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String Quartett: Talea Ensemble
October 8, 8 pm
The program of the evening:
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in c minor D. 703 (1820)
Matthias Pintscher: in nomine (1999)
Luciano Berio: Sequenza XIV (2002)
Olga Neuwirth: AKROATE HADAL (1995)
This event is FREE of charge. Since space is limited we kindly ask you to register to be admitted.
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The Talea Ensemble has been labeled “...a vital part in the New York contemporary-classical scene” by the New York Times and has given many important world and US premieres of new works by composers including Pierre Boulez, Tristan Murail, Jason Eckardt, Pierluigi Billone, Hans Abrahamsen, Stefano Gervasoni, Marco Stroppa, and Fausto Romitelli. The Talea Ensemble was the guest ensemble for the 18-day Spectrum XXI Festival tour in Paris and London and has twice been invited as guest ensemble to the Nevada Encounters of New Music (NEON) as well as La Ciudad de las Ideas (Mexico), Art Summit Indonesia (Jakarta), and the International Contemporary Music Festival of Lima, Peru.
As an active collaborator of new music the Talea Ensemble has joined forces with the Austrian Cultural Forum, Consulate General of Denmark, Korean Cultural Service NY, Italian Cultural Institute, and the Ukrainian Institute. Assuming an ongoing role in supporting and collaborating with student composers, the Talea Ensemble has served as ensemble in residence at Harvard University, Columbia University and New York University. The Talea Ensemble has recorded works on the Living Artists Label and Gravina Musica.
Upcoming projects include two concerts at the Darmstadt International Music Festival, residencies at Stanford University, Harvard University, Ithaca College, and Cornell University, and a release on Mode Records.
Recently commissioned composers for upcoming seasons include James Dillon, John Zorn, Pierluigi Billone, Eric Chasalow, Victor Adan, and Georges Aperghis. For more information, please visit www.taleaensemble.org
This event was made possible through the support of the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York. If you would like to receive more information on concerts and events at the ACF, please click here to subscribe to their newsletter.
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