Klangforum Wien

| 💫 Berlin calling: VOICES festival 2024 |

With two special we will be taking part at the upcoming edition of VOICES 2024 in Berlin:
💥 On the festival’s opening night, our ensemble will perform contemporary music across the three floors of Berlin’s creative venue Kühlhaus Berlin. Under the direction of Philipp Grigorian this world premiere also features butoh dancers specially assembled by performer Valentin Tsyn, and invites the audience to move freely through the different spaces and to enjoy this exciting format of a promenade concert.

💥 VOICES also enables us to bring 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭 back to Berlin – including fresh musical discoveries. First performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus and Radialsystem Berlin in 2023, this year’s programme under the baton of Vimbayi Kaziboni is dedicated to recent works by composers from the region of the former Soviet Union and puts new from Central Asia into the spotlight: listeners can look forward to hearing artistically uncompromising voices from Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

👉 Stay tuned for more and check out the details via the links below!

𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗹
🗓 02 November 2024, 8.00 pm (doors open at 7.00 pm)
📍 Kühlhaus, Berlin
💥 Ticktes & info: https://voices-program.com/e2024/nac

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹
🗓 03 November 2024, 5.00 pm
📍 St. Elisabeth-Kirche, Berlin
💥 Ticktes & info: https://voices-program.com/e2024/the
A project initiated by Klangforum Wien, co-produced with AFF Projects

📸 The Tower of Babel, Wiener Konzerthaus 2023 © Carlos Suarez/Wiener Konzerthaus

| 🤩 : Neue Oper Wien 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 |

🎶 Neue Oper Wien - NOW meets Barock: In 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 überträgt Pascal Dusapin den Klang der Monteverdi-Zeit in die Gegenwart. Zarte Harfen- und Cembaloklänge vermischen sich mit Live-Elektronik, während Lui (Er) und Lei (Sie) sich ineinander verlieben. Doch was passiert, wenn die Grenze zwischen Leidenschaft und Obsession verschwimmt? Es offenbart sich die düstere Seite der menschlichen Natur.

📅 Premiere am Donnerstag, 10. Oktober, 19:00 (weitere Termine bis 17. Oktober)
📍 Das Muth, Am Augartenspitz 1, 1020 Wien

🔗 Info & Tickets via neueoperwien.at/passion

| 🤩 Concert around the corner: ORF musikprotokoll Graz |

This Sunday, you get the chance to experience the scintillating and radical oeuvre of Hermann Markus Preßl in the context of the ORF musikprotokoll. Performed by students of the PPCM programme at the Kunstuni Graz KUG together with their PPCM-vocal colleagues, the evening’s programme entitled 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘴 marks the 30th anniversary of the and KUG professor Herman Markus Preßl’s death, whose legacy had an important influence on future generations in Graz and beyond. Looking forward to an evening with a contemporary view to a piece of music history of the city of Graz!

👉 Tickets & info: https://musikprotokoll.orf.at/en/2024/project/das-heilige-nichts

🗓️ 06.10.2024, 6 pm
📍 Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz

A project by Institute 1 Composition, Theory of Music, History of Music and Conducting at KUG–University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, PPCM - Kunstuni Graz Instrumental and Vocal, Klangforum Wien, and ORF musikprotokoll.

📸 © Kunstuniverstiät Graz/Lucija Novak
📸 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦 (2004) © Wendelin Pressl

| 📣 Deadline approaching: impuls Composition Competition |

🎶 Until 31 October, you still got the chance to submit your compositions for the current call of the impuls Composition Competition! Every second year, impuls commissions new works for ensemble from young composers selected by a jury. Subsequently these composers are invited to take part in the impuls Composition Workshop in Vienna and Graz, where their new works are rehearsed and discussed extensively with musicians of renowned ensembles, such as Klangforum Wien. Their new pieces will also be premiered within the impuls Academy and Festival in Graz in 2027. Additional concerts, recordings and broadcasting as well as music communication programmes are also part of the deal.

