Pre-Biennale Program 2023

29.03. | 5 - 6.30 PM | Youth Centre Ribnjak

MBZ TALK: Space for the Scene: Music and Cultural Infrastructure in Zagreb

participants: Nikolina Radić Štivić, deputy director of the Zagreb City Office for Culture, International Relations and Civil Society; Romana Matanovac Vučković, director of the Croatian Music Institute; Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro, director of the Ribnjak Youth Center;
Vedran Peternel, musician, producer and music programme manager 

moderator: Lujo Parežanin, culture worker

participants: Romana Matanovac Vučković, Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro, Vedran Peternel // moderator: Lujo Parežanin
29.03. | 8–8.30 PM | Močvara Club

IMPROMIX

students of the ADU Dance Department / students of the Music Improvisation course at MUZA

part of the program of the Impromondays concert series
concert's entire program will be available here

co-produced with the Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb
program collaboration with the Art Organization Cargo

students of the ADU Dance Department and students of the Music Improvisation course at MUZA
30.03. | 8–10 PM | plateau along the Sava embankment beneath the Adriatic Bridge

panacea /( Songs and Drink

audio-visual performance and installation

Luana Lojić and Tin Dožić, new-media artists

Luana Lojić and Tin Dožić, audiovisual performance and installation
31.03. | 7–8 PM | Zagreb City Library / Multimedia Hall of the Department for Children and Youth

Tribute to Steve Lacy

Concert at the opening of Ladislav Mateić’s jazz album collection donated to the Zagreb City Library

Andrea Centazzo, drum set, percussion
Saša Nestorović, soprano saxophone

Andrea Centazzo and Saša Nestorović
01.04. | 11 AM–12 PM | Zagreb City Library / Multimedia Hall of the Department for Children and Youth

MBZ TALK

participants: Andrea Centazzo and Saša Nestorović
moderator: Davor Hrvoj, jazz journalist and publisher

The discussion will be held in English.

 

Independent Record Labels Specializing in Free Jazz and Improvised Music of the 1970s and 1980s and Steve Lacy's Contribution to the Development of Jazz
02.04. | 10 AM–6 PM | Tunnel Sljeme

M I J E H

installation and performance 

Branimir Štivić, new-media artist

Branimir Štivić, installation and performance
03.04. | 18 - 19.30 PM | KIC - Cultural Information Center / Kino

MBZ TALK: Environmental Sustainability in Culture

participants: Manja Ristić, new-media artist and musician; Davor Mišković, culture worker at Drugo More; Dora Sivka, eco activist

moderator: Teuta Gatolin, new-media artist

 

participants: Manja Ristić, Davor Mišković, Dora Sivka // moderator: Teuta Gatolin
11.04. | 3 – 4.30 PM | Cultural Information Center / dokukino KIC

miCROfest@biennale2023

microtonal music festival

LECTURES:
Hybrid harp
Just intonation & chord inversions

Lecturer: Zoran Šćekić

microtonal music festival // LECTURES: Hybrid harp // Just intonation & chord inversions // Lecturer: Zoran Šćekić
11.04. | 6.30–7.30 PM | KIC - Cultural Information Center / Kino

MBZ TALK: Technology and Art: Between Optimism and Ludism

participants: Bojan Gagić, new-media artist and technical director of MBZ, Deborah Hustić, new-media artist and creative director of Radiona

moderator: Antonio Pošćić, music critic and lecturer at the Zagreb Music Academy

participants: Bojan Gagić, Deborah Hustić // moderator Antonio Pošćić
11.04. | 8–9 PM | KIC - Cultural Information Center / Upper Floor Gallery

Sound Mirror for Debris no. 2

sound installation

Sara Salamon, new-media artist

The installation can be viewed until April 22, 2023, during the working hours of the KIC Upper Floor Gallery.

