conDiT | 2015 Season Brochure

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Dear friends, 2014 was for conDiT a year of creativity and hard work. Between our main achievements we have: produced twelve concerts (two of them were co-productions with the Ciclo de Música Contemporánea del Teatro San Martín: Escrituras Argentinas and François Sarhan en Argentina) and three sound installations, received three international artists in our residence, awarded seven composers, and commissioned and premiered twelve works. In addition we have produced our first international concert, inaugurating Containers project in Vienna, from which a number of international collaborative actions were generated to enhance Argentina 's new concert music in the world. Based on these experiences, and adding our constant pursuit of excellence , we plan a new program filled with opportunities to discover together the new international and argentine concert music.

During the 2015 season we will be part of the birth of new music created by composers of our generation. For this purpose it is necessary to provide the creators with the production media and materials; so we will continue building our concert hall (Taller Performático Tecnológico) by developing the third stage of acoustic conditioning; plus the acquisition of new instruments and technology.

In addition to the building projects, we are in charge of the full restoration of the Santuario Nuestra Señora de Padua’s pipe organ, a two manuals Laukhuff dated in 1923 located in Parque Patricios, where we will program a micro-cycle of liturgical music for organ and ensemble, also commissioning works by young composers.

Within the long-term projects, conDiT continues with the production and programming of the creators composers of the platform ( Luciano Azzigotti and Fernando Manassero ), and for the first time an external composer joins the platform: Agustín Salzano will program the opening season concert Microafinaciones. As always we continue our tradition of commissions, this year we can

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highlight the work of Ivan Knees and Ariel Gonzalez Losada.

Special projects for this year include the first conDiT Laboratory as a new paradigm of creation, in which from a relational database artistic- aesthetic field’s crosses are generated, promoting the emergence of new approaches to interdisciplinary works.

The organization is in charge of nine artists curators of visual arts, literature, criticism, sound art, new technologies, and the GEAM Ensemble. A one-day experience will be open to the public, displaying sound installations, performances, experiments, and conferences.

In parallel, we started our training program for critics and music journalism that generates a new place for reflexion focused on concert music in our country, along with the work of composers and performers.

In addition to these large-scale projects, in the second half, a concert by the argentine ensemble Tropi (directed by Haydée Schvartz) is programmed. Tropi will perform the local premieres of works by Pierluigi Billone (arranged specially for Tropi), Chaya Czernowin, Beat Furrer, Demian Rudel Rey and Marcos Villalobos.

The 2015 season will be completed with international visits: the duo formed by Karin Hellqvist and Heloisa Amaral, the spanish percussion duo re-Convert (Roberto Maqueda y Victor Barceló), the japanese pianist and composer Rei Nakamura, and the Nadar ensemble with the composer Stefan Prins. Not to mention some special surprises to close the year .

We're excited to have you join us this season, and together walk through the adventure of creating sounds that no one has heard before.

Your friends from conDiT.cheLA

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APRIL Microafinaciones | Microtunings Saturday 18th, 19.00 hs.

The tempered scale is one between many possibilities to sort some of the sounds available to our hearing spectrum. In this program conDiT visits other options, from the past and from the future, that enrich and expand the range of materials available to the composer,to the performer, and to the audience.

James TenneyUS Critical Band (1988/2000) Electroacustic version Girolamo FrescobaldiIT (1583-1643) Passacaglia For spinetta Marc SabatCA John Jenkins (2001/2011) Open score for six instruments and two manuals harpsichord Tarquinio MerulaIT (1595-1665) Capriccio cromatico For spinetta Giacinto ScelsiIT Trio à cordes (1958) For violin, viola, and violoncello AR

Agustin Salzano Márgenes (2015) For clarinet, trombon, percussion, cello, and doublebass Worlwide premiere, comissioned by conDiT Michelangelo RossiIT (1601-1656) Tocatta settima For spinetta Mathias SpahlingerDE Gegen Unendlich (1995) For bass clarinet, trombon, violoncello, and piano