👉 Sounds good? Then seize this opportunity and check the details here: https://www.impuls.cc/competition/call-2024-application

| 💫 The countdown is on: 𝘡𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭 Festival at Konzerthaus Dortmund |

We are ready for the third stop of 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯, Beat Furrer’s seminal work for music theatre! Together with Cantando Admont, we will bring this outstanding composition by our founder and mentor to the Konzerthaus Dortmund this Sunday, 6 October. Joined by the wonderful soloists Sarah Aristidou and Christoph Brunner, the concert marks the highlight of this year’s Festival, which runs from 2 - 6 October and is dedicated to BEAT FURRER and his oeuvre on the occasion of his upcoming 70th birthday.

On Saturday, 5 October, we will be performing Furrer’s new version of the comprehensive vocal cycle 𝘈𝘬𝘶𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢, which he wrote especially for Dortmund, as part of the 𝘒𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘳. Also featuring , the piece will carry the audience off into completely new harmonic spaces, as voices are intricately dovetailed to create melodic currents.

Both concerts are important steps while approaching the release date of FURRER 70, our exclusive anniversary box celebrating Beat Furrer’s legacy. Including 18 new recordings with accompanying texts and videos, the box provides a unique insight into Furrer’s work process and personal world. Public presentation & release: 19 November 2024 at the Wiener Konzerthaus. 👉 NOW AVAILABLE as pre-order via link below!

𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙣
🗓 06 October 2024, 6 pm
📍 Konzerthaus Dortmund
💥 Ticktes & info: https://www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de/de/programm/06-10-2024-beat-furrer-begehren

𝙆𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙠𝙤𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙁𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙧
🗓 05 October 2024, 7.30 pm
📍 Konzerthaus Dortmund
💥 Ticktes & info: https://www.konzerthaus-dortmund.de/de/programm/05-10-2024-klangkosmos-beat-furrer

𝙁𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙧 70: 𝙋𝙧𝙚-𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧
🤩 https://www.klangforum.at/story/furrer-70---anniversary-box-set---pre-order-now

📸 Beat Furrer © Manu Theobald

Sarah Aristidou • Soprano Christoph Brunner

| We are hiring! 🔎 |

Zur Verstärkung unseres Teams suchen wir per 11. November 2024 eine:n Mitarbeiter:in für das künstlerische Betriebsbüro (30 Stunden/Woche).

👉 Alle Infos zur Ausschreibung findest du auf unserer Website:
https://www.klangforum.at/story/ausschreibung-mitarbeiter-in-kunstlerisches-betriebsburo

Wir freuen uns darauf, dich kennenzulernen!

| 🪩 Reminiscing about our : 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘋ł𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘻𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘪 |

With stations at the renowned festivals ImPulsTanz - Vienna International Dance Festival and Festival Transart during the recent summer, the multi-faceted production 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘋ł𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘻𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘪 was presented to audiences in Vienna and Bolzano. Together with choreographers Elizabeth Ward and Weronika Pelczyńska and their dancers, our reinterpreted the soundscapes of the Polish-American composer Lucia Długoszewski and brought her distinctive musical pieces, which are based on her sensitivity for , body and stage, to life.

👉 Have a look at the beautiful pictures captured at both and enjoy delving into this special atmosphere of contemporary and new music!

🤍 Thanks to Adam Mickiewicz Institute, co-organizer of the project, for their support!

📸 ImPulsTanz, Vienna, August 2024 © yakoone
📸 Transart, Bolzano, September 2024 © Tiberio Sorvillo

Culture.pl

| 📣 : 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘶̈𝘴𝘵𝘦 at Tangente St. Pölten |

After our collaboration with French theater producer Philippe Quesne for 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘳𝘥𝘦 at the Wiener Festwochen in 2022, we are happy to recommend the Austrian premiere of his production 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘶̈𝘴𝘵𝘦 this Friday, 27 September, as part of the festival programme of Tangente St. Pölten. Together with the performance group Vivarium Studio / Philippe Quesne, he questions the development of human history and the dystopian nightmares of the present days.

👉 Get your tickets now https://www.tangente-st-poelten.at/en/events/der-garten-der-luste/2687

📅 Friday, 27 September, 7.30 pm
📍 Festspielhaus St. Pölten

In French with German and English surtitles.

| 🤩 : MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN 2024 | Contemporary Music Theatre Festival |

🎶 This year’s edition of MTTW is opening its programme tomorrow, 18 September, with the Austrian premiere of 𝘎𝘈𝘐𝘈 24. 𝘖𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘈 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘖𝘕𝘋𝘖, a "geo-historical" opera about war and its ecological traces. When the earth yields a rich harvest, be ready for a great war. 6 June 2023 - the demolition of the Ukrainian Kakhovka Dam by the Russian army is considered one of the greatest war and environmental crimes in recent history. But where humankind fails utterly, mother nature unleashes her power and new, living landscapes emerge from the burning earth.

