September 26, 2014 8:00 pm
Opening Night: Written for Talea

Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

Oscar Bettison: An Automated Sunrise (for Joseph Cornell) (2014) *World Premiere
Christopher Trapani: Waterlines (2012) *World Premiere
Hans Tutschku: Under (2013) *US Premiere
Aaron Helgeson: Poems of Sheer Nothingness (2013) *World Premiere

Tickets
$20: Advanced Purchase Reserved Seating
$10: Suggested Donation (available at the door)
Free: Students/Seniors

Susan Narucki, soprano
Lucy Dhegrae, soprano
James Baker, conductor

Oscar Bettison’s An Automated Sunrise (for Joseph Cornell) has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

October 22, 2014 8:00 pm
UCSD Residency

University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA

Oscar Bettison: An Automated Sunrise (for Joseph Cornell) (2014)
Charles Wuorinen: Fast Fantasy (1977)
Aaron Helgeson: Poems of Sheer Nothingness (2013)
Rand Steiger: A Menacing Plume (2011)

Susan Narucki, soprano
James Baker, conductor

October 24, 2014 8:00 pm
UCSD Residency

University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA

Works by UCSD Graduate Composers
James Baker, conductor

January 9, 2015 8:00 pm
I/O Festival: Georges Aperghis: Happy End

Williams College
Williamstown, MA

I/O Festival

Georges Aperghis: Happy End (2007)

Animated feature film: Hans Op de Beeck, Bruno Hardt, Klaas Verpoest
Computer Music Production: Sebastien Roux
Conductor: James Baker

Funded by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, Institut Francais, the Florence Gould Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Funded in part by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation.

February 12, 2015 8:00 pm
Ecstatic Music Festival

Ecstatic Music Festival
Merkin Concert Hall
129 W 67th St.
New York, NY

Works by John Zorn

March 5, 2015 8:00 pm
Grawemeyer Prize Conference

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Works by Grawemeyer Prize Winners, Pierre Boulez, Wolfgang Rihm, and University of Louisville Graduate Students

Ryan McAdams, conductor

March 13, 2015 8:00 pm
Speicher

EMPAC
110 8th St.
Troy, NY

Enno Poppe: Speicher (2013) *US Premiere

James Baker, conductor

April 8, 2015 7:30 pm
Pierluigi Billone Residency

Italian Academy
Columbia University
New York, NY

Pierluigi Billone: Legno.Edre III.Ini (2003) *World Premiere
Pierluigi Billone: Mani.Matta (2009)
Pierluigi Billone: Ebe und Anders (2014) *US Premiere

Adrian Morejon, bassoon

Eduardo Leandro, conductor

April 16, 2015 8:00 pm
NYU Composers Festival

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY

Works by NYU Graduate Composers

Jeff Means, conductor

April 18, 2015 8:00 pm
MATA Festival

The Kitchen
512 West 19th St.
New York, NY

Sam Pluta: Machine Language (2012)
Dan Van Hassel: Ghost in the Machine (2013)
Davour-Branimir Vincze: Inflection Point (2011)
Matthias Kranebitter: Pack the Box (2013)
Ofir Klemperer: A Love Song (2007)
Ann Cleare: New Work (2015) *World Premiere

Alex Lipowski, percussion

Ian Antonio, percussion

Ofir Klemperer, voice

James Baker, conductor

May 8, 2015 8:00 pm
Georges Aperghis: Happy End

Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA

Georges Aperghis: Happy End (2007)

Animated feature film: Hans Op de Beeck, Bruno Hardt, Klaas Verpoest
Computer Music Production: Sebastien Roux
Conductor: James Baker

Funded by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, Institut Francais, the Florence Gould Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Funded in part by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation.