Sara Salamon, sound installation
12.04. | 7 - 8.30 PM | Cultural Information Center / dokukino KIC

miCROfest@biennale2023

microtonal music festival

Zoran Šćekić, Hybrid States

              Diana Grubišić-Čiković, harp

Zoran Šćekić, Nine fragments for alto saxophone
              Berislav Antica, alto saxophone 

Zoran Šćekić, Ad formama spectralem
                  
I – II*
                  Ana Žgur, keyboard I
                  Marija Martina Cukrov Jarrett, keyboard II
                  Terezija Cukrov, keyboard III
                  Zagreb Quartet

*first performance

microtonal music festival // Diana Grubišić-Čiković, harp // Berislav Antica, alto saxophone // Ana Žgur, keyboard I // Marija Martina Cukrov Jarrett, keyboard II // Terezija Cukrov, keyboard III // Zagreb Quartet
12.04. | 9 - 10 PM | Cultural Information Center / dokukino KIC

miCROfest@biennale2023

microtonal music festival

Book presentation The Art of Spectral Groups by Zoran Šćekić

The discussion will take place after the event in the MBZ festival hub / Caffe bar KIC.

 

microtonal music festival // book presentation The Art of Spectral Groups by Zoran Šćekić

13 / 04 / 2023 - Thursday

7.30–9 PM | Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall / Main Hall

FESTIVAL OPENING: The Master Series & MBZ

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra
Pascal Rophé, conductor
 

Karl-Heinz Schütz, flute
Ursa Ljuban, organ
Ivan Đuzel, trumpet
François-Frédéric Guy, piano

 

Clemens Gadenstätter, making of – intimacy*, concert for flute and orchestra
Mirela Ivičević, How to Fly I*, for trumpet and organ
Davorin Kempf, Surfaces and Colors, for string orchestra
Mirela Ivičević, How to Fly II*, for trumpet and organ
Tristan Murail, L'oeil du cyclone, fantasia-impromptu for piano and orchestra

program collaboration with Croatian Radiotelevision
*first performance – co-commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS and the Musikprotokoll Festival Graz
**first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
 

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra // Pascal Rophé, conductor // Karl-Heinz Schütz, flute // Ursa Ljuban, organ // Ivan Đuzel, trumpet // François-Frédéric Guy, piano
10–11 PM | Pogon Jedinstvo

zeitkratzer Plays Kraftwerk & Malec

program collaboration with the Multimedia Institute MaMa

the zeitkratzer ensemble // program collaboration with the Multimedia Institut MaMa

14 / 04 / 2023 - Friday

6–7 PM | Lauba

BREATH FAUNA

Lovro Merčep, saxophone 
Petra Hrašćanec, choreography and performance
 
David Mastikosa, Touch*, for alto saxophone and dance
Pierre Boulez, Dialogue de l’ombre double, for saxophones and electronics
Luciano Berio, Sequenza VIIb, for saxophone solo
Sanda Majurec, La ultima tanda*, for saxophone
 
*first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
 
Lovro Merčep, saxophone // Petra Hrašćanec, choreography and performance
8.30–9.15 PM | Lauba

Die Maschine

concert program on installations

Paul Skrepek and Andreas Platzer, authors and performers
 
Paul Skrepek and Andreas Platzer, concert program on installations
9.30–10.45 PM | Lauba

Chaya Czernowin: Immaterial

Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart

Chaya Czernowin, Immaterial (Vena III), for six amplified voices

Part I: A book of Madrigals and Intermezzos
Part II: Sound Theatre

Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart: Johanna Vargas, soprano // Susanne Leitz-Lorey, soprano Truike van der Poel, mezzo soprano // Martin Nagy, tenor // Guillermo Anzorena, baritone // Andreas Fischer, bass

15 / 04 / 2023 - Saturday

10 AM–12 PM | Lauba

MBZ's Festival for CHILDREN: Svirkaonica

contemporary music workshop for children
(aged 5–10)
 
author and workshop mentor: Lucija Stanojević, music teacher and violinist
 
contemporary music workshop for children (aged 4–10) // author and workshop mentor: Lucija Stanojević, music teacher and violinist
12–12.45 PM | Lauba

