Hamburg Contemporary

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The final concert of Hamburg Contemporary presents contemporary music at its finest:
Hamburg Contemporary's spotlight is on the truly contemporary, the young musicians who get their stage here alongside the gray eminences and their anniversaries! This evening, we are delighted to have members of Ensemble Resonanz as our guests. They will be performing a project for which students from the composition department have composed miniatures for three violins. A whole miniature wonderland of world premieres will be created, marking the conclusion and climax of the small festival for contemporary music.
Beforehand, violinist Yaodong Zhang will perform Anthémes 1 by Pierre Boulez. Hamburg Contemporary will conclude with an ensemble piece that promises a peaceful end to a brilliant little festival.

Program

Pierre Boulez
Anthémes 1
Yaodong Zhang | Violin

Niko Yin
Eclipse (UA)

Shuang Wu
Trio for three violins (premiere)

Dominic Wills
Loon, homage to an unknown Renaissance composer (UA)

Kyungjin Lim
Cath Mind (UA)

Yixie Shen
Lacewing (UA)

Marta Kowalczuk
shadows, glimmers, and apparitions: the two voices (UA)

Performers on the violins:
Skaistė Dikšaitytė, Christine Krapp, Swantje Tessmann
(Ensemble Resonanz)

Ensemble
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The New Music Week is back for a new edition! From May 13 to 16, 2024, performers dedicated 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 necessary 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.