Klangforum Wien
Sandeep Bhagwati / Madli Marje Gildemann / Karen Power / Kristine Tjøgersen
Concert
Photo: Tina Herzl
Klangforum Wien creates a suggestive network of sound. The acoustic landscape of a spruce forest and the subterranean communication network of trees inspired Norwegian composer Kristine Tjøgersen to write her piano concerto, in which the interior of the instrument itself is transformed into a forest landscape. Composers Madli Marje Gildemann of Estonia and Karen Power of Ireland also use biological processes as a source of inspiration and have written new works for this concert.
Canada-based composer, artist, curator, and author Sandeep Bhagwati has shaped current postcolonial discourses with his essays. For Klangforum, he has conceived a work that places musicians in a nonhierarchical spatial arrangement. They do not follow a score but instructions received via headphones—a work weaves a fine-mesh textured entanglement of composition and improvisation.
The compositions by Karen Power and Madli Marje Gildemann were commissioned by ORF musikprotokoll with the support of VGR–Verwertungsgesellschaft Rundfunk.
The composition by Sandeep Bhagwati was commissioned by ORF musikprotokoll with the support of Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ).
The performance of Karen Power’s composition is supported by Culture Ireland.
6.10., 19:30
Helmut List Halle
Waagner-Biro-Straße 98a
8020 Graz ♿
Day pass 6.10., 18/14 euros
World premieres
Solo piano: Ellen Ugelvik
Preceded by (18:00–18:40)
Eat and Greet—ORF musikprotokoll special
Besucher:innen treffen Komponist:innen (Visitors Meet Composers)
Registration and the day pass 6.10. is required to attend the event.
Meeting place: Helmut List Halle (Halle A), 17:45
Registration: education [at] steirischerherbst.at
The compositions by Karen Power and Madli Marje Gildemann were commissioned by ORF musikprotokoll with the support of VGR–Verwertungsgesellschaft Rundfunk.
The composition by Sandeep Bhagwati was commissioned by ORF musikprotokoll with the support of Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ).
The performance of Karen Power’s composition is supported by Culture Ireland.