Die Maschine

concert program on installations

Paul Skrepek and Andreas Platzer, authors and performers

Paul Skrepek and Andreas Platzer, concert program on installations
16h | SC Gallery

Matrixes: Sound

side program activity: Exhibition of works created within the educational artistic research projects Matrices: Sound and Matrices: Sound II of the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb

prof. art. Ines Krasić, prof. art Mirjana Vodopija, as. Iva Ćurić, project leaders and mentors

exhibition of works created within the educational artistic research projects Matrices: Sound and Matrices: Sound II of the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb
5–6.30 PM | Student Center / Semicircular Hall of the &TD Theater

Trio Eusebius

Kaija Saariaho, Light and Matter, for piano trio
Manuela Kerer, Bestie Infernali!, for piano trio
Tomislav Oliver, Nocturnal Mosaic, for violin, cello and piano
***
Sarah Nemtsov, [love] – the first movement from the “PHONEME” cycle  
Dubravko Detoni, They Call Me Tryor, for piano trio
 
*first performnce– commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
Eva Šulić Brajčić, violin // Tonka Javorović, cello // David Vuković, piano
7–8 PM | Nikola Tesla Technical Museum / temporary exhibition space

SkylAR: multimedia concert with elements of installation

Marko Ciciliani, SkylAR*, multimedia concert with elements of installation 
 
Jennifer Torrence, percussions and performance
Marko Ciciliani, live electronics, visuals and performance 
 
Benedikt Alphart, technical assistance 
 
*first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
 
 
Marko Ciciliani, author, live electronics, visuals and performance // Jennifer Torrence, percussions and performance
9–10 PM | Student Center / MM Center

SUITE: Puls+

Filip Merčep, percussions
 
Boy van Ooijen,  electronics, video, light design

Cort Lippe, Music for Hi-hat and Computer  
David Lang, the anvil chorus, for percussion solo 
Šimun Matišić, Mono-log*, for one percussion player 
Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska, The Polish Suite, for marimba solo 
Gordan Tudor, Snare, you there?*, for snare drum, tape and optional video/light design
Iannis Xenakis, Rebonds A, for percussion solo 
Andrew Thomas, Merlin, for marimba solo
 
An interactive demonstration of the use of technology and method  applied in the concert will take place after the concert.
*first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
 
Filip Merčep, percussions, electronics and video

16 / 04 / 2023 - Sunday

3 –4 PM | Lauba

MBZ's Festival for CHILDREN: The Singing Stories

concert presentation of musical adaptations of Ukrainian children’s literature
 
 
Maja Rivić, composer and performer
 
Ivasik Telesik
Ukrainian folk tale 
translation: Domagoj Kliček 
original text read by: Iryna Pronenko
 
 
Ivanka Mazurkijević and Damir Martinović Mrle, composers
Ivanka Mazurkijević, Iva Močibob, Vlado Simcich Vava, performers
 
A Drop (original title: Капітошка – Kapitoška)
author: Natalia Guzeeva 
jointly translated by Ana Dugandžić and Dariya Pavlešen (special thanks to Žarko Jovanovski)
original text read by: Lyudmyla Mudyk
 
 
Ivana Kiš, composer

Melita Lovričević, voice
Eva Mach, violin
Nicolas Sinković, vibraphone

A Story about Bugs (original title: Ми комашкиMy komašky)
author: Tetyana Koval-Vishkivska
jointly translated by Ana Dugandžić, Dariya Pavlešen, Domagoj Kliček (special thanks to Dean Trdak)
original text read by: Valeriia Movenko

program collaboration with the Croatian Literary Translators Association, book&zvook, Solidarna Foundation
We would like to thank the Svoja Association and Tea Cacović for their encouragement, initiative and help with the organization of this project.

 

 

concert presentation of musical adaptations of Ukrainian children’s literature // Maja Rivić, composer and performer // Ivanka Mazurkijević and Damir Martinović Mrle, composers and performers // Ivana Kiš, composer
4 –4.45 PM | Lauba

Die Maschine

concert program on installations

Paul Skrepek and Andreas Platzer, authors and performers

Paul Skrepek and Andreas Platzer, concert program on installations
4–5.30 PM | Nikola Tesla Technical Museum

MBZ LECTURE: Development of Sound Reproduction in Art and Technology: from Mono Signals via Loudspeaker Domes to Multidirectional Loudspeakers from the 3D printer

participants: Prof. Kristian Jambrošić, PhD, professor and head of the Auralization Lab at the Institute of Electroacoustics of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Prof. Franz Zotter, PhD, professor and researcher at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics in Graz; Prof. Marko Ciciliani, PhD, artist, composer and professor of computer musical composition at the Kunstuni Graz
 
The lecture and demonstration will be held in English.
Lecturers: Franz Zotter, Kristian Jambrošić, Marko Ciciliani
6–7.15 PM | Lauba

BALKAN AFFAIRS

Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
 
Hanan Hadžajlić, Requiem Ex Machina*, for six amplified voices
Jug Marković, Nula*, for six voices
Ana Pandevska, Electroacoustic mantra From Ex YU to EU*, for soprano, mezzo soprano and fixed media
Nina Perović, Penetrations III*, for six voices and electronics
Petra Strahovnik, SCREAdoM*, for five voices, sound installation and electronics
Helena Skljarov, The Blue Giraffe*, for five voices, electronics and video
 
*first performance – co-commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS and the Musik der Jahrhunderte Association and the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart Ensemble
 
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart & Hanan Hadžajlić, Jug Marković, Ana Pandevska, Nina Perović, Petra Strahovnik, Helena Skljarov
8–8.45 PM | Zagreb Youth Theater / foyer

MBZ TALK: before Klangforum Wien concert

participants: Chaya Czernowin, Mirela Ivičević, Sara Glojnarić, 
MBZ guest composers and Peter Paul Kainrath, artistic director 
and CEO of the Klangforum Wien ensemble
moderator: Margareta Ferek Petrić, composer and MBZ artistic director
 
The discussion will be held in English.
participants: Chaya Czernowin, Mirela Ivičević, Sara Glojnarić, MBZ guest composers and Peter Paul Kainrath, artistic director and CEO of the Klangforum Wien ensemble // moderator: Margareta Ferek-Petrić, composer and MBZ artistic director
9–10.30 PM | Zagreb Youth Theater

Klangforum Wien

Klangforum Wien
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
 
Uli Fussenegger, double bass
 
 
Mirela Ivičević, Case White, for ensemble and electronics 
Sara Glojnarić, Pure Bliss, for the Klangforum Wien, guest conductor and surround tape 
***
Chaya Czernowin, Seltene Erde: alchimia communicationis*, for double bass solo, ensemble and electronics 
 
 
*first performance – co-commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS and Wien Modern and the Warsaw Autumn festival
 
 
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor // Uli Fussenegger, double bass

17 / 04 / 2023 - Monday

3–5 PM | Močvara Club

IRK Performing Reflection

open music laboratory - interactive rehearsal
 
Ivar Roban Križić, double bass
Pavle Jovanović, guitar, effects
Nikola Vuković, trumpet
Luka Zabric, alto saxophone
Urban Megušar, cello
Bojan Krhlanko, drum set, percussion, electronics
Christine Gnigler, recorder 
Thomas Grill, electronics
Christian Grüny, theory/philosophy
 
 
program collaboration with the ring ring festival and 180° –laboratory for innovative art
with the support of the EFFEA program
 
open music laboratory - interactive rehearsal
6–7.15 PM | Močvara Club / terrace

MBZ LECTURE: Making of – Music

lecturer: Clemens Gadenstätter, MBZ guest composer
 
The lecture will be held in English.
 
