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HEAR THE FUTURE!

New Music Festival ARENA 2009
Riga, October 9 - 25, 2009

 

09.10, Friday, Great Guild, 19:30
The Middle East - Illuminated dialogues

Programme:
Saed Haddad Alternative World-versions for piano and orchestra (2007)
Mārtiņš Viļums Simurg for ensemble (2005)
Chaya Czernowin The hour glass bleeds still for string orchestra (2002)
Federico Gardella Concerto per mandolino e orchestra (2007)


Performers:

Noriko Kawai (piano), Avi Avital (mandolin), Latvian National Symphony orchestra, conductor Zsolt Nagy

Noriko Kawai (piano) Avi Avital (mandolin)
www.aviavital.com
Chaya Czernowin Conductor Zsolt Nagy
www.zsoltnagy.de

Federiko Gardella (Federico Gardella)12.10, Monday, Small Guild, 19.00
Trio Mouzar (Israel)

Programme:
Federico Gardella Berceuses for mandolin, trombone and piano, UA
Edison Denisov Chorale Variations for trombone and piano
Santa Bušs TB for mandoline UA
Ruta Paidere TB for mandoline, trombone and piano, UA
Anonymous midieval chants in the arrangements for mandoline, trombone and piano

Performers:
Avi Avitals (Avi Avital, mandolīna), Benijs Slušins (Benny Sluchin, trombons),
Amits Dolbergs (Amit Dolberg, klavieres)

Claude Viviere14.10, Wednesday, Large Guild, Minster hall, 19:30
Chambermistery Shiraz

Programme:
Claude Viviere Shiraz for piano solo
Līga Celma TB for soprano, three bases and string quartet (UA)
Santa Ratniece Muqarnas for piano solo (UA)
Ney - arabian classical music

Performers:
Agnese Egliņa, Elizabete Šīrante (piano), Gunta Davidčuka (soprano), „Sinfonietta Riga” string quartet, the second bass group from the Latvian Radio choir

14.10, Wednesday, Great Guild, Big hall, 21.00
Arabic night with Sinfonietta Rīga

Saed HaddadProgramme:
Saed Haddad La Mémoire et l'Inconnu Concert for ud' and ensemble (2005)
Saed Haddad On Love I&On Love II UA of the whole cycle of chamber concerts:
On Love I concerto for qanun and ensemble (2005)
On Love II concerto for piano and ensemble (2006)

Arabian classical music (ud' and qanun)

www.saedhaddad.com

Performers:
Elia Khoury (ud), Bassem Alkhouri (qanun), Andrej Osokin (piano), State Chamber orchestra „Sinfonietta Riga”, conductor Normunds Šnē
Elia Khoury (ud)Andrejs Osokins

Santa Ratniece22.10, Thursday, St. Peter' s church, 20:00
Twilight Chants

Programme:
Kristaps Pētersons „Twilight Chants” for two choir groups and double bass, UA
Santa Ratniece „Shu dal” (Silent Water) for choir UA
Luca Francesconi „Let Me Bleed” for choir

Performers:
Latvian Radio choir, Kristaps Pētersons (double bass)

23.10, Friday, Concert Hall Spikeri, 22:00
The final of the competition for young composers The Sound of Language in the Middle East Poetry

Performers:
Baiba Berķe, Gunta Davidčuka, Elīna Endzele, Ēriks Kiršfelds, Herta Hansena,
Conductors Sigvards Kļava, Kaspars Putniņš

25.10, Sunday, Cinema Theatre K Suns, 16:00
Film Exchange - The Palestinian project of the Musical Foundation of ensemble Ictus
Ensemble Ictus
www.ictus.be

25.10, Sunday, Great Guild, 19:30
The video opera by Fausto Romitelli An Index of Metals


Performers:
Ensemble “Ictus” (Belgium)
Donatienne Michel-Dansac Soprano
Georges Elie-Octors Conductor
Paolo Pachini & Leonardo Romolli Video
Kenka Lèkovich Text

www.ictus.be

 

Tickets to all the concerts of ARENA New Music Festival are available at all the sales points of Bilesu paradize and on internet www.bilesuparadize.lv