Young ensemble in residency – IEMA: World premieres Composition Seminar
09/2017 Gaudeamus – NL
The IEMA-Ensemble will be a partner of Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2017.
During the Festival in Utrecht, the ensemble performs the World Premieres of the Composers Seminar 2017.
The working steps are as follows: in spring 2017 all composers come for 3 days together to Frankfurt for first try-outs for their new pieces, getting acquainted to the IEMA-Ensemble.
After finishing their pieces the main rehearsals should be in the beginning of August and beginning of September. The premiere of the pieces takes place during the festival Gaudeamus Muziekweek on 8 September 2017 in Utrecht, the Netherlands; reruns in Frankfurt and Karlsruhe in the midth/end of September.
The rehearsals and the concerts take place under the guidance of the very experienced conductor Lucas Vis and the young IEMA conductor Yalda Zamani.
New pieces by: Yukiko Watanabe (1983, Japan) and Utku Azuroglu (1986, Turkey) as well as 2 composers who take part in the ULYSSES Journeys for composers:
Genevieve Murphy (1988, U.K.) and Maya Verlaak (1990, Belgium).
Detailed programme:
Yukiko Watanabe: Nue (12‘)
Genevieve Murphy: Squeeze Machine (15‘)
Maya Verlaak: SONG & DANCE: An excessively elaborate effort to explain or justify (15‘)
Utku Asuroglu: und (10‘)
© Co Broerse/ IEMA
Further information here.
The concert programme is performed again at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt/Main (DE) at 19h30.
On 5th February 2018, on Concertzender, you can listen to a broadcast of the live-recordings from the concert of 7th September 2017!