Clemens Gadenstätter, MBZ guest composer
7.15–7.45 PM | Močvara Club / terrace

Musical Portrait: Bernhard Zachhuber

focus on: Bernhard Zachhuber, clarinetist
moderator: Margareta Ferek Petrić, composer and MBZ artistic director

performance of: Giacinto Scelsi, Tre Studi, for clarinet solo

The discussion will be held in English.
Bernhard Zachhuber, clarinetist // moderator: Margareta Ferek Petrić, composer and MBZ artistic director // Giacinto Scelsi, Tre Studi, for clarinet solo
8–9.30 PM | Pogon Jedinstvo

CANTUS ENSEMBLE & MBZ

Cantus Ensemble
Berislav Šipuš, conductor            

Viktor Čižić, piano
Srebrenka Poljak, sampler
 
Višeslav Laboš, electronics
 
Milko Kelemen, Musik für Judith, for orchestral, electronically processed orchestral sounds and electronic sounds
Clemens Gadenstätter, FIGURE – ICONOSONICS I, for clarinet, string trio and piano
Ivo Malec, Breaths, for tape / Piotr Kamler, Structures, short film
Olja Jelaska, Möbius strip*, for wind instruments and percussion
Branimir Sakač, Cosmic Landscape, synthetic music
Olga Neuwirth, locus...doublure...solus, for piano, sampler and chamber ensemble
 
program collaboration with the Cantus Ensemble
* first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
 
Cantus Ensemble // Berislav Šipuš, conductor // Viktor Čižić, piano // Srebrenka Poljak, sampler // Višeslav Laboš, electronics
10–11 PM | Močvara Club

BZSS Impro-Jazz Quartet

Thomas Berghammer, trumpet
Martin Zrost, saxophone
Paul Skrepek, percussion
Oliver Steger, double bass
 

 

Thomas Berghammer, trumpet // Martin Zrost, saxophone // Paul Skrepek, percussion // Oliver Steger, double bass

18 / 04 / 2023 - Tuesday

6–7.15 PM | Lauba

MBZ LECTURE: Recent Music

lecturer: Chaya Czernowin, MBZ guest composer                                                                                                                 

The lecture will be held in English.

Chaya Czernowin, MBZ guest composer
7.15–7.30 PM | Lauba

Musical Portrait: Annette Bik

focus on: Annette Bik, violin

performance of: Toshio Hosokawa, Extasis, for violin solo

 

Annette Bik, violin // Toshio Hosokawa, Extasis, for violin solo
8–10 PM | Močvara Club

IRK Performing Reflection

open music laboratory - interactive rehearsal
 
Ivar Roban Križić, double bass
Pavle Jovanović, guitar, effects
Nikola Vuković, trumpet
Luka Zabric, alto saxophone
Urban Megušar, cello
Bojan Krhlanko, drum, percussions, electronics
Christine Gnigler, recorder 
Thomas Grill, electronics
Christian Grüny, theory/philosophy
 
program collaboration with the ring ring festival and 180° – laboratory for innovative art
with the support of the EFFEA program
 

 

open music laboratory - interactive rehearsal
20 – 21.30h | Lauba

The Sfumato Concert Cycle and MBZ

Croatian Radiotelevision Choir
Tomislav Fačini, conductor        

Francesco Mazzoleni, player I
Filip Merčep, player II
Fran Krsto Šercar, player III
Tomislav Fačini, player IV
 

György Ligeti, Lux Aeterna, for mixed choir
John Cage, Living Room Music
     To Begin
Jug Marković, Five Traces, for mixed choir*
John Cage, Living Room Music
      Story 
Uroš Rojko, A Sea of Fire, for mixed choir
John Cage, Living Room Music
     Melody
Sanja Drakulić, Cricket**, for mixed choir
John Cage, Living Room Music
      End
Veljo Tormis, Curse Upon Iron, for mixed choir
 
program collaboration with Croatian Radiotelevision
* program collaboration with the Samobor Music Autumn festival and the New Note Composers Competition
**first performance
 