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Federico Landaburu, clarinets Pablo Fenoglio, trombon Bruno Lo Bianco, percussion Lucas Urdampilleta, piano Federico Ciancio, harpsichord and spinetta Florecia Ciaffone, violin Pablo Hopenhayn, viola Mauro Sarachian, violoncello Hernán Maisa, double bass Natalia Salinas, director Agustín Salzano, artistic director

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MAY Sunday 16th, 15.00 hs Four spaces at cheLA worked at the same moment by nine curators, filled with practical experiences and information exchange between different artistic fields (composition, sound art, critic, literature, technology, video art ). A 6-hour day in which works in progress, finished works, conferences, and workshops are performed and offered to an open public.

There will be special activities organized by invited artists, between them we can highlight the Peregrinación (Pilgrimage) by Catriel Nievas, and a concert performed by the GEAM ensemble.

Through LAB’s experience, conDiT intends to develop a new paradigm of art creation and artistic collaborative activities. The public will receive scraps, nude structures, partial contents; and with that a direct incitement to meditate over the creative processes.

Artists Aldo Giacometti Francisco José García Juan Matias Killian Joaquín Aras Cecilia Castro Rosario Zorraquín Boyman Alexander Mora Rojas Ana Laura Caruso Damián Paúl Espina Santiago German Villa Tomás Cabado Jorge Espinal Carolina Carrizo Bárbara Aída Wapnarsky Guido Saa Gisela Pelaez

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Curators Alma Laprida Pablo Katchadjian Tomás Maglione IQLab [Beranrdo Piñeiro | Gerardo Della Vecchia | Natalia Pajariño] Luciano Azzigotti Fernando Manassero Virginia Chacon Dorr Juan Marco Litrica [conceptos técnicos]

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JUNE Karin Hellqvist SE & Heloisa Amaral BR Saturday 20th, 19.00

The duo formed by the brazilian pianist Heloisa Amaral and the swedish violinist Karin Hellqvist performs works by european and american contemporary composers. Pieces by Ariel Gonzalez Losada and Santiago Diez Fischer will be premiered, both commissioned by conDiT. Eivind Buene NO Untitled (2012) For violin and piano Iannis Xenakis GR Dikthas (1979) Solo violín Ariel Gonzalez Losada AR El abismal silencio de la cosa Worldwide premiere, commissioned by conDiT Santiago Diez Fischer AR Worldwide premiere, commissioned by conDiT Johannes Kreidler DE Pianostudy For piano, video, and electronics Malin Bång SE ...när korpen vitnar Solo violin

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AUGUST reConvert project ES Saturday 8th, 19.00 hs

Concert performed by reConvert project, the spanish percussion duo formed by Roberto Maqueda and Victor Barceló. In its second visit to conDiT.cheLA, the duo will perform works by latin american and european musicians. The program is based on the duo’s philosophy of conversion and reexamination of the aesthetic use of percussion instruments, where the musical discourse is analyzed to suit the musicians creative needs.

Thomas Meadowcroft AU Cradles (2013) For percussion duo and Wutlitzer e-piano Michael Maierhof DE Splitting 42 (2014) For guitar and tape Simon Steen-Andersen DK Difficulties putting it into practice (2007-10) For two performers Michael Maierhof DE Splitting 24 (2012-13) For percussion Luciano Azzigotti AR microbeatLogic I, II (2014) For two performers Peter AblingerAT Weiss/Weisslich 20 (1992-95) For two cymbals

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Saturday 19th, 19.00 hs

SEPTEMBER Tropi Ensemble Saturday 19th, 19.00 hs

The argentine ensemble Tropi, directed by Haydée Schvartz, will perform the latin american premieres of pieces by Beat Furrer, Pierluigi Billone and Chaya Czernowin. The program also includes the world premiere of a piece commissioned by conDiT for the occasion; plus the premiere of Versus, winner of the International Call for Composers 2014 category music ensemble.

