Opus XXI as a guest at the Trossingen University of Music
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At the invitation of the Rector of the Trossingen University of Music, Prof. Elisabeth Gutjahr, the 16th International Summer Academy Opus XXI of the University of Music and Drama, Hamburg, will take place at the Trossingen University of Music from August 2 to 12, 2017. She is part of the management team together with Prof. Dr. Reinhard Flender, Prof. Fredrik Schwenk and Henry Fourès. Initiated in 2001 by the Institute for Cultural Innovation Research IkI at the HfMT, the further education project offers young musicians the opportunity to devote themselves intensively to the fields of contemporary music and free improvisation.
The French ensemble L'Instant Donné from Paris has been engaged as ensemble in residence. Composer in residence is the Czech composer Miroslav Srnka, who already took part in the academy in 2005. In 2016, he became internationally renowned with the world premiere of his opera South Pole at the Bavarian State Opera under the direction of Kirill Petrenko. His work Les Adieux for ensemble will be rehearsed under the direction of French conductor Aurélien Azan Zielinski. The young French composer Bertrand Plé from Lyon composed the work "So und so weiter" for saxophone, soprano solo and ensemble for the Academy. The saxophone solo part will be performed by Echo Prize winner Asya Fateyeva, a master's student in Prof. Niklas Schmidt's chamber music class. For the first time, a student from Ulrich Windfuhr's conducting class will be taking part in the academy. Simon Edelmann is rehearsing the work Siebenkreiswerk by Martin Grütter. The final concert will take place as part of the Bregenz Festival on August 11, 2017.
The academy has been a member of the European Ulysses network, which includes 13 academies and festivals for contemporary music, since 2009. The academy is funded by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union, the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, the SACEM, the Franco-German Fonds Impuls Neue Musik, the Franco-German Youth Office and the Trede Foundation.
Project management: Dr. Verena Mogl, research assistant at IkI and Johannes Dam, Master's student at the Institute for Culture and Media Management
Further information at: www.opusxxi.eu
Photo: from left to right Cornelius Hussing, trombone (class of Stefan Geiger), Sophie Steiner, harp (class of Prof. de Maistre), Asya Fateyeva, saxophone (class of Prof. Schmidt), Kateryna Vasilijeva, flute (class of Prof. Heinzmann), Simon Edelmann, conducting (class of Prof. Windfuhr)
Photo: Fredrik Schwenk