from Camilla

Off to the Emirates!

2012-01-10T12:11:00.001-08:00

Looking forward to finding this old friend--as well as playing some concerts with mezzo-soprano Gabriele Malzahn. She's invited me to help celebrate the 5th anniversary of the "House of Arts", the music, dance & arts institute school she founded in Al Ain (Abu Dhabi Emirate).

More later--I still have to pack....

November, December....

2011-12-20T02:18:00.000-08:00

Besides masterclasses and some teaching and smaller concerts here and there, I've enjoyed quite a variety of projects in the past months:
Completing a pamphlet on the flute music of Kaija Saariaho (look here) took priority (and involved a nice weekend in Bruges
to meet the composer for her final comments).

Plus trips to Bad Ems to celebrate with the winners of the Azumi Flute competition; to Paris for various meetings and exhibits; not to mention teaching, practicing and planning, as well as trying to bring order to my still-new-for-me apartment! Interesting times!!

Paris

October 2011

2011-12-19T08:42:00.001-08:00

FLUTE SCHOOL LONDON
Congratulations to flutist/organizers Janna Hüneke & Kate Grace who successfully launched Flute School London for the 2nd year. It was great to be part of it all! This year's tutors were Rachel Brown, Andy Findon, Mike Mower, Camilla Hoitenga, Simon Gilliver, Abigail Burrows, Jean-Paul Wright and Jaqueline Vann.

The team l.to r.: Kate, Ian, Simon, Gareth, Abigail, with Janna & Camilla kneeling.

September 2011: Concerts

2011-12-19T05:22:00.000-08:00

ROULETTE, New York City
The first concert was on the 15th of September, at the GRAND OPENING. I was honored to be asked to play again at the space where I had played what turned out to be my New York debut some years ago. I opened with Kaija Saariaho's Dolce Tormento for piccolo solo, followed by the version with video of NoaNoa (with Kaija mixing the electronics and Jean-Baptiste Barriere managing the video with his team). See here the The New York Times report...
Guests of honor...

Director Jim Staley

Five days later I was back again with the New York premiere of Stockhausen's Harmonies--the 5th Hour of Klang for solo flute, Shoko Shida's Fukura semé for solo flute and nohkan, and the world premiere of Jean-Baptiste Barrière's Crossing the Blind Forest for bass flute, live electronics and live video.

COLOGNE, Germany
Before New York was the premiere of Toward the Silence, composed by myself (music for voice, bass and concert flutes) and Claudia Robles (voice, video, live electronics). No press, no pictures yet...another time, perhaps....

NJO Apeldoorn & Nijmegen 2011

2011-12-19T05:09:00.000-08:00

Backstage in Nijmegen with Maestra Xian Zhang before my 20-somethingth performance of Kaija Saariaho's Aile du songe with the NJO Orchestra...

...and with the amazing musicians of the academy chamber ensemble!

Montepulciano 2011

2011-12-19T04:49:00.001-08:00

The incredible trio of Sonja Horlacher, Kate Spencer & Jenni Hogan with pianist Janka Simowitsch. Statistics: four countries represented, four centuries of music studied and presented, four great cooks who spoiled the teacher, 4 x 2 or 3 hours daily of intensive exchange...with and without Vino Nobile....a fantastic week!!!

Savonlinna 2011

2011-12-19T04:15:00.000-08:00

June, July, August....

2011-07-31T13:40:00.000-07:00

I could write for hours about the great masterclasses in Savonlinna and Montepulciano!!(and about the interesting delays and detours in travel plans caused by the fire at a Rome train station last week!). And of course I should post photos, but meanwhile the travel schedule continues: this week Den Haag and Hannover, next week Kürten and Kootwijk, followed by Apeldoorn and Groningen.

And when I return, I'll have two weeks to move house! Never a dull moment....

Also--I have a new website! Please check out hoitenga.com , set up for me by Vera Zimperfeld at Media-Maedel, with the idea that I'll be able to update it myself. This might eventually take the place of this blog....

Best wishes to all!

March, April, May....

2011-05-16T10:04:00.000-07:00

The March concert has come and gone, as have the ones in April and May, and I'm seriously behind in posting. On the other hand, I have been investing some energy in creating a new website, which may eventually make this blog unnecessary (!).

Meanwhile, others have been posting for me, as it were. For example my great colleagues in Copenhagen. For some photo-documentation of our concerts there, please check the site of Athelas Sinfonietta.

And for those of you who read French, here's a review of the concert in Caen.

