Concerts and Projects 2012

January 5, 20.15 Amsterdam | Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ | Grote Zaal Harvey-Portrait. Jonathan Harvey | Climbing Frame (2005), Jonathan Harvey | Riot (2004) | für Piccoloflöte, Bassklarinette und Klavier, Jonathan Harvey | Round the Star and Back (1974) Rebecca Saunders | Stasis (2011) Netherlands premiere

January 21, 20:00 Cologne WDR. Georgy Ligeti | Hamburgisches Konzert (1998/1999) für Horn solo und Kammerorchester, Michael Beil | Jack Black (2011) premiere for ensemble and live video, Gerhard Stäbler | Den Müllfahrern von San Francisco (1989/90). Christine Chapman | Horn, Benjamin Kobler | piano, Otto Tausk | conductor

January 25, 20:00 Ultrashall, Berlin, Radialsystem. Yannis Kyriakides | The Queen is the Supreme Power in the Realm (2007) für Ensemble und Live-Elektronik Claude Vivier | Hiérophanie (1971) für Sopran und Ensemble Sopran | Cora Burggraaf Ensemble musikFabrik

February 5, 5:00 p.m. Cologne, Deutschlandfunk. Chiyoko Szlavnics | (a)long lines; we'll draw our own lines (2004) für Ensemble

February 17, 10:30 a.m. Cologne, studio musikFabrik, Mediapark. Composer workshop with students of the Essen Hochschule.

March 27, 10:30 a.m. Cologne, studio musikFabrik, Mediapark. Composer workshop with students of the Düsseldorf Hochschule.

March, 29 - April 5. Recording Georgy Kurtag, Bagatelles for flute, double bass and piano op. 14d

April-May. Recording Georges Aperghis Trio for flute, clarinet and trumpet

April 15, Ittevort, the Netherlands. Adams Flute Festival, workshop for contemporary music

May 6, all day open-door at the Cologne Philharmonie. Directing singers, actors and dancers in performances of John Cage's Song Books

May 12, 8:00 p.m. Boston, Knowles Concert Hall. New works by Harvard composers with musikFabrik

May 13, 6:00 p.m. Troy, New York, EMPAC. Claude Vivier | Paramirabo (1978) für Flöte, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier, John Cage | Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957–58) with musikFabrik

7 June, Cologne, studio musikFabrik, Mediapark. Composer workshop with students from Adam Mickiewicz Institut Warsaw.

15 June, 8:00 p.m. Munich, Michaelskirche. Musica Viva. Georg Friedrich Haas | Ich suchte, aber ich fand ihn nicht (2011) Emilio Pomarico, cond.

30 June, 8:00 p.m. Cologne, Westdeutsche Rundfunk. Vassos Nicolaou | Farbmaschinen (2011/2012), world premiere, Georg Friedrich Haas | Ich suchte, aber ich fand ihn nicht (2011), Gérard Grisey | Partiels (1975) für 18 Musiker

Past Concerts 2011

January 15, Cologne WDR Sendesaal, 20.00 MusikFabrik, Claude Vivier Paramirabo, Dieter Mack Kammermusik V

January 19, Essen Philharmonie, 20.00 Portrait concert Michel van der Aa. Quadrival, Rekindle for solo flute and electronic soundtrack

February 8, Helsinki | Finnish National Opera's Almi Hall, 19.00. Enno Poppe and Wolfgang Heiniger Tiere sitzen nicht

February 9, Helsinki | Finnish National Opera's Almi Hall, 19.00. Sven Ingo Koch Der Durchbohrte, Arnulf Hermann Terzeseele, Oliver Schneller Aquavit

February 17, Amsterdam | Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ | Grote Zaal, 20.15. Janni Christou Anaparastasis III, The Pianist, Yannis Kyriakides The Trojan Light

March 5, 6, recordings of chamber works by Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Ahinnu, Philaki

March 19, Berlin | Radialsystem V. Enno Poppe and Wolfgang Heiniger Tiere sitzen nicht

April 9, 10, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, World premiere of SONNTAG AUS LICHT by Karlheinz Stockhausen with musikFabrik and Cologne Opera.

May 1, SONNTAG AUS LICHT by Karlheinz Stockhausen with musikFabrik and Cologne Opera.

May 15, Cologne Philharmonie 20.00 Pierre Boulez 12 Notations arranged for ensemble by Johannes Schöllhorn, Pli selon pli (Portrait de Mallarmé) for soprano and orchestra

May 21, Detmold, Germany, Hochschule für Musik. Trio Odilon. Claude Debussy Sonate for flute, viola and harp, Takemitsu and then I knew it 'twas wind, Sofia Gubaidulina The Garden of Joy and Sorrow

June 2, filming of intructional videos for extended techniques.

June 8, Holland Festival, Amsterdam Bimhuis. Liza Lim / Uri Caine Tongue of the Invisible (2010-11) premiere for improvising musician, baritone and 16 musicians

August 37, 20:30 Berlin | Haus der Berliner Festspiele |Festakt beim Jubiläumsfest der Berliner Festspiele György Ligeti | Sechs Bagatellen (1953) for woodwind quintet, Dieter Schnebel | Bauernszene Nr. 9 aus: Museumsstücke I (1992/93)

September 9, 20:00 Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, musikfest berlin Wolfgang Rihm | abgewandt 2 (1990) | Umfassung (1990) | La lugubre gondola / Das Eismeer (1990-1992) | Mnemosyne (2006/09) Martyn Brabbins, conductor

September 10, 20:00 Cologne Philharmonie. Mouse on Mars | Paeanumnion (2011) | Mouse on Mars, Ensemble musikFabrik André de Ridder, conductor

September 22, 21:00 Warsaw Soho Factory. Karlheinz Stockhausen | PARADIES, 21. Stunde aus KLANG (2007) for solo flute and electronics

September 23, 19:30 Warsaw Witold Lutolawski Polish Radio Concert Studio. Sven-Ingo Koch | Der Durchbohrte (2004) for Solo-Drumset, Ensemble and tape, Pawel Hendrich | Neues Werk (2011), Gerhard Stäbler | Den Müllfahrern von San Francisco - Ein Akronym aus akustischen Erinnerungen an eine Reise (1989/90) | für Ensemble, Sian Edwards, conductor

October 15, 11:30 Donaueschingen Donauhallen Bartók-Saal. Wolfgang Mitterer | Little Smile (2011) | Uraufführung | für Ensemble und Electronics, Hans Thomalla | The Brightest Form of Absence (2011), Enno Poppe, conductor | Rebecca Saunders stasis for ensemble (world premiere)

October 25, 20:00 Cologne WDR. Wolfgang Mitterer | Little Smile (2011) für Ensemble und Electronics, Rebecca Saunders | Stasis (2011) für Ensemble

October 31, 20:00 Cologne| Studio des Ensemble musikFabrik.
Sofia Gubaidulina | Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten (1980/93)
für Flöte, Harfe, Viola und Erzähler (ad lib)
Toru Takemitsu | And then I knew 'twas wind (1992)für Flöte, Viola und Harfe
Ali Somay | Bridges (2011) world premiere für Flöte, Viola und Harfe
Claude Debussy | Sonate für Flöte, Viola und Harfe (1915)
Helen Bledsoe, Flöte; Mirjam Schröder, Harfe; Axel Porath, Viola

November 4, 19.30 Vienna, Austria | Semper Depot | Wien Modern. Harrison Birtwistle | Cortege, a ceremony for fourteen musicians in memory of Michael Vyner (2007), Jonathan Harvey | Round the Star and Back (1974) | für Klavier und eine kleine Anzahl anderer Instrumente, Rebecca Saunders | stirrings still II (2008) | Austrian premiere, Jonathan Harvey | Climbing Frame (2005) | Austrian premiere, Wolfgang Mitterer | Little Smile (2011) | Austrian premiere| für Ensemble und Electronics

November 13, 20:00 s'-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands | Verkadefabriek Grote Zaal | November Music. Jonathan Harvey | Sringara Chaconne (2008) für Ensemble, Rebecca Saunders | stirrings still II (2008), Jonathan Harvey | Climbing Frame (2004), Yannis Kyriakides | memoryscape (2009) | Sian Edwards | conductor

November 19, 20:00 Cologne WDR. Bernhard Lang | Monadologie „...for Anton" (II. Kammersinfonie) (2010) | World premiere, Sven-Ingo Koch | Der Durchbohrte (2004) | für Solo-Drumset, Ensemble und Tonbandschnipsel, Bernhard Lang | DW9 'Puppe/Tulpe' (2003) | für Stimme und acht Instrumente nach Texten von P.C. Loidl. Agata Zubel | Sopran

November 24, 18:00 Huddersfield, England | Town Hall Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival. Jonathan Harvey | Climbing Frame (2005) | Harrison Birtwistle | Cortege, a ceremony for fourteen musicians in memory of Michael Vyner (2007), Rebecca Saunders | Stasis (2011) | British premiere

