: Mátyás Wettl, Stefan Prins, Aleksandr Khubeev, Alessandro Perini, Nicholas Morrish, Olga Bochihina

The Outputs and Results of the Festival

Participants — invited musicians & ensembles, Organizing Committee members, concert performers, and special guests.

Presenter — Rauf Farkhadov, musicologist

We welcome everyone to take part in the discussion.

Cadenza Contemporary Orchestra

Program: Elmir Mirzoev, Luigi Nono, Khayyam Mirzazade

Presenter — Rauf Farkhadov, musicologist

Gleb Khokhlov, violin

Program: Oscar Bianchi, Yannis Xenakis, Alexander Khubeev, Daria Zvezdina, Alexandra Filonenko, Simeon Ten Holt

Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble

Said Gani

Program: "Istemez", "Caleidoscope", "Projections", “Stellar Nursery”

Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble

Program: Sergei Newski, Heinz Holliger, Sofia Gubaidulina, Giacinto Scelsi, Salvatore Sciarrino, Tristan Murail, Anna Pospelova

“Bernd Alois Zimmermann, 'Music for King Ubu's Dinner' as a Postmodern Manifesto. A brief overview of German music of the second half of the 20th century”
Elmir Mirzoev (composer, musicologist, culturologist)

Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble

Program: Dmitry Capyrin, Alexander Radvilovich, Alexander Khubeev, Anton Svetlichny, Lukas Sukharev, Turkar Gasimzada, Ayaz Gambarli

Szilárd Benes, clarinet
Lorenzo Derinni, violin
Myriam García Fidalgo, cello
Patrick Skrilecz, piano

Program: Mikel Urquiza, Turkar Gasimzada, Lorenzo Troiani, Tristan Murail, Francisco Domínguez, Kaija Saariaho

“The Backpack Project“
Szilárd Benes, clarinet

Program: Petra Stump-Linshalm, Daniel Serrano, Sean Quinn, Máté Balogh, Jorge Gómez Elizondo, Emre Sihan Kaleli

Schallfeld Ensemble

Program: Johannes Maria Staud, Márton Illés, Bernhard Lang, Turkar Gasimzada, Tahir Ibishov

Jeiran Hasan, flute

Azerbaijani-American flutist Dr. Jeiran Hasan is the Assistant Professor of Flute at Utah State University. An active and versatile musician, Hasan enjoys a multi-faceted career as a flutist and educator.

BCMS Ensemble

Program: Karlheinz Stockhausen, Arvo Pärt, Ayaz Gambarli, Firudin Allahverdi

“Composing Us“
Sergej Tchirkov, accordion

Program: Eva-Maria Houben, Francisco Corthey, Arnt Håkon Ånesen, Turkar Gasimzada, Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås, Dmitry Burtsev, Eva-Maria Houben, Sehyung Kim

“How Technologies Change Music“
Lecturers: Nikolay Popov (Director of CEAM), Yulia Migunova (Curator of CEAM Artists), and Ilya Kovalskii (engineer of CEAM)

Moscow Conservatory Centre for Electroacoustic Music
CEAM Artists

Program: Ian Whillock, Nikolai Popov, Hibiki Mukai, Luigi Ceccarelli, Nicholas Morrish, Michael Beil, Igor C. Silva

Jeiran Hasan, flute

Program: Dmitry Burtsev, Katherine Hoover, Yan Maresz, Sophie Dufeutrelle, Allison Loggins-Hull, Rahilia Hasanova, Valerie Coleman, Darius Milhaud

“Why Contemporary / Where Contemporary“
Sergej Tchirkov, accordion

About the meaning of the word “contemporary“ in music. What is “contemporary“ music?