Events Calendar 2010 17 January 2010 Soleuvre - Eglise St. Nicolas 17.00 Martinu revisited 2009 - 2010 Jana Brozkova oboe Kudmila Peterkova clarinet Jan Kubita bassoon Œuvres de Bohuslav Martinu, Luc Grethen (création) et Darius Milhaud In cooperation with MusicEnterprise and «Club de musique des Communautés européennes» 29 January 2010 Conservatoire de Musique - Luxembourg 20.00 Musique Américaine Luxembourg Sinfonietta Direction: Marcel Wengler Leana Sealy chant David Laborier guitare Sarah Briganti piano Programme: Charles Ives Variations on “America” Philip Glass Songs from Liquid Days Steve Reich Clapping Music Samuel Barber Adagio pour orchestre Cole Porter, Irving Berlin Mélodies du Broadway George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Leana Sealy Sarah Briganti Supported by IBM Reservation: www.luxembourgticket.lu Tel.: +352 47 08 951 (lundi – vendredi 10.00 – 18.30 h) 10 February 2010 Philharmonie Luxembourg – Espace Découverte 20.00 “Concert Portraits” Alfred Kowalsky & Victor Fenigstein Les solistes du Luxembourg Sinfonietta Programme: Alfred Kowalsky Danse Luxembourgeoise No 2 pour violon et piano Elégie pour alto et piano Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano Victor Fenigstein 4 Rufspiele für Flöte und Klavier Complainte "de notre temps" pour violoncelle et piano Vortragsstück für Flöte und Klavier Six Folk Songs for flute, cello and snare drum Viermal Beängstigendes und Tröstliches für Streichquartett Trois Esquisses pour quatuor à cordes Six réactions sur un thème de rythme pour quatuor à cordes Backstage: 19:45 Publikumsgespräch mit Dr. Luc Deitz und Marcel Wengler Alfred Kowalsky Victor Fenigstein Reservation: Philharmonie online: www.philharmonie.lu Tel.: +352 26 32 26 32   18 February 2010 New release  Portrait - CD – Claude Lefebvre Claude Lefebvre Luzifer: in den hohen Trompeten der Bäume Luxembourg Sinfonietta Direction: Marcel Wengler Voix de basse: Nicholas Isherwood   25 February 2010 International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2010 Deadline for Entries:   10 September 2010 Composers of any age or nationality are invited to submit a new piece for solo-violin and the ensemble Luxembourg Sinfonietta. More information in English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese homepage: www.luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu   New release Luxembourg Sinfonietta CD 409 - Luxembourg Sinfonietta dans la Grande Région World Première Recordings François Bousch Graoully Arne Gieshoff Nachtreise Jürgen Blume Polychromie Natalya Chepelyuk e / statico Luc Rollinger Luggaldimmerankia William Attwood En Frente Luxembourg Sinfonietta Soloists: Inci Yakar piano Maurizio Spiridigliozzi accordion Conductor: Marcel Wengler Editions LGNM No 409 Price 15.-€ info@luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu   New release Luxembourg Sinfonietta CD 410 - Europe meets China World Première Recordings Guo Long Immensity Xiaozhong Yang Horsetail Whisk II Ao Changqun Mix II Richard Tsang Temple Rituals Benoît Stasiaczyk Wen Luxembourg Sinfonietta Soloists: Xiaoli Yang guzheng Maurizio Spiridigliozzi accordion Sarah Briganti piano Sébastien Duguet clarinet Conductor: Marcel Wengler Editions LGNM No 410 Price 15.-€ info@luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu 31 March 2010 Sichuan Conservatory of Music - Chengdu 19.30 Exchange Project  China - Luxembourg Chengdu Sinfonietta Conductor: Marcel Wengler Programme: Zhang Zhiliang Cursive Hand  world-première Lin Yan Meditation from two sounds world-première Yang Xinmin Variety Expression  world-première 29 April - 9 May ISCM World New Music Days 2010 Sydney, Australia General Assembly of the ISCM International Society for Contemporary Music “Living Music” The 2010 ISCM World New Music Days will be the largest festival of contemporary music ever held in Australia. Presenting partners Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Aurora New Music, ABC Classic FM, the Australian Music Centre and Campbelltown Arts Centre are co-ordinating 23 concerts in Western and Central Sydney. Venues include the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre (Penrith), Eugene Goossens Hall (Ultimo), Parramatta Riverside