Croatian Radiotelevision Choir // Tomislav Fačini, conductor // Francesco Mazzoleni, player I // Filip Merčep, player II // Fran Krsto Šercar, player III // Tomislav Fačini, player IV
10–11 PM | MSU - Museum of contemporary art / Gorgona Hall

CRIO – The CRoatian Improvisers Orchestra

In my Next Life I Want to Be a Feedback, for 8 ex tempore composers and improvisers orchestra

program collaboration/co-produced with Alen Sinkauz, P137 artistic organization, Kulturban Association
 

 

In my Next Life I Want to Be a Feedback, for 8 ex tempore composers and improvisers orchestra

19 / 04 / 2023 - Wednesday

7.15–7.45 PM | Močvara Club / terrace

Musical Portrait: Dimitrios Polisoidis

focus on: Dimitrios Polisoidis, violist
moderator: Margareta Ferek-Petrić, composer and MBZ artistic director

performance of: Slobodan Kajkut, Glue Sniffer, for electronic viola

The discussion will be held in English.

 

Dimitrios Polisoidis, violist // moderator: Margareta Ferek-Petrić, composer and MBZ artistic director // Slobodan Kajkut, Glue Sniffer, for electronic viola
8–9.30 PM | Pogon Jedinstvo

Proxima Centauri

Berislav Šipuš, guest conductor
Cantus Ensemble, guest ensemble
                                                                            
Raphaèle Biston, Ombres, for flute, saxophone, piano, percussion and electronics
Davor Vincze, QUEENR*
Christophe Havel, Pli d’Eden, for saxophone, percussion and electronics
Demian Rudel Rey, Parálaksis, for flute, saxophone, percussion, electronics and video
Raphaël Cendo, Control, for flute, saxophone, percussion and electronics
Pierre Jodlowski, Coliseum, for chamber ensemble and electronics
 
* first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
program collaboration with the Cantus Ensemble
 
 
Marie-Bernadette Charrier, saxophone // Sylvain Millepied, flute // Benoît Poly, percussion // Hilomi Sakaguchi, piano // Christophe Havel, electronics
10–11 PM | Močvara Club

IRK Performing Reflection

open music laboratory - concert performance
 
Ivar Roban Križić, double bass
Pavle Jovanović, guitar, effects
Nikola Vuković, trumpet
Luka Zabric, alto saxophone
Urban Megušar, cello
Bojan Krhlanko, drum, percussion, electronics
Christine Gnigler, recorder 
Thomas Grill, electronics
Christian Grüny, theory/philosophy
 
 
collective improvisation I
***
Veronika Reutz Drobnić, The Mind-meld*, for ensemble and video projection
Zoran Šćekić, Construction 6.1*, for chamber ensemble and electronics
***
collective improvisation II
 
 
program collaboration with the ring ring festival and 180° –laboratory for innovative art
with the support of the EFFEA program
* first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
 

 

open music laboratory - concert performance

20 / 04 / 2023 - Thursday

6–6.30 PM | Močvara Club / terrace

A Musical Portrait: Lukas Schiske and Benedikt Leitner

focus on: Lukas Schiske, percussionist and Benedikt Leitner, cellist
moderator: Margareta Ferek Petrić, composer and MBZ artistic director

performance of: Simon Steen-Andersen, Next to Beside Besides, for cello and snare drum

The discussion will be held in English.