November 25, 19.30 London | Barbican Hall Barbican Centre. Karlheinz Stockhausen | Gesang der Jünglinge (1955-1956) Elektronische Musik, Mouse on Mars | Paeanumnion (2001) | British premiere, Mouse on Mars Paul Jeukendrup | Sound engineer André de Ridder | conductor

November 30, 20:00 Essen, Germany | Philharmonie, "Now! America". Music of Frank Zappa, John Cage | Radio Music (1956) | for one to eight performers, each at one radio, John Cage | Credo in Us (1942) | for four performers, Edgar Varèse | Ionisation (1929-1931)

December 14, 19:00 Cologne | Kunststation St. Peter Homages à Kagel premieres by: Carola Bauckholt | Humus (2011) | Manos Tsangaris | NN (2011) | Maria de Alvear | RETHINKING 4/4 (2011) | Chris Newman | NN (2011) |

Concerts 2010

January 9, Cologne WDR Sendesaal, 20.00. MusikFabrik concert with Johannes Caspar Walter and Jonathan Harvey.

February 27, Cologne, WDR Sendesaal, 20.00. MusikFabrik concert with multimedia premiere by Yannis Kyriakides

March 8, Milan, music by Luca Francesconi and Ivan Fedele with musikFabrik

March 9, Cremona, see March 8

March 19, Lyon, France, see December 16, 2009

March 22, Annecy, France. see December 16, 2009

May 5, Cologne Philharmonie 20.00. Karlheinz Stockhausen Hymnen with musikFabrik

May 8, 9 Cologne, Studio musikFabrik. Karlheinz Stockhausen's Paradies from Klang.

May 21, Bremen Conservatory. Performance and seminar on Karlheinz Stockhausen's Paradies from Klang.

May 29, Braunschwieg Festliche Tage Neuer Musik, Karlheinz Stockhausen Paradies from Klang

June 3, Metz, Project Chûtes: new works for ensemble, electronics and video with musikFabrik. Works by Michel Jarrell, Martin Matalon, Rafael Cendo. Paulo Pacini, video

June 5, Paris Festival Extension de la Muse en circuit, Project Chûtes, see June 3.

June 13, Leipzig Bachfest, Harrison Birtwistle, Angel Fighter, world premiere with RIAS Kammerchor and musikFabrik

June 20, Cologne WDR Sendesaal 20.00, musikFabrik plays new works by Kaija Saariaho

August 1, Wroclaw, Poland Opera House. Book of Disquiet by Michel van der Aa with musikFabrik

August 20, Bochum, Germany Ruhrtriennale. Leila und Madschnun by Samir Odeh Tamimi with musikFabrik and chorwerk Ruhr.
Further performances: August 22, 24, 26, 28, September 1, 3.

September 2, Cologne Philharmonie, 12.30p.m. Harrison Birtwistle, Cortège

September 13, Berlin Philharmonie, Musikfest Berlin. Works by Henri Pousser, Peter Ëtvös, Luciano Berio with musikFabrik

September 15, Krakow, Poland. Works by Kaija Saariaho with musikFabrik

September 18, Cologne WDR. World premiere of Hierophonie by Claude Vivier with musikFabrik

September 24, Warsaw, Poland Warschauer herbst. see Sept. 18

October 2, Strasbourg, France. Xenakis Jalons, Epicycle and Thallein with musikFabrik

October 24, Cologne WRD. Music by Gyorgy Kurtag and Carola Baucholt

November 2, Paris Festival d'automne. Songs to Poems by Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41, Gyorgy Kurtag

November 13, Zurich, Switzerland. Works by Mochizuki, Guerrero, Christensen and Leroux with Nieuw Ensemble

November 30 through December 10. Cologne Deutchlandfunk, recording of works by Ursula Mamluk

December 4, Cologne, Media Park. Morton Feldman, Crippled Symmetry

Selected Past Concerts 2009

June 29 - Münster Apostelkirche, Estonian Cultural Festival. Jüri Reinvere requiem for solo flute and voices. German Premiere

July 5 - Cologne Altes Pfandhaus. Solo concert with music by Reinvere, Dick, Berio, Takemitsu et al

July 15 - St. Petersburg, GEZ Alexei Lapin and Nikolai Rubanov - more original stuff!

October 2 - Strasbourg, Shelter - music of David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon with video projection. With musikFabrik and vocalists from Synergy

October 10 - Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Book of Disquiet, music by Michel van der Aa with musikFabrik.