Theatre, Blacktown Arts Centre and St. Finbar’s Church, Glenbrook. In putting together the programme for this festival, over 500 works from 52 ISCM member sections and independent composers were assessed by the jury panels. The selected works reflect a broad spectrum of innovative musical practice from across the world, covering traditional chamber groups and choirs to cutting edge multimedia and sound installations. Music for the festival has been sourced from around the globe: from right next door in NZ and Asia (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia), to western and eastern Europe and Russia, to North, South and Central America (the US, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela), and even South Africa. Notable in the 2010 ISCM World New Music Days is the inclusion of a special category of Radiophonic works – thirteen works that have been specifically written for radio broadcast. Our media partner, ABC Classic FM, will be presenting these and other works recorded during the festival throughout Australia, as well as streamed via the web. Matthew Hindson Artistic Director Complete Festival Programme: www.worldnewmusicdays.com.au May-July 2010 Gustav Mahler Jubilee 2010 / 2011 International Gustav Mahler Music Festival 2010 Czech Republic Jihlava – Praha In 2010 and 2011 we, together with the whole of the cultural world, will be marking two notable anniversaries of the composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) who was born in our country in the village of Kaliště near Humpolec, spent his childhood up to the age of 15 in Jihlava and the Highlands border region between Bohemia and Moravia, and continued his ties with the land and culture of what is now the Czech Republic. (There was in particular his work as a conductor at Olomouc and in Prague, the world premiere of his Symphony No. 7 in Prague on 19th September 1908, as well as other instances). The Gustav Mahler Society, in continuing its earlier activities from the 1990s which gave rise to the restoration of his birthplace, is aiming to contribute to the purposeful presentation and promotion of the personality and music of Gustav Mahler with due emphasis on his Czech (böhmisch, Czech-Austrian and Czech-German-Jewish) roots, his ties to the Highlands region and Jihlava and on his personality’s international dimension. Mahler 2000 – Gustav Mahler Society Czech Republic   27 May 2010 International Gustav Mahler Music Festival 2010 Praha - Jihlava Luxembourg Sinfonietta Conductor: Marcel Wengler Eva Garajová mezzosoprano Lars Grünwoldt baritone © FotoPeter2007 Sous le Haut Patronage de Monsieur Jean Faltz, Ambassadeur du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg en République tchèque Programme Jos Kinzé Kleine Lustspiel-Ouverture Eric Satie Gymnopédie Luc Rollinger Ogun & Oshun first-performance Claude Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Gustav Mahler Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert - Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder - Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft - Um Mitternacht - Liebst du um Schönheit - Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen first-performance of the orchestration by Marcel Wengler J.S. Bach Ricercare à 11 Roland Wiltgen Meden agan first-performance Béla Bartók Dances from Transilvania Franz Schubert Winterreise: Gute Nacht Gustav Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht - Ging heut’ morgen übers Feld - Ich hab ein glühend Messer - Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz www.mahler2000.cz/en/?delej=program-fesitvalu-gustav-mahler-akce4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=opzONM5C3Mw 9-12 June 2010 IAMIC Annual Conference - Dublin Annual conference of the IAMIC International Association of Music Information Centres Organized by the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland www.cmc.ie 13-20 June 2010 33e Festival Franco – Anglais de Poésie - Paris “Du poétique à la poésie” Qu’y a-t-il de commun entre “le poétique” tel que l’entend le langage courant et “la poésie” telle que l’entendent et la pratiquent les poètes ? Quelque quarante-cinq poètes, principalement de langue anglaise et de langue française, auxquels se joignent trente poètes catalans, tentent l’écriture de poèmes à partir de sujets réputés “poétiques”, tout en se gardant des bons sentiments et des fleurs bleues habituelles: “ils revisitent le poétique”. Onze poètes de langue anglaise et française mais aussi roumaine, allemande et catalane, réfléchissent quant à eux sur cette propension du langage courant à distribuer à tout vent le label “poétique”. Ils saisissent l’occasion pour préciser leur rapport personnel à le poésie, ce en quoi elle se distingue ou se rapproche, précisément, dudit “poétique”…. A cette réflexion prennent part également quelque quarante artistes: leur regard va à la rencontre de la poésie telle que la font vivre les poèmes, et telle qu’ils la lisent eux-mêmes. Jacques Rancourt 19 June 2010 Auditorium Saint-Germain - Paris 19.30 “Poésie et Musique” Depuis une première collaboration avec l’IRCAM en 1987, le Festival franco-anglais de poésie dirigé par Jacques Rancourt invite chaque année des compositeurs à créer des œuvres à partir de textes de poètes contemporains. Pour cette nouvelle édition, nous retrouvons des poèmes écrits sur le thème “Du poétique à la poésie” pour la revue “la Traductière”, et des musiciens réunis par le directeur musical de ce Festival, le compositeur suisse Jean-Luc Darbellay. Une rencontre internationale, un échange artistique de grande intensité. Interprètes Noelle-Anne Darbellay, violon et voix Christine Marchais, piano Marc Sieffert, saxophone Damien Top, ténor et récitant Asdrubal Bandeira, Altamiro Rocha, saxophone Mathilde Legrand, Juliette Raffin-Gay, piano Adrien Djerbetian, Marie-Claude Fillion, récitants Programme: en création mondiale François Bousch Le rossignol poème de Peter Riley Marcel Dortort What happened to the heart poème de Brian McCabe Jean-Marie Morel La feuille d’automne poème de Jacques Rancourt Marcel Wengler Façon paysage poème de Denise Desautels Jean-Christophe Rosaz Et si au-dessus des nuages poème de Max Alhau Jean-Luc Darbellay Au paysage d’une barque poème de Jan Brabec Max E. Keller Snowflakean Thoughts poème de  James A. Emanuel François Bousch Carte postale poème de Anne Bihan Jean-Luc Darbellay Un jour encore poème de Jean-Luc Wauthier Marcel Dortort Les étoiles du firmament poème de Jacques Rancourt Jean-Christophe Rosaz Frühling poème de Eva-Maria Berg Jean-Marie Morel Blackbird poème de Marie-Claire Bancquart Marcel Wengler Clavecin des mésanges poème de François Hébert Max E. Keller Why poème de Anthony Phelps www.festrad.com 21 August 2010 Austria European Conference of Promoters of New Music - ECPNM General Assembly The Genaral Assembly 2010 of ECPNM took place in the framework of the Festival Avantagrde Tirol, Austria The ECPNM is the European union of organizations concerned with the promotion of contemporary music, especially music composed after 1950. Among its 80 members are famous festivals of contemporary music as well as small local concert organizers and new music ensembles. Its aim is to improve the international cooperation and the coordination of new music events in Europe. The international exchange of ideas and experiences at meetings and symposiums. Symposiums where subjects connected with new music are dealt with, contribute to find new solutions on an international level without neglecting specific regional characteristics. In the framework of the annual General Assemblies symposiums are organised with themes such as ‘East meets West", "The future of new music festivals", "Audio Art", etc. The ECPNM is an Associate Member of the EFA - European festivals Association. Here joint meetings are organised in which the Ars Nova-working group discusses experiences in contemporary music, theatre and dance, and further cooperation and exchanges. The ECPNM is also a member of the European Music Council. www.ecpnm.com 10 September 2010 Deadline for Entries:   International Composition Prize 2010 Composers of any age or nationality are invited to submit new compositions for solo-violin and the ensemble Luxembourg Sinfonietta. More information in English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish and Chinese www.luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu 26 September 