In between I wrote about the music of Kaija Saariaho (to be available soon), arranged some little pieces for an upcoming recital of my students, and participated in a very tough jury for the flute exams of a private school in Paris.

Now I'm enjoying my "home again" status, catching up on teaching, preparing for upcoming concerts, planning cool projects for my summer masterclasses (!) and attending some concerts myself. Just got to hear Boulez conducting the opening concert of the "Acht Brücken" Festival in Cologne, for example. Amazingly shimmering sounds he drew out of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Ravel,Schönberg and Stravinsky, and I especially enjoyed the inspired and inspiring playing from flutist Chiara Tonelli.

Concert March 18 in Cologne, 8 pm, Maison Belge

2011-02-26T08:11:00.000-08:00

Program:
Airscope I - Isao Matsushita
Manto - Scelsi
Density 21.5 - Varèse
Musik über die Callot Figuren - Pèter Köszeghy
(German Premiere)
Syrinx - Debussy
Lunar Phases (Premiere) - Miyuki Ito
Pieces for harp solo - Gordon Sherwood
Venus - Miquel Lorca (Premiere)

with Xenia Narati, harp, and Vincent Royer, viola

Das Konzert findet im Rahmen der Reihe Schlüsselwerke der Neuen Musik von
ON - Neue Musik Köln statt.

ON - Neue Musik Köln wird gefördert durch das Netzwerk Neue Musik, ein
Förderprojekt der Kulturstiftung des Bundes, sowie durch die Stadt Köln und
die RheinEnergieStiftung Kultur.

More here:
ON
or here:
Kulturkenner - Camilla Hoitenga in Köln

Masterclasses Summer 2011

2011-01-06T08:45:00.000-08:00

Watch for details about two courses:

July 2-10 in Savonlinna, Finland

A summer camp on the lake for flutists of all ages and levels, with opportunities for chamber music with strings and piano, and flute ensemble sessions together with the class of my flutist colleague Ilari Lehtinen.

July 17-21 in Montepulciano, Italy

A masterclass for flutists age 16 and above in a charming town in the Toscana...
exploring performance practices from the 17th c. to the present....preparing for final concert...

Master class Helsinki

2011-01-06T07:26:00.001-08:00

At long last--a note on our November master class in Espoo (Helsinki). Organized by the Finnish Flute Association (special thanks to flutist/president Asa Gustavson, as well as flutist/photographer Heli Talvitie!!), this weekend included everything from visits to the "Animal Farm" (see the "cute puppies" practicing their panting!!) to premieres of four (4!) new solo flute pieces, written especially for this occasion.
Highly recommended:
Vellu Halkosalmi: Choro
Lauri Toivio: Marching Piper
Jukka-Pekka Lehto: Gedichte für Flöte
And the fourth one, for which I don't have the exact name & title with me...later.....

All the composers were present, lots of the flute teachers as well, and the students played WONDERFULLY!!!

Am already looking forward to my next Finland visits!!

London report

2010-11-21T10:15:00.000-08:00

Lots to catch up on. A week of London, teaching and performing with a great British team: Wissam Boustany, Mike Mower, Jennifer Hutchinson, Alex Murray. Ian Mullin, Abigail Burrows, Simon Gilliver, and the founding tutors and incredible organizers Janna Hüneke and Kate Grace. Alex Murray, who at an intellectually and physically lively 81 is perhaps the best "advertisement" for Alexander Technique one can find, inspired us with new warm-ups based on Mozart's vocalise for Constanza and inspired me personally with his insights to and performance tips for Stockhausen's HARMONIEN.
Wissam Boustany inspired not only with his warm personality and informed playing (his Mozart sonate was exquisite!), but with the fact that he plays EVERYTHING, even pieces like the Hindemith Sonate, from memory. AS did his pianist as well!
And after my own program of "serious new music" ;) it was exhilarating a couple of days later to revel in Mike Mower's jazz/rock-influenced quartet FICTIONS--with Mike Mower himself leading the way and setting the (extremely virtuousic) standard.
Then there were all the new games I learned from Abigail Burrows: she had kids clamouring for more scales with her methods. She also writes regularly in the British Flute Society magazine Pan. I had let my subscription lapse some years ago, but I'm definitely signing up again. The British flute world is active, diverse, and FUN, and I'm glad to be in touch again!

Concert in London

2010-10-29T02:24:00.000-07:00

Camilla's Solo Recital in the context of "Flute School London"

TONIGHT 6.00 p.m. Hall School, 23 Crossfield Street, Swiss Cottage, LONDON

Program:

Stockhausen - Harmonies from the 5th hour of KLANG
Svoboda - Music for Piccolo
Eötvös - Kadenz from SHADOWS
Stockhausen - from AMOUR
Kobayashi - Reibo from TENTATIO 1 & 2
Minamikawa - The Secret of the Sky

The review...

