KLANGSPUREN FESTIVAL 11.09.–20.09.2020
Actually, it was supposed to be a festival of encounters with a program full of unexpected connections between various cultures and musical genres. Roughly thirty musicians from non-European countries – Egypt, Australia, and Israel, among others – were scheduled to perform this fall at the Tyrolean Klangspuren festival, but most of them are not allowed to enter Austria at the moment. In the face of rising infection numbers across the globe, the pandemic situation continues to be so unstable that we cannot predict what it will be like in Austria in September after the loosening of restrictions for summer vacation.
For these reasons, Klangspuren’s directors have decided to restructure the festival to take the Corona situation into account. The new motto is “Marking Time”. The idea was to put together a program that would, from today’s perspective, have not just a vague possibility but a high probability of being realized. To this end, almost all the musicians performing at this year’s Klangspuren festival currently live in Austria and are thus less likely to be hindered by travel restrictions.
This gives us the opportunity to emphasize the enormous density of first-class, internationally recognized musicians from Austria – whether from the con-temporary composed music or free improvisation scenes. The crème de la crème of the experimental scene in Austria will come together in an improvisation focus on September 18/19, 2020. And during the course of the festival all four major Austrian contemporary music ensembles will perform in Tyrol: from PHACE (09/12), to oenm (09/13) and Studio Dan (09/17), to Klangforum Wien (09/20).
KLANGSPUREN IMPROV #1–#6
The most prominent and internationally known representatives of the Austrian improvisation scene will take the stage in six back-to-back concerts on September 18 and 19, 2020, in an improv focus at the Klangspuren festival in Schwaz. From electronic music to chamber music improvisations to rich fusion sounds, audiences can hear the entire spectrum of the experimental scene. Special guest is Frank Gratkowski, whose turn as the Composer in Residence of the festival has been postponed until 2021 due to Corona, but who will be performing this fall as a duo with Elisabeth Harnik.
FRI 09/11
OPENING CONCERT
8:00 p.m. Schwaz, SZentrum, Silbersaal, Andreas-Hofer-Str. 10
Hannes Kerschbaumer: schiefer for orchestra (2017)
Adriana Hölszky: Apeiron, concert for violin and string orchestra (2018), AP
Gerd Kühr: Música pura. Five movements for ensemble (2010/2011) With four interludes: Guillaume de Machaut, Hoquetus David for chamber ensemble (arranged by Harrison Birtwistle, 1969) and Three Old English Instrumental Motets (arranged by Peter Maxwell Davies, 1973–1977)
Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck
Martin Mumelter, violin
Titus Engel, conductor
SAT 09/12
MUSICAL HIKE: CITY SHORTS
10:00 a.m. Schwaz, several musical stops
Works by Helga Arias Parra, Adriana Hölszky, Bernhard Gander,György Kurtág, Emmanuel Nunes, Wolfgang Rihm und Nikos Skalkottas.
With Ivana Pristašová / Mathilde Hoursiangou, Barbara Romen / Gunter Schneider, Jorge Sánchez-Chiong and participants of International Ensemble Modern Academy
Tickets can only be booked via Klangspuren
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PHACE & FACE
8:00 p.m. Innsbruck, Haus der Musik, Universitätsstr. 1
Pierluigi Billone: Face Dia.De for two female voices and 8 soloists (2019)
PHACE
Anna Clare Hauf, voice
Annette Schönmüller, voice
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
SUN 09/13
AUTONOMOUS AND TOGETHER
6:00 p.m. Schwaz, SZentrum, Silbersaal, Andreas-Hofer-Str. 10
Mathias Spahlinger: doppelt bejaht. 17 etudes for chamber orchestra without conductor (2009/2019–1920, world premiere of the version for chamber orchestra)
oesterreichisches ensemble für neue musik
Oswald Sallaberger, rehearsal conductor
MON 09/14
WANDELKONZERT
7:00 p.m. Innsbruck, Haus der Musik, Universitätsstr. 1
Works by Helga Arias Parra, Friedrich Goldmann, Markus Hechtle,
Mauricio Kagel, Uroš Rojko, Kazimierz Serocki und Edgard Varèse.