May 21, 2015 7:30 pm
American Immersion: Clemens Gadenstätter

Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd St.
New York, NY

moved by (2014)
bersten, platzen (Paramyth 4) (2012)
haeuten (Paramyth 1) (2012)

Free Admission, Tickets at acfny.org

JACK Quartet
Yuki Numata Resnick, violin
Chris Gross, cello
Stephen Gosling, piano

With the friendly support of:

May 28, 2015 8:00 pm
American Immersion: Clemens Gadenstätter

Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd St.
New York, NY

Clemens Gadenstätter: New Work (2015) *World Premiere
Clemens Gadenstätter: les cris des lumières (2014) *US Premiere
Clemens Gadenstätter: Semantical Investigations II (2008) *US Premiere

James Baker, conductor

Presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum.
With the friendly support of:

June 26, 2015 7:00 pm
Time Spans 2015: Crested Butte Music Festival

Crested Butte, CO

Anthony Cheung: Time’s Vestiges (2013)
Zosha di Castri: Cortege (2010)
David Adamcyk: Musique Absolue (2014)
Sean Shepherd: Lumens (2005)

John Kennedy, conductor

June 27, 2015 7:00 pm
Time Spans 2015: Crested Butte Music Festival

Crested Butte, CO

Anthony Cheung: SynchroniCities (2012)
Oscar Bettison: An Automated Sunrise (2014)
Sean Shepherd: These Particular Circumstances (2009)

John Kennedy, conductor

September 26, 2013 8:00 pm
Zorn at 60: Chamber Music

Miller Theatre
New York, NY

John Zorn: Orphee (2004)
John Zorn: Bateau Ivre (2011)
John Zorn: Temptations of St Anthony (2012) *NY Premiere
John Zorn: Missa Sine Voces (2012) *World Premiere


James Baker, conductor


Bateau Ivre has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

September 27, 2013 8:00 pm
Zorn at 60: Game Pieces

Miller Theatre
New York, NY

John Zorn: Rugby (1983)

October 22, 2013 8:00 pm
Diaz de Leon: New Works

Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

Mario Diaz de Leon: Trembling Time II (2009)
Mario Diaz de Leon: Chapel Abyss (2011-13) *World Premiere


Commissioned by Roulette/NYSCA


James Baker, conductor

November 2, 2013 8:00 pm
Science and Music

American University
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
Washington, DC

Alexandre Lunsqui: Topografia Index 3A (2008)
Tristan Murail: Attracteurs étranges (1992)
Fernando Benadon: 2 Cosmicomics (2013)
Matthew Heap: New Work (2013) *World Premiere
Hector Parra: Stress Tensor (2009/2011) *US Premiere


James Baker, conductor

December 18, 2013 8:00 pm
iNSIDE Out: Georges Aperghis

Free Admission
University Settlement, Speyer Hall
184 Eldridge St.
New York, NY

Georges Aperghis: Dans le mur (2007)
Georges Aperghis: Rasch (2001)
Georges Aperghis: Fuzzy Trio (2006) *US Premiere
Georges Aperghis: Les Guetteurs de sons (1981)

February 10, 2014 8:00 pm
Columbia Composers

Casa Italiana
Columbia University
New York, NY

Ashkan Behzadi: New Work (2014)
Stylianos Dimou: New Work (2014)
David Bird: New Work (2014)
Sky Macklay: New Work (2014)
Ashley Nail: New Work (2014)
John Rot: New Work (2014)
Roberto Toscano: New Work (2014)


James Baker, conductor

March 4, 2014 7:30 pm
iNSIDE Out: Billone, Neuwirth, Gander

Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd St.
New York, NY

Bernhard Gander: Die Orpheus Akte II (2008)
Pierluigi Billone: Mani.Matta (2008)
Olga Neuwirth: In Nacht und Eis (2006)


Free Admission, Tickets at acfny.org

With the friendly support of:

March 7, 2014 8:00 pm
Vienna Reinvented

Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd St.
New York, NY

Olga Neuwirth – un posto nell’acqua (Herman Melville-Skizze) (2009) *US Premiere
Bernhard Gander – Take Nine for Twelve (2011) *US Premiere
Pierluigi Billone: Mani.Long (2001) *US Premiere

Free Admission, Tickets at acfny.org


James Baker, conductor

Presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum and Carnegie Hall’s Vienna: City of Dreams
With the friendly support of:

March 21, 2014 8:00 pm
East Carolina New Music Festival

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

Pierluigi Billone: Mani.Long (2001)

James Baker, conductor

With the friendly support of:

March 28, 2014 8:00 pm
Brandeis University Residency

Brandeis University
Slosberg Hall
Waltham, MA

Works by Brandeis University Graduate Student Composers


James Baker, conductor

March 29, 2014 8:00 pm
Brandeis University Residency

Brandeis University
Slosberg Hall
Waltham, MA

Eric Chasalow: Incident and Scatter (2012)
Pierluigi Billone: Mani.Long (2001)


James Baker, conductor

With the friendly support of:

April 11, 2014 7:00 pm
Etudes for Three Pianists

Barge Music
Brooklyn, NY

Frederic Chopin: Etudes Op. 25, No. 7, 8 and 11 (1837)
Claude Debussy: Etude “Pour les agréments” (1915)
Roger Reynolds: Etudes (2012) *World Premiere, Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation
Gyorgy Ligeti: Etudes: Vertige and Autumn in Warsaw (1986-1994)
Roger Reynolds: imAge/piano (2007)
Alejandro Vinao: Selected Etudes
David: Rakowski: Selected Etudes


Steven Beck, piano
Stephen Gosling, piano
Eric Huebner, piano

April 18, 2014 8:00 pm
MATA Festival

The Kitchen
512 West 19th. St
New York, NY

Simon Vosecek: Mouses (2012)
Edward Hamel: New Work (2014) *World Premiere
Clara Iannotta: Clangs (2012) *US Premiere
Todd Tarantino: Cap Malheureux (2012)


Chris Gross, cello
James Baker, conductor

April 23, 2014 8:00 pm
Georges Aperghis: Happy End

Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

Georges Aperghis: Happy End (2007) *US Premiere

Animated feature film: Hans Op de Beeck, Bruno Hardt, Klaas Verpoest
Computer Music Production: Sebastien Roux
Conductor: James Baker
Reserve free tickets

Funded by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, Institut Francais, the Florence Gould Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Funded in part by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation.

May 20, 2014 8:00 pm
Written for Talea

Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

David Adamcyk: Musique Absolue I (2014) *World Premiere
David Brynjar Franszon: latitude (2014) *World Premiere
Steve Coleman: Synovial Joints(2013-14) *World Premiere


Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Steve Coleman, alto saxophone
Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Miles Okazaki, guitar
Dafnis Prieto, drums
Maria Grand, cowbell

James Baker, conductor


Reserve Tickets

June 17, 2014 8:00 pm
Talea@The Stone: Anthony Cheung and Steve Lehman

The Stone
Corner of Ave C. and East 2nd St.
New York, NY

8 PM: Anthony Cheung and Steve Lehman
New compositions and improvisations for saxophone and keyboard in multiple tunings

10 PM: Anthony Cheung, piano
Alvin Curran: Beatles Arrangements (1990)
Ben Johnston: Suite for Microtonal Piano (1977)
Ana Sokolovic: Prelude and Fugue for GG (2007)

June 18, 2014 8:00 pm
Talea@The Stone: Elizabeth Weisser and Yuki Numata Resnick

The Stone
Corner of Ave C. and East 2nd St.
New York, NY

8 PM: Elizabeth Weisser, viola
Densities and Light

Giacinto Scelsi: Coelacanth (1955)
Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata no. 5, op. 5 (1700)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Di volo (1974)
Don Carlo Gesualdo: Questi leggiardri odorosetti fiori (1594)
Niccolo Paganini: Caprice #17 (1802-1817)
Pierluigi Billone: ITI KE MI (1995) *US Premiere

10 PM: Yuki Numata Resnick, violin
Program TBA

June 19, 2014 8:00 pm
Talea@The Stone: Chris Gross and Adrian Morejon

The Stone
Corner of Ave C. and East 2nd St.
New York, NY

8 PM: Chris Gross, cello
Charles Wuorinen: Duuiensela (1962)
Charles Wuorinen: Cello Variations II (1975)
Charles Wuorinen: An Orbicle of Jasp (1999)
Charles Wuorinen: Fast Fantasy (1977)

Stephen Gosling, piano

10 PM: Adrian Morejon
Franck Bedrossian: Transmission (2002)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Tre duetti con l’eco (2006)
David Fulmer: Rotary (2014) *World Premiere
Pierluigi Billone: Legno.Edre IV.Manda (2003) *US Premiere