A co-production of Opera Aperta and proto produkciia.

📅 Wednesday, 18 September, 7.00 pm
📍 Theater ODEON, Taborstraße 10, 1020 Vienna
🔗 Info & tickets via mttw.at

| 🥳 : Happy Birthday! |

Today, we join in the celebrations commemorating the legacy of Arnold Schoenberg on his 150th birthday, hooray! 🎉 It's a curious twist of fate that this anniversary falls on a Friday the 13th, echoing the very date of Schoenberg's passing in 1951.

Klangforum Wien looks back with gratitude on its close connection with Schoenberg’s music. This relationship was particularly nurtured under the guidance of the late Friedrich Cerha, when, back in the day, we performed Schoenberg’s 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 and 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘦 for the first time.

Our most recent homage to Schoenberg took the form of 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨, 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘩𝘯𝘵𝘦 at MusikTheater an der Wien. This music theatre production offered a vibrant and playful exploration of the composer's scintillating world, touching on his well-known fear of the number 13. We also fondly recall our collaboration with choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas and soprano Sofia Jernberg - singer, composer for a staging of Pierrot Lunaire in 2021/22.

This year, we have also taken steps to carry on Schoenberg’s legacy in light of his forgotten female master students who were hardly acknowledged at the time: In partnership with the Wiener Festwochen, we participated in the foundation of the , a global platform for womxn composers, promoting and demanding their visibility.

Continuously adding to our Schoenberg repertoire, we've performed Richard Dünser's newly re-composed and re-created pieces of some of Schoenberg’s landmark compositions – SOON TO BE RELEASED ON CD. 🤩

🎉 Happy Birthday to the unforgettable innovator!

💫 Find out more about the projects on our website klangforum.at

📸 1, 2 Freitag, der Dreizehnte (c) Werner Kmetitsch
📸 3 Pierrot Lunaire (c) Nurith Wagner-Strauss
📸 4 Academy Second Modernism (c) Franzi Kreis
📸 5 Bregenzer Meisterkonzerte, Richard Dünser (c) Udo Mittelberger

| 11.000 Saiten 🎹: “Das ist dein Nirvana” |

– so unser Intendant Peter Paul Kainrath zu Komponist Georg Friedrich Haas am Telefon, als er in der Produktionshalle des Klavierherstellers Hailun pianos Europe stand, wo die Idee zu dieser einzigartigen Komposition ihren Ausgang nahm. Seither begeisterte sie bereits tausende Zuhörer:innen zwischen Wien, Bozen, Prag und Amsterdam. 👉 Nächste Station: die deutsche Erstaufführung beim Düsseldorf Festival diesen Sonntag, wo die beeindruckende Raumklangerfahrung das Publikum wieder auf eine zeitlupenartige Reise ins Weltall entführen wird. Wir freuen uns darauf!

🗓 15.09.24
⏰ 16:00 und 19:00 Uhr
📍 Messe Düsseldorf
💥 Tickets & Info: https://duesseldorf-festival.de/event/klangforum-wien-2/?11.000-saiten/2024

📸 1, 2: Amsterdam 2024 © Luz Soria
📸 3: Bozen 2023 © Busoni-Mahler Foundation | Anna Cerrato
📸 4: Prag 2024 © Prazské jaro/Prague Spring Festival 2024 | Michal Vencl
📸 5: Wien 2023 © Markus Sepperer

| 🤩 Upcoming: Klangforum Wien at Wien Modern 2024 |

The programme of this year’s edition of Wien Modern is now online – and we are very happy to announce that Klangforum Wien will be performing two concerts as part of the festival!

🎶 On 19 November, you will have the chance to enjoy the concert of Beat Furrer’s outstanding composition 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯, one of the most significant works of contemporary music theater, at Wiener Konzerthaus.
𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯 will also be part of our exclusive anniversary box FURRER 70, which includes 6 CDs, 3 videos and 2 books and will be presented at a special event following the concert at Wien Modern – and can already pre-ordered now at a special price of EUR 250,- instead of EUR 290,- ! 👉 Get it via link below!

🎶 On 21 November, the ensemble will perform the world premiere of the latest composition 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 by Nina Šenk, winner of the Erste Bank Composition Award 2024. Lead by our Conductor-in-Residence Vimbayi Kaziboni, the concert also features works by Justė Janulytė, Manos Tsangaris and Vladimir Tarnopolski.

👉 Pre-order your own Furrer 70-anniversary box here: https://www.klangforum.at/story/furrer-70---anniversary-box-set---pre-order-now

🔗 And check out the festival programme here: https://www.wienmodern.at/program-2024

Nina Šenk BEAT FURRER

| 🥳 Pre-order now: Furrer 70 – the exclusive anniversary box |

🎶 18 essential works, 5 extensive dimensions – in an unprecedented way, this exclusive media box set with 6 CDs, 3 videos and 2 books honors the exceptional composer and conductor Beat Furrer on the occasion of his 70th anniversary. We are proud to announce that it is now available for pre-order for a limited time only 👇 via link below!

Immerse yourself in his work process, delve into his personal world, and accompany the founder of Klangforum Wien to the places of his inspiration through sound, in-depth conversations and new essays – with Furrer 70, Klangforum Wien is creating a legacy in the artist’s lifetime.

Swipe to have a look at the recent concert performance of Furrer’s opera 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯 at Lucerne Festival, which was also presented at this year’s Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival and will take us to Konzerthaus Dortmund and Wien Modern festival in the coming months. A live-recording of this outstanding contemporary music theatre featuring Sarah Aristidou, Christoph Brunner and Cantando Admont can be enjoyed as part of the anniversary box as well.

🤩 Pre-order now for EUR 250,- instead of EUR 290,- only until 19 November 2024!
👉 Pre-order here: https://www.klangforum.at/story/furrer-70---anniversary-box-set---pre-order-now

📸 Beat Furrer © Manu Theobald
📸 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯, Lucerne Festival 2024 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival

Sarah Aristidou • Soprano Christoph Brunner

| 🤩 Today’s recommendation for you: Schwaz |

🎶 This year’s motto of KLANGSPUREN SCHWAZ 2024 is 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, and in times of increasing polarity it seeks to focus on connection. “Conspiratio” originally meant “breathing together” and can, therefore, in a positive sense signify community and connectedness.

From 5 - 22 September, artistically diverse projects and formats will demonstrate what this can mean in concrete terms, ranging from musical performances and installations to music theatre and hybrid programmes, programmes at the interface between early and new music, between creative cooperation and improvisation.

Don’t miss to have a look at the programme and to experience this multi-layered festival in Tyrol!

🔗 Details via https://klangspuren.at

| 🥁 Next stop: Lucerne Festival |

🎶 After a quick summer break, we are counting the days until our next concert: This Sunday, 1 September, we will be performing 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯, Beat Furrer’s essential work for music theatre, at the renowned Lucerne Festival! Following the successful concert at the Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival in July, we are now performing this significant work together with Cantando Admont, Sarah Aristidou • Soprano and Christoph Brunner in Switzerland for the first time – with the composer himself on the podium.

🤩 Klangforum Wien is presenting 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯 at the core of its FURRER 70 project honoring Beat Furrer’s 70th anniversary this year. Along with a series of concerts, which will also take us to Konzerthaus Dortmund soon, we have another great surprise for you – stay tuned to find out more!

🎼 Beat Furrer, 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯
🗓 01.09.24 | ⏰ 4.00 p.m.
📍 Lucerne Theater, Lucerne
Conductor: Beat Furrer

🎫 https://www.lucernefestival.ch/en/program/klangforum-wien-cantando-admont-beat-furrer-sarah-aristidou-christoph-brunner/2067

🔗 Programme details: https://en.klangforum.at/event/lucerne-festival---begehren-2

Performed with the kind support of pro helvetia and landgrafmoritzstiftung.



📸 (c) Klangforum Wien/Christina Kastner

| ☀️ Summer Listening: Matthias Kranebitter – 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 |

Right on time for the weekend, we present you our third summer listening: 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 by Matthias Kranebitter.

🎶 In the compositions by Kranebitter the use of electronics usually is a given. Instead of only serving as atmospheric background, they themselves embody fractures within the music, highlighting them and making them accessible to the audience. Awarded with the Erste Bank Composition Award in 2020, Kranebitter recorded this album together with Klangforum Wien, conducted by Johannes Kalitzke, as well as the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Black Page Orchestra.

👉 Want to have a listen to this exciting soundscapes? Don't hesitate and get your own copy in our shop! https://www.klangforum.at/product/matthias-kranebitter-encyclopedia-of-pitch-and-deviation

📸 (c) Igor Ripak

Erste Bank und Sparkasse

| 🔊 Hörtipp: 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯 von Beat Furrer. Klangforum Wien bei den Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival |

🎶 Mit unserem heutigen Hörtipp haben Sie die Möglichkeit, eines der maßgeblichsten Musiktheater gegenwärtiger Zeiten zu genießen: Mit 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯 widmet sich Beat Furrer, Gründer und langjährige Wegbegleiter des Klangforum Wien, dem Orpheus-Mythos, verdichtet die antiken Quellen von Ovid und Vergil mit Texten von Cesare Pavese, Günter Eich und Hermann Broch und formt so zehn eindringliche Klangbilder. Vom tragischen Moment ausgehend, als Orpheus zur geliebten Eurydike zurückblickt, erkundet Furrer mittels einer neuen musikdramatischen Erzählweise das Beziehungsdrama zweier archetypischer Figuren: “Er” und “Sie”, ihre gegenseitige Nichterreichbarkeit und das verzweifelte Begehren, das nie Erfüllung findet.

🎶 Seit der Uraufführung zur Eröffnung der Kulturhauptstadt Graz vor 20 Jahren an unterschiedlichen Spielstätten aufgeführt, war 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯 kürzlich bei den diesjährigen Salzburger Festspielen in konzertanter Form zu erleben. Die Aufnahme vom Konzert am 29. Juli mit der Solistin Sarah Aristidou, Christoph Brunner und Cantando Admont gibt es heute Abend um 19:45 in der Ö1 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢 zu hören und danach in der Ö1 Mediathek zum Nachhören. Viel Freude!

🤫 Das außergewöhnliche Konzert war gleichzeitig Auftakt unserer Veranstaltungen anlässlich des 70-jährigen Jubiläums des Komponisten und Dirigenten Beat Furrer. Man darf gespannt sein auf weitere Neuigkeiten und tolle Projekte!

👉 Beat Furrer: 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘯. Salzburger Festspiele 2024
📻 Ö1 Supernova am 18. August, 19:45
🔗 https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20240818/766506/Begehren-in-Salzburg

📸 © Salzburger Festspiele/Marco Borelli

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| : Evan Hulbert, double bass 🌟 |

A committed, uncompromising advocate for contemporary music, Evan Hulbert previously served as Associate Principal Bass of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He combines a rich tradition of American orchestral bass playing with a focused desire to explore the sound frontiers of the Postmodern. Evan has appeared as guest principal with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Göteborgs Symfoniker, and made further appearances with the Boston, Detroit and Colorado Music Festival Symphony Orchestras, in addition to solo and chamber recitals across North America, Europe and Asia.
🎶 His educational activities include a private teaching studio, chamber music coaching, solo masterclasses and outreach sessions with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music. In 2024 Evan joined Klangforum Wien as Solo Double Bass.

"To play in Klangforum Wien is such a unique blessing - to regularly collaborate with not just great composers but great conductors, theatre directors, actors, dancers, stage hands and sound engineers to imagine the unimaginable is a feeling that will never grow old."
– Evan Hulbert

👉 Learn more about Evan on our website: https://www.klangforum.at/ensemble/evan-hulbert

📸 Beijing Modern Music Festival (c) Long Zhao

| 💫 Memories: Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival 2024 |

We are hopping into the weekend with some wonderful impressions of our recent concerts at . Between 22 and 29 July, Klangforum Wien was part of the 𝘖𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 and performed three concerts as part of the festival’s series entitled 𝘌𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰, which was looking to a hopeful future, fraught with uncertain expectations.

