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Chaconne for Piano Trio and Electronics at the State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki | Greece

Chaconne for piano trio and electronics is getting a performance at the State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki on 29th of November 2023. Herta Hansena (piano) and Eriks Kirsfelds (Violoncello) who are visiting AUTh with Erasmus are collaborating with Kostas Kampantais (Violin) to present a concert of contemporary music.

The piece was composed during the first half of March 2020 in Thessaloniki after a poem by Gundega Smite and Dimitris Maronidis. The form of the work is a Chaconne in the sense that an imaginary sound of a glass breaking, is repeatedly reflected in all musical gestures, creating a sonic environment where small sonic fragments are generated, cracked, and splintered constantly.

Iannis Xenakis – Paille in the Wind 
Maja Einfelde – Four Elegies 
Jonathan Harvey – Dialogue and Song  
Anton Webern – Three Little Pieces 
Eriks Esenvalds – Last Letters 
Salvatore Sciarrino – Melencolia I 
Gundega Šmite – Cancon de Cuna 
Dimitris Maronidis – Chaconne 

29th November 2023, 21:00 | State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki | Entrance Free

Chaconne for piano trio & electronics world premiere | Latvia

After a long and sad waiting period, Chaconne for Piano, Violin, Violoncello & Electronics is getting its premiere by Paula Šūmane (Violin), Herta Hansena (Piano), and Ēriks Kiršfelds (Violoncello). The concert will occur at Sigulda in Latvia on July 16th, 2023.

The piece was composed during the first half of March 2020 in Thessaloniki after a poem by Gundega Smite and Dimitris Maronidis. The form of the work is a Chaconne in the sense that an imaginary sound of a glass breaking, is repeatedly reflected in all musical gestures, creating a sonic environment where small sonic fragments are generated, cracked, and splintered constantly.

July 16th 2023, Concert Hall Baltais Fligelis, Sigulda, Latvia

Nexus I premiere by Peter Katina | Slovakia

Nexus I for Accordion and fixed media is getting its world premiere by Peter Katina. The concert will take place at Divadlo Viola Centre on 7th of December 2022. The piece is dedicated to Peter who has commissioned it. In this piece, the Accordion is in an open dialogue and connection (nexus) with an imaginary part of itself (electronics). The musical material consists of very small, fragmented gestures closely examined and observed from multiple perspectives. The electronic part has at times symbiotic character, at other times an anti-biotic one. The sonic image of the piece can be seen as unpredictable star reflections on mirrors placed into the darkness of the abyss.

more info here http://www.peterkatina.sk

Piano Recital “A tutti loro…” | Thessaloniki

a tutti loro… (for piano and tape) was performed by Christina Katidou on 20 March 2016 at the Municipality of Thessaloniki Concert Hall along with pieces by Olivier Messiaen and Tristan Murail. The concert took place in the framework of the project “Remembering the past – building the future” After seven decades since the end of WWII and the bombing of Dresden in 1945, Remembering the Past – Building the Future project seeks to reflect on the aftermath of WWII and more specifically on causes of totalitarian regimes such as Nazism that led to the Holocaust, Fascism, Stalinism and totalitarian communist regimes. In addition, the project aspires to commemorate the victims of crimes committed during WWII and totalitarian regimes by visiting commemoration monuments and places.

https://rememberingthepastbuildingthefuture.wordpress.com/piano-concert-a-tutti-loro/