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Printed from: http://petersburgcity.com/news/culture/2008/11/12/news7411/ Culture news, 12.11.2008 20:42 Festival of Contemporary American Music Opens in Petersburg
A festival celebrating contemporary American music opened yesterday in Saint Petersburg. The organisers see the festival as a chance to increase cooperation and communication between Russian and international musicians, as well as providing an opportunity for the inhabitants of the city to acquaint themselves with less mainstream world music.
The festival showcases a large variety of musical genres, staging a series of performances ranging from serious academic recitals to hard-core electro club nights. Amongst the bands performing at the festival are drum quartet ‘So Percussion’ and the ensemble-orchestra ‘Alarm Will Sound.’ The various acts will perform music written by a host of young American composers such as John Adams, Julie Wool and Steve Cage. There will also be a staging of music composed by Aphex Twin, who writes music exclusively for electrical instruments.
This is not the first international musical festival to take place in the Northern Capital. Indeed, the city has been staging annual festivals since 2001, with each festival being dedicated to a different musical culture. This year’s festival is dedicated to American culture. The festival started on 11th November and will continue until 22nd.
Festival Program
Wednesday 12 November So Percussion and percussion students 13:30, Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (Teatralnaya Pl. 3)
Thursday 13th November Concert: Mark Applebaum
Wristwatch: Geology for players tapping stones
Mobile for Paper for players tearing paper: Ìàrk Applebaum, So Percussion
Intellectual Property for disklavier and improvising pianist
Snagglepuss ReMix for 2-channel tape
Elegy ReMix, from The Janus ReMixes: Exercises in Auto-Plundering for 2-channel tape
Variations on Variations on a Theme by Mozart for 4-channel tape
Plundergraphic for 8-channel tape and live instrumentalists
Mark Applebaum, Sî Percussion
Mouseketier Praxis for mouseketier sound-sculpture and live electronics
Pre-Composition for 8-channel tape
19:00, Yamaha Music Centre (Savushkina, 98)
Sunday 16 November Concert: ensemble, conducted by Fiodor Lendev
Martin Breznik: My Twentieth Century Alvin Karren: Rose of Beans II John Luther Adams: Dark Wind Julia Woolf: Girlfriend Julia Woolf: Mink Stole
19:30, Central Museum of Communication (Pochtamsky per. 4)
Monday 17th November Bang on a Can with Julia Woolf and Olga Manikluna 19:00, Insitute ÏÐÎ ÀÐÒÅ
Tuesday 18th November Master Class for Young Composers: Julia Woolf 14:00, Institute ÏÐÎ ÀÐÒÅ
Wednesday 19 November Evening Recital: Äæóëèÿ Âóëô è eNsemble present the string quartet Dig Deep 19:00, Institute ÏÐÎ ÀÐÒÅ
Thursday 20th November Concert: Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pearson
Derek Bermel: Hot Zone Gavin Chack: Seen David Lang: Increase Wolfgan Rim: Will Sound
Augusta Read-Thomas: Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour John Adamson Stone Symphony 19:00, Hermitage Theatre (Dvortovaia Nab.., 34)
Friday 21st November Videoshowing: 19:00, Institute ÏÐÎ ÀÐÒÅ
Saturday 22nd November Concert: Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pearson
John Adams: Coast Julia Woolf: Tell Me Everything
Aphex Twin Cock ver 10 Aphex Twin Gwely Mernans Stephen Freud Unremixed 19:00 Small Philharmonic Hall in the name of Glinka (Nevski, 30)
News source: saint-petersburg.ru
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