The 12th edition of CLUJ MODERN, one of the most important new music festivals in Romania, will take place this year between April 22-28. You can find the detailed program and the list of organizers and partners on the official website.
PROGRAM
April 22
DIASPORA ”BETWEEN ENERGY AND NOSTALGY” The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy Concert Studio (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 7 p.m. AdHOC Ensemble Conductor: Matei Pop, special guest: Mircea Ardeleanu - percussion PROGRAM: Dana Probst (Vienna) – Hanging Vaults (2012) Gabriel Irányi (Berlin) – Bird in space for solo piano (2005) Corneliu Dan Georgescu (Heidelberg) – Whati-Waiata (2015) Dora Cojocaru (Montreal) – Polovragi (2004) Horia Șurianu (Paris) – Antonymes Sonores (2014) Liviu Marinescu (California) – Harmonic fields (2010) Ghenadie Ciobanu (Chișinău) – The Signs that are Reflected At Sky (2014) Adina Dumitrescu (Tampere/Finlanda) – Când mările se deschid în oceane (2006) |
April 23
CLUJ à LA CARTE The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy Concert Studio (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 7 p.m. PROGRAM: Iulia Cibișescu-Duran – Decupaje for piano (2015) – p.a.a. Sigismund Toduță – 4 Coral-preludes (from the cycle 7 Coral-preludes for organ, 1985) György Selmeczi – Two Religious Songs for voice, clarinet and organ (1993) Valentin Timaru – Sonata for solo oboe (1967) Constantin Rîpă – Tulnic for trombone and piano (1983) Adrian Borza – Here and Now: Gothan for live electronics (2015) Tudor Feraru – Trei bagatele for wind quintet (2000) Răzvan Metea – Avatar for wind quintet (2003) Dan Voiculescu – Dialogues for solo piano (1975) Ionică Pop – AIR-PIAN_OP. elipticD2i @ D/G_M-A for wind quintet and piano (2017) – world premiere PERFORMERS: Silvia Sbârciu – piano, Erich Türk – organ, Daniela Păcurar – soprano, Alexandru Rebreanu – flute, Bence Haáz – oboe, Răzvan Poptean – clarinet, Gabriel Cupșa – horn, Cătălin Lup – bassoon, Leonard Neamț – trombone |
April 24
STRINGS ONLY The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy Concert Studio (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 7 p.m. I. Ion Storojenco – cello Paul Hindemith - Sonata for solo cello op.25 nr. 3 (1927) Gerald Resch - „Al fresco” (2012) Miklós Rózsa – „Toccata capricciosa” op.36 (1976) II. The Transylvanian Quartet Gabriel Croitoru – 1st violin, Nicușor Silaghi – 2nd violin, Marius Suărășan – viola, Vasile Jucan – cello H.P. Türk: Meditationen über KV 499 (1975) P. Bentoiu: Quartet No. 2 „of the consonances”, op. 19 (1973) |
April 25
”VERDE” (“Green”) The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy Concert Studio (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 7 p.m. GREEN THING Ensemble (Vienna) Matei Ioachimescu – flute, Natalija Isakovic - violin, Ana Topalovic – cello, Alfredo Ovalles – piano PROGRAM: Cristian Lolea – Mechanisms (2014) Annie Gosfield - Cranks and cactus needles (2008) Diana Rotaru - Verde (2014) Ciprian Pop – Magique (2017) – world premiere Cristian Bence-Muk – 9 ½ minutes of stress (2014/2017) Călin Ioachimescu – Tetra-chords (2014) Juljia Bal – Chochek (2014) |
April 26
MASTERCLASS FEZA TANSUG (ISTANBUL, TURKEY) The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy – HALL 11 (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 10 a.m. Social Change, Modernity and Music in Turkey |
ARCADIA Quartet
The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy Concert Studio (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 7 p.m. Ana Török – 1st violin, Răsvan Dumitru – 2nd violin, Traian Boală – viola, Zsolt Török – cello Special Guest: Julia Sitkovetsky– soprano (Great Britain) PROGRAM: Adrian Pop – Țiituri 1 for violin and cello (2006) Paul Constantinescu – Two Etudes in Byzanthine Style for violin, viola, cello (1929) Arnold Schönberg – Quartet No. 2 in F# Major, with solo soprano (1908) |
27 April
INTERNATIONAL MUSICOLOGY SYMPOSIUM The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy – HALL 11 (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Folk Music as a Fermenting Agent for Composition, Past and Present Event realized in partnership with The Bartók Archives in Budapest Keynote speaker: prof. William Kinderman (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaigne, USA) Speakers: Vikárius László (Budapest Bartók Archives) István Németh (Budapest Bartók Archives) Dan Variu (The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy) Pavel Pușcaș (The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy) Bianca Ţiplea Temeş (The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy) Feza Tansug (Ipek University, Ankara, Turcia) Javier Suárez-Pajares (Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spania) Belén Pérez Castillo (Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spania) Nicolae Gheorghiţă (Universitatea Națională de Muzică București) Ioan Haplea (The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy) |
”ETHNOCHOROLOGHION”
The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy Concert Studio (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 7 p.m. Cappella Transylvanica Chamber Choir Conductor: Cornel Groza, special guest: Emil Simion - percussion PROGRAM: Adrian Iorgulescu – Strigături II (1994) Nicolae Brînduș – Strigătură de alean nr. 2 for solo percussion (1984) Șerban Marcu – Florile dalbe (2016) Adrian Pop – Kontula lemonia (Lămâi subțirel – 1987) Alexandr Tanev – Slance barza (1979) Dan Variu – FolcloRitmic for solo percussion (2017) – p.a.a. Ulpiu Vlad – De nuntă (1985) Tudor Jarda – Nunta țărănească (1967) Béla Bartók – Hej, de sokszor megbántottál (Hei, de multe ori m-ai mâhnit) from the cycle Cântece secuiești for male choir (1932) Steve Reich – Music for Pieces of Wood (1973) and Clapping Music (1972) |
28 April
MASTERCLASS WILLIAM KINDERMAN (ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, SUA) The “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy Concert Studio (Ion I. C. Brătianu, nr. 25, Cluj) – 10 p.m. New Approaches to Beethoven Interpretation |
VOCAL-SYMPHONIC CONCERT
UBB Auditorium Maximum – 7 p.m. The Orchestra and Choir of the “Transylvania” Philharmonic in Cluj Conductor: Tiberiu Soare Choir conductor: Cornel Groza PROGRAM: Krzysztof Penderecki – Ofiarom Hiroszymi -Tren (For the Hiroshima victims – Lamento, 1960) Miklós Csemiczky – Violin Concerto – world premiere (2015) – Soloist: Kristóf Tóth (Hungary) Cornel Țăranu – „semper idem” for saxophone and orchestra – world premiere (2016) – Soloist: Daniel Kientzy (France) Cristian Misievici – Lamentație și descătușare for choir and orchestra (2014) |