2010 Château de Vianden 17.00 Der Klang Chinas Austauschkonzert der Luxembourg Sinfonietta Fünf Meistersolisten des “China Broadcasting Traditional Orchestra” spielen einen bunten Querschnitt durch die traditionelle Musik ihrer Heimat. Die farbenfrohen Kostüme und der exotische Reiz der Instrumente führen das Publikum tief hinein ins Reich der Mitte. Zu hören sind Ensemblestücke sowie Soli der chinesischen Laute und der Yangqin, dem chinesischen Hackbrett. Die Werke sind inspiriert von der Natur wie “Pfau, der seine Federn spreizt” oder “Regentropfen auf Bananenblättern”. Bunte Tanzszenen vermitteln einen klingenden Eindruck vom Volksleben in den Regionen Chinas. Ein großes Frühlingsfest wird in Tönen nachgezeichnet, Melodien aus der Peking Oper erklingen in instrumentalen Arrangements, und auch an die große Geschichte Chinas gemahnen die Musiker. Solisten: Li Mei, Erhu (chinesische Geige) Du Wenting, Pipa (chinesische Laute) Sun Xin, Guzheng (chinesische Zither) He Yuan, Sheng (chinesische Mundorgel) Li Chunyong, Yangqin (chinesisches Hackbrett) In Zusammenarbeit mit der Villa Musica Rheinland - Pfalz und dem Château de Vianden Reservierung: Château de Vianden online: caisse@castle-vianden.lu Tel.:    +352 84 92 91 29-31 October 2010 World Expo Shanghai 2010 17.00 Pavillon Luxembourgeois à l’Exposition Universelle au Shanghai Les solistes du Luxembourg Sinfonietta Programme: Jacques Neuen Golden Lady Guo Long Memory of Luxembourg Luc Grethen Shanghai Shimmer Benoît Stasiaczyk Jam Marcel Wengler Shanghai Fun-Fair Johny Fritz Divertimento Pierre Even Fanfare Sino-Lux Xiao Hu Theme and Variation 2-6 November 2010 Shanghai New Music Week 2010 « (中文) 《2010当代音乐作品研讨会文集》启事 Program of “New Music from Luxembourg and China” » Today’s Innovation, Tomorrow’s Tradition The 3rd New Music Week will move on even more vigorously with “Born of the Tradition, Ahead of the Future” as its theme and slogan. Its one of the most striking features is the concert portraits within the five days for six maestro composers, György Ligety (Hungary), Tristan Murail (France), Stockhausen (Germany), Toshio Hosokawa (Japan), Xu Shuya (China), Jia Daqun (China). All their works are given the first performance in China. Perhaps even more thrilling is that three of the six maestros, Tristan Murail, Xu Shuya, Jia Daqun, are to come in person and comment on the Concert for the International Students’ Works for the student composers and the audience. The Workshop on Chinese and Foreign Contemporary Music Symposium for the 3rd New Music Week 2010 offers a forum for composers and musicologists to express themselves freely and the publication of these papers embodies in miniature of this achievement. Thanks to the accomplishment presentation by these internal and foreign performers without considering their personal gain, the support from leaders and the cooperation among different departments and offices of SCM at all levels, the funding from domestic and overseas foundations, especially “Hu Jingmin New Music Fund”, New Music Week can get where it is today and it can’t make any bricks without straw otherwise since contemporary music is so fragile and vulnerable in the musical world. WEN Deqing Artistic Director Program Shanghai New Music Festival 2010 2 November 2010 Shanghai Conservatory of Music Chamber Concert Hall 15.15 New Music from Luxembourg and China First Chinese performances by Luxembourg Composers Luxembourg Sinfonietta Conductor: Marcel Wengler Programme : Deqing Wen Quatuor à Cordes No 1 René Hemmer Kryptos Jeannot Heinen Recherches Marcel Wengler Tableaux (world première) 2 November 2010 Shanghai Conservatory of Music He Luting Concert Hall 19.15 Dialogue between Tradition and Modern Trend 3 Chinese Traditional Ensembles Les Temps Modernes Luxembourg Sinfonietta Programme : Xu Shuya Dawn On Steppe  for voice and ensembles 3 November 2010 Shanghai Conservatory of Music He Luting Concert Hall 19.15 Concert Portrait of Xu Shuya Luxembourg Sinfonietta New Ensemble of Shanghai Conservatory Conductor: Marcel Wengler Programme: SAN - for ensemble In Nominé II - for Sheng and string quartet Vacuité / Consistance - for Pipa, Zheng and ensemble L’âme de Lamu - for soprano and ensemble Infinite - for