The Contemporary Music Festival “Cluj Modern” – the 10th edition – will take place between April 7-12 2013. This anniversary edition is organized, as usual, by the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy and its partners: the “Transilvania” Philharmonic, the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists, the Romanian Opera House in Cluj, the “Filarmonia” Cultural Society, the French Cultural Center, the “Sigismund Toduta” Foundation. The festival is supported by the Cluj-Napoca City Hall and City Council.
The festival was founded by composer Cornel Ţăranu almost 20 years ago, gradually becoming one of the most important new music events in Romania. In this edition, its guests are from Switzerland, France, Moldova Republic, Italy – as well as Romania.
PROGRAM (Romanian version, HERE):
SUNDAY, April 7, 7 p.m.
The Cluj-Napoca Romanian Opera House
EVADADA – Coupé show of contemporary ballet and Dada opera
I. Ionica Pop: La Deuxième Aventure (céleste) de Monsieur Antipyrine (2010) – W.P.
Dada opera on a libretto by Ion Pachia Tatomirescu, after the play with the same title by Tristan Tzara
Director: Octavian Jighirgiu
Performers:
Le Cerveau Désintéressé Cristian Ignuta / Corneliu Hutanu
Madame Antipyrine Paula Rad / Florica Cosma
Monsieur Antipyrine Simona Buhac / Anca Cîmpean
Madame Interruption Madalina Danciu / Alida Barbu
Mademoiselle Pause Paula Rad / Florica Cosma
Monsieur A István Kozocsa / Marian Vâsc
Monsineur Aa Antiphilosophe István Kozocsa / Marian Vâsc
Monsieur Absorbtion Ioan Stancu / József Füstös
Monsieur Saturne Daniela Burcus / Ioana Sârzea
Oreille Maria Popa / Ramona Bolojan
Scenography & costume design: Liliana Moraru
Backstage director & lights: Dan Lupea
Music training: Francisc Fuchs
Ad Hoc Ensemble, conductor: Matei Pop
II. Liviu Danceanu: Eva (2010) – ballet in 7 monologues – W.P.
Director, choreographer, costume design: Melinda Jakab
Performers:
Eva 1 Raluca Lupan
Eva 2 Diana Buluga
Eva 3 Viorica Bogoi
Eva 4 Simina Oprean
Eva 5 Gabriela Pop Rusu
Eva 6 Delia Göllner
Eva 7 Iuliana Barábas
Percussion 1 Samuel Lupean
Percussion 2 Alexandru Popovici
Backstage director & lights: Dan Lupea
Music training: Grigore Pop
The Percussion Ensemble of the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca, conductor: Matei Pop
The show is realised in collaboration with the National Romanian Opera in Cluj, the “Filarmonia” Cultural Society, the Hungarian State Opera in Cluj-Napoca, the “Viva Vox” Student Opera Festival
MONDAY, April 8, 7 p.m.
The Concert Hall of the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy
TRIO CONTRASTE – 30 years of activity
Ion Bogdan Stefanescu – flute
Sorin Petrescu – piano, synthesizer
Doru Roman – percussions
PROGRAM
Darie Nemes-Bota - Io (2012) – W.P.
George Balint – … on a poem by Eminescu (2001) – C.P. (Cluj Premiere)
Aurel Stroe – Three Pastoral Pieces (1978) – C.P.
Horatiu Radulescu – Dizzy Divinity for flute (1985)– C.P.
Corneliu Dan Georgescu – Transsilvanische Motive (2001) – C.P.
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Gabriel Malancioiu – Triguna (2010) – C.P.
Lucian Metianu – Attracteur étrange for solo percussion (1998) –C.P.
Dan Buciu – Inquietudes for flute and synthesizer (1996) – C.P.
Laura Manolache - The Leaving on a text by Urmuz, for solo piano (2009) – C.P.
Violeta Dinescu – Tabu Suite (1988)
Presenter: Adriana Bera
The concert is realised in collaboration with the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists
TUESDAY, April 9, 7 p.m.
The Concert Hall of the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy
CLUJ – À LA CARTE
PROGRAM
Ede Terényi - Two Gallant Dances (1977)
Iulia Cibisescu-Duran - Altri preludi minimi per guitara sola (2006)
Dan Variu – Interior with a gentleman playing a lute and a lady singing (2012) – C.P.
Liviu Glodeanu - Epitaph for Miron Costin, op. 31 (1976)
Valentin Timaru – Ballad and Prayer on lyrics by Ana Blandiana (1975)
Sigismund Toduta - Celestial Touch on lyrics by Lucian Blaga (1980)
Tiberiu Herdlicska – String Quartet (2008) – W.P.
