Activities 2001

2 March 2001
„Le Grand Luxe“

The soloists of the Luxembourg Sinfonietta performed at the cultural centre Kulturfabrik, Esch-sur-Alzette works by Ole Schmidt, Isang Yun, Patrick Krysatis, Marcel Wengler, Jukka Tiensuu and Thoma Simaku

Soloists of the Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Vania Lecuit violin
Maurizio Spiridigliozzi accordion
Patrick Krysatis didjeridoo



24 March 2001
“Le Grand Luxe“

The soloists of the Luxembourg Sinfonietta performed at the cultural centre Kulturfabrik, Esch-sur-Alzette works by Marco Kraus, José Manuel López López, Giacinto Scelsi, Camille Kerger and Christian Lauba.

Soloists of the Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Guy Goethals saxophone
Nadine Kauffmann saxophone
Pascal Schumacher vibraphone



18 April 2001
Kazan - Republic Tatartan 20.00

The ISCM Section of Tatarstan presented in association with the Symphonic Orchestra of Kazan a concert featuring symphonic music from Luxembourg.

Ouverture D’Mumm Séis Edmond de la Fontaine
Piano Concerto No 21 W. A. Mozart
Trois Elegies for Strings Norbert Hoffmann
An English Suite Hubert Parry
Flute Concerto Marcel Wengler


Symphony Orchestra Kazan
Conductor: Marcel Wengler



21 April 2001
Music of the 20th century for clarinet

Tindaro Capuano clarinet, performed at the Soirées Musicales Bissen works by Olivier Messiaen, Valentino Bucchi, Franco Donatoni, Luciano Berio and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Presented in association with “Les Soirées Musicales Bissen”



17 June 2001
“Kapralova String Quartet”

The “Kapralova String Quartet” from the Czech Republic performed works by the women composers Vitezslava Kapralova, Marta Jirackova and Sylvie Bodorova.
Presented in association with Cid-femmes



8 July 2001
Mondorf-les-Bains, Domaine Thermal 11.00

Fanfare noble et sentimentale Marcel Wengler
Arlecchino Siegfried Karg-Elert
Toccata Ole Schmidt
Maqam Luca Vaneschi
Le peteit nègre Claude Debussy
Souvenir de la Havanne Louis M. Gottschalk
Concertino Fisher Thull
Lux Jean-Luc Darbellay
Das Karussell (world-première) Marcel Wengler /
Rainer Maria Rilke


Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Soloist: Yannchen Hoffmann soprano
Conductor: Marcel Wengler

Presented in association with “Goethe Institut Luxemburg”



13-18 Sept. 2001
IAMIC Annual Congress - Norway

Participation in the annual Congress of the “International Association of Music Information Centres” (IAMIC) in Norway.



3-10 October 2001 ISCM World Music Days 2001 - Japan

Participation in the General Assembly of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and the World Music Days 2001 in Yokohama.
Performance of the piece “solitaire” for cello by René Hemmer
Première of “Fanfare for the 21st Century” by Luc Rollinger



15 October 2001 Classics of the 20th Century
Festival Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)

Centre Culturel Tétange - Luxembourg 20.00

Quatuor No 4 Grazyna Bacewicz
Relief for Andrzej Aleksander Lason
Quatuor No 2 Krzysztof Penderecki
Quatuor No 2 op.56 Karol Szymanowski


Dafo String Quartet
Justyna Duda violin
Danuta Augustyn violin
Kinga Roesler viola
Anna Armatys cello
Presented in association with “Kulturkrees am Minett”



28 November 2001 Château de Bourglinster 20.00

Sonata op. 9 Karol Szymanowski
Capriccio Polonais Grazyna Bacewicz
Polonaise Henryk Wieniawski
Capriccio en ré majeur Karol Jozef Lipinski
Burlesque Adam Andrzejowski.
Sonata Krzysztof Penderecki


Recital violin and piano
Konstanty Kulka violin
Waldemar Malicki piano

Presented in association with "Les Amis du Château de Bourglinster"



30 November 2001 Conservatoire de Musique Luxembourg 20.00

Symphonic Works by Karol Szymanowski
Ouverture de concert
Concerto pour violon No 1 op.35
Symphonie No 2

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Soloist: Konstanty Kulka, violin
Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk
Supported by IBM



9 December 2001 Cercle Municipal - Luxembourg 11.00

Trio Claude Debussy
Trio (world-première) Dan Dediu


Schweizer Harfen Trio
Matthias Ziegler flute, Marius Ungureanu viola, Xenia Schindler harp



December 2001
Luxembourg International Composition Prize

In order to further establish Luxembourg as a European centre for musical innovation, the LGNM launched a new project, its first International Composition Prize. For this event, composers from all over the world were invited to compose new works for the ensemble Luxembourg Sinfonietta.

A total of 137 candidates from 33 countries participated in the competition. In December the international Jury, consisting of Pierre-Yves Artaud (France), Miroslav Pudlák (Czech Republic), Gerhard Stäbler (Germany), Caroline Wilkins (England) and Marcel Wengler (Luxembourg) had selected the works for the final round and nominated the following finalists: Carsten Hennig (Germany), Thoma Simaku (Albany), Ittetsu Shimizu (Japan), Nicholas Sackman (England), Carlos Satué (Spain) and Stéphane Altier (France).



Activities 2002

23 January 2002
Auditorio de Zaragoza / Spain 20.30

Konzert op.24 Anton Webern
Sei Bagatelle di fine estate Luca Lombardi
Divertimento para fagot Agustin Bertomeu
Recherches…op.149 Jeannot Heinen
Leo Roberto Gerhard


Grupo Enigma – Orquesta De Cámara De Zaragoza
Soloist: Fernando Sánchez bassoon
Conductor: Marcel Wengler

Exchange concert to promote cooperation between
Grupo Enigma – Orquesta De Cámara De Zaragoza
and the Luxembourg Sinfonietta.



19 March 2002
Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’art contemporain 20.00

The LGNM celebrated the 50th birthday of the
German composer Wolfgang Rihm.

String Quartets by Wolfgang Rihm
Streichquartett Nr. 3 “im innersten”
Streichquartett Nr. 7 „Veränderungen“
Streichquartett Nr. 9 „Quartettsatz 1“


Minguet Quartett
Ulrich Isfort violin
Annette Reisinger violine
Irene Schwalb viola
Matthias Diener cello



20 April 2002
Centre des Arts Pluriels - Ettelbruck

Closing Concert of the first International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2002.

Ausflug nach Sing-Sing Carsten Hennig
Treize Fragments de la Danse Stéphane Altier
Ballo Nicholas Sackman
Luxonorité Thoma Simaku
Suspiria de Profundis Ittetsu Shimizu
Mizar-Alcor Carlos Satué


Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Conductor : Marcel Wengler

The international jury, consisting of Pierre-Yves Artaud (France), Miroslav Pudlak (Czech Republic), Gerhard Stäbler (Germany), Caroline Wilkins (England) and Marcel Wengler (Luxembourg) had selected these works for the final round in January already. A total of 137 candidates from 33 countries participated in the competition.

The Japanese composer Ittetsu Shimizu won the first prize in the “International Composition Prize – Luxembourg 2002”. With his work “Suspiria de Profundis”, the youngest finalist, 26 years old, won over the international jury in the face of competition from five other candidates.The second prize was awarded to the German composer Carsten Hennig from Dresden and the third prize was for the work Treize Fragments de la Danse by Frenchman Stéphane Altier, who lives in London.



05 June 2002
Thermen am Viehmarkt - Trier

„Mosel-Festwochen“ Music Festival
Opening Concert with works by Gustav Mahler, Franz Schubert,
Johannes Brahms and Edvard Grieg

Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Soloist: Yannchen Hoffmann mezzo-soprano
Carlo Hartmann baritone
Conductor: Marcel Wengler




New release



International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2002

The Japanese composer Ittetsu Shimizu won the first prize in the “International Composition Prize – Luxembourg 2002”. With his work “Suspiria de Profundis”, the youngest finalist, 26 years old, won over the international jury in the face of competition from five other candidates.