Participants of the International Ensemble Modern Academy
Tickets can only be booked via Klangspuren
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DOUBLED ORGAN
6:00 p.m. Innsbruck, Hofkirche, Universitätsstr. 2
Wolfgang Mitterer: Grand jeu 2 for organ and electronics (2018)
Wolfgang Mitterer, Renaissanc organ and electronics
WED 09/16
IEMA IN CONCERT
8:00 p.m. Innsbruck, Haus der Musik, Großer Saal, Universitätsstr. 1
Edgard Varèse: Octandre for seven wind players and double bass (1923)
Friedrich Goldmann: Linie/Splitter for 7 players (1996)
Karola Obermüller: helical for chamber orchestra (2005-2006)
Mauricio Kagel: Ludwig van. Hommage von Beethoven (1969;
arranged by Hermann Kretzschmar, 2020)
Participants of the International Ensemble Modern Academy
THU 09/17
DARING TRANSITIONS
8:00 p.m. Innsbruck, Haus der Musik, Großer Saal, Universitätsstr. 1
Oxana Omelchuk: Wow and Flutter for two solo trombones and nsemble (2017)
Vinko Globokar: Passaggio verso il rischio for ensemble (2017)
Studio Dan
Daniel Riegler und Matthias Muche, trombones
FRI 09/18
KLANGSPUREN IMPROV #1–#3
DUO HARNIK / GRATKOWSKI
6:00 p.m. Schwaz, SZentrum, Silbersaal, Andreas-Hofer-Str. 10
Elisabeth Harnik, pianoforte / Frank Gratkowski, clarinets, alto + flute
(European premiere)
DUO BERTONCINI / LEHN
07:30 p.m. Schwaz, SZentrum, Silbersaal, Andreas-Hofer-Str. 10
Tiziana Bertoncini, violin / Thomas Lehn, analogue synthesizer
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GEORG GRAEWE TRIO
09:30 p.m. Schwaz, SZentrum, Silbersaal, Andreas-Hofer-Str. 10
Georg Graewe, pianoforte, Peter Herbert, double bass,
Wolfgang Reisinger, drums
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SAT 09/19
KLANGSPUREN MEMORIES: SOUND INSTALLATION
5:00 p.m. Schwaz, SZentrum, main entrance
Presentation with Jorge Sánchez-Chiong, composer, and Veronika Großberger, music educator, and studentes of Paulinum Schwaz Schwaz
Admission free
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KLANGSPUREN IMPROV #4–#6
BLACK BURST SOUND GENERATOR
6:00 p.m. Schwaz, SZentrum, Silbersaal, Andreas-Hofer-Str. 10
Performance by Susanna Gartmayer, bass clarinet, and
Brigitta Bödenauer, electronics
ZIMT
07:30 p.m.
Barbara Romen, hammered dulcimer, Gunter Schneider, guitars,
Angélica Castelló, paetzold flutes + electronics, Burkhard Stangl, guitars,
Kai Fagaschinski, clarinet.
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LORENZ RAABS :XY BAND
9:30 p.m. Uhr
Lorenz Raab, trumpet + fluegelhorn, Christoph Dienz, electrical zither,
Matthias Pichler, double bass, Beate Wiesinger, double bass,
Herbert Pirker, drums.
SUN 09/20
KLANGFORUM WIEN
8:00 p.m. Innsbruck, Haus der Musik, Großer Saal, Universitätsstr. 1
Clara Iannotta: a stir among the stars, a making way (2019/2020, WP)
Commissioned by Klangforum Wien and Klangspuren Schwaz
Liza Lim: Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2017-2018)
Klangforum Wien
Sophie Schafleitner, violin
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor