Concert in Nagoya, June 5, 2009

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

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!!

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.

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

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

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

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,
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