Barry Crawford, flute
Elizabeth Weisser, viola

June 20, 2014 8:00 pm
Talea@The Stone: Alex Lipowski, Matthew Gold, Eduardo Leandro and Talea/Next

The Stone
Corner of Ave C. and East 2nd St.
New York, NY

8 PM: Alex Lipowski, Matthew Gold, Eduardo Leandro

Steven Takasugi: Strange Autumn (2003-04)
Georges Aperghis: Les Guetteurs de sons (1981)

10 PM: Talea/Next

Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5 (1936) (arr. Casey McLellan)
Brian Simalchik: Lacunae, for solo handbells and distant tape (2012)
Casey McLellan, handbells

Arijit Robin Chakraborty: I’m Leaving You (2014)
contempo Ensemble of the Brooklyn College Conservatory – Marianne Gythfeldt, director

David Bird: Bezier (2013)
andPlay: Maya Bennardo, violin; Hannah Levinson, viola

Stephen Cabell: Movement for Piano (2010)
Monika Haar, piano

Viola Yip: She is the one remembering something of this thing (2014)
for 2 female speaking vocalists

June 21, 2014 8:00 pm
Talea@The Stone: Erik Carlson and Barry Crawford

The Stone
Corner of Ave C. and East 2nd St.
New York, NY

8 PM: Erik Carlson, violin

Jürg Frey: Distant Colors (2013)
Christoph Korn: untitled (2014)
David Kant: untitled (2014)
Christopher Otto: Piece for Erik (2013)

10 PM: Barry Crawford, flute

Salvatore Sciarrino: L’opera per flauto, Volume 1 (1990)

June 22, 2014 8:00 pm
Talea@The Stone: Steven Beck and Rane Moore

The Stone
Corner of Ave C. and East 2nd St.
New York, NY

8 PM: Steven Beck, piano

Complete Solo Piano works of Arnold Schoenberg

10 PM: Rane Moore, clarinet

Raphael Cendo: Décombres (2006)
Georges Aperghis: Simulacre IV (1995)
Per Bloland: Quintet for solo clarinet (2005)
Vinko Globokar: Voix Instrumentalisée (1973)

August 23, 2014 8:00 pm
Harvard Summer Composition Institute

Harvard University
Paine Hall
Cambridge, MA

Works by Harvard Summer Composition Institute Fellows

August 24, 2014 8:00 pm
Harvard Summer Composition Institute

Harvard University
Paine Hall
Cambridge, MA

Works by Harvard Summer Composition Institute Fellows

September 21, 2012 8:00 pm
Opening Night: New York Triptych

Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd St.
New York, NY

Pierluigi Billone: Δίκη Wall (2012) *US Premiere
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Commission
Ondrej Adamek: Ca tourne ca bloque (2008) *US Premiere
James Dillon: New York Triptych (2012) *US Premiere
Fromm Foundation Commission

Free Admission
Reservations: reservation@czechcenter.com

Co-presented by the Bohemian National Hall and Czech Center New York

With the friendly support of:

November 4, 2012 7:30 pm
Wien Modern: Olga Neuwirth Portrait

Wienerkonzerthaus
Lothringerstraße 20
Vienna, Austria

Olga Neuwirth: incidendo/ fluido (2000)
Olga Neuwirth: In Nacht und Eis (2006)
Olga Neuwirth: …ad aduras… in memoriam H. (1999)
Olga Neuwirth: AKROATE HADAL (1995)
Olga Neuwirth: torsion: transparent variation (2001)

Adrian Morejon, bassoon
Steven Back, piano

November 6, 2012 8:00 pm
Contempuls Festival

La Fabrika
Komunardů 30
Prague, Czech Republic

Alex Mincek: Color – Form – Line: II (2011)
Eric Wubbels New Work (2012) *World Premiere
Huck Hodge: New Work (2012) *World Premiere
Erin Gee: Mouthpiece: Segment of the 4th Letter (2007)
Olga Neuwirth: torsion: transparent variation (2001)

Adrian Morejon, bassoon

December 14, 2012 8:00 pm
Synchronicities

Mannes College of Music
150 West 85th St.
New York, NY

George Lewis: Mnemosis (2012) *World Premiere
Christopher Trapani: Waterlines (2012) *World Premiere
*made possible by a grant from the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation
Steve Lehman: Khalid (2012) *World Premiere
Anthony Cheung: Synchronicities (2012) *World Premiere, Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation

Daisy Press, soprano

Free Admission

December 20, 2012 10:00 am
Anthony Cheung Recording Project

Oktaven Audio
Yonkers, NY

Anthony Cheung: Enjamb/ Infuse/ Implode (2006)
Anthony Cheung: Synchronicities (2012)

December 21, 2012 10:00 am
Anthony Cheung Recording Project

Oktaven Audio
Yonkers, NY

Anthony Cheung: Enjamb/ Infuse/ Implode (2006)
Anthony Cheung: Synchronicities (2012)

February 4, 2013 8:00 pm
A Contemporary Evening for Ralph

Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th St.
New York, NY

Olga Neuwirth: Hooloomooloo (1997)

Also featuring performances by Alarm Will Sound, JACK, ICE, Argento, and Either/Or

February 19, 2013 7:00 pm
Dialogues and Dualities

German Consulate New York
871 UN Plaza
New York, NY

Hans Werner Henze: Whispers from Heavenly Death (1948)
Hans Werner Henze: Sonata (1959)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I (1964)

Free Admission
E-mail germanconsulatenyc@gmail.com for Tickets

Sylvie Robert, soprano
Steven Beck, piano

Special guest and percussionist: Robyn Schulkowsky

April 8, 2013 8:00 pm
University of Washington Residency

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Works by University of Washington Faculty and Students

Program TBD

April 10, 2013 7:30 pm
Town Hall Seattle: Games

Town Hall
1119 8th Ave.
Seattle, WA

Mauricio Kagel: Match (1964)
Vito Zuraj: Deuce (2008) *US Premiere
Milton Babbitt: Fourplay (1984)
Moritz Eggert: Pong (2002/2012) *World Premiere
John Zorn: Rugby (1977)

Joshua Roman, cello

April 12, 2013 7:00 pm
University of Victoria

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
University of Victoria
British Columbia, Canada

Vito Zuraj: Deuce (2012)
Jonathan Harvey: Be(co)ming (1979)
Daniel Peter Biro: New Work (2013) *World Premiere
Beat Furrer: Studie (2011)

April 20, 2013 7:30 pm
MATA Festival

Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

David Fennessy:13 Factories (2009)
Taylor Brook: Against the Morning (2011)
Milica Djordjevic: one less horror for your mother (2011)
Evan Antonellis: New Work (2013)*
Hugo Morales: Tonewood (2011)
Mauro Lanza: Aschenblume (2002)

Jamie Jordan, soprano

*Commissioned by Music at the Anthology Inc. for the 2013 MATA Festival of New Music

May 14, 2013 7:30 pm
iNSIDE Out: Beat Furrer

Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd. St.
New York, NY

Beat Furrer: Lotófagos I (2006)
Beat Furrer: Studie for Piano (2011) *US Premiere
Beat Furrer: Scene VI, from FAMA (2004)
Beat Furrer: Lied (1993)

Tony Arnold, soprano
Bo Chang, actress
Tara O’Connor, contrabass flute
Steven Beck, piano
Yuki Numata, violin
Greg Chudzik, bass

With the friendly support of:

May 16, 2013 8:00 pm
FAMA

Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd. St
New York, NY

Beat Furrer: FAMA (2005) *US Premiere

Bo Chang, actress
Tara O’Connor, contrabass flute
James Baker, conductor
Ekmeles
Reserve Free Tickets:    http://www.acfny.org/event/reservation/beat-furrer-fama/

Presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum and Bohemian National Hall
Supported in part by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation

With the friendly support of:

May 17, 2013 8:00 pm
FAMA

Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd St.
New York, NY

Beat Furrer: FAMA (2005) *US Premiere

Bo Chang, actress
Tara O’Connor, contrabass flute
James Baker, conductor
Ekmeles
Reserve Free Tickets:    http://www.acfny.org/event/reservation/beat-furrer-fama-1/

Presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum and Bohemian National Hall
Supported in part by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation

With the friendly support of:

June 5, 2013 8:00 pm
June in Buffalo

University of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Works by June in Buffalo Faculty

Raphaël Cendo: Décombres (2006) *US Premiere
Charles Wuorinen: Piano Trio (1983)
Yehudi Wyner: Refrain (2012)
Augusta Read Thomas: Caprice (2005)
Brian Ferneyhough: Incipits (1996)
David Felder: Requiescat (2010)

James Baker, conductor

June 16, 2013 6:00 pm
Bang on a Can Marathon

Pace University, Schimmel Center
3 Spruce St.
New York, NY

Hans Abrahamsen: Schnee (2008)


James Baker, conductor


Presented by Bang on a Can with support from the Consulate General of Denmark

July 18, 2013 7:30 pm
Lincoln Center Festival: Matsukaze

Lincoln Center Festival
Gerald Lynch Theatre
524 West 59th St.
New York, NY

Toshio Hosokawa: Matsukaze (2011)


Libretto, Hanna Dübgen
Director, Chen Shi-Zheng
Conductor, John Kennedy
Set design, Chris Barreca
Lighting design, Scott Zielinski
Video design, Olivier Rosset
Costume design, Elizabeth Caitlin Ward
Pureum Jo (Matsukaze); Jihee Kim (Murasame); Gary Simpson (Monk); and Thomas Meglioranza (Fisherman)


Presented by Lincoln Center Festival. A co-production with Spoleto Festival USA.

July 19, 2013 7:30 pm
Lincoln Center Festival: Matsukaze

Lincoln Center Festival
Gerald Lynch Theatre
524 West 59th St.
New York, NY

Toshio Hosokawa: Matsukaze (2011)


Libretto, Hanna Dübgen
Director, Chen Shi-Zheng
Conductor, John Kennedy
Set design, Chris Barreca
Lighting design, Scott Zielinski
Video design, Olivier Rosset
Costume design, Elizabeth Caitlin Ward
Pureum Jo (Matsukaze); Jihee Kim (Murasame); Gary Simpson (Monk); and Thomas Meglioranza (Fisherman)


Presented by Lincoln Center Festival. A co-production with Spoleto Festival USA.

July 20, 2013 7:30 pm
Lincoln Center Festival: Matsukaze

Lincoln Center Festival
Gerald Lynch Theatre
524 West 59th St.
New York, NY

Toshio Hosokawa: Matsukaze (2011)


Libretto, Hanna Dübgen
Director, Chen Shi-Zheng
Conductor, John Kennedy
Set design, Chris Barreca
Lighting design, Scott Zielinski
Video design, Olivier Rosset
Costume design, Elizabeth Caitlin Ward
Pureum Jo (Matsukaze); Jihee Kim (Murasame); Gary Simpson (Monk); and Thomas Meglioranza (Fisherman)


Presented by Lincoln Center Festival. A co-production with Spoleto Festival USA.

August 4, 2013 6:00 pm
Newport Jazz Festival

Newport Jazz Festival
Fort Adams State Park
Newport, RI

Steve Coleman: New Work (2013) *World Premiere


Steve Coleman, saxophone
Special Guests TBA


Presented by Newport Jazz Festival

September 30, 2011 8:00 pm
Mode Records Series

The Stone
Ave C and 2nd St.
New York, NY

Gerard Pesson: Vexierbilder II (2003) *US Premiere
Alvin Curran: Triadic Limbo (2007)
Anthony Cheung: Roundabouts (2010) *US Premiere
Fausto Romitelli: Trash TV Trance (2002)
Victor Adan: Solum [Multiplexor I] (2006)
Matthias Pintscher: in nomine (1999)

October 4, 2011 8:00 pm
From the Exotic to the Surreal

Mannes College of Music
150 West 85th St.
New York, NY

Georges Aperghis: Triangle Carre (1985)
Pierre Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre (1955)

Bo Chang, mezzo-soprano

October 8, 2011 7:30 pm
On Old and New Grounds

Openhouse Gallery
201 Mulberry Street
New York, NY

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Mystery Sonata XVI:  Passacaglia
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in c minor  D. 703 (1820)
Matthias Pintscher: in nomine (1999)
Luciano Berio: Sequenza XIV (2002)
Olga Neuwirth: AKROATE HADAL (1995)

October 16, 2011 12:00 pm
SONiC FESTiVAL

Miller Theatre
116th St. and Broadway
New York, NY

Victor Adan/ Douglas Repetto: Tractus (2011) *World Premiere
A Meet the Composer Commission
Anthony Cheung: Roundabouts (2010)
Hector Parra: String Trio (2006) *US Premiere

October 23, 2011 4:00 pm
iNSIDE Out Series: The Art of Transcription

Roger Smith Hotel
47th St and Lexington Ave.
New York, NY

Harry Partch/Marc Sabat: November 15, 1935 – Leaving Santa Barbara (2007)
Igor Stravinsky: Suite Italienne (after Pergolesi) (1933)
Michael Finnissy: Verdi Transcriptions (selection) (1986)
Michael Finnissy: “Embraceable You” from Gershwin Arrangements (1988)
Jimmy Giuffre: Selections from “Free Fall” (transcribed by Anthony Cheung) (1962/2011)

November 12, 2011 8:00 pm
Harvard Group for New Music

Harvard University, Adams House Pool Theatre
Cambridge, MA

November 14, 2011
Recording Works of Anthony Cheung

Academy of Arts and Letters
New York, NY

Anthony Cheung: Windswept Cypresses (2005)
Anthony Cheung: Centripedalocity (2008)

November 15, 2011
Recording Works of Anthony Cheung

Academy of Arts and Letters
New York, NY

Anthony Cheung: Windswept Cypresses (2005)
Anthony Cheung: Centripedalocity (2008)

November 18, 2011 7:00 pm
Generational Contact

German Consulate New York
871 UN Plaza
New York, NY

Carl Bettendorf: Klavierstuck No.4 (2010)
Commissioned by the Forberg Schneider Foundation
Wolfgang Rihm: Klavierstuck No.4 (1974)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte (1960)

Free Admission
E-mail germanconsulatenyc@gmail.com for Tickets

November 27, 2011 4:00 pm
iNSIDE Out Series: Violin/Violin

Roger Smith Hotel
47th St and Lexington Ave.
New York, NY

Luciano Berio: Duetti (selections) (1979-83)
Béla Bartók: Duets (selections) (1931-32)
Luigi Nono: ”Hay que caminar” soñando (1989)

December 9, 2011 8:00 pm
John Zorn Portrait

Miller Theatre
116th St. and Broadway
New York, NY

John Zorn: Bateau Ivre (2011) *World Premiere, Chamber Music America Commission

Brad Lubman, guest conductor



Chamber Music America Commission
This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

December 17, 2011 8:00 pm
Inharmonic/(X)enharmonic: A Concert Celebrating Microtonal Music

Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th St.
New York, NY

Ivan Wyschnegradsky: String Quartet No. 2 (1931)
Dean Drummond: Mars Face (1997)
Toby Twining 9:11 Blues (2003)
Enno Poppe: Holz (2000) *US Premiere
Tristan Murail: Seven Lakes Drive (2006)
Anthony Cheung: Discrete Infinity (2011) *US Premiere

January 15, 2012 3:00 pm
Bateau Ivre: Chamber Music America Conference

St. Luke's Church
308 West. 46th St.
New York, NY

John Zorn: Bateau Ivre (2011)
Chamber Music America Commission



This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

January 22, 2012 4:00 pm
iNSIDE Out Series: Landscapes

Roger Smith Hotel
47th St and Lexington Ave.

Toru Takemitsu: Rocking Mirror Daybreak (1983)
Toru Nakatani: 4_1/128_1 (2007) *US Premiere
Toshio Hosokawa: Landscape No. 1 (1992)

February 17, 2012 8:00 pm
Difference, Repetition, Friction

Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd St.
New York, NY

Clemens Gadenstätter: Streichtrio II (1992) *US Premiere
Bernhard Gander: ö (2004) *US Premiere
Bernhard Lang: DW 16: Songbook 1 (2004)

Donatienne Michel-Dansac, soprano

Presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum

February 26, 2012 4:00 pm
iNSIDE Out Series: Negative Space: Music and Silence for One Viola

Roger Smith Hotel
47th St and Lexington Ave.

