PROGRAMM 2020 |
März
| 20.03. 21.03. |
20:00 20:00 |
Zofingen, Palass Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm Carte Blanche Neue Musik von Mehdi Hosseini (St.Petersburg) Inertia (2014) clarinet / bass clarinet, piano, violin and violoncello Inertia is the first of a set of works by the composer utilizing a system he developed called “monodies”. In this system Hosseini attempts to bring into relief the distinct function of the aggregate of all individual lines of the music – heard as a single horizontal complex. Imbedded within this rather experimental approach is a set of time-honored principles derived from various oriental traditions – perhaps the most salient example of which can be found in the “dastgah” music system belonging to Persian music traditions. Inertia contains an emergent form approximating both the common principles employed in the spontaneous compositional procedures of oriental music and practiced today in the field of audio synthesis. Sârukhâni III (2016) piccolo/flute/bass flute, clarinet (Bb)/bass clarinet (or contrabass clarinet), percussions, piano, violin, viola and cello Based on folk music material of Kermânshâhân – Sahneh New Work for Sextett (2019) UA ensemble für neue musik zürich Hanspeter Frehner Flöte Manfred Spitaler Klarinette Viktor Müller Klavier Lorenz Haas Schlagzeug Daniela Müller Violine N.N. Viola Nicola Romanò Violoncello Bruno Stöckli Leitung Mehdi Hosseini (Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Bami) was born in 1979 in Tehran, Iran. Hosseini began his musical training in Iran, studying Persian music and the fundamentals of composition under the guidance of Farhad Fakhreddini, renowned Iranian composer and founder of Iran’s National Orchestra. Following his studies in Iran, Hosseini finished his Master’s degree at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory under Professor Alexander Minatsakanian, a pupil of Shostakovich, and his Doctor of Music degree (DMA) in Composition with composer, Sergei Slonimsky. In addition, Hosseini completed a composition course from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, in the summer of 2007 in Mürzzuschlag, Austria where he studied with British composer and pedagogue, Nigel Osborne. He studied fundamental principles of musical composition with composers Gennady Belov and Vladimir Tsitovich and worked on problems of music theory under the direction of Professor Tatiana Bershadskaya. His music and style has demonstrated his creative capabilities as a composer and his research abilities as an ethnomusicologist and theorist. Hosseini has written symphonic music and chamber orchestra pieces for ensembles and soloists in various compositional genres. His works show a strong monodic music influence, originally interpreted and incorporated into a personal style. He often uses the word monodies not only as the title of his composition, but also as a musical term; by which he means the characteristics of single voice structures, adapting themselves to any musical texture. At its core, his music reflects his on-going research into the astonishing variety of oriental music, and, in particular, the fundamental components of Persian music, the structure of Dastgah music, and Regional Music of Iran, covering the traditional folk music traditions in the various regions of Iran and regional areas. In 2013, for his album “Monodies“, Mehdi Hosseini was awarded “The Best Album of the Year” from the Iranian House of Music. His music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles such as the St. Petersburg State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, North-Ossetian State Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble intercontemporain, Namascae Lemanic Modern Ensemble, Unitedberlin Ensemble, PluralEnsemble, proton bern, Studio for New Music Ensemble, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, eNsemble, Sound Ways, GAMEnsemble and more. His works have been published by the Compozitor Publishing House (Russia), and the Donemus (Netherlands). In the last few years, Mehdi Hosseini has been actively participating in contemporary music projects local to St. Petersburg, and the whole Russia. His music is regularly performed in such festivals as Sound Ways, St. Petersburg Musical Spring, Contemporary East and West, Contemporary Past, Moscow Autumn, Moscow Actual Music Festival “Another Space” and others. His music is played in Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, Saint Petersburg and Moscow Philharmonics. Mehdi Hosseini made an invaluable contribution to the development of the St. Petersburg cultural scene in 2011 when he opened the St. Petersburg Contemporary Music Center reMusik.org. In 2013, he founded and directed the inauguration of the St. Petersburg International New Music Festival. www.monodies.com   |
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Mai
| 16.05. | 20:00 | Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm Galina Ustwolskaja Sonate Nr. 4 Yoshua Neuman Klang aus der Steppe UA Bruno Stöckli Neues Werk UA ensemble für neue musik zürich Hans-Peter Frehner Flöte Manfred Spitaler Klarinette Aurélien Tschopp Horn Viktor Müller Klavier Lorenz Haas Schlagzeug Daniela Müller Violine Nicola Romanò Violoncello Daniel Sailer Kontrabass Bruno Stöckli Leitung |
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Juni
| 14.06. | 17:00 | Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm Doppel-CD Taufe Charles E. Ives Another Songbook  Sebastian Gottschick Notturni  |
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| 29.06. | 20:00 | Zürich, N.N. Gruss an Peter Regli zwei Uraufführungen von HPF openair |
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August
| 29.08. | 16:00 | Giornico, La Congiunta Hommage à Josephsohn von Hanspeter Frehner Version VI Eine Klanginstallation für Flöte, Klarinette, Violine, Violoncello und 3 Percussionisten ensemble für neue musik zürich Hans-Peter Frehner Flöten Manfred Spitaler Klarinetten Daniela Müller Violine Nicola Romanò Violoncello Viktor Müller Plattenglocken Lorenz Haas Röhrenglocken Sebastian Hofmann Buckelgongs |
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September
| 26.09. | 20:00 | Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm AN MIT FÜR EUCH, UA von und mit Christoph Coburger ensemble für neue musik zürich Hans-Peter Frehner Flöte Manfred Spitaler Klarinette Viktor Müller Klavier Lorenz Haas Schlagzeug Daniela Müller Violine Nicola Romanò Violoncello Christoph Coburger Leitung/Tasten/Gesang etc. |
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Oktober
| 31.10. | 20:00 | Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm Memorial zum 10. Todestag Franz Furrer-Münch (1924-2010) Spiegel in Wachs, 1992, rev. 2005 für Flöte und Klarinette Canzona für Sopran und Ensemble Legenden/Melismen, 2004 für Violoncello, Marimba und Schlagzeug Aus dem Skizzenbuch für Ensemble Barbara Böhi Sopran Jürg Henneberger Leitung |
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November
| 19.11. 20.11. 21.11. 22.11. |
20:00 20:00 20:00 17:00 |
Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm Zürich, Kunstraum Walcheturm „NEUES VOM WELTUNTERGANG“ UA (nach einer Formulierung von Thomas Mann in Doktor Faustus) Eine Operette von Johannes Marks für 4 Singende und kleines Ensemble Gesetzt den Fall, dass wir tatsächlich in einer Zeit leben, in der es zum Äußersten kommt - sei es zur Klimakatastrophe, sei es zum Faschismus; dass wir tatsächlich Zeugen eines Phänomens werden, das man ein wenig großzügig den Weltuntergang nennen kann - welches Bild hätten spätere Generationen vom Leben in unserer Zeit? Sie wären wohl überrascht, wenn sie sähen, wie alltäglich wir das aufziehende Grauen erleben - dass wir 'einfach so' weitermachen, arbeiten, fernsehen, telefonieren ... . Wo ist das Entsetzen? Wo bleibt das Aufbegehren? Ein kleiner Beitrag des Aufrüttelns soll das Stück "Neues vom Weltuntergang" sein. Das Genre: nicht von ungefähr eine Operette, die ihren morbiden Charme ganz im Sinne des Tanzes auf dem Vulkan versprüht - denn szenisch wie musikalisch soll es nicht an den klassischen Zutaten Champagner, Kaviar und Liebe fehlen! J.M. |
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