October 14 - Brussels Koninklijk Conservatorium, Conference on Kagel/Stockhausen. Workshop on Kagel's Magic Flutes, 11.00

November 22 - Cologne, WDR, World Premiere of tiere sitzen nicht Enno Poppe und Wolfgang Heiniger and musikFabrik

November 26 - Amsterdam Muziekgebouw, see Nov. 22

November 28 - Huddersfield contemporary Music Festival, works by Jonathan Harvey, Rebecca Saunders with musikFabrik

November 29 - Huddersfield contemporary Music Festival, see Nov. 22

December 4 - Cologne Media Park, solo for flute (probably Berio Sequenza) staged by students of Heiner Goebbels

December 10 - Cologne Hochschule für Musik, 19.30. Luigi Nono Das Atmende Klarsein for chorus, bass flute and electronics

December 16 - Reims, France. Project Chutes, music of Jarrell, Matalon and Cendo with musikFabrik and video by Paulo Pacini

December 22 - St. Petersburg, Russia. Rimsky-Korsakov Music School, 20.00. Original improv with Alexei Lapin, piano and Vladimir Shostak, double bass

Selected Past Appearances 2008

March 16 - Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Works for flute and electronics by Bernhard Lang, Linda Antas, Jüri Reinvere and Tristan Murail

Summer - Recording music of Marcus Wesselmann, Cologne

Premiere arrangements by Marshall Allen of Sun Ra's Outer Nothingness and Pleiades
with musikFabrik and Frank Gratkowski, alto sax
October 16 - Cologne, WDR Sendesaal, 20.00
November 27 - Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw 20.30
November 29 - Huddersfield England, Contemporary Music Festival, St.Paul's Church 20.00

December 5 - Cologne, Komed-Saal 19.30 with musikFabrik. Varèse Octandre, Cage Concert for Piano and 4'33''

December 28 - St. Petersburg, GEZ 19.00 improv concert with Alexei Lapin, piano; Vladimir Shostak, contrabass; Nikolai Rubanov, bass clarinet and sax

Selected Past Appearances 2007

Appearances as soloist or with small collectives: July 24 - St. Petersburg, Russia GEZ, with Alexei Lapin, Marcus Godwyn, Nikolai Rubanov

August 4-5 - Istanbul, Turkey. Recording session with Michael Ellison Invocation, Meditation and Allegro

August 26 - Cologne, Philharmonie. Kaija Saariaho, Noa Noa for flute and live electronics, Giacinto Scelsi, Rucke di Guck for piccolo and oboe, with Peter Veale.

August 29, Kuppelsaal Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf, 20.00: Der Tolle Gott (Pan Inspired Solo and Chamber Music)
Helen Bledsoe, Flöte
Liz Hirst, Flöte
Peter Veale, Oboe
Dirk Wietheger, Violoncello
Markus Bellheim, Klavier
Fritz Siebert, Cembalo

November 4 - Leverkusen Bayer Erholungshaus, 11.00. Pierre Boulez, Dialogue de l'ombre double

November 5 - Hessisches Stattstheater Wiesbaden, 19.30. Pierre Boulez, Dialogue de l'ombre double

November 16 - Alte Wartesaal, Cologne. With DJ Jimi Tenor, Tamara Stefanovich, piano, Melvyn Poore, tuba and others

November 30 - Cologne, Atelier Dürrenfeld/Geitel, 20.00. MuFaImps Live!

December 18 - St. Petersburg, Russia, Rimsky-Korsakov Music School (Dumskaya ul. 1-3), 19.30. Improv with Alexei Lapin, piano; Nicolai Rubanov, sax

December 19 - St. Petersburg, Russia, GEZ see Dec. 18

December 21, - Moscow, Dom Zhurnalistov, Mini-Festival Jazz.Ru with Alexei Lapin, piano; Nikolai Rubanov, sax; Marcus Godwyn, drums

Selected Past Appearances 2006

March 17 - Lyon - Conservatoire. Molly's Song no. 3 by Rebecca Saunders

March 25 - Brussels Ars Musica - concert with musikFabrik with works by Peter Eotvos, Richard Barrett.

April 1 - The Hague - Korzo Theater. Salvatore Sciarrino Muro d'orizzonte, Cornelius Cardew Treatise with musikFabrik

April 2 - Veere, Grote Kerk (The Netherlands). See program above

April 9 - St. Petersburg, Russia GEZ Jazz Jam with Alexei Lapin and Nikolai Rubanov

April 22 - Barcelona. Chamber music concert with musikFabrik. Works by Arnold Schoenberg, Roberto Gerhard and Parra.

May 5 - Witten, Germany. Ensemble concert with ASKO/Schoenberg Ensemble. Works by Richard Rijnvos, Klaus Torstensen, Iris ter Schiphorst.

May 7 - Groningen, The Netherlands. Ensemble concert with ASKO/Schoenberg Ensemble. Film project with Arnoud Noordegraaf.

May 9 - Musikgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ensemble concert with ASKO/Schoenberg Ensemble.

May 12 - Bonn, Germany, Kunst und Austellungshalle. With musikFabrik. Works by Tobias Schneid, Martin Matalon, Heiner Goebbels.

May 21 - Donaueschingen, Germany. Ensemble concert with musikFabrik. Works by N.A. Huber, Thierrey de Mey.

May 27 - Cologne, Westdeutsche Rundfunk. Ensemble concert with musikFabrik. Toshio Hosokawa, Rebecca Saunders, G.F. Haas, G. Scelsi.

July 7 - Cologne, Westdeutsche Rundfunk. Ensemble concert with musikFabrik. Richard Barret, Rebecca Saunders, Richard Ayres.

July 8, 9 - Madrid, Teatro Espanol. Morton Feldman For Samuel Beckett. musikFabrik.

July 11 - Dortmund Konzerthaus (Germany), 20.00, see program July 7.

July 15 - 20 - Stuttgart (Germany) Weltmusiktage. musikFabrik.

August 20 - 25, in residence Dartington Summer School.

August 20 - 5.00 p.m. Great Hall, solo program: Bernhard Lang, Schrift 1.2; Mauricio Sotelo, del aura al suspirar for alto flute and tape; Toru Takemitsu, Voice; Aureliano Cattaneo Visible for solo piccolo

August 27 - 5.00 p.m. Ludwig Museum, Cologne. Mauicio Sotelo, del aura al suspirar for alto flute and tape; Toru Takemitsu, Voice

September 1 - Septembre Musical de Montreux, Switzerland, 8 p.m. Salle del Castillo. Edgar Varèse Density 21.5, in conjunction with musikFabrik: an all- Varèse Zappa program with new arrangements by Ali Askin.

September 3 - Takefu, Japan. Mauricio Sotelo, del aura al suspirar for alto flute and tape

September 20, 22, 23, 24, 26 Bonn, Kunst und Austellungshalle, 20.00 Vladimir Tarnopolsky Jenseits der Schatten. With Palindrome Inter.media and musikFabrik

September 29, 30 Düsseldorf, Tonhalle 22.00 Altstadtherbst - Mardc André: ein musikalisches Raumkonzept with musikFabrik

October 1, Bolzano, Italy. Morton Feldman For Samuel Beckett with musikFabrik

October 6, 7 - Reykjavik, Iceland, Masterclasses, Nordic Music Days.

October 8 - Skalholt Church, Iceland 10.00 - 14.00. Concert of Icelandic Flute Choir and soloists. Pekka Jalkanen - Nunta Soarelu for flute and piano

October 13 - Cologne, Westdeutsche Rundfunk. Ensemble concert with musikFabrik. Works by Wolfgang Rihm, Marc André

October 14 - Cologne, Japanese Cultural Institute 22.00 and 23.00 in conjunction with Kölner Musiknacht. Toru Takemitsu, Voice, John Cage, selection from Song Books. With Carl Rosman, clarinet, Christine Chapman, horn, Melvyn Poore, tuba, Dirk Wietheger, cello.

November 2 - Zürich, Switzerland, Tage für Neue Musik. Ensemble concert with musikFabrik.

South American Tour. For full details see musikFabrik
November 8 - 20.30 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Teatro San Martin Sala Casacuberta Lo-Shu VI, for flute and cello by Hans Zender. November 9 - 20.00 Sala Zitarrosa, Montevideo, Uruguay, See Nov. 8th
November 11 - 21.00 SESC Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil, See Nov. 8th

November 13 - 19.30 Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile. Schrift 1.2 for solo flute by Bernhard Lang, ein hauch von unzeit, ensemble version, by Klaus Huber, Rucke di Guck, piccolo and oboe by Giacinto Scelsi

November 15 - Ciudad de las Artes, Cordoba, Argentina. See Nov. 13th
November 17 - Auditorium des Goethe-Instituts, Porto Alegre, Brazil. See Nov. 13th
November 19 - Teaatro do Paiol, Curitiba, Brazil. See Nov. 13th
November 22 - Auditorium des Goethe-Instituts, Lima, Peru. See Nov. 13th
November 24 - Biblioteca Luis Arango, Bogota, Colombia. See Nov. 13th

December 14 - Dom, Moscow, Russia. Concert with Marco Blaauw, trumpet, Alexei Lapin, piano

December 15 - Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow - demonstration recital/workshop. Repertoire: Toru Takemitsu, Bernhard Lang.