Chaya Czernowin IL Sahaf (2008) For clarinet, guitar, piano, and percussion Simon Steen-Andersen DK Amid (2004) PFor flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion Demian Rudel Rey AR Cuerpo presente (2013) For flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano Special mention - International Call for Composers conDIT 2014 Mauro Godoy Villalobos CL Versus (2014) For flute, guitar, piano, violin, and violoncello.

Winner of the International Call for Composers 2014 Pierluigi BilloneIT/AT Wall (2012) For percussion and six instruments Sebastián Tellado, flute Constancia Moroni, clarinet Florencia Ciaffone, violin Alejandro Becerra, violoncello Sebastián Gangi, piano Manuel Moreno, guitar Juan Denari, percussion Haydée Schvartz, director

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OCTOBER Rei Nakamura Workshop Sunday 10th, 16.00 hs As part of her first visit to Argentina , the japanese pianist Rei Nakamura will dictate a workshop for professional musicians and composers.

Rei Nakamura Concierto | Movement to sound, sound to Movement IX Saturday 17th, 19.00 hs To conclude her residence, the japanese pianist will perform an intense concert with works of dissimilar backgrounds and aesthetic affiliations. Among the composers present in the program are: Rafael Valdez Subía, Johannes Kriedler, and Marco Momi. To complete the program the pianist will premiere a piece commissioned by conDiT. José Rafael Subía Valdez EC Chiral (2013) For piano and live electronics Fernando Manassero AR Worldwide premiere Marco Momi IT Worldwide premiere, commissioned by conDiT Johannes Kreidler DE Study (2011) For piano, video, and playback Michael Beil DE Mach sieben (2000) For piano, electronics, and video

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NOVEMBER Nadar EnsembleBE | Doppelgänger Tuesday 10th, 20.30 hs

The dutch ensemble Nadar brings to Argentina the concert Doppelgänger, which will be performed as part of the conDiT.cheLA residence program. In this concert the pieces are presented through the vertebral column that provides the concept of title: a double, almost equal, but distorted.

A solid corpus that provides (through different devices) doubled instruments, doubled performers, doubled audience.

Georges Méliès L’Homme Orchestre (1900) Movie Serge Verstockt A la Recherche de Temps (2005) For clarinet, audio, and video Simon Steen-Andersen Study for string instrument #3 (2011) For violoncello and video Michael Beil Doppel (2009) For two two pianos, audio, and video Michael Maierhof Shopping 4 (2005/06) For three musicians Stefan Prins Generation Kill (2012) For violoncello, percussion, two joysticks, video, and live electronic Dires Tack, clarinets Pieter Matthynssens, violoncello Tom De Cock, percussion Elisa Medinilla, piano Wannes Gonnissen, live electronics Stefan Prins, electrónica, composer

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jorge macchi | container

CONTAINER In Argentina there is a tradition related to classical concert music, in which the programmers and regisseurs of argentine concert halls receive (with the support of embassies) top level foreign artists who spread the music of their countries in Argentina.

This project has the clear objective to generate a mutual opportunity, so argentine composers and musicians can spread their work abroad within an integrated broadcasting, recording, and international artists’ exchange program; framed by the principle of equal opportunities. The purpose is: update the old "center-periphery" relationship, energizing and encouraging the symmetry of cultural exchange between Argentina and the world.

The first chapter of Container is possible thanks to the collaboration between the Embassy of Argentina and conDiT.cheLA , whose team will be in charge of the organization, choice of repertoire and residents , commission works, and the activities advertising.

This project will be carried out by groups and halls in Vienna and Graz, associated with conDiT, and will be the second step after the partnerships we have begun in 2014 with the reception of Austrian artists in our platform.

During 2015 conDiT will form an ensemble in Vienna with young professional musicians. The ensemble will premiere works by argentine young composers, programmed for the second Container concert (the first antecedent is Transatlantic Interscores, July 2014) on december 10th.