Iannis Xenakis: Embellie (1981)
J.S. Bach: Suite no. 6 in D Major (1717-1723)
Luciano Berio: Sequenza VI (1967)


Elizabeth Weisser, viola

March 9, 2012 8:00 pm
Written for Talea

Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th St.
New York, NY

Victor Adan/ Douglas Repetto: Tractus (2011) A Meet the Composer Commission
Hans Thomalla: Capriccio (2012) *World Premiere
John Zorn: Bateau Ivre (2011) *Chamber Music America Commission
Eric Chasalow: New Work (2012) *World Premiere, Barlow Endowment Commission
Ashley Rose Fure: therefore i was (2012) *World Premiere, Julius F. Jezek Prize Winner, commissioned by Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation

Chamber Music America Commission
This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Julius F. Jezek Prize, Commissioned through the generous support of the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation.  For more information: www.eilerfoundation.org

March 27, 2012 8:00 pm
Fausto Romitelli: Recording for MODE Records

EMPAC
Troy, NY

March 28, 2012 8:00 pm
Fausto Romitelli: Recording for MODE Records

EMPAC
Troy, NY

March 29, 2012 8:00 pm
Fausto Romitelli: Recording for MODE Records

EMPAC
Troy, NY

March 30, 2012 8:00 pm
Fausto Romitelli: Recording for MODE Records

EMPAC
Troy, NY

March 31, 2012 8:00 pm
Fausto Romitelli Portrait

EMPAC, Concert Hall
Troy, NY

Fausto Romitelli: Amok Koma (2001)
Fausto Romitelli: Domeniche alla periferia dell’impero (2000)
Fausto Romitelli: La sabbia del tempo (1991) *US Premiere
Fausto Romitelli: Nell’alto dei giorni immobili (1990)
Fausto Romitelli: Blood on the Floor, Painting 1986 (2000) *US Premiere

April 13, 2012 8:00 pm
Ithaca College Residency

Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York

Gerard Grisey: Talea (1986)
Jorge Grossman: Siray (2004)
Dana Wilson: Afterglow (2011)
Anthony Cheung: Enjamb, Infuse, Implode (2006)
Victor Adan/ Douglas Repetto: Tractus (2011) A Meet the Composer Commission

April 15, 2012 3:00 pm
Cornell University Residency

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

April 20, 2012 8:00 pm
Infinito Nero

Mary Flagler Cary Hall, DiMenna Center
450 West 37th St.
New York, NY

Victor Adán/ Douglas Repetto: Tractus (2011) *A Meet the Composer Commission
Gérard Grisey: Talea (1986)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Infinito Nero (1998)

Bo Chang, mezzo-soprano

Free Admission

E-mail to reserve tickets: talea@taleaensemble.org

May 18, 2012 8:00 pm
Stanford University Residency

Stanford University
Stanford, California

May 19, 2012 8:00 pm
Stanford University Residency

Stanford University
Stanford, California

May 27, 2012 4:00 pm
iNSIDE Out Series: Cello Solo

Roger Smith Hotel
47th St and Lexington Ave.

Helmut Lachenmann: Pression (1968)
Milton Babbitt: More Melismata (2006)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata for Cello Solo (1960)


Chris Gross, solo cello

June 9, 2012 5:00 pm
Persephassa

Storm King Art Center
1 Museum Rd.
New Windsor, NY

Talea Presents:

Iannis Xenakis: Persephassa (1969)

E-mail talea@taleaensemble.org for more information

*Note: Stay for a 2nd performance at 6:30 PM!

July 16, 2012 8:00 pm
Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt

Orangerie
Darmstadt, Germany

Pierluigi Billone: Δίκη Wall (2012) *World Premiere
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Commission
Jen Wang: New Work (2012) *World Premiere
Staubach Honoraria, Harry and Alice Eiler commission
James Dillon: New York Triptych (2012) *World Premiere
Fromm Foundation Commission

With the friendly support of:




This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through US Artists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

July 19, 2012 10:00 pm
Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt

Centralstation
Darmstadt, Germany

Fausto Romitelli: An Index of Metals (2003)
Donatienne Michel-Dansac, soprano


Supported in part by the Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation


This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through US Artists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.