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19 – 22 May 2016 National Forum of Music, Wrocław & Książ Castle Musical Homelands: New Territories With the support of:
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Książ Castle Zamek Książ
Plac Wolności 1 50-071 Wrocław Poland
Piastów Śląskich 58-306 Wałbrzych Poland
The 6th European Forum on Music is held under the honorary patronage of the mayor of the city of Wrocław Rafał Dutkiewicz.
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Welcome to the 6th European Forum on Music It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to our European Forum on Music in the beautiful City of Wrocław. We have celebrated now with two host cities proudly nominated as European Capital Cities of Culture – last year in Riga and now here in Wrocław. Musical Homelands: New Territories recognises in Wrocław a city revitalised by culture in its new National Forum of Music – a magnificent building in which to see and hear great music. I hope you all enjoy your time with us and with our Polish hosts, who have given us all such a warm welcome. Enjoy! Ian Smith, Chairman of the European Music Council
Dear Friends, welcome to Wrocław! It is a great honour to host the 6th European Forum on Music in this city boasting such a rich cultural tradition, which in 2016 holds the title of European Capital of Culture. Held simultaneously with our Forum is the 63rd session of the International Rostrum of Composers – the flagship programme of the International Music Council. For the first time in history, both events are organised in Poland, in the new, beautiful and magnificent venue opened last year – the National Forum of Music, which continues the long tradition of the Wrocław Philharmonic. Many artistic events are taking place this month in Wrocław in all fields of art. One of them is the festival Musica Electronica Nova. The extremely attractive concerts of this festival will fill the Forum’s evenings. We also have a few musical surprises for you. I hope you will enjoy your visit here and also find enough time to take a walk through one of the most beautiful markets in Europe. I wish you a pleasant and rewarding stay in Wrocław! Prof. Krzysztof Knittel, President of the Polish Music Council
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Programme
Thursday,
19 May 2016 National Forum of Music
Friday, 20 May 2016 National Forum of Music
16:30
Welcome Cocktail IV Floor
17:00
Opening Concert: The Sound Cinema Black Hall
18:00
Opening Reception VIP Room
09:30
Opening of the 6th European Forum of Music by Rafał Dutkiewicz, Mayor of Wrocław Andrzej Kosendiak, Director of the National Forum of Music Krzystof Knittel, President of the Polish Music Council Ian Smith, Chairman of the EMC Chamber Hall
10:15
Keynote: Musical Homelands: New Territories by Grzegorz Michałski & Jerzy Kornowicz Chamber Hall Rostrum+: Promoting Contemporary Music Today by Davide Grosso, International Music Council Chamber Hall
10:45
11:15
Coffee Break
11:45
Musical Intermission by Male Instrumenty – Pawel Romanczuk
12:00
Sessions in parallel On Freedom of (Musical) Expression in Europe Panel Discussion chaired by Simone Dudt Prof. Sławomir Ratajski, Polish National Commision for UNESCO Sara Whyatt, Independant Human Rights Consultant Sanar Yurdatapan, Freedom of Expression Initiative Chamber Hall IRCLab Floor -1
13:30
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Lunch Break IV Floor
15:00
Musical Intermission by Phonos ek Mechanes (Duchnowski, Hendrich, Kupczak)
15:15
Sessions in parallel Idea Hub // Chamber Hall IRC Interview with a Composer // Floor -1
16:35
Coffee Break
17:00
Announcement of Results and Presentation of IRC 2017 Chamber Hall
19:00
Symphonic Concert at the NFM Musica Electronica Nova Main Hall
08:45
Shuttle Bus to Książ Castle
10:30
Musical Welcome by Tęgie Chłopy – Traditional instrumental music from the region of Kielce
10:45
Welcome
11:00
Keynote: Musical Homelands of Polish Diaspora: Siberia, Brazil, Australia by Prof. Bożena Muszalska, University of Wrocław
11:45
Coffee Break
12:15
Music Makes a Difference: Working with Refugees Panel Discussion chaired by Ruth Jakobi Marie Le Sourd, On The Move Sarah Hickson, The Calais Sessions Jakob Schlögl, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Berenika Nikodemska, A-i-R Wro
13:30
Lunch Break
15:00
Early Transport to Wrocław (optional)
15:00
Musical Intermission by Z Lasu – Women’s songs from Belarus and Ukraine
Saturday, 21 May 2016 Książ Castle