This CD contains the works by all six finalists, recorded live in the order of performance:

Carsten Hennig Ausflug nach Sing-Sing
Stéphane Altier Treize Fragments de la Danse
Nicholas Sackman Ballo
Thoma Simaku Luxonorité
Ittetsu Shimizu Suspiria de Profundis
Carlos Satué Mizar-Alcor

Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Conductor : Marcel Wengler

www.luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu



7 July 2002

11.00 Mondorf-les-Bains (Alte Thermen)

“Winterreise” – Franz Schubert
new orchestration by Marcel Wengler

Die von Franz Schubert im Jahre 1827 vertonten 24 Lieder der „Winterreise“ werden erstmals in einer eigens für die Luxembourg Sinfonietta realisierten Instrumentation von Marcel Wengler in Luxemburg vorgestellt

Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Soloist: Carlo Hartmann, baritone
Conductor: Marcel Wengler



7 October 2002
20.00 Luxembourg-City - Banque de Luxembourg

Piano-Recital by Bruce Brubaker,
featuring American piano music by John Cage,
Philip Glass, John Adams and Alvin Curran



16 October 2002
14.30 ISCM World Music Days 2002 Hong-Kong

The Academy Chamber Music Ensemble performs:
“…at the faint sound so brief…”
by Luxembourgish composer Marcel Reuter



29 November 2002
20.00 Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg

Festival “Classics of the 20th Century”
Einojuhani Rautavaara (* 1928)
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Soloist : Olli Mustonen, piano
Conductor : Markus Lethinen

Programme: Symphonic works by Einojuhani Rautavaara:
A Requiem in Our Time
Piano concert No. 3
The fiddlers
Symphony No. 7



1 December 2002
11.00 Centre des Arts Pluriels - Ettelbruck

Festival “Classics of the 20th Century”
Quatuor de Luxembourg

Einojuhani Rautavaara String Quartet No 1
Béla Bartok String Quartet No 2
Einojuhani Rautavaara String Quintet



Activities 2003

15 January 2003 Deadline for entries: International Composition Prize 2003

Composers of any age or nationality are invited to present
new compositions for the ensemble Luxembourg Sinfonietta
www.luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu



30 January 2003
Conservatoire de Musique de Luxembourg 20.00

Concert exceptionnel à l’occasion du 20e Anniversaire de la LGNM

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg


Direction : Alun Francis
Soliste : Vania Lecuit, violon

Programme:


Poème pour violon et orchestre Jules Krüger (1899 - 1976)
Symphonie en 3 mouvements Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Holidays’ Symphony Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
- Washington’s Birthday (Winter)
- Decoration Day (Spring)
- The Fourth of July (Summer)
- Thanksgiving (Autumn)

Réservations : (00352) 22 58 21



16 March 2003
Museum of Applied Art Vilnius - Lithuania 16.00

Chamber Music by Luxembourg Composers

VILNIUS STRING QUARTET


Programme:

Jeannot Heinen Quartet No 2
Marcel Wengler String Trio
Camille Kerger Zeitspannen
Alexander Mullenbach Constructions in Metal
Laurent Menager Quartet in A

Lithuanian Première of all works
Chamber Music of the Countries of the European Union
Series of fifteen Sunday




11 April 2003
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall Zagreb 19.30

MUSIC BIENNALE ZAGREB
International Festival of Contemporary Music (4 – 12 April 2003)

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Alun Francis


Soloists: Vania Lecuit (Luxembourg), violin
Damir Greguric, piano

Programme:

Milko Kelemen Delicate Clusters for orchestra
Kaija Saariaho Nymphea Reflection for strings
Strecko Bradic Concerto for piano and orchestra

Marcel Wengler Violin Concerto
James MacMillan Confessions of Isobel Gowdie




17 May 2003
Centre des Arts Pluriels Ettelbruck 20.00

Final Concert
International Composition Prize Luxemburg 2003

Luxemburg Sinfonietta
Conductor: Marcel Wengler

Programme:

Marco Carnevalini Riflessioni sul giallo e sul blu
Patrick Harrex Hauptweg und Nebenwege
Francisco Lara Zarza
Kyung-Jin Han Dancing on a Bamboo
Paul Robinson Chamber Concerto
Cristian Marina Density-Intensity



Marco CARNEVALINI, Italy



Paul ROBINSON, England



Kyung-jin HAN, South Korea



Cristian MARINA, Sweden



Patrick HARREX, England


Francisco LARA, Spain

Six finalists nominated

The Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music has invited composers from all over the world to compose new works for its second International Composition Prize. 127 composers applicants from 26 countries participated in the competition, the countries being Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Philippines, Spain, Sweden, USA, Yugoslavia.