Lukas Schiske, percussionist and Benedikt Leitner, cellist // moderator: Margareta Ferek Petrić, composer and MBZ artistic director // Simon Steen-Andersen, Next to Beside Besides, for cello and snare drum
7–9 PM | Močvara Club

MBZ - Music Beyond Zen: concert-movie-installation program

Vedran Ružić, the author of the concept, movie and musical installation
 
Zvjezdan Ružić, piano
Borko Rupena, percussion
Adriano Bernobić, drum
Vedran Ružić, double bass
Riccardo Staraj, voice
Vedran Ružić, the author of the concept, movie and musical installation, double bass // Zvjezdan Ružić, piano Borko Rupena, percussion // Adriano Bernobić, drum // Riccardo Staraj, voice
10–11 PM | Pogon Jedinstvo

Collettivo_21

Francesco Filidei, Funerali dell’anarchico Serrantini, for six performers
Collettivo_21, MicroTape #1, electronics
Claudio Panariello, Private Journal of Dreams, for ensemble and electronics
Collettivo_21, MicroTape #2, electronics
Sara Stevanovic, The Poetic Carcass of an Almost but not Quite Shaped World*, for ensemble and electronics
Collettivo_21, MicroTape #3, electronics
Maurizio Azzan, Extended II**, for cello, ensemble and live electronics
Giulia Lorusso, Unspoken, for electric guitar solo
Frano Đurović, May happiness remain unbekdown to her who kisses his face*, for ensemble and electronics
Giulia Lorusso,  À fleur de peau, for electric guitar solo
Luca Guidarini, Holobiont***, for ensemble  and electronics
 
* first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS
**first performance of the new version of the composition
***2023 revised edition

 

Collettivo_21: Lorenzo Di Marco, flute // Lorenzo Moretto, saxophone Alessandro // Mazzacane, cello // Giulia Pastorino, electric guitar // Daniele Nava, piano // Alberto Anhaus, percussion // Luca Guidarini, electronics

21 / 04 / 2023 - Friday

5.30 – 6.30 PM | Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski / Small Hall

FRACTIONS/SPARKS

Laura Muller, mezzo-soprano
members of the Klangforum Wien Ensemble
 
Clemens Gadenstätter, Bersten/Platzen, for cello and piano
Franck Bedrossian, Départs de feu*, for amplified voice solo
Olga Neuwirth, Magic Flu-idity, for flute and typewriter
Philippe Leroux, Ma belle, si tu voulais, for amplified voice solo
Chaya Czernowin, Adiantum Capillus-Veneris, for cello solo
Franck Bedrossian, We met as Sparks, for bass flute, double bass clarinet, viola and cello
 
*concert first performance – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS and Radio France
 
Laura Muller, mezzo-soprano // members of the Klangforum Wien Ensemble: Vera Fischer, flute // Bernhard Zachhuber, clarinet // Dimitrios Polisoidis, viola // Benedikt Leitner, cello // Johannes Piirto, piano // Lukas Schiske, typewriter
7.30–9.30 PM | Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall / Main Hall

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra & MBZ

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Yalda Zamani, conductor

Christoph Grund, piano               
Ivana Kuljerić Bilić, percussion
Laura Muller, mezzo-soprano

 
Luna Alcalay, sphygmogram, puls curves for large orchestra
Georges Aperghis, Recitation Nr. 9 for female voice
Franck Bedrossian, DON QUIXOTE CONCERTO, Memories of a knight errant, concerto for a pianist, his assistant and orchestra
***
Georges Aperghis, Recitation Nr. 11 for female voice
Dalibor Bukvić, Why not?
Georges Aperghis, Recitation Nr. 13 for female voice
Olga Neuwirth, Masaot/Clocks without Hands, for large orchestra
 
program collaboration with Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra // Yalda Zamani, conductor // Christoph Grund, piano // Ivana Kuljerić Bilić, percussion // Laura Muller, mezzo-soprano
9.30 PM –12.30 AM | KSET