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Sunday, 22 May 2016 National Forum of Music
15:15
EU, Music & Cultural Policy by Simone Dudt
16:15
Presentation of EMC Board candidates
16:45
Closing of the Forum
17:10
Shuttle Bus to Wrocław
19:00
Concert at the NFM Ensemble InterContemporain (Musica Electronica Nova Festival) Red Hall
21:00
Joint Dinner & Closing (optional) Dance Party with Tęgie Chłopy and Jam z kieleckiego: Robert Jarmuzek, Frank Parker Jr., Marcin Pospieszalski, Michał Żak, Szczepan Pospieszalski VIP Room
09:00
Registration for Annual Meeting
10:00
Annual Meeting VIP Room
11:45
Coffee Break
12:00
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Annual Meeting VIP Room
Shuttle bus info Please note: The conference will take place in Książ Castle, outside of Wrocław, on Saturday. Delegates will be taken to the venue and back with a shuttle service. We kindly ask all delegates to be at the meeting place in good time at 8:45 on saturday. The meeting place is in front of the National Forum on Music, see picture below.
If you can see this on saturday morning, you will be taken to Książ Castle
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International rostrum of Composers & Rostrum+ The International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) is an international forum of representatives of broadcasting organisations who come together for the purpose of exchanging and broadcasting contemporary art music. It is organised by the International Music Council since 1954 and currently, over 30 national radio networks participate presenting some 60 works composed within the five years preceding the Rostrum. After the listening sessions, the assembly of delegates selects and recommends the most important works in two categories: general and “young composers”. These and other works will be presented in concerts and broadcast after the Rostrum by the participating and other interested radio stations. Moreover, all works presented at the IRC are made available by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to its wide network of members and associate members via satellite. These dissemination schemes ensure excellent international coverage for the composers.
IRC interviews with Composers The idea of this session is to present the composers proposed by the hosting radio and her/his music.
IRCSound IRCSound is the ultimate way to let the audience discover the works presented during the International Rostrum of Composers. While the Listening Sessions are private sessions for radio professionals, IRCSound is a public, free space where everyone is invited to discover the presented works as well as biographies of the composers, programme notes and IRC history.
IRCLab IRCLab is an unprecedented activity in which radio producers are invited to experiment innovative approaches to present contemporary compositions to the public and allow them to interact with the music. With The Voice(s) of Polish Radio, composer Jagoda Szmytka will present in an interactive way hers and other new music works to the public in a live radio broadcast.
Andrzej Kwieciński Andrzej Kwieciński was born in 1984 in Warsaw. He studied composition at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag (the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands) with Richard Ayers, Diderik Hakma-Wagenaar, Martijn Padding, Yannis Kyriakides and Louis Andriessen. His works have been performed at numerous concerts and festivals such as Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Warsaw Autumn, Klang!, Turning Sounds, Musica Polonica Nova by such ensembles and orchestras as Matangi Quartet, Rubens Quartet, Royal String Quartet, Nieuw Ensemble, Ensemble Resonanz, ensemble proton, Aukso Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia and Łódź Philharmonic.
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He received an award and scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture (2005-2006), the Huygens Scholarship (2008-2009), Lutosławski’s Scholarship (2010). In 2012 Andrzej Kwiecinski was composer-in-residence at the Łódź Philharmonic. In 2010 he was awarded 1st prize at the Composers’ Competition Young Masters XXI. In 2012 he was nominated for the Gaudeamus Prize. In 2014 he won the main prize in the young composers category and received recommendation in the main category at the 61st International Rostrum of Composers. He was also awarded Guy Huot bursary for young composers in the form of a joint commission from the International Music Council and Radio France.