The international jury consisting of Theo Brandmüller (Germany), André Laporte (Belgium), Claude Lefebvre (France), Karen Tanaka (Japan) and Marcel Wengler (Luxembourg) has chosen six works to be played in the final concert of the International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2003.

The selected compositions will be performed on Saturday, the 17th May 2003 in a public concert at the Centre des Arts Pluriels in Ettelbrück, Luxembourg. The Luxembourg Sinfonietta, under the direction of Marcel Wengler will appear in the following composition: clarinet, clarinet bass, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, horn, tuba,
2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano, mandolin, accordion and percussion.


International Composition Prize Luxemburg 2003
Results:


1. Prize: Francisco Lara (Spain)

2. Prize: Patrick Harrex (England)

3. Prize: Cristian Marina (Sweden)



The Spanish composer Francisco Lara won the first prize in the “International Composition Prize – Luxembourg 2003”. With his work Dust Lara won over the international jury in the face of competition from five other candidates.

A Special Prize was awarded by the audience to the English composer Paul Robinson for his work entitled Chamber Concerto.

The winner, Francisco Lara, was born in Spain in 1968. He started his musical studies in his hometown, Valladolid; in 1987 he began to study in Madrid where he graduated at the "Real Conservatorio Superior de Música" in 1990. In September 1991 he moved to London to study composition and conducting at the Royal College of Music and at King's College where in 1999 he finished a PhD in composition under the supervision of Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Lara´s music has been widely played both in Spain and Europe. In 2001 his piece Hopscotch was awarded the Spanish Symphony Orchestras Association Composition Prize. In 1999 Lara created at the University Valladolid a Contemporary Music Festival, which is establishing itself as one of the most prominent in Spain.

The second prize was awarded to the British composer Patrick Harrex, who had written a work entitled Hauptweg und Nebenwege for Luxembourg Sinfonietta. Patrick Harrex was born in London in 1946. He studied composition in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Gilbert Amy and read Music and Education at the University of York. He is currently Chairman of New Music Brighton, an association of composers which promotes regular performances of their music.

The third prize was for the work Density – Intensity by the Swedish composer Cristian Marina, who studied composition and electroacoustic music at the conservatories in Stockholm and Gothenburg under among others Magnus Lindberg. His music has been performed at concerts in festivals in most European countries as well as in Japan and Hong Kong. Cristian Marina is a member of the Society of Swedish Composers as well as chairman of the Swedish Section of ISCM.

The International composition competition of the Luxembourg Sinfonietta will take place in future each year. The call for submissions for 2004 has already been published under www.luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu




6-10 June 2003
IAMIC Annual Congress Rome / Italy


Participation in the annual Congress of the "International Association of Music Information Centres" (IAMIC).



14 June 2003
Thermen am Viehmarkt Trier 20.00


Musikfestival MOSEL-FESTWOCHEN

WINTERREISE Franz Schubert

new orchestration for the Luxembourg Sinfonietta by Marcel Wengler

Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Soloist: Carlo Hartmann, baritone
Conductor: Marcel Wengler



6 July 2003
Alte Thermen Mondorf-les-Bains 11.00


World-Première

Gerhard Stäbler
PLATEAU für Ensemble


Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Soloist: Yannchen Hoffmann, mezzosoprano
Conductor: Marcel Wengler

Matinée-concert given by the Luxembourg Sinfonietta with the world –première of “Plateau” written for the Ensemble by Gerhard Stäbler and “places – by a departing light” by Kunsu Shim. The programme will also include Mahler, Grieg and Brahms and Schubert, arrangements by Marcel Wengler.




