Wo weilst du–An die ferne (entfernte) Geliebte ^WP

by Maria Barnas and Severin Dornier

Composition commission from Musik der Jahrhunderte

A conversation, a correspondence, a clash
between Alois Isidor Jeitteles, Ludwig van Beethoven, Someone and X.
Starring: Elizabeth Audrey, Susanne Leitz-Lorey, Martin Nagy and GPT-3

Premiers by

Milica Djordjević , Alex Paxton und Arnulf Herrmann

Ensemble Modern
Leitung Enno Poppe

A room performance for winds, strings and percussion (2022) ^WP

Ensemble Modern

Problems ^WP

piece for three voices and a psychotherapist (2023)

Text by Cia Rinne and Gemma Ragués

Composition by Gemma Ragués

with Johanna Vargas, Guillermo Anzorena, and Andreas Fischer

Composition commission from Musik der Jahrhunderte

Samir Odeh-Tamimi: Philoktet

Music theater based on the dramas by Sophocles,

Heiner Müller and André Gide (2022) ^WP

Composition commission by Musik der Jahrhunderte

Neue Vocalsolisten

Zafraan Ensemble

Aya Metwalli, voice and electronics

Tony Elieh, electric guitar and electronics

A constant “flirt between consonance and dissonance …

Microsongs

von Dariya Maminova

with lyrics by Vera Burlak and Luljeta Lleshanaku ^WP

Composition commission from Musik der Jahrhunderte

Johanna Vargas, Daniel Gloger,

Guillermo Anzorena und Andreas Fischer (Stimmen)

World premieres of
Stefan Keller, Bernhard Gander und Zeynep Gedizlioglu

Joonas Ahonen, piano
SWR Symphonieorchester
Conductor Titus Engel

Genoël von Lilienstern: Unsupervised Sounds

A mutual learning process between Ensemble Garage and an artificial intelligence ^WP

Ensemble Garage

Lukas Nowok, sound direction

Tom Verheijen, light direction

Franziska Angerer, Scenic advice

platformB

A digital production and discourse space for artists in exile ^WP

Elephant

Chapter from Animal Stories WP

A performance by and with Bnaya Halperin-Kaddari (composition),

Deryn Rees-Jones (poetry) and Andreas Fischer (voice)

Composition commission from Musik der Jahrhunderte

Juliana Hodkinson: Ready for Ecstasy

A Magic Space with texts by Ursula Andkjaer Olsen ^WP

Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano

Voices of the Neue Vocalsolisten

stage director Nikita Betekhtin

Works by
Andile Khumalo, Sivan Eldar, Ambrose Akinmusire, Chikako Morshita und Alex Mincek

Nadav Lev, electric guitar

Mivos Quartett (New York)

The Mivos Quartet follows up its well-received ECLAT debut four years ago by bringing to Stuttgart composers from its New York environment between the Columbia campus and the experimental scene,

The playful Trio Catch is once again the guest and counterpart of the SWR Vokalensemble. Three new vocal works develop primarily from the linguistic gesture.

With works by
Valerio Sannicandro, Julien Jamet, Alberto Posadas, Judit Varga and Georges Aperghis

Ricardo Eizirik: Here and there

for ensemble, electronics and scenic elements (2022) ^WP

Ensemble Ascolta

Timo Kleinemeier: sound direction

Juliana Hodkinson: Ready for Ecstasy

A Magic Space with texts by Ursula Andkjaer Olsen ^WP

Truike van der Poel, mezzo-soprano

Voices of the Neue Vocalsolisten

stage director Nikita Betekhtin

»Tis Nature’s Voice-as in a borrowed life«.

Performance for countertenor and electronics ^WP

Composition commission from Musik der Jahrhunderte

with texts by Luljeta Lleshanaku

by and with Daniel Gloger and Dariya Maminova

German premieres by
Clemens Gadenstätter, Claudia Jane Scroccaro and Francesca Verunelli

Krassimir Sterev, accordion

Florentin Ginot, double bass

Serge Lemouton, IRCAM electronics

Sylvain Cadars, IRCAM Sound diffusion

DREAM MACHINE
Concert-Performance with texts by Matin Soofipour Omam

Performance: Anke Retzlaff, Peter Florian Berndt (Audio Editing, Sampler), Dominik Schad (Drums),

Lukas Schäfer (Synthesizer)

Directed and devised by: Anke Retzlaff

Award winner’s concert

for the Composition Prize of the State Capital Stuttgart 2022

Works by

Andrés Nuño de Buen, Rama Gottfried und Davor Vincze

aleph Gitarrenquartett

Nina Guo, soprano

ensemble mosaik

conductor Magnus Loddgard

Unsuk Chin: Cantatrix sopranica

für zwei Soprane, Countertenor und Ensemble

Johanna Vargas und Susanne Leitz-Lorey, Sopran

Andrew Watts, Countertenor

Ensemble Intercontemporain

Leitung Tito Ceccherini

Die Neuen Vocalsolisten bringen zusammen mit Ensemble C Barré (Leitung: Sébastien Boin) Werke von Mikel Urquiza, Martin Smolka, Georges Aperghis und Unsuk Chin zur Uraufführung sowie französischen Erstaufführung.

Opening concert of the Tongyeong International Music Festival with Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia with the Neue Vocalsolisten and the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra

György Ligeti: Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures

Neue Vocalsolisten and Ensemble Modern at Tongyeong International Music Festival in Republic of Korea

Chaya Czernowin: IMMATERIAL

for six amplified voices

Neue Vocalsolisten

BALKAN AFFAIRS

World premieres

by Hanan Hadžajlić, Jug Marković, Ana Pandevska, Nina Perović, Petra Strahovnik and Helena Skljarov

with the Neue Vocalsolisten

The Neue Vocalsolisten and ensemble hand werk portray the composer Carola Bauckholt with a representative cross-section of her chamber music works.

»He is always looking for something expressive and something very much his own. His attitude is thus comparable to Bartók: not just creating pretty colors, but constantly trying to go deeper.«

(Gergely Madaras, BBC Music Magazine)

»He is always looking for something expressive and something very much his own. His attitude is thus comparable to Bartók: not just creating pretty colors, but constantly trying to go deeper.«

(Gergely Madaras, BBC Music Magazine)

»Wanderer between the Worlds« shows interdisciplinary works by artists who relate to the special situation of exile from very different perspectives, which on the one hand is a »bitter reality« and on the other hand releases new creative forces.

World premieres and works by Stefan Keller and Uday Krishnakumar with Ensemble Zafraan as well as solo performances by Bahauddin Dagar and Aneesh Pradhan.

Helmut Lachenmann’s »Concertini« will be combined with the world premiere of Christian Mason’s vocal work »The Singing Tree.«

Works by
Hristina Šušak, Andreas Trobollowitsch, Pierluigi Billone and György Ligeti
with the Neue Vocalsolisten and Ensemble PHACE and Lars Mlekusch on the podium.