Jagoda Szmytka Born in Legnica (Poland) in 1982, Jagoda Szmytka studied art history, philosophy, music theory and composition in Wrocław, Graz, Frankfurt/ Main and Karlsruhe. Her music has received international recognition through numerous features at festivals and institutions such as Warsaw Autumn, Wien Modern, Lucerne Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Ultraschall Berlin, ECLAT Stuttgart, Ferienkurse Darmstadt, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Deutschlandfunk Cologne, Royaumont Paris, Polish National Opera Warsaw and many others. Among other things she received Staubach Honorarium and the Stipend Prize of the Darmstadt International Summer Course for New Music, scholarships from the DAAD, the Art Foundation Baden-Württemberg, residencies at Herrenhaus Edenkoben and La Muse en Circuit Paris. In 2017 artist in residency at Villa Serpentara. Many time artistin-residency at ZKM|Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe. In 2015 WERGO/EZM released her portrait CD “BLOODY CHERRIES”. Jagoda Szmytka composes “for people”, “about people”, “with people”. Szmytka’s “social composing” examines social and interpersonal processes such as communication and identity often in relation to phenomena that influence modern life or referring directly to the social dimension of making music. Szmytka’s “intertextual music” is written for ear, eye and thought – incorporates mixed-media, trans-media and cross-genre formats – her compositions are mixture of texts, images and sounds that build dense structures in reference to high & pop culture, philosophy, or reality (music theater projects: LIMBO LANDER – social-media music theatre, LOST – trans-media music theatre, LOVE LABEL – mass-media music theatre). Jagoda Szmytka is a founder and leader of two projects: PLAY – Platform for art and culture social initiatives & ENTER – Collective specialised in performing Referential Music.
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Speakers
Simone Dudt Simone Dudt studied cultural sciences in Hildesheim, Germany and Marseille, France focusing on Fine Arts and Music. She worked for the educational programmes of several museums and music schools and as academic assistant at the University of Hildesheim. Simone has been working for the European Music Council since 2004, where she co-ordinated the EU funded ExTra! Exchange Traditions project. From 2010-2014 she was member of the Board of Culture Action Europe, a European umbrella organisation that advocates for culture at the EU institutions of which she became Vice Chair in 2012. Currently, she is Secretary General of the European Music Council.
Davide Grosso Ethnomusicologist, five music rights activist with a strong background in journalism and media, he has carried out an extensive field research in Indonesia about music and society. He joined the International Music Council in 2012 where he is in charge of programme implementation. He also curates the edition of the newsletter Music World News and the communication campaigns of the IMC. Since 2015 he is the project coordinator of the Rostrum+ project. Outside the office he composes electronic music for a contemporary puppet theatre company and writes about music and politics for various magazines and blogs.
Sarah Hickson Sarah Hickson is a London-based photographer working mainly in the arts and documentary field. Her practice is often concerned with the role of the arts and artists in a wider social context. She is currently working on a number of projects exploring migration, displacement and refugees – initiatives and collaborations that reach across boundaries, that focus on ‘connections’ rather than ‘difference’. She made several trips to the refugee camps in Northern France with The Calais Sessions. The Calais Sessions is a collective of musicians and music industry professionals from the UK who travel to the camps with an array of instruments and sound gear to facilitate an informal space for sharing music. “We connect with musicians there, set up a makeshift studio, and for a few hours the universal language of music connects, builds friendships, and provides some respite from the harsh reality of daily life in the Jungle.”
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Ruth jakobi Ruth Jakobi studied Music, French and Education in Hamburg, Germany and Lyon, France, and has performed across Europe as a flutist. In 2003, she was employed as Secretary General of the EMC. Since the birth of her first daughter in 2008, Ruth has continued working for the EMC on a part-time basis; as well as a freelance consultant for international music projects. She is often invited to lecture at international conferences or cultural management study courses and serves as jury member in (youth) music competitions.
Krzystof Knittel Born 1947 in Warsaw studied sound engineering and composition at the Frederic Chopin State Higher School of Music in Warsaw. He has worked at the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio since 1973 and at the Center for the Creative and Performing Arts at State University of New York at Buffalo in 1978. Now he is working as professor at the Fryderyk Chopin Music University teaching composition, audiovisual composition and interactive improvisation. He served as director of the International Festival of Contemporary Music “Warsaw Autumn” (1995-98), president of the Polish Composers’ Union (1999-2003), and since 2005 as President of the Polish Music Council. He is the founder and director of the international Ad Libitum festival of improvised music. In 2014, he was elected to the Board of the EMC.
Jerzy Kornowicz Is a Composer, piano improviser, music animator, born in 1959 in Lublin. He studied composition with Tadeusz Baird and Marian Borkowski at the Music Academy in Warsaw, and with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. In 2000 his Interwoven Figures received a recommendation at the International Rostrum of Composers; he has also received nominations for the Opus Music Prize and Musica Nova award. He has authored a programme of music animation in Warsaw high schools, organised yearly free improvisation workshops, and has founded and directed the Kody Festival of Music Tradition and Avantgarde in Lublin. He is a founding member of the ECSA – European Composer and Songwriter Alliance as well as the Creative Poland Association of Polish artistic communities and creative industries, of which he is President.
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Marie Le Sourd Marie Le Sourd is, since 2012, the Secretary General of On the Move, the cultural mobility information network active in Europe and worldwide. From 1999 to 2006 she was in charge of programme in the Cultural Exchange Department of the Asia-Europe Foundation based in Singapore (ASEF), particularly in the fields of young artists’ exchange, development of cultural policies and networks of cultural professionals. In September 2006 she joined for five years the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working as the director of the French Cultural Centre in Yogyakarta (Indonesia).
GrzeGorz Michałski Grzegorz Michałski is a musicologist, organiser, journalist (incl. Polish Radio 2) and mediator. He has been editor of the journal Ruch Muzyczny (1971– 1973), head of the classical music section of Polish Television (1974–1981), a programme consultant for the Warsaw Philharmonic (1982–1988) and chief editor and director of PWM Edition in Cracow. From 1990 to 1992, he held the post of undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture and Art. From 1998 to 2000, as the proxy for the Minister of Culture and Art, he coordinated the Chopin Year celebrations, and from 2001 to 2008 (with a break in 2006) he was director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw. He has also been President of the Witold Lutosławski Society (2009–2014) and a member of the Chopin Institute’s Programme Committee (2011–2014). In 2015, he was director’s plenipotentiary for the 17th Chopin Competition.
Bożena Muszkalska Bożena Muszkalska works as a professor of ethnomusicology at the Wrocław University and at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. She has been realising many projects associated with on-the-spot research in Poland, Sardinia, Portugal, Belarus, Lithuania, Romania, Ukraine, Siberia, Brasilia, Turkey, Australia and Guatemala. She is the author of several books and of many articles concerning musical cultures of Polish diaspora, traditional polyphonic singing in Mediterranean basin and traditional Jewish music.
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Berenika Nikodemska Berenika Nikodemska currently works as coordinator for the Artist-inResidence Programme A-i-R Wro, that runs in the frame of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016. She is a graduate of Serbian and Croatian Philology and the postgraduate studies ‘Manager of Culture in Cooperation of Regions of the European Union‘ at the University of Wrocław. As a coordinator of international projects, producer and translator, she cooperated, among others, with the Avant Art Foundation, where she was responsible for organising the Avant Art Festival, debates and performative projects taking part in this framework, as well as of overseeing cooperations with foreign and national partners. She worked also, among others, on realising the European Culture Congress in Wrocław, the International Theatre Festivals Dialog, the Stage Songs Reviews and the ISCM World Music Days Wrocław 2014 festival.