17 July 2003
Conservatoire de Musique de Luxembourg 20.00

Festival International Echternach

World-Première

Marcel Wengler Quadrifoglio for percussion ensemble and orchestra


Echternach Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Yoon K. Lee
Soloists: Michel Mootz, Marc Lohr, Christophe Nanquette, Conny Schneider

Festival programme: www.echternachfestival.lu




24 September 2003
Duisburg – Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum 19.30

Konzert des Deutschen Musikrates

Luxembourg Sinfonietta / EarPort Ensemble
Soloist: Yannchen Hoffmann mezzo soprano
Choreography and Dance: Avi Kaiser and Sergio Antonino
Conductor: Marcel Wengler


Programme:

In zwei Teilen (I) Kunsu Shim
Weisser (T)Raum * Marcel Wengler
places by a departing light Kunsu Shim
Drei Lieder aus der Winterreise Schubert / Wengler
Plateau ** Gerhard Stäbler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ** Mahler / Wengler
In zwei Teilen (II) Kunsu Shim


* Uraufführung
** Deutsche Erstaufführung




25 September 2003
Essen – Alte Synagoge 20.00

Festival "KlangRäume"
Internationales Festival für zeitgenössische Kunst

Luxembourg Sinfonietta / EarPort Ensemble
Soloist: Yannchen Hoffmann mezzo soprano
Choreography and Dance: Avi Kaiser and Sergio Antonino
Conductor: Marcel Wengler

Programme:

In zwei Teilen (I) Kunsu Shim
Weisser (T)Raum * Marcel Wengler
places by a departing light Kunsu Shim
Drei Lieder aus der Winterreise Schubert / Wengler
Plateau ** Gerhard Stäbler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ** Mahler / Wengler
In zwei Teilen (II) Kunsu Shim



26 Sept – 4 Oct. 2003
ISCM World Music Days 2003 - Slovenia

Participation in the General Assembly of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and the World Music Days 2003 in Ljubljana.
Performances by Walter Civitareale (String Quartet),
Marcel Reuter (Seule l'ombre trace le chemin)



New release
International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2003
World Première Recordings


Dust Francisco Lara
Hauptweg und Nebenwege Patrick Harrex
Density - Intensity Cristian Marina
Chamber Concerto Paul Robinson
Dancing on a Bamboo Kyung-Jin Han
Riflessioni sul giallo e sul blu Marco Carnevalini

Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Conductor: Marcel Wengler



Call for scores
International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2004


The Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music announces its 3rd International Composition Prize for the year 2004. Composers from all over the world are invited to present new compositions for the ensemble Luxembourg Sinfonietta.

Composers of any age or nationality may submit works for the whole ensemble: clarinet, clarinet bass, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, barytone saxophone, horn, 2 trumpets, trombone tenor, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello. The following instruments can be used in addition: piano, mandolin, accordion and percussion. Compositions must have been written especially for the competition; they must not have been performed previously nor awarded a prize.

The duration of the work must be stated on the score and be from 10 to 15 minutes. Submissions must be sent by registered mail until 15 January 2004 and they will only be considered if they are anonymous and identified by a code word.

The compositions will be judged by an international Jury consisting of the following members:

Violeta Dinescu
(Romania),
Volker David Kirchner (Germany),
Garth Knox (Scottland),
Roger Tessier (France)
Marcel Wengler (Luxembourg).

The judges will screen the submitted scores and select up to six works to be performed at the Final Concert given by the Luxembourg Sinfonietta on 8 May 2004.

The awards will be decided by the judges following the performance. The prize-winning works will be recorded and published on CD.

More information in German, French, Spanish and Japanese
homepage: www.luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu



28 November 2003
Luxembourg Conservatoire de Musique 20.00

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

Conductor: Arturo Tamayo
Soloists: Béatrice Daudin percussion
Hiroaki Ooi piano

Classics of the 20th Century
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)


Programme:

Lichens for orchestra Iannis Xenakis
Guyuhmgan Georges Lentz
Synaphai for piano and orchestra Iannis Xenakis
Psappha for percussion solo Iannis Xenakis
Jonchaies Iannis Xenakis


Supported by IBM



30 November 2003
Luxembourg Cercle Municipal / Place d'armes 11.00



Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music celebrates
20th Anniversary

Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Conductor: Marcel Wengler

Programme:
8 World Premières


Ouverture Jos Kinzé
Ritournelles Norbert Hoffmann
LGNM, op. 167 Jeannot Heinen
Signals Jérôme Muller
Sketches for an Imaginary Movie Jacques Neuen
Accumulation II Roland Wiltgen
L.S. (Waiting for Changes) Javier A. Garavaglia
Under the Apple Tree Tomi Räisänen


Supported by SACEM Luxembourg
















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