ensemble 6 November 2010 Shanghai Conservatory of Music He Luting Concert Hall 19.15 Closing Concert Luxembourg Sinfonietta New Ensemble of Shanghai Conservatory Programme: Works by Jia Daqun String quartet Rondo - for clarinet and piano The Prospect of Colored Desert - for ensemble The Butterfly Dream seven scenes opera inspired by Kun Opera Shanghai and Taiwan Kun Opera The Contemporary Legend Theatre 1 December 2010 New  release – DVD 104 Luxembourg Sinfonietta International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2009 World Première Recordings Pui-shan Cheung Chi’en III Miguel Farias Acier Takahiro Sakuma Against the Current Zhenzhen Zhang Xiang Luxembourg Sinfonietta Conductor: Marcel Wengler Editions LGNM No 104 Prix 15.- € (envoi inclus) info@luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu Events Calendar 2011 Result International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2010       Prize Winner The Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music has announced its 9th International Composition Prize for the year 2010. Composers were invited to submit a concert piece for violin and the ensemble Luxembourg Sinfonietta. The international jury consisting of François Bousch (France), Theo Brandmüller (Germany), Cord Meijering (The Netherlands), Peter Swinnen (Belgium) and Marcel Wengler (Luxembourg) decided to award three prizes as follows: 1. Prize Hanbiel Choi (Korea) 2. Prize Pierre-Alain Braye-Weppe (France) 3. Prize Karl Fiorini (Malta) Hanbiel Choi    P.-A. Braye-Weppe Karl Fiorini         Composers from 41 countries participated in the International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2010: Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzogowina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Domenican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Republic of Belarus, Republic of Cyprus, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Syria, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela. 11 February 2011 Conservatoire de Musique - Luxembourg 20.00 Musique Italienne Luxembourg Sinfonietta Direction: Marcel Wengler Carlo Hartmann baryton Programme: Oeuvres de Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi, Gioacchino Rossini et Giacomo Puccini Musiques de films de Nino Rota et Ennio Morricone Supported by IBM Reservation: www.luxembourgticket.lu Tel.: +352 47 08 951 (lundi – vendredi 10.00 – 18.30 h) 9 March 2011 Philharmonie Luxembourg – Espace Découverte 20.00 “Concert Portraits” Roland Wiltgen & Johny Fritz Les solistes du Luxembourg Sinfonietta Programme: Johny Fritz Quatuor pour flûte, clarinette, violoncelle et piano Magic Tale pour violon solo Trois tableaux pour piano Quatuor à cordes Roland Wiltgen Wormholes pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano Cap Horn et au delà pour cor et piano Quatuor à cordes (création) Backstage: 19:45 Publikumsgespräch mit Roland Wiltgen und Johny Fritz Johny Fritz Roland Wiltgen Reservation: Philharmonie online: www.philharmonie.lu Tel.: +352 26 32 26 32 15 May 2011 Arsenal de Metz 11.00 Concert – Matinée 10ème anniversaire du CEFEDEM de Lorraine Luxembourg Sinfonietta Direction: Marcel Wengler Nathalie Pierson soprano Programme: Marcel Wengler Tableaux Michel Decoust A l’orée des ajours Jean-Luc Darbellay Jardins d’Orphée Richard Tsang Temple Rituals Toger Tessier Réminiscences François Bousch Graoully Nathalie Pierson, Soprano 3 July 2011 Centre culturel opderschmelz 17.00 Anniversaire Gustav Mahler Sous le Haut Patronage de Monsieur Vit Korselt, Ambassadeur de la République tchèque au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Luxembourg Sinfonietta Direction: Marcel Wengler Lars Grünwoldt baryton Programme: Jos Kinzé Kleine Lustspiel-Ouverture Eric Satie Gymnopédie No 1 Sylvie Bodorová Kafkas Träume first-performance - Angst - Kinder auf der Landstraße - Wunsch - Unglücklichsein Roland Wiltgen Mèden agan first-performance Gustav Mahler Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert - Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder - Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft - Um Mitternacht - Liebst du um Schönheit - Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen orchestration by Marcel Wengler Luc Rollinger Ogun & Oshun Eric Satie Gymnopédie No 2 Franz Schubert Winterreise: Gute Nacht Gustav Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht - Ging heut’ morgen übers Feld - Ich hab ein glühend Messer - Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz orchestration by Marcel Wengler Sylvie Bodorová Reservation: opderschmelz Renseignement billetterie Tel.: +352 51 61 21 811 21-24 September 2011 Warsaw / Radziejowice 9 October 2011 Centre des Arts Pluriels Ettelbruck 17.00 Final Concert International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2010 Luxembourg Sinfonietta Conductor: Marcel Wengler Violin-soloists: Cornelia Gudea, Rita Nagy, Jehanne Strepenne Programme: Karl Fiorini Nachtszenen Jehanne Strepenne, violin-solo Pierre-Alain Braye-Weppe Concerto pour violon, vents et percussions Cornelia Guudea, violin-solo Hanbiel Choi Der lebende Wald Rita Nagy, violin-solo Reservation: Centre des Arts Pluriels e-mail: billetterie@cape.lu 1. Prize:           Hanbiel Choi (Korea) 2. Prize:           Pierre-Alain Braye-Weppe (France) 3. Prize:           Karl Fiorini (Malta) Hanbiel Choi was born in Seoul in 1982. She began to study composition in 2001 at the Yonsei University with Professor Chanhae Lee. Hanbiel Choi gratuated from the Yonsei University with a Bachelor of Music in composition in 2006. In the same year she won the „38th Seoul Composition Competition“ for her work „Polyphony“. As part of the Festival „World Music Days Hong Kong“ in 2007 she has been awarded the First Prize in the „Asian Composer’s League – ISCM Young Composer’s Award“ for her piece „Arcana“. In 2009 Hanbiel Choi studied wih Professor Sidney Corbett at the „Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst“ in Mannheim and she is currently pursuing her composition studies with Professor Hanspeter Kyburz at the „Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler“ in Berlin / Germany.   After studying composition with Stéphane Delplace, Pierre-Alain Braye-Weppe has worked with Jean-François Zygel, Olivier Trachier, Thierry Escaich, Christian Accaoui and Marc-André Dalbavie at the „Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique” of Paris where he won the first Prize in five categories: Harmony, Renaissance Polyphony, Fugue, Musical Esthetic and Orchestration. As a graduate from the Conservatory of Music of Paris in 2005, he was awarded a „Diplôme de Formation Supérieure en Écriture musicale” with First Class. Pierre-Alain Braye-Weppe is the winner of the „VIème Concours Européen de Composition du Festival des Cathédrales de Picardie“ (first prize) and of the „I Concurs Internacional de Composició Ireneu Segarra“ (finalist). His orchestral, instrumental and vocal works are played in Germany, in Great Britain, in Lithuania and in France. He teaches continuo, improvisation and composition at the „Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental de la Vallée de Chevreuse” in France, and, since September 2010, he has been also working as the art director of the music conservatory of „Montereau Fault-Yonne“ (“Conservatoire Gaston Litaize”) in France.   Karl Fiorini (born in 1979) made his first contact with music in his native country, Malta, before going to London to study at the „Guildhall School of Music” and the „Royal College of Music”. Karl Fiorini’s compositions have been performed in major European cities, in the US, Japan and Latin America. Some of his works were featured in festivals such as the „Europamusicale Festival“ (2004), „The Compositors“ in Barcelona; Spain (2005), „The XII Edition of the Biennial Youth Festival“, Naples; Italy (2005), „The Tres Cantos Festival“, Spain (2006) and the „Time of Music Festival“, Finland (2007). Karl Fiorini is the artistic director of the „International Spring Orchestra Festival“, an annual event taking place in Malta and composer in residence of the „Orquestra do Norte“, Portugal. Future engagements for the next season include the world premiere of his second violin concerto with the „Thailand Philharmonic“ in Bangkok, a recording of his violin and orchestra music with the „Filharmonica Sudecka“, and a new commission for the „European Contemporary Orchestra“ in Marseille. Photo: Armand Wagner 6 November 2011 Mudam - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean 17.00 René Mertzig – 100 th  Anniversary Hans Werner Henze – 85 th  Anniversary Minguet Quartett Ulrich Isfort violin Annette Reisinger violin Aroa Sorin viola Matthias Diener violoncello Programme: Hans Werner Henze 2. Streichquartett René Mertzig Quatuor à cordes György Ligeti 1. Streichquartett „Métamorphoses nocturnes“ Wolfgang Rihm 11. Streichquartett Das Minguet Quartett wurde 1988 gegründet und zählt zu den international gefragtesten Streichquartetten der jüngeren Generation. Es gastiert in den großen Konzertsälen Europas wie der Londoner Wigmore Hall, der Kölner und Berliner Philharmonie, dem Auditorio Madrid und Palau Barcelona, der Alten Oper Frankfurt, dem Wiener Konzerthaus und dem Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Renommierte Festivals schließen sich an: Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Kissinger Sommer, Musikfest Bremen, Bergen International Festival, Festival du Saintes, Musica d’Hoy Madrid, Festival d´Automne Paris, Edinburgh Festival, Berliner Festspiele, Salzburger Festspiele. Konzertreisen innerhalb Europas sowie nach Israel, Japan, China, Zentral- und Südostasien, Nordafrika und in die USA. Das Ensemble konzentriert sich auf die klassisch-romantische Literatur und die Musik der Moderne gleichermaßen und engagiert sich durch zahlreiche Uraufführungen für Kompositionen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Begegnungen mit bedeutenden Komponisten unserer Zeit inspirieren die vier Musiker zu immer neuen Programmideen. Die erstmalige Gesamtaufnahme der Streichquartette von Wolfgang Rihm und Peter Ruzicka sowie die integrale Aufführung der Quartette von Jörg Widmann zählen zu den bedeutendsten Projekten. Für die Gesamteinspielung sämtlicher Werke für Streichquartett von Peter Ruzicka wurde das Minguet Quartett mit dem ECHO KLASSIK 2010 ausgezeichnet.

Events Calendar 2012

New release Luxembourg Sinfonietta - DVD 105 International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2010 Violin Concertos World Première Recordings Hanbiel Choi Der lebende Wald Pierre-Alain Braye-Weppe Concerto pour violon Karl Fiorini Nachtszenen Luxembourg Sinfonietta Soloists: Rita Nagy, Cornelia Gudea, Jehanne Strepenne violin Conductor: Marcel Wengler Editions LGNM No 105 Prix 15.- € (envoi inclus) info@luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu

15 January 2012 Luxembourg International Composition Prize Deadline for Entries:   15 September 2012 The Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music announces its 10th International Composition Prize for 2013 in cooperation with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. Composers of any age or nationality are invited to present new works for an orchestra consisting of seven traditional Chinese instruments and seven classical western instruments. Information in English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese www.luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu

10 February 2012 Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg Musique Russe Luxembourg Sinfonietta Direction: Marcel Wengler Irina Prodan soprano Sarah Briganti piano Programme: Sergej Rachmaninoff - Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky Nikolaj Rimskij Korsakow - Igor Stravinsky Serge Prokofieff - Dimitri Chostakovitch chansons populaires russes musiques de films airs d’opéras Irina Prodan Sarah Briganti Supported by IBM Reservation: www.luxembourgticket.lu Tel.: +352 47 08 951 (lundi – vendredi 10.00 – 18.30 h) 20.00

10 March 2012 Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg Concert Walter Civitareale Solistes: Walter Civitareale piano Patrick Krysatis tuba Charles Consbruck trumpet Paul Mootz percussion Luxembourg Sinfonietta Direction: Marcel Wengler Programme: Walter Civitareale Suite pour piano Sketches pour tuba et piano Via Crucis pour trompette, percussion et piano Konzert-Elegie pour piano et 12 instruments (création mondiale) Avec le soutien de SACEM-Luxembourg ENTRÉE GRATUITE Réservation: Tel.: +352 47 08 951           ticketlu@pt.lu 20.00

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