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orchestral premieres & performances | season 2022/ 23
23/2/2024
Herkulessaal | Munich | Germany
>sparks, waves and horizons< for large orchestra will be premiered by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at musica viva, one of the world’s most famous events for future-oriented and contemporary music based in Munich.
The commissioned work is inspired by the form of the waves which is integrated in several parameters of the music.
Duncan Ward will conduct further works by S. Gubaidulina, C. Ives, and M. Djordjevic´
6 & 7/2/2023 Nationaltheater | Munich | Germany
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Bavarian State Opera commissioned Minas Borboudakis to compose a new work for the orchestra. Borboudakis' newest opus will be premiered not only by one of the oldest orchestras worldwide, but also by one of the most famous conductors and previous musical director of the house, maestro Zubin Mehta.
The new eleven minutes lasting work titled >Apollon et Dionysos< patterns, colors & dances for orchestra is dealing with the symbolic figures of Greek mythology juxtaposing the differences in their personalities but also bringing them together to unification.
27/3/2023 Konzert- und Kongresshalle | Bamberg | Germany
28/3/2023 Philharmonie | Berlin | Germany
29/3/2023 Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg | Germany
30/3/2023 Kulturpalast | Dresden | Germany
2/4/2023 Philharmonie | Cologne | Germany
>Z metamorphosis< for large orchestra will recieve it's German premiere as a part of the tour of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie in the philharmonic halls of five German cities, under the baton of prestigious conductor Jonathan Nott.
The large scaled work is making use of the instrumental reservoir of a full orchestra and is transforming the main musical elements of Borboudakis' homonymous pacifistic opera >Z< in a symphonic form, creating new sonorities out of the already used material.
>Z metamorphosis< is a co-commission by the well known Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, realised with the kind support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
21/5/2023
Kultur & Kongresszentrum | Weingarten | Germany
The audio-visual project DIS:JUNCTION combines contemporary music with improvisation and dance. The Porter Percussion Duo, with Jessica and Vanessa Porter, together with the two dancers Daura Hernández García and Stephanie Roser, have developed a program that deals profoundly with a disjunction - the "either-or" - in our society and in our musical culture.
>unisono< for percussion duo will be a prt of DIS:JUNCTION. The work unfolds with the development
of a plain musical cell in unison which leads to a comic like catastrophic end.
2/4/2023
Schwere Reiter | Munich | Germany
>Meta-soundscapes (ROAI IV)< for ensemble will be performed at the opening concert of Jugend Komponiert Bayern, the annual competition for jung composers, to which Minas Borboudakis is artistic director. Beside Borboudakis' work, the Munich based ensemble der/ gelbe/klang will perform works by A. Webern, I. Amargiannaki and W.F. Schneider.
30 & 31/5/2024 Berwaldhallen | Stockholm | Sweden
>Z metamorphosis< continues its journey to Sweden after several performances in major European Philharmonic Halls through the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Orchestra Nationale della RAI Torino and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. Under the baton of Constantinos Carydis, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform the Swedish premiere of >Z metamorphosis<.
The large scaled work, which was premiered in January 2022 with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under Carydis' baton, is not only making use of the instrumental reservoir of a full orchestra, but it is also transforming the main musical elements of the homonymous pacifistic opera >Z< in a symphonic form, creating new sonorities out of the already used material.
>Z metamorphosis< is a co-commission by the well known Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, realised with the kind support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
26/1/2023 Oslo Concert Hall | Oslo | Norway
9 & 10/3/2023 Auditorium RAI | Torino | Italy
Under the baton of the great conductor Constantinos Carydis, the Oslo Philharmonic and the Orchestra Nationale della RAI Torino will perform >Z metamorphosis< for large orchestra.
The large scaled work, which was premiered in January 2022 with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under Carydis' baton, is not only making use of the instrumental reservoir of a full orchestra, but it is also transforming the main musical elements of the homonymous pacifistic opera >Z< in a symphonic form, creating new sonorities out of the already used material.
>Z metamorphosis< is a co-commission by the well known Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, realised with the kind support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
11/5/2023
Liebfrauenkirche | Duisburg | Germany
Brand new festival for contemporary chamber music titled Eigenzeit which is organized by the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra and curated by Greek conductor & composer Konstantia Gourzi is dedicating a concert to composers coming from countries around the Mediterranean see. >Krámata< for ensemble is a part of the concert as well as works by Koray B. Sari, Sinem Altan, Amr Obka, Christina Athinodorou, Vassos Nikolaou.
23/4/2023
Sprengel Museum | Hannover | Germany
>shape of absence< for clarinet, accordion and two percussion players is recieving it's premiere with the Ensemble Etendis at the Festival Klangbrücken in Hannover Germany. The work is ispired by the homonymous poem circle of major Greek poet Jannis Ritsos. >shape of silence< is reflecting the topic of silence with trembling frequences and fluid soundfields. The piece was commissioned by the Hannoverschen Gesellschaft für Neue Musik.
DOSIER >sechs Gedanken< for piano | new recordings
A work composed back in 2002/03 is now released on CD and on YouTube by two very individual piano players. Jelena Stojković recorded >six thoughts< in a very personal approach, combining them with works of the romantic period and further contemporary piano works. Ricardo Descalzo made an audio and visual Gesamtkunstwerk out of the six piano miniatures, which describe moments and atmospheres in a poetic and biographical manner.
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