Conducted by Sylvain Cambreling, Bas Wiegers and BEAT FURRER, the ensemble had the pleasure to also be on stage with the wonderful soloists Sophia Burgos, Sarah Aristidou • Soprano, Christoph Brunner as well as Cantando Admont and many more. At the outstanding locations of Kollegienkirche and the Great Hall of the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg, it really was a pleasure to be part of this year’s festival season again and to bring exceptional compositions by George Crumb, Claude Vivier, Georg Friedrich Haas, and Beat Furrer to live.

👉 Tomorrow, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording of the second concert on Ö1: Georg Friedrich Haas’ 𝘒𝘰𝘮𝘢, conducted by Bas Wiegers on 24 July, will be broadcasted in the Ö1 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘥 at 7.30 pm.
📻 Enjoy: https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20240810/766162/Georg-Friedrich-Haas-Koma

💛 Huge thanks to everybody making these concerts possible!

📸 (c) Salzburg Festival/Marco Borelli

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| 🔊 Hörtipp: 𝘒𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮 𝘍𝘰𝘬𝘶𝘴. Klangforum Wien bei den Wiener Festwochen |

Unser aktueller zum Wochenstart lädt dazu ein, den Konzerten des Klangforum Wien bei den diesjährigen Wiener Festwochen zu lauschen. Als Teil der 𝘈𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦 𝘡𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦 präsentierte das Ensemble am 8. und 9. Juni 2024 unter der Leitung von Katharina Wincor im ORF RadioKulturhaus vielseitige Werke von zehn Komponistinnen*.

🎶 Den ersten Konzertabend mit Kompositionen von Monthati Zenzile Masebe, Marina Lukashevich, Shasha Chen, Feliz Anne Reyes Macahis und Du Yun gibt es nun in der Ö1 Mediathek zum Nachhören!

Zum 150. Geburtstag von Arnold Schönberg setzen die Wiener Festwochen mit der 𝘈𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦 𝘡𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦 weltweit neue Impulse für die Sichtbarkeit von Komponistinnen*. Das begleitet diesen Prozess als Teil der Jury und bringt die ausgewählten Werke zur Aufführung. Über einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren werden ab 2024 alljährlich zehn Komponistinnen* zu den eingeladen, um gemeinsam mit lokalen und internationalen Impulsgeber:innen Strategien der zu entwickeln und eigene zu präsentieren.

Am 11. August überträgt Ö1 in der Supernova den zweiten Konzertabend. Zu hören sein werden Stücke von Dilay Doganay, Aida Shirazi, Bushra El-Turk, Mirela Ivicevic und Brigitta Muntendorf.

👉 Wiener Festwochen 2024: Klangforum Wien bei der 𝘈𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦 𝘡𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦 (1)
📻 Ö1 Supernova vom 4. August, 19:45 https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20240804/765891/Komponistinnen-im-Fokus-1
🔗 Mehr zur 𝘈𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦 𝘡𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦 https://www.klangforum.at/project/akademie-zweite-moderne---globale-sichtbarkeit-von-komponistinnen

📸 © Rafaela Pröll

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Wolfgang Rihm (1952 - 2024)

Wolfgang Rihm ist verstorben. Er war ein enthusiastischer Fürsprecher und Förderer des Klangforum Wien.
Die Aufnahme und Aufführungen seines Werks „Gejagte Form“ bleiben dem Ensemble in wacher Erinnerung.
Sein Feuer für das überreiche Neue in der Musik tragen wir entschlossen weiter. 🖤

| ☀️ Summer Listening: Mirela Ivičević – 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 |

Right on time for the weekend, we present 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 by Mirela Ivičević as our second tip for your summer listenings!

Ivičević, born in 1980, is one of the most fascinating composers of her generation. While critically exploring society’s micro- and macro-political questions and at the same time dealing with her own emotional world, her work can be described as unrestricted, energetic, and explosive. In 2019, she received the Erste Bank Composition Award.

Ivičević definitely creates brave and rebellious compositions – “her music roars, it rears up, it shrieks and falls away, it curses and moans” – which can be heard on this recording released on KAIROS. Created between 2014/16 and 2019, the selected 5 pieces offer an intense and captivating listening experience.

🎶 Curious? Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/7qw1ybbLETlx7AjgIRUAkI

👉 And get your own copy in our shop! https://www.klangforum.at/product/mirela-ivicevic-scarlet-songs

(c) Rui Camilo