20:00

NEO CLASSIC – PIERRE BOULEZ

Curator – Krzysztof Kwiatkowski

Performers:
Flow Unit
Anna Kwiatkowska – violin
Julian Paprocki – clarinet
Martyna Zakrzewska – piano
Mateusz Ryczek – electronics

Program:
Pierre Boulez – “Notations”
Pierre Boulez – “Une page d’éphéméride”
Pierre Boulez – “Incises”
Pierre Boulez – “Dialogue de l’ombre double”
Pierre Boulez – “Anthèmes II”

The Neo Classics project is a presentation of the achievements of artists who changed the course of the history of contemporary music. The hero of the 2023 edition is Pierre Boulez, whose influence on the shape of music created after World War II is unprecedented in terms of the diversity of impulses. He was the initiator of the pioneering Parisian IRCAM center supporting creators and performers with a scientific and technological base. It was thanks to the technology of electro-acoustic support of live performers developed at IRCAM that two of his most attractive works were created: Dialogue de l’ombre double and Anthèmes II. The program is complemented by piano pieces: Incises and Une page d’éphéméride and a selection from Notations – a piece from 1946 in which the 20-year-old composer described himself as an uncompromising avant-garde.

20:00

DUO VOICETRONICS

Performers:
Natalia Pschenitschnikova – soprano, Martin Daske – live electronics, video

Program:
Adrian Mocanu (UA) – “Cantos Babilonicos” for voice and live electronics (2020) (world premiere)
Natalia Pschenitschnikova (RU)/ Martin Daske (DE) – “Stadt/ Land/ Klang” for voice, electronics and video Gdansk – Study (2023) (world premiere)
Charlotte Seither (DE) – “Dreizehn Verwehungen” (2012) for voice solo
Natalia Pschenitschnikova (RU) – “Birds conversations” (2018) for voice and electronics
Martin Daske (DE) – “no sound:scape – for leo zogmayer” (2015) for electronics
Rainer Rubbert (DE) – “Schlacht Rufe” (2003) for voice and electronics
Martin Daske (DE) – “CIAria” (2006) for (spying) singers and electronics
Natalia Pschenitschnikova (RU)/ Martin Daske (DE) – “Stadt/ Land/ Klang” for voice, electronics and video Berlin- Study ( 2017)

A Berlin duo consisting of an experimental soprano and an electronic music creator will present a concert in Gdańsk presenting the latest trends in contemporary music straight from the world capital of Berlin. A looped and electronically processed soprano, a live electronic layer and video will provide the audience with a full range of sensory experiences.

18:00 – 22.00

NEOARTE MARATHON

NEOQUARTET
MAJA MIRO & EWA LIEBCHEN
FILIP IGNATOWICZ
MICHAEL BEIL
ENSEMBLE GARAGE
SEBASTIAN CHOROMAŃSKI

Program:
Helmuth Flammer (DE) – “String Quartet nr 7” (2023)
Michael Quell (DE) – “String Quartet nr 2” (2023)
Jürgen Kupfer (DE) – “Semiose 24/2” (2023)

Different generations of artists, different styles, different nationalities. Contemporary music in a pure and acoustic version. A contrast to a world where technology is everywhere. An ascetic project dedicated to German music written for string quartet. The program includes compositions by Helmuth Flammer, Michael Quell and Jurgen Kupfer.

With the friendly support of Ernst von Siemens Foundation

A combination of modern and Renaissance flutes in the electroacoustic landscape of new music. The program includes six compositions by Polish composers (Monika Szpyrka, Michał Janocha, Paweł Malinowski, Sławomir Wojciechowski, Sławomir Kupczak).

Program:
Sławomir Kupczak (PL) – “The persistence of memory”
Marsel Nichan (SE) – “Rites” (world premiere)

The latest works by the Polish composer Sławomir Kupczak and the Swedish creator Marsel Nichan. On the one hand, inspiration comes from the surrealist work of Salvador Dalí, on the other, from the everyday human rituals that create the life of each of us. NeoQuartet again in an acoustic version.

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund – a state special purpose fund, as part of the “Composer’s Commissions” program implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Marsel Nichan composer residency is co-financed with the support of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

20.00
FILIP IGNATOWICZ – artUNBOXING
Premiere of the latest episode of video performance

“artUNBOXING” is a video performance created especially for the YouTube platform, inspired by unboxing – an internet video genre. The content of these types of videos involves unboxing products, usually well-known and expensive ones, and then reviewing their appearance and performance. The episode recorded especially for the 12th edition of the NeoArte – Synthesizer of Art festival refers to the name of the festival itself and involves the performative unpacking and testing of an object that is an instrument, but also a work of art.

16.00

JONATHAN POWELL – Solo piano

Recital by one of the world’s most outstanding and best-known pianists specializing in contemporary music.
The program includes works by Iannis Xenakis, Morton Feldman, John Cage.

Mentors

Trond Reinholdtsen (NO)
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir (IS)
Martyna Kosecka (PL)
Idin Samimi Mofakham (IR)
Paweł Hendrich (PL)
NeoQuartet (PL)
Anna Proszowska-Sala (PL)

Participants:
Vanessa Isobel Black (NO)
Anders Hannevold (NO)
Ása Önnu Ólafsdóttir (IS)
Przemysław Pacek (PL)
Kristján Steinn Kristjánsson (IS)
Hubert Gabriel Żmudzki (PL)

During the workshops, participants will learn an unusual way of notating music in the form of graphic scores. Using the color, shape of signs and their arrangement, they will discover how to record different sounds and then prepare their own musical graphics. The workshops will end with a concert during the NeoArte Marathon. The resulting scores will be performed on the piano by pianist Emilia Karolina Sitarz.

The workshops are intended for children aged 6-10.
Free entrance

Registration:
management.neoquartet@gmail.com
The number of places is limited