2010-08-14T03:41:00.000-07:00

I really enjoyed playing this concert: both the space and Young-Jae Lee's ceramics in dialogue with paintings were inspiring, and an extremely attentive, packed-in audience brought a lot of energy to the evening as well. Thanks to everyone, including the team of Sinclair-Haus and Altana Stiftung, and the photographer Michael Habe!
Click HERE for the review (in German).
P.S. The blue shawl I put on for Stockhausen's piece HARMONIEN (Harmonies), which he wrote for the 5th hour of the day, designating the corresponding color "HKS 50 blue" to be worn in performance!

Concert in Bad Homburg (near Frankfurt) August 11, 7 p.m.

2010-08-09T02:37:00.000-07:00

One last concert before taking a break:

In the context of an exhibit of wonderful ceramics by the amazing potter Young-Jae Lee, I will offer music for solo flute. When I was first asked by the venue for program suggestions, I thought mainly of pieces by Korean composers as well as Korean- or at least Asian-influenced music. However, after actually experiencing the exhibit, reading interesting commentary, and (very important) meeting Ms. Lee herself, I was moved to make some program changes to reflect her philosophy, her working processes, and of course the atmosphere of the current exhibit.

The final version:
Works by Younghi Pagh Paan, Kaija Saariaho, Eiko Tsukamoto, J.S. Bach, Karlheinz Stockhausen

Meanwhile here is the basic information:

ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus

Löwengasse 15/Eingang Dorotheenstraße
61348 Bad Homburg
Telefon: 06172/1712120
Telefax: 06172/1712130
E-Mail: info@altana-kulturstiftung.de
Internet: http://www.altana-kulturstiftung.de

Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel von Frankfurt
S5 Bad Homburg Bahnhof

See also Frankfurt-Live.com

Summer news....

2010-07-01T13:34:00.000-07:00

Time for a little update.
Of the months that I've missed, there's too much to report: the last concerts and celebrations in Clermont Ferrand, for example, really deserve their own chapter, complete with illustrations by the brilliant photographer Jean-Louis Fernandez! Maybe someday. Meanwhile, I want to jump right in to NOW.

Last night my students played a great recital. (Another future blog could be to report on this wonderful class at the Rochus Music School....) I forgot to mention to them that June 30 was the date I came to Germany--exactly 30 years ago!! Amazing--three decades based in Europe already!(Not to mention the rest of the world--or the other decades experienced, for that matter ;)!)

Tomorrow I pick up my 32-year-old (!) flute (Jack Moore #42) which has been newly overhauled by Christoph Siewers. Had been thinking of getting a new, "fresh" flute, but I'm so attached to MY flute, with the still-unique innovations Jack put on for me.

In two days I fly to Savonlinna, Finland to teach at a summer camp there. It's a lovely place, with great colleagues teaching and playing, a campus on the lake, and a town geared up for the opera festival, with the operas being performed in the courtyard of the old castle. Inspiring!

After that I'm back in Germany to play music by Kaija Saariaho at the Rheingau Festival in Germany: Cendres for flute, cello, piano with Anssi Karttunen and David Lively on the 22nd, the concerto Aile du songe with the Southwest German Radio Orchestra conducted by Susanna Mälkki.

More later--I promise!

Artikel auf deutsch in SONIC

2010-04-12T09:02:00.000-07:00

For those of you who read German:
Juliane Bally's interview with me was published in the March/April issue of the SONIC magazine in Germany.

Concert in Cologne, April 29, 8 p.m.

2010-04-12T08:51:00.000-07:00

Equinox Musikfestival 2010
NORWAY RELOADED
Donnerstag, 29. April 2010 | 20:00 Uhr
Alte Feuerwache Köln, Konzertsaal
Melchiorstr. 3 - 50670 Köln Neustadt Nord
Camilla Hoitenga – Flöte
Jenny Q Chai - Klavier

Programm
Arnold Schönberg (1874 – 1951) Drei Klavierstücke op. 11,
Hartmut Schulz (*1964) - fragmenter fra requiem (UA) für Bariton, Querflöte und Klavier
Kaija Saariaho (*1952) - Couleurs du vent für Alt-Querflöte solo
Nils Vigeland (*1950) - L'Empire Luminaire, Homma-ge à René Magritte für Klavier solo
Dagfinn Koch (*1964) - Hommage an Edvard Hagerup Grieg (UA) für Querflöte und Klavier

Concert in Clermont Ferrand, March 23, 2010

2010-03-17T23:42:00.000-07:00

mardi 23 mars à 20:30
Polydôme

avec Camilla Hoitenga (flûte)
et Norbert Krämer (percussions)

Kaija Saariaho Six Japanese Gardens
Jovanka Trbojevic, Wounded Angel
Noriko Nakamura Navi

Kaija Saariaho Couleurs du vent
Kaija Saariaho Trois rivières : delta
Yoshihiro Kanno Deep-Sea Maze

régie son et informatique Franck Rossi

Concert in Cologne, March 6, 6 p.m.

