3rd International Contemporary Music Festival

The mission of the Pharos International Contemporary Music Festival is to propagate the music of 20th and 21st centuries and showcase avant-garde compositions from all over the world. The Festival aims to provide a forum for composers and performers to advance and develop new projects and it has already been established as one of the most interesting and progressive annual events in Eastern Mediterranean.

Now in its third year, the Pharos International Contemporary Music Festival continues to diversify by presenting a number of exciting concerts, from 11 until 17 September 2011. Some of the finest contemporary ensembles in the world will join forces with 15 young, but internationally distinguished, composers from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Finland, the UK, Russia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Canada and the USA. Each composer will write a newly-commissioned Trio that will be given its world-premiere during the 3rd International Contemporary Music Festival of Pharos. The Festival aspires to appeal to the Cyprus public, especially the youth, by offering quality but alternative concerts of contemporary music.

The 3rd International Contemporary Music Festival comprises 7 concerts & 2 educational activities:

Sunday 11 September 2011
The Olive Grove / 19.00
EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble
Juliet Fraser / soprano, Tom Williams / countertenor, Stephen Jeffes / tenor, Jonathan Saunders / bass-baritone, James Weeks / director

John Cage (1912 - 1992)
Story from Living Room Music (1940)

Stephen Chase (b. 1973)
Excerpts from Jandl Songs (2007-)

Georges Aperghis (b. 1945)
from Récitations (1977/8)

Dmitri Kourliandski (b. 1976)
Voice-off World Premiere

interval

Cornelius Cardew (1936 - 1981)
Ah Thel (1963)

Amber Priestley (b. 1973)
bien ou chaud, bien serrés (2010)

Christopher Fox (b. 1955)
Excerpts from Catalogue Irraisoné (1999 ? 2001)

Evis Sammoutis (b. 1979)
Onomatopoeia World Premiere

Howard Skempton (b. 1947)
Music, when soft voices die (1992)

Monday 12 September 2011
The Shoe Factory / 20.30
Trio Iama
Antonis Anissegos / piano, Jannis Anissegos / flute, Maria Anissegou / cello

Trio Iama will give a concert with works that have been written especially for them. A relevant film will be shown simultaneously.

Dimitri Papageorgiou (b. 1965)
In the Vestige of the Present (2008)

Carlos Maria Stella (b. 1961)
Brahms im Spiegelkabinet (2007) World Premiere

Demetris Economou (b. 1984)
Vox Oblique (2008)

interval

George Christofi (1983)
Tethys World Premiere

Marc Yeats (b. 1962)
Strange Geometry (2008/2009)

Tuesday 13 September 2011
European University Cyprus / 10.00
Trio Iama
Antonis Anissegos / piano, Jannis Anissegos / flute, Maria Anissegou / cello

Trio IAMA will take the role of the composer and will improvise. The concert will take place in the morning and although it will be open to the public, it will focus on the therapeutic value of contemporary music, hence a number of people with special needs will be invited to participate.

Tuesday 13 September 2011
The Shoe Factory / 18.30
Concert & Workshop

The Belgian trio MUSIQUES NOUVELLES and the world-renowned composer Joshua Fineberg will present and analyze the works (world premieres) of Andreas Tsiartas, Artemis Aifotiti and Andys Skordis.