MBZ X ZEZ: Katarina Gryvul, tonota

9.30 – 10.15 PM
MBZ TALK: Katarina Gryvul
 
participant: Katarina Gryvul, sound artist and composer
moderator: Dijana Grubor      
 
10.30 PM - 11.15 PM
tonota (live)
 
11.30 PM - 12:30 AM
Katarina Gryvul (live) 
 
program collaboration with ZEZ - The Institute for Experimental Sound 
 
21.30 MBZ Talk: Katarina Gryvul // 22.30 tonota (live) // 23.30 Katarina Gryvul (live)

22 / 04 / 2023 - Saturday

9.30 –10.00 AM, 11–11.30 AM | Croatian National Theater in Zagreb / sound studio

MBZ's Festival for CHILDREN: opera rosa

opera rosa*, for opera voice, two violins, small percussion and electronics
(1–3 y.)
 
Ivana Đula, Selena Gazda, Tena Novak Vincek, Lucija Stanojević, Irma Unušić, the authors of the project concept

Ivana Lazar / Mima Karaula,  soprano
Lucija Stanojević, violin and other instruments
Tena Novak Vincek, violin and other instruments
Irma Unušić, dance performance
 
co-produced with HNK Zagreb
*première – commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS and HNK Zagreb
 

 

for opera voice, two violins, small percussion and electronics // Ivana Đula, Selena Gazda, Tena Novak Vincek, Lucija Stanojević, Irma Unušić, the authors of the project concept // Ivana Lazar / Mima Karaula, soprano // Lucija Stanojević, violin and other instruments // Tena Novak Vincek, violin and other instruments // Irma Unušić, dance performance
12 AM–1 PM | Semicircular Hall of the &TD Theater

The MBZ's Festival for CHILDREN: GU Elly Bašić: Students Perform Students

Elly Bašić New Music Group and the young composers - students of the Composition Practice class
 
The New Music Group (GNG) of the Elly Bašić Music School

mentor of Composition Practice class at the Elly Bašić Music School: Sara Jakopović, M.Sc. mus.
mentor of the New Music Group at the Elly Bašić Music School: Maja Petyo Bošnjak, Prof. advisor
 
Leon Lončar, Context No. 1 Speech and Improvisation Op. 2 No. 5, for chamber ensemble
Grga Nježić, After, electronic composition
Ljerka Florschütz Sedlanić, Dolce far niente, for piano solo
Lucia Kaplowitz, The Switch, for mixed quartet of open instrumentation
Grga Nježić, Falling, electronic composition
Lucia Kaplowitz, Mirage, for violin solo
Elly Bašić New Music Group and the young composers - students of the Composition Practice class
6 –7 PM | Blagoje Bersa Concert Hall / MUZA

ASMANGU

ASMANGU, Academy of Music Student Ensemble for Contemporary Music
soloists - students of the Academy of Music singer department
 
Sara Jakopović, Trippin' Triptych*, ​for chamber ensemble and electronics
Vinko Globokar, Kaleidoskop im Nebel, for chamber ensemble                    
 
mentoring program of the MBZ 2023 workshop held by the resident ensemble Klangforum Wien
program collaboration with the Academy of Music
 
*first performance
 
ASMANGU - Academy of Music Student Ensemble for Contemporary Music
7.30–9.30 PM | Croatian National Theater in Zagreb

FESTIVAL CLOSING: LENNON

Ivo Josipović, LENNON - Like Swimming in the Air*, opera in five images

Marina Pejnović, director
Marina Biti, libretto
Zdravka Ivandija Kirigin, costume design
Ivan Lušičić Liik, set design
Maša Kolar, choreography and stage movement
Elvis Butković, lighting design
Kristina Grubiša, assistant director
 
soloists, choir and the orchestra of the Opera and members of the Choir of the HNK Zagreb Ballet
Ivan Josip Skender, conductor

co-produced with HNK Zagreb
*première– commissioned by the 32nd MBZ-HDS and HNK Zagreb
 
 
Ivo Josipović, LENNON - Like Swimming in the Air, opera in five images