2010-02-26T09:02:00.001-08:00

CAMILLA HOITENGA -Flute
NORBERT KRÄMER - Percussion
Florian Zwißler - sound design

am Samstag, 6. März 18Uhr
in der Rochuskirche in Köln-Bickendorf

The Program:
Kaija Saariaho: Six Japanese Gardens (percussion + electronic)
Jovanka Trbojevic : The Wounded Angel (flute + percussion) ("pre-premiere")
Kaija Saariaho: Dolce Tormento (piccolo solo)
Kaija Saariaho: Trois Rivières (percussion + electronic)
Yoshihiro Kanno: Deep-Sea Maze (flute + percussion)

Winter 2010 !

2010-01-25T08:00:00.001-08:00

Current activities: further study of Japanese language; learning new pieces for flute/percussion, flute/piano, flute solo; teaching; baking apple crisp; editing performance-practice information; writing recommendations; reading about Èmilie and Voltaire; reflecting on the power and message of the movie "Nokan" by Yojira Takita; imagining a new website; listening through the assortment of CDs that have accumulated on my desk; learning more Japanese; planning new programs....

Concert in Marseille

2009-12-14T05:40:00.001-08:00

CAMILLA HOITENGA & RAPHAËLE KENNEDY / LOUIS SCLAVIS TRIO
Dans le cadre du Festival Nuit d'Hiver #7 organisé par le GRIM
Location:montévidéo
Time:8:30PM Wednesday, December 16th

CAMILLA HOITENGA, flûtes & RAPHAËLE KENNEDY, voix (France)
Aimons !

« Notre collaboration est née d’un goût et d’un engagement communs pour la musique de Kaija Saariaho qui, en faisant appel à chacune de nous, provoqua il y a quelques temps notre rencontre. Complicité, énergie, ludisme, poésie, travail sur la texture qu’offrent flûte et voix enlacées sont les atouts que nous souhaitons développer aussi bien dans le répertoire existant que dans des créations.
Aimons ! est une légère immersion dans certaines manifestations d’exaltation amoureuse, qu’elle soit humaine ou sublimée».
CAMILLA HOITENGA & RAPHAËLE KENNEDY

http://www.hoitenga.org/
http://www.raphaelekennedy.com/

The Program:
Kaija Saariaho - Changing Light
Patrick Burgan - Jeux de Femmes
Yu Kuwabara - Ohyarai Variations*
Pierre-Adrien Charpy - Matar, no te mataria.**
William Brooks - Sweet **
* European premiere
** World Premiere

Hello from Japan

2009-11-28T06:35:00.000-08:00

Back in Japan, this time on a grant from the US government to tour as their guest soloist for the "Winter Holiday Concert Series". The title may be Politically Correct, but in addition to a "seasonal mix" of my current Classical and Contemporary favorites, they have requested some popular Christmas songs. For this I am creating a shakuhachi version of Jingle Bells, Silent Night for flute and voice, and, more seriously, O Come Emmanuel for alto flute solo.

I'm beginning with a visit to composer-friends in Kyoto, Nagoya and Tokyo before embarking on the whirlwind tour of American centers from Osaka to Fukuoka and Kumamoto to Naha, then back to Tokyo and Nagoya. Of course every minute is full of interesting and "reportable" events or observations (even if this is about my 17th extended stay in this one of my favorite countries), but (as usual) a lot will have to be left to your imagination(s).

Most important - the program repertoire:

Classic: Kuhlau Caprice Nr. 10, Telemann Fantasies G-major, b-minor, E-major
Japanese: Takemitsu Itinerant, Harue Kondoh The Moon of Shighira, Yu Kuwabara Ohyarai Variations (WORLD PREMIERE)
American: Shirish Korde Tenderness of Cranes,
Mike Svoboda Music for Piccolo (from Something Bigger), Harold Meltzer Trapset for alto flute
"Christmas presents": some Stockhausen and Saariaho, plus some Nutcracker Suite and Christmas Carols (see above).