Sławomir ratajski Prof. Sławomir Ratajski, lecturer at the Faculty of Art Media of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, deals in his didactic work, i. a. with activities concerning creation of audiovisual art works. Since 2007 he has been the Secretary General of the Polish National Commission for UNESCO. In 1997-1999 he was the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture and between 2001-2005 he was the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Argentina. While performing his duties, Prof. S. Ratajski promoted Polish music and culture.
jakob Schlögl Jakob Schlögl (22) studies instrumental pedagogics for violoncello, teaching training for musical education and German at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna (hmdw). In his childhood he obtained a wide and varied musical education. Since 2013 he has been attending university. Besides his pedagogical studies he is functionary of the hmdw, the Austrian students Association of the University of Music and Performing Arts. In this function he is responsible for several themes of cultural and educational policy. Since September in 2015 he organises the project Zusammenklänge, an initiative launched by the hmdw together with the university a year ago. Within the project by now more than 80 young refugees obtain professional instrumental lessons from voluntary working students of the pedagogical studies. Jakob Schlögl himself also teaches violoncello within the project.
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Till Skoruppa Till is the EMC Programme Manager, responsible for organising the events and all things related to communication and public relations. Previous to this appointment, he already gained experience working on an international level at the European Centre for Creative Economy. Previous positions include public relations manager for the Bonn Classical Philharmonic, work in the communications department of the State Theatre Karlsruhe, and as a radio promoter for a heavy metal record label. Till graduated from the University of Bonn with a major in Musicology and minors in French and English language and literature. As a guitarist, he has played in a variety of bands, playing in many small clubs and experiencing first-hand the challenges that musicians face today.
Ian Smith Ian’s background is as a musician, performing with the Scottish National Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and directing Scottish Brass. He moved to the UK Musician’s Union in 1993 and was appointed Head of Music at the Scottish Arts Council in 2005. He has been Portfolio Manager for Music and Intellectual Property Development at Creative Scotland since its creation in 2010. Ian is currently chairman of the European Music Council and was recently appointed to the Finance Committee of the board of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) in New York.
Sara Whyatt Sara Whyatt is a campaigner and researcher on freedom of expression and human rights, notably for PEN International for over 20 years (1990-2013), and previously for Amnesty International. At PEN she worked with its global membership of writers based in over 100 countries mobilising its campaigns for writers at risk as well as on thematic issues, gaining the organisation great respect in the field. In April 2013 she left PEN to become a freelance consultant, working on projects for PEN, Freemuse, UNESCO, as well as other organisations. With a special interest in Turkey developed during her years at PEN, Sara Whyatt has worked with NGOS in Turkey and outside, assisting in advocacy with the United Nations Council on Human Rights, and advising on promotion of artistic freedom. She has recently developed a tool kit for the Arts Rights Justice network of Culture Action Europe, and advised the Istanbul based arts rights group, Siyah Bant, on its own guide for artists at risk.
Şanar Yurdatapan Şanar Yurdatapan is well-known as a composer, lyrics writer, arranger and producer during the 1970s. In addition to his contribution to popular and traditional music, Şanar has written music for films and plays. He composed the music for the film “Arkadaş” (Friend) which brought him the Golden Orange Award at the Antalya Film Festival. In 1979, he became the General Secretary of the DEMAR (Democratic Artists Community).
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Musicians Małe instrumenty (Small instruments) Małe instrumenty (Small instruments) ensemble is a unique phenomenon in our part of Europe. In its music-making, it uses exclusively small instruments: professional devices of reduced size, sound toys, weird musical inventions and a number of small objects that generate sounds. The quest for these new sound sources is a direct consequence of the 20th century, when we observed a gradual emancipation of atypical instruments and their inclusion into traditional instrumental ensembles (Cage, Partch, Kagel and many others).
Tęgie Chłopy Polish traditional music. Dance fever like in the 60s. One old Master. Three Princesses. Six brave young men. Strong brass section. This music has the POWER! What do we love about traditional music? The simplicity of form, the sincerity of expression, the drive and vitality, the enthusiasm, the irresistible call to dance, and our joy on discovering the rolling open fields of a hitherto unmapped land.
Z lasu The members of Z LASU group (“From the forest” group) have a long and deep experience in practicing traditional music in different ensembles. Fascinated by Polissya region, they regularly travel to Belarusian and Ukrainian villages looking for signs of archaic culture: folk songs, people and their stories. They interact with singers of older generation, record and archive their repertoire and also learn to sing it themselves. They have carried out a few common projects since 2008, all including documentaries and recordings.