Audrey Perreault, flutes Scott Lygate, clarinets Laura GarcĂ­a Fidalgo, violoncello Juna Winston, trombone Simone Beneventi, percussion Marianne Salmona, piano

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NEW CRITIC The objective is to generate an instance to share and update concepts and aesthetics about contemporary music; the main intention is to revitalize the philosophical reflection exercise. conDiT intends to exercise the joint work with active composers of the music scene in Argentina concert, by providing opportunities to new critics to write and publish their work. For this purpose the critics will work alongside the conDiT producers and artists, performing an exhaustive investigation that will end with the publication of two texts (a short review and an academic paper) plus an interview published in the youtube conDiT channel.

This program will update concepts within the field of musicology , and make available texts in spanish and this undoubtedly will promote a new chapter in the analysis, curation , and dissemination of works by argentine composers.

Espiral is a six-monthly magazine in which artists , critics, and organizers involved conDiT write their thoughts and reviews based on conDiT‘s work and activities. Occasionally articles by authors specialized in different areas within the field of music and its interaction with other arts are included.

Also Espiral works as program for the concerts, providing a reflective framework around the works and performances. In its third year, the two 2015 issues will contain texts produced by the New Critic program’s musicologists, artists, and thinkers.

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RESTORATION OF THE ORGAN - SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA CHURCH During 2015 conDiT will be in charge of stages 2 and 3 of the restoration of the San Antonio de Padua church’s organ. This action crystallizes the commitment of the platform with the practice and exercise of the collective memory in Parque Patricios.

The restoration of an instrument transcends individual possibilities, it is always a call to the collective voice. Like bells announcing the moments of meeting, provide sound awareness to abandoned instruments allows us to hear and participate in rituals, and prefigure new ones, updating the exercise of our poetic consciousness that drives us to root ourselves and transcend.

With the different impacts of technological waves, the customs of the music’s functions have changed especially in the last century. We are surrounded by an invisible past that deserves to be reborn from silenced voices. This not only means restoring an instrument, but after that restore the memories of those organists who made music that triggers fervor, beliefs, and wills.

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TaPeTe

(TALLER PERFORMÁTICO TECNOLÓGICO)

TaPeTe (Taller Performático Tecnológico /Technological Performance Atelier) was created to fulfill the contemporary music’s need for a theater that can be configured to meet diverse purposes. The graduation of the acoustic ranks of absorption and diffusion in three defined spectral bands, helps the space to meet the requirement of traditional concert pieces. They require a high level of definition and sound customization. In taPeTe can also be performed acoustic pieces for instruments which require very specific space conditions, but can also be adapted to performances which require the use of extended materials. Finally, in the auditorium can be developed instrumental and scenography workshops, aimed to provide a space to meet luthiers’ and composers’ needs. In every Project the artists are able to use the space and manage it in totally different ways, offering different experiences from the traditional ones – not only in theatrical but also in spatial terms. In taPeTe can also be performed contemporary pieces that can not be displayed in any other conventional space.

During 2015 the third stage (of five) will be developed: renewal of the curtains, new equipment room with high fidelity professional microphones, expansion of the professional lighting system, acoustic optimization, expansion of offices and dressing rooms, and extension of the hall’s modular concept. TaPeTe project will be accomplished in collaboration with the architects Andrea Farina [UnQUI- UNLP], Matías Beccar Varela, and the italian architect Francesco Milano.

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CALL FOR COMPOSERS During the 2015 conDiT releases two calls for composers.

CC 2015 Argentina [for pianist and composer duos] Deadline 1st. September The call is for national composers and pianists duos, to submit a work for piano, electronic and video (both lasts optional). The works will be reviewed in the first Rei Nakamura’s argentine workshop in October. The selected duets will receive student grants from conDiT to participate in this training opportunity with the japanese pianist and composer.

CC 2015 Containers [piece for sextet] Deadline 1st. September The International call for composers is part of the Container project, whose main objective is to balance the relationship center/periphery in the exchange of written music productions between Argentina and the world. In this case, with the support of the argentine Consulate and it’s Embassy in Austria, conDiT opens a call for argentine composers to write works for the Containers’ ensemble, based in Vienna. The works will be premiered in Austria by the end of 2015.