Am looking forward to presenting this music to various listeners in various venues....

Concert in Hannover

2009-09-24T03:57:00.001-07:00

October 24 Hannover, Eisfabrik, 8 pm
Music for solo flute by Eduardo Flores Abad, for flute and electronics by Mesias Maiguashca

Flutists at the Estonian seaside

2009-08-02T14:05:00.000-07:00

Altana Summer Workshop Campers

2009-08-02T14:03:00.000-07:00

Hello from home...

2009-07-10T14:25:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends,
Thanks for checking in, and I'm sorry I am not a real "blogger". Someday...(?) At some point I could report on the amazing concerts and students in Japan, on the Kaija Saariaho weekend in Hamburg, and then on the quick trip to London to see the new staging of her opera L'amour de loin at the Coliseum. Meanwhile, here are some recent photos: taken in Hamburg, in the British Museum, and in the Tate Britain!

Concert and Master Class schedule

2009-05-31T14:23:00.000-07:00

Upcoming activities in chronological order:

June 3 - arrive in Japan
June 5 - Nagoya Chikusa Playhouse, concert (flyer below)
June 12 - DEADLINE for registering for TWS Master Class!
June 13 - Kyoto Arts Complex, concert (flyer below)
June 15 - Toyko Ariake Junior College of Education and the Arts, lecture/concert
June 16 - Tokyo Waseda University, concert
June 18 - Tokyo US Embassy, concert
June 20 - Tokyo Wonder Site, Aoyama, Open Atelier
June 21 - Tokyo Wonder Site, Aoyama, Master Class
June 25 - leave Japan

July 3 - Hamburg (Germany), Musikhochschule, Master Class Saariaho
July 20-24 - Bad Homburg (Germany), Altana Summer Workshop
July 25-30 - Tallin (Estonia), recording with Tallin Chamber Orchestra

August 9-14 - Auvergne (France) Chateau Chazelles, Master Class: Cancelled!

Kyoto concert June 13

2009-05-31T14:04:00.001-07:00

This interesting program is organized by the composer Noriko Nakamura and the group Clumusica. I will be playing in three pieces:

Yoshihiko Shimizu:Tritoly(premiere) Camilla Hoitenga(Fl),Nobutaka Shimizu(Fl),Sei-ichiro Edo(Fl)
Noriko Nakamura:Bright Moon Music Ⅰ(premiere) Camilla Hoitenga(A-Fl, Miyako Oe (17&13Koto)
Mayu Masuda:Problematica(premiere) Camilla Hoitenga(Fl),Eri Nakai(Cl),Sumire Kisu(Vn),Kimitoshi Nakamura(Vla),Masanori Onishi(Vc),Moe Matsui(Pf)

Concert in Nagoya, June 5, 2009

2009-04-22T08:19:00.000-07:00

Concert featuring new music by Miyuki Ito and Kumiko Okura:

Stockhausen: Zungenspitzentanz for piccolo (1983)
Kaija Saariaho: Changing Light (2002) for flute and soprano
Aribert Reimann: Parerga zu "Melusine" for soprano Solo
(1971/87)
Miyuki Ito: The Sands of Time for bass flute (2003) (video
version) (video: Matthew Kleinrock)
Miyuki Ito: New Work (2009) for flute and soprano with
live electronics & video (video: Jun Kurumisawa, technical
support: Keio University, Waseda University)
Kumiko Omura: New Work (2009) for flute and soprano
Yuichi Matsumoto: Abraham Variations (2009) for soprano
and computers

Camilla Hoitenga, flute
Eiko Morikawa, soprano

PROJECT UPDATE

2009-04-11T11:18:00.000-07:00

MARCH
Helsinki: Two-day flute masterclass at the Sibelius Academy, for students of the academy as well as of the East Helsinki conservatory. Incredible flute-playing in this city!!!
Helsinki: "Parallel-Music" (my own music) for opening of Raija Malka's art exhibit at the AMA Gallery
Düsseldorf: Three days of judging "Jugend Musiziert" (the German version of Solo-and-Ensemble Festival). Great colleagues, some great young talent!

Upcoming...

APRIL
Bergisch Gladbach: Private concert at Schloss Bensberg with guitarrist Michael Quabeck
Marseilles: rehearsals of new and old(er) duets with soprano Raphaële Kennedy
Marseilles: new project with guitarrist Jean-Marc Montera
Montpellier: concert with harpist Héloïse Dautry, Orjan Sandred's Whirl of Leaves

MAY
Cologne: Altana school projects in the Internationale Friedensschule
Dresden: Dresdner Festspiele, concert with pianist Andy Rosso and cellist Felix Fan, Music by Aaron Jay Kernis and George Crumb

JUNE
Japan: Tour details T.B.A.

