Hamburg Contemporary

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Sound, rattle, boom #1!
This expectation is often set and fulfilled at or by composition class evenings.
On May 13, a concert visit will be launched in an exchange between the universities of Rostock and Hamburg. On the initiative of professors Peter Manfred Wolf (HfM Rostock) and Gordon Kampe (HfMT Hamburg), we welcome guests from Rostock. We look forward to hearing new compositions by outstanding talents at Hamburg Contemporary. Immerse yourself in a multifaceted program of contemporary music presented by musicians from Rostock and Hamburg!

Program:
Heejung Kim (*1996)
"What does your beauty mean?" (2024) UA
8 scenes for music theater
(piano/acting; actor/e-guitar; actress
and electronic performance)

House musician, amateur pianist: Ximan Xu
Her inner self: Annika Gräslund
Pop star; rock guitarist: Pepe Röpnack
Disco dancer: Annika Gräslund
Disco dancer: Pepe Röpnack
Electronics: Heejung Kim

Xiyu He (*1996)
Genesung (2020)
for bass-baritone and piano
based on a poem by Alessandra Molina

Zhiyi Yang, bass-baritone
Jonas Otte, piano

Beizhao Mi (*1995)
"Bobby" (2023)
for clarinet solo

Mingjin Mu, clarinet

Leon Kropp (*1999)
"N Anteile für N X Tasteninstrumente" (2021/2024)
Version for piano-4 hdg.
I
II UA

Jeong-Ah Lee, piano
Niklas Schwehm, piano

Jeong-Ah Lee (*2000)
Questions (2024) UA
for piano

Jeong-Ah Lee, piano

Paul Ersfeld Mandujano (*2000)
Nachtslieder (2024) UA
for voice and piano
(on poems by Paul Ersfeld Mandujano)
from which:
No., 3 Mitternacht
No., 2 Wiegenlied

Shinho Choi, tenor
Rin Watanabe, piano

Niklas Schwehm (*2002)
Filter I (2022)
for flute, alto flute and live electronics

Xinyu Zhang, flute
Anne-Sophie Máté, alto flute
Xiyu He, live electronics

Beizhao Mi (*1995)
Myopia magna (2024) UA
for violin, violoncello and piano

Muxiang Zhang, violin
Yu-Lun Hsu, violoncello
Jeong-Ah Lee, piano

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The New Music Week is back for a new edition! From May 13 to 16, 2024, performers who have dedicated themselves to contemporary music - and the classics of modernism - will once again throw their hats into the ring.

No, and then again: two anniversaries of compositional masterpieces fall on the year 2024, and yet Hamburg Contemporary is not solely focusing on Arnold Schönberg (150th birthday) and Luigi Nono (100th birthday), even if it would have been so obvious and easy. Because the spotlight should be on the truly contemporary, the young musicians who get their stage here! Nevertheless, the music of the jubilarians and their contemporaries will not be completely omitted, and so students and teachers from the various instrumental areas will play several modern classics: Schönberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" and his string music, as well as Nono's "La Fabbrica Illuminata". The piano recital by Jewish composers from the first half of the 20th century will present music that has in part fallen into oblivion.
The class evenings of the composition classes from Rostock and Hamburg and the piano concert of the practical seminar on new piano music will be full of sound, rattling and booming! The exchange between the composition classes will be rounded off with a return visit to Rostock in the future. The final day will then feature two highlights: Miniatures for three violins will be performed by members of the Ensemble Resonanz. The small festival will be rounded off with an ensemble concert: students of the HfMT will play selected works by renowned - and attention: still living! - composers!

Eintritt frei

Registration is required and can be done via eventbrite.

Events at a glance:
13.05., 18:00 - Composition class evening Rostock
13.05., 20:00 - Nono: La Fabbrica Illuminata and piano music: ...don't push the sounds... not even a little bit...?
14.05., 19:00 - Composition class evening Hamburg
15.05., 17:30 - Piano recital by Jewish composers of the early 20th century
15.05., 19:00 - Pierrot Lunaire: Milestone of classical modernism
15.05., 20:00 - Schönberg's string music
16.05., 19:00 - Miniature Wonderland - Ensemble Resonanz @ HfMT

The events are sponsored by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius. They are part of the new series Hamburg Contemporary.