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TRAINING conDiT is committed to disseminate and upgrade the knowledge about contemporary music and musicians, which results in an invaluable incentive to generate new aesthetic paradigms and production of works by emerging artists. The conDiT resident artists will develop training activities, attended by professional musicians and students of major national universities.

As part of this project the draft collective composition Minka was performed twice, attended by over two hundred artists. During 2015 conDiT will offer various training activities.

conDiT@unTreF The collaboration between conDiT and the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (unTreF), through it’s artistic careers, aims to connect the production of knowledge with the problems of the artistic practice. This way students come into contact with high level musicians, visiting the platform and sharing their experiences in activities scheduled by the Musical Creation Workshops of the Bachelor of Music career.

Dúo Helqvist & Amaral 24th June, unTreF auditorium The duo will perform a reading session of works by students of the chairs of Musical Creation Workshop IV, and a concert with works from their own repertoire.

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Rei Nakamura 12th October, taPete.cheLA 14th October, unTreF Auditorium

Stefan Prins 16th November, unTreF concert hall

The japanese pianist Rei Nakamura will give a workshop for professional musicians and composers.

To close 2015 training activities, Stefan Prins will give a workshop on mixed media composition for students of bachelor of Music and bachelor of Electronic Arts, in the framework of the collaboration program between conDiT and Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero.

Within the activities of the program conDiT@Un3F, she will give a conference and concert about the work “6 Preludes” by Christian Christensen for piano and electronics, based on preludes

by Chopin, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Brahms, Beethoven and Schumann.

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Microafinaciones

Tenney, Frescobaldi, Scelsi, Salzano, Rossi, Spahlinger

05/17/2015

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conDiTLAB

Aldo Giacometti, Francisco José García, Juan Matias Killian, Joaquín Aras, Cecilia Castro, Rosario Zorraquin, Boyman Alexander Mora Rojas, Ana Laura Caruso, Damián Paúl Espina, Santiago Germán Villa, Tomás Cabado, Jorge Espinal, Carolina Carrizo, Bárbara Aída Wapnarsky, Guido Saa, Gisela Pelaez, Juan Marco Litrica, Alma Laprida, Pablo Katchadjian, Tomás Maglione, IQLab (Bernardo Piñeiro, Gerardo Della Vecchia, Natalia Pajariño), Luciano Azzigotti, Fernando Manassero, Virginia Chacon Dorr

06/20/2015

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Karin Hellqvist & Heloisa Amaral

Buene, Xenakis, Gonzalez Losada, Diez Fischer, Kreidler, Bång

06/24/2015

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Karin Hellqvist & Heloisa Amaral reading session|concert

Karin Hellqvist & Heloisa Amaral

08/07/2015

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reConvert project

Meadowcroft, Maierhof, Steen-Andersen, Azzigotti, Maierhof, Ablinger

09/19/2015

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Tropi ensemble

Czernowin, Steen-Andersen, Rudel Rey, Godoy Villalobos, Billone

10/10/2015

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Workshop Rei Nakamura

10/14/2015

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Rei Nakamura reading session|concert

10/17/2015

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Rei Nakamura|Movement to sound, sound to Movement IX

11/10/2015

Casacuberta [TGSM]

Nadar Ensemble |Doppelgänger

11/16/2015

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Stefan Prins Workshop and masterclass

12/10/2015

echoraum, Viena

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Christian Christensen

Subía Valdez, Manassero, Momi, Kreidler,Beil

Méliès, Verstockt, Steen-Andersen, Beil, Maierhof, Prins

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fundación exACTa Dara Gelof Fabián Wagmister Santiago Nuñez Carlos Leiva Federico Roitberg Diana Zorzoli

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Maria Virginia Chacon Dorr Juan Marco Litrica Fernando Manassero Luciano Azzigotti

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Ramiro Iturrioz Tatiana Couto

architecture

Maria Andrea Farina Francesco Milano Matías Beccar Varela

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