JULY
Hamburg: Masterclass at the Hochschule on July 3
Tallin:CD recording of Marti Siimer's Flyer Saucer concerto for two flutes, with flutist Monika Mattiesen and the Tallin Chamber Orchestra

HAPPY EASTER!!

2009-04-11T07:59:00.000-07:00

The year is f l y i n g by! Helsinki was wonderful--great students in a couple of days of masterclasses at the Sibelius Academy, stimulating discussions with composers, conductors, astronomers, artists, teachers, etc. and a nice improv concert in the presence of Raija Malka's paintings. There's a report on Raija's and my work in this month's Rondo magazine--it's in Finnish of course, but I trust its accuracy, since it was written by a very sensitive flutist-turned-journalist, Eva Tigerstedt.

2009-01-05T07:45:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 2009!!

Without having made any resolutions toward improving my "web presence" this year, I will at least begin with announcing the next musical activities:

Ultraschall Festival in Berlin

31 January 2009 -- 19:00 Sophiensaal Concert with Hèloïse Dautry, harp
Music by Ton That Tîet, Pèter Koeszeghy, Kaija Saariaho, and Orjan Sandred

The piece by Sandred (a world premiere) is called "Whirl of Leaves" and is the most virtuosic work that we have tackled for a long time: whirls of notes, weeks and weeks of rehearsal....stay tuned!

1 February 2009 -- Haus des Rundfunks Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Wolfgang Lischke, conductor

Although this will be about my 17th performance of Saariaho's Aile du songe, it will my first with this conductor and orchestra. Also on the program are works by Saed Haddad, Malika Kishino & Fabian Panisell.

Preview: After the festival I'll begin preparing my own pieces, inspired by the ideas, procedures and paintings of the Finnish artist Raija Malka, all to be presented at her art opening:

7 March 2009 -- Helsinki

Concerts 2008

2008-09-21T07:43:00.000-07:00

January 20 - Köln,Festival "Musik in der Häusern der Stadt "
with Rick Kam, Dancer
Improvisations plus solos by Harue Kondoh, Gordon Sherwood
February 9 - Muenster, Festival "KlangZeit"
with Norbert Kraemer, percussion
Yoshihiro Kanno -Deep Sea Maze for flute and percussion (premiere),, Harue Kondoh, Noriko Nakamura
March 25 - Tokyo TWS Gallery in Shibuya. with Kiyoshi Shimizu, pantomime, Fujio Fujimori, masks and direction, music by Camilla Hoitenga, KenIchiro Kobayashi, Shoko Shida
April 11 - Clermont Ferrand, Orchestre d'Auvergne, Arie van Beek, conductor
Kaija Saariaho "Aile du songe"
April 27 - Hamburg NDR Symphony Orchestra, Suanna Mällki, conductor
Kaija Saariaho "Aile du songe"
April 28 - Hamburg "From the Grammar of Dreams", with Melanie Walz, soprano, Jean-Baptiste Barrriére, video
Works by Kaija Saariaho
May 10 - Dresden, "Dresdner Festspiele" with Bryan Wolf, sound design
Works by Zoltan Jèney, Gergely Ittzès, Pèter Koeszeghy, Bryan Wolf, Anne LeBaron Way of Light (premiere),, Claude Debussy
May 21 - Hlucin, In Bona Fide 2nd International Flute Festival, with Lewis Mitchell, flute
Works by Kaija Saariaho, Pèter Köszeghy Eisblüten (premiere), Ivan Fedele, Georges Bizet, Richard Rodney Bennett
July 11 - Munich Festival "Festspiel+" with Jean-Baptiste, video
works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kaija Saariaho
August 23 - Köln, Stockhausen in Memoriam
Works by Pèter Eötvös Kadenz aus "Shadows" (premiere), Mike Svoboda Music from "Something Bigger" (premiere), Karlheinz Stockhausen and Kraut und Rüben, an improvisation with Mary Bauermeister
August 30 - Köln, Gallery Claudia Delank, Finissage for Raffi Kaiser Exhibit
Improvisations by Camilla Hoitenga
September 9 - Köln, "Ökumenischen Kirchenmusikfestivals Köln", with Norbert Kraemer, percussion
Music by Noriko Nakamura
September 20 - Köln, "Kölner Musiknacht"
Works by Kaija Saariaho, Jovanka Trbojevic, Willam Brooks
September 27 - Parma, "From the Grammar of Dreams", with Rachel Kennedy, soprano, Jean-Baptiste Barrriére, video
Works by Kaija Saariaho
October 18 - Dusseldorf, new music for flute and contrabass by Michael Barolsky, with Achim
Tang, Contrabass
November 9 - Münster, 3rd International Guitar Festival, mit Benjamin Kradolfer, Actor; Stephan Schomaker, Guitar; Gereon Voss, Percussion and mixed ensemble
Gordon Kampe Information aus den Gamma Quandranten (premiere)
November 11-24 - Concerts in the United Arab Emirates with Gabriele Malzahn, Soprano and Stephen Aston, Piano
November 29, 30 - Barcelona, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Catalonia, Ernest Martinez Izquierdo , conductor
Kaija Saariaho "Aile du songe"
December 2 - Clermont Ferrand, "From the Grammar of Dreams", with Rachel Kennedy, soprano, Jean-Baptiste Barrriére, video
Works by Kaija Saariaho