Phonos ek Mechanes Phonos ek Mechanes is a greek phrase which means the sound from the machine. That is the main idea of the band established in Wrocław (Poland) in 2007 by composers and electroacoustic musicians: Cezary Duchnowski, Paweł Hendrich and Sławomir Kupczak. The trio creates music with laptops controlled mostly by typical instruments such as piano, electric guitar or violin. These instruments can use microtonal tuning and preparation. By computers every parameter of a sound (pitch, velocity, duration, timbre) is transformed into a row of digits which are then turned into a new quality of sound.
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Idea Hub Barn Synger – Children Sing Ung i Kor, Presented by Victoria Liedbergius, 15:15 – 15:35 Ung i Kor runs the project Barn synger – Children sing to start up new choirs in districts with no or low choral activity, areas with a high number of families with low income or a big population with immigrant background, and lastly at reception centres for asylum seekers. The long term goal of the project is that all children in Norway should be able to sing in a choir in their own neighbourhood, unaffected by their family’s social or financial situation. So far there are pilot projects running in Oslo, Bergen, and three reception centres for asylum seekers. The aim is to use the results of the project to continue the project on a national, and possible also international basis. The expected outcome is ten new choirs in Oslo and Bergen, a song book consisting of both Norwegian and international repertoire, from the countries represented within the project, and a manual for starting up new choirs in areas with a multitude of languages, religions, and cultures. Sonja Greiner will start by presenting the project Sing Me In, coordinated by the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat, in which Ung i Kor is a partner. ungikor.no
The Primary Strings Project – A Story of Respect & Recognition University College Dublin, Presented by Dorothy Conaghan, 15:35—15:50 This is the story of how respect and recognition led to a partnership for a simple yet sustainable, performance based music programme within the teaching and learning environment of the Irish primary school. At the start of the twenty-first century, Ireland experienced significant changes in patterns of migration. Within the context of Ireland not having a countrywide provision system for instrumental music education, this programme was born from an ideology that every child and young person has the right to develop their musical potential and capabilities. With guiding principles such as developing a culturally relevant model for participatory music education, along with a strong belief in the nurturing of individual potential and capabilities for the flourishing of self-esteem, confidence and wellbeing, this Primary Strings Project has evolved over a 15-year period. By mapping its path of progress, where all the odds were stacked against its continuance in terms of Social Class, Ethnicity, Funding, Power relations along with long held professional beliefs and biases, this programme shows the importance of respect, recognition and empowerment for all partners involved in innovative education initiatives, if quality and sustainability are to be ensured. ucd.ie
Composing with Care Live Music Now Scotland, Presented by Carol Main, 15:50—16:05 Composing with Care is a new model for commissioning high quality music by established composers using live music performances to gather memories on specific topics from older people, including those with dementia, which are used as the starting point, basis and inspiration for the composer. Three song cycles have been commissioned using this model and we are now working on extending it to a Scottish traditionally composed piece. The first two pieces are on a commercial recording, using Live Music Now artists, which has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and reviewed with 4 stars in The Times. livemusicnow.org.uk
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Subciety Subciety, Presented by Merlijn Poolman, 16:05—16:20 Subciety offers a totally new way in connecting organisations and persons involved in music business (from organisers to consumers) in order to combine forces and make ambitious projects possible. The strengthening of these connections starts local and aims global. In the last years China has been one of the focus countries but other various regions too and a big network from mainstream to underground and contemporary to modern has been developed. voorjebuurt.nl/subcietyenglish