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Vasile Herman – Grafica musicale per uno o per due pianoforti (1969)
Razvan Metea - Marriage for two pianos (2010)
Gabriel Irányi - Vier Denkbilder mit Benjamin (2004) – C.P.
Cristian Bence Muk – A few musical horror scenes for two pianos (2011)
György Ligeti – Bewegung (from Three Pieces for two pianos, 1976)
Adrian Pop – Fünf Liebeslieder on lyrics by Rainer Maria Rilke, for voice and string quartet (2006/2013) – W.P.
Performers:
Mihaela Maxim – soprano
„ConSens XX” Piano Duo: Mihaela Gavris, Vera Negreanu
Horia Haplea – piano, gong
Constantin Andrei – guitar, lute
„Zefiro” Quartet: Ágnes Zsigmond, Renata János-Jakab, Lilla Fodor, Diana Cantesanu
„Flauto dolce” Ensemble: Zoltán Majó, Mária Szabó, Aranka Kovári
„Arcadia”Quartet: Ana Török, Rasvan Dumitru, Traian Boala, Zsolt Török
Presenter: Bianca Temes
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 10 a.m.
The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy, Hall No.11
SYMPOSIUM: Traps and Risks of Intra-musical Communication: Terminology, Notation, Interpretation
Speakers: Gabriel Banciu (Cluj), Liviu Danceanu (Bucharest), Dan Dediu (Bucharest), Fabio de Sanctis (Livorno, Italy), Violeta Dinescu (Oldenburg, Germany), Corneliu Dan Georgescu (Heidelberg, Germany), Nelida Nedelcut (Cluj),Tatiana Oltean (Cluj), Pavel Puscas (Cluj), Dorothea Redepenning (Heidelberg, Germany), Bianca Tiplea Temes (Cluj)
Complete program, HERE.
7 p.m.
The Concert Hall of the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy
SOLEDADES Y ENCUENTROS
Alexandru Gavrilovici (Switzerland) – violin
Costin Soare – acoustic guitar
PROGRAM
André Jolivet – Suite rhapsodique for violin (1965) – C.P.
Hans Werner Henze – Drei Tentos (1958) – C.P.
Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Sonata for violin (1951) – C.P.
Leo Brouwer – Balada de la Doncella Enamorada (from the cycle El Decameron negro for guitar, 1981) – C.P..
Serban Marcu – Variations on a Stray Song for violin and guitar (2013) – W.P.
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Benjamin Britten – Nocturnal for guitar (1963) – C.P.
Cristian Misievici - Frescos for violin (1976)
Toru Takemitsu - All in Twilight – Four Pieces for guitar (1988) – C.P.
Cristóbal Halffter – Sonata for violin (1959) – C.P.
David Smooke - Dance Music for violin and guitar (2000) – C.P.
Presenter: Adrian Pop
TUESDAY, April 11, 7 p.m.
The Concert Hall of the “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy
I. ARS DIGITALIS
Calin Ioachimescu – Digital Birds for tape (2010) – C.P.
Ciprian Pop – Landscapes for tape (2013) – W.P.
Miguel Azguime - le Dicible Enfin Fini for tape (2003) – C.P.
Tudor Feraru - Crepuscule for tape (2013) – W.P.
Adrian Borza – Drones II fo violin, nanoKontrol and iPH (2012)– C.P.
Ladislau Csendes – violin
Technical assistence: Ovidiu Barbu
II. ARS NOVA Ensemble
Conductor: Cornel Taranu
PROGRAM
Ulpiu Vlad - For You for soprano and ensemble (2010) – C.P.
Viorel Munteanu – Hypostasis for clarinet and piano (1971) – C.P.
Octavian Nemescu – Cristiascensiocello for ensemble (2007) – C.P.
Costin Miereanu – Distance zéro for Bass Clarinet and percussion (2006) – C.P.
Cornel Taranu - Triade for ensemble (2011) – W.P.
Presenters: Adrian Borza and Cornel Taranu
FRIDAY, April 12, 7 p.m.
Auditorium Maximum, The UBB Academic College
CLOSING CONCERT
The “Transilvania” Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Alain Pâris (France)
Soloist: Ilian Gârnet (Moldova Republic)
PROGRAM
Cornel Taranu – Hetero(sym)phonia (2012) – C.P.
Serghei Prokofiev - Concerto no. 1 for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 19 (1917)
Dan Dediu - Frenesia 2 (2012) – C.P.
Doina Rotaru - Clocks III (2010) – C.P.
Henri Dutilleux - Métaboles (1964) – C.P.
Presenter: Marius Tabacu
Concert realised in collaboration with the “Transilvania” State Philharmonic and the French Institute in Cluj