home again

2008-05-29T14:42:00.000-07:00

29 May 2008
After concerts in Hamburg, Dresden and Hlucin (CZ!) I'm looking forward to a month of being (more or less) home in Cologne. Priorities: updating information on my websites and catching up on correspondence!

Preview of upcoming concerts

2008-03-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

April 11 Clermont-Ferrand, France Kaija Saariaho's Aile du songe
Arie van Beek, conductor

April 25 Hamburg, Germany Kaija Saariaho's Aile du songe
Susanna Mälkki, conductor

April 26 Hamburg, Germany Kaija Saariaho's Grammar of Dreams
with Melanie Walz, soprano, Jean-Baptiste Barriere,
multimedia

March 19, 2008

2008-03-18T23:53:00.000-07:00

Greetings from Tokyo! As a "Creator-in-Residence" here, I am collaborating with artists as varied as the master Noh-mask maker and theater director Fujio Fujimori and his actors, as well as master photographer/light-designer/graffiti-artist (etc.) Christopher Noelle (aka TOFA) with his electronic music. During our presentation of these "works in progress" at the TWS Shibuya gallery on March 25, I will also discuss the history of my involvement with Japanese culture and play classic "EastWest" solos by Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi and Shoko Shida.

from Camilla...

2007-12-04T07:45:00.000-08:00

Well, obviously my web-site issues are not yet sorted out, so here is some news:
December 6--last concert of season, in a series in Pforzheim (a city in southern Germany known for centuries for their production of fine jewelry). under the title of "fantasies and journeys", I'll be alternating Telemann Fantasias with modern music for flute and CD/live electronic (this part handled by composer and sound-projectionist Bryan Wolf) by some of my favorite composers: Anne LeBaron, Pèter Köszeghy, Bryan Wolf and Kaija Saariaho. I've had a special request from the producers to end with Debussy's Syrinx--gladly!

For more information, also about the program, check out this web address:
http://www.pz-news.de/kultur/konzerte/97193/

The first concert of 2008 will be another appearance at the festival "Music in the Houses of the City". This time I'll be cooking up something with the dancer/choreographer Rick Kam. The word "house" is used more to describe the ambience of the concerts rather than the venues. We, for example, will be performing in the not-yet-completed new space being built for Microsoft near the Rhine river. (January 20, 2 p.m.).

All for now--Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Concerts 2007

2007-09-04T02:42:00.000-07:00

2007
* January 19 - Moscow (Russia) International Music Festival "Christma at the Kremlin"
Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, Micha Rachlevsky, conductor
Arvydas Malcys, Vox Clamantis in Deserto, for flute and Chamber Orchestra (1995)

* February 3 – Cologne (Germany) Musik in den Häusern der Stadt: Hotel “The New Yorker”
The Soul of the Flute
Works by Telemann, Stamitz, Karg-Elert, Malcys (premiere), Hoitenga, Saariaho, Stockhausen

* February 24 – Vilnius (Lithuania)
National Symphony Orchestra, Robertas Servenikas, conductor
Arvydas Malcys, Vox Clamantis in Deserto, for flute and Chamber Orchestra (1995)

* March 8 - Helsinki (Finland)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, conductor
Pèter Köszeghy, Soulflight for flute and orchestra World premiere

* March 12 - Bergen (Norway) Borealis Festival
Kaija Saariaho, Noa Noa, Laconisme de l’aile, Couleurs du vent, Dolce Tormento