Singing Globe Trotters Plate-forme interrégionale & European Voice Teachers Association, Presented by Stéphane Grosclaude, 16:20—16:35 EVTA is leading the Singing Globe Trotters projects, consisting of a resource network in the field of voice, in continuity of the LEO Sings! partnership 2013-2015 on diversity of singing practices in Europe. This first experience gave the opportunity to create a community of artists and trainers who wish to join forces today in a resource network for furthering exchange and sharing ideas from different countries to adapt in each local cultural conditions, to support young professionals in establishing their careers, to provide opportunities for further training, to assist developing open access to current information for a wide audience of voice professionals including related professions, to explore the diversity of repertoires across Europe… The objectives are to contribute in eliminating barriers, facilitating understanding between diverse (vocal) cultures, continuing to embrace the various aesthetics of vocal expression, and extending contacts to associations at the European level in related professions (choral, music therapy, etc.) Type of events: International and European conference (e.g. ICVT 2017 – Stockholm, PEVOC 2017 – Gent, Eurovox 2018 – Netherlands, ...), Young Professional Program (YPP) for singers integration, Singing Roadshow – mobile vocal academy. pfi-culture.org evta-online.eu
The African Music Development Programme International Music Council, Presented by Silja Fischer & Jean-Pierre Seck, 16:35—16:50 The African Music Development Programme aims to build a sustainable music sector in Africa with a focus on increased employability. Specific objectives are to increase professional capacity throughout the sector, to promote exchange between European and African music professionals, to promote the role of the music sector as driver and enabler of sustainable development and to foster the network and to strengthen the infrastructure of the African music sector. The programme is coordinated by the International Music Council. Jean-Pierre Seck, a Senegalese journalist, music producer and editor will present the work of his company allmade.net. amdpmusic.net
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cONCERTS The Sound Cinema – Cityscapes – Wrocław Thursday, 19 May, 17:00 A concert is a ritual, pertaining to a sum of various behaviours, social usages, aesthetic expectations, and a sense of satisfaction or unfulfilment. This concert is just the case in question, however there is a hidden meaning to its ritual. The featured field recordings and electronic compositions will take us to widely different acoustic environments of Wrocław, including Przejście Świdnickie [Świdnickie Underground Passage] before it was revitalised. Przejście will continue to recur throughout the programme, and we will bid it farewell in the last piece. The farewell Requiem was inspired by and created on the basis of an utterance by Monika – a florist who used to work in Przejście Świdnickie before its revitalisation. The recording will be presented as an original soundscape, alongside other recordings from Przejście Świdnickie as it was before the refurbishment. In between the subsequent soundscapes from Przejście Świdnickie we will visit various places in Wrocław, deemed extraordinary by blind people. The recordings were produced by Maciej Bączyk as part of the ‘Invisible Map of Wrocław’ project. Electronic compositions are intertwined with soundscapes. Each composition uses sounds drawn from Wrocław’s acoustic environment. Works by Lidia Zielińska, Rafał Zalech and Mateusz Ryczek use the sounds of Wrocław as raw material, whereas the work of Kamila Staśko-Mazur is at the boundary of composition and reportage – built on a choice of soundscapes and citizen’s accounts of the city’s acoustic environment.
symphonic Concert – Confrontations Friday, 20 May, 19:00 York Höller Résonance for orchestra and computer generated sound on tape Wolfgang Mitterer Innen drinnen for orchestra and electronics Simon Steen-Andersen Double up for sampler and small orchestra Piotr Roemer, Szymon Stanisław Strzelec Duet for symphony orchestra and electronics
Inside - Outside / special concert Saturday, 21 May, 19:00
It’s a platitude worth repeating that great music is absent without great performers. Such good chance for music has been the Parisian Ensemble InterContemporain, which is among the world leaders in groups specializing in new music performance, and for which evidently no score is too great a challenge and no summit is too high. We thus await an encounter with art of the highest order. The concert will present a new composition by Wrocław composer and singer Agata Zubel, who enjoys growing international acclaim, and authored Not I to Samuel Beckett’s poems, and was recently honored in the general category with the 60th Anniversary International Rostrum of Composers Award. Moreover, the classical Octandre by Edgar Varèse, founding pioneer of new music and a prominent figure in 20th Century composition. He opened many new areas of artistic exploration to music, especially in France, whose interest in the serial idiom was smaller than within German music. The program thus features two French composers associated with the spectral musical scene, students of this current’s founders Tristan Murail and Gérard Grisey. They are: Yan Maresz, with the composition Tutti, and Jean-Luc Hervé, with his concertoinstallation Germination, inspired by plant forms, developmental structures from the seed to breaking through the earth.
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