* May 1 - 16 Tour (Japan)
2-6 Biwako Competiton
9 Recital, Create Center, Ibaraki, with Shigenori and Yoko Takahashi
16 Recital, Waseda University, Tokyo, with Yoshihiro Kanno, piano
works by Jakub Sarwas, Pèter Koeszeghy, Karg-Elert, Quantz, Stockhausen, Mario
Lavista

* May 21 & 22 - Marseilles (France)
Festival "Les Musiques Marseilles"
Jean-Baptiste Barriere, "Deux songes de Maeterlicnk d'après Brugel" Premiere

* May 26 - Wroslaw (Poland) Musica Electronica Nova 2007
with Anssi Karttunen, cello, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Wladimir Kiradijew, cond.
Kaija Saariaho, ... à la fumée

* June 26 - – Cologne (Germany), Japanese Cultural Institute
with Norbert Krämer, percussion
SOUNDS OF TIME
Works by Noriko Nakamura, Miyuki Ito, Shoko Shida, Claude Lenners, Teppo Hauta-Aho, Michio Kitazume

* July 23-27 Pärnu (Estonia) Oistrakh Festival
July 23 Kuldar Sink, Concerto, St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra , Alexander Mayer, conductor
July 24 Galina Grigoryeva, quasi niente for flute and percussion, with Madis Metsamart (Estonia)
July 25 Borne, Carmen Fantasie, St. Petersburg and Pärnu Philharmonic orchestras, Erki Pehk, conductor
July 26 Mozart D-major Quartet, with the Collegium String Quartet (Ukraine)

* August 18 Münster (Germany) Lange Nacht der Musik
Improvisation with Erhard Hirt, electric guitar

* August 25 Münster (Germany) Black Box series
Music for flute and electronic CD by Anne LeBaron, Pèter Koeszeghy, Takahiko Suzuki, Zack Browning

* September 23 Warsaw (Poland) Warsaw Fall Festival
Concert playing solo flute in the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

* October 19 Donaueschingen (Germany)
Concert playing solo flute in the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Works by Klaus Huber, Younghi Pagh Paan, Helmut Oehring, Makiko Nishikaze

* November 22 Vilnius (Lithuania)
St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatus Katkus, conductor
Concertos by Quantz, Raminta Serksnyte World premiere, Malika Kishino World
premiere, C.P.E.Bach

...à la fumée

2007-09-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

Kaija Saariaho's ...à la fumee, concerto for alto flute and cello

Camilla Hoitenga & Anssi Karttunen with the Wroclaw Philharmonic conducted by
Wladimir Kiradijew (May 2007)

Getting started....

2007-08-30T12:30:00.000-07:00

Dear Family and Friends, and interested-readers-who-happened-to-stumble-upon-this-page,

In response to your impatience with my non-updated web-site (I'm working on it but the situation is somehow too complex to explain), I decided to open this "blog" (a very unsatisfactory word, in my opinion) in the hope I will be able to post updates "all by myself". (=no excuses...?)

My mother would like you to know that besides what's listed on my official site, I've also (for example) had the privilege of performing in the Kremlin this year, playing Arvydas Malcys' Vox Clamantis concerto with the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra (Micha Rachlevsky conducting)--right in the middle of the treasures of the czars. Was really a pretty amazing experience....

I should also mention another highlight, the Oistrakh Festival in Estonia, where I again played with musicians from the former Soviet Union. The musicians of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras were especially fantastic and we loved playing the Kuldar Sink flute concerto under the direction of conductor Alexander Mayer as well as the Borne Carmen Fantasie with Erki Pehk. And not to forget playing Quasi Niente for flute and percussion by Galina Grigoryeva with Madis Metsamart (Estonia) and the Mozart D-major with the Collegium String Quartet (Ukraine)....Wonderful!

The details of other past activities may eventually make it to the archives of the web site. Meanwhile, this "posting" is to let you know of more recent happenings. I just played two concerts in Munster: one improvising with guitarrist Erhard Hirt and one playing music by Anne LeBaron, Pèter Koeszeghy, Takahiko Suzuki and Zack Browning for flute and CD (electronic music).

Except for playing for some upcoming weddings of friends in France, I thought I'd now take a break and organize some new programs. But no--I was just called to sub for the solo flutist in the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra for a couple of concerts. I'm quite excited about this since a.) I don't get to play IN orchestras very often, b.) the programs are all modern music, and c.) one concert is in Warsaw (where I've never been) (on September 23) and the other is in Donaueschingen (Germany) (on October 19)--where I first subbed for their then-solo-flutist back in 1983 (!!). Oh--and d.) the rehearsals are in Freiburg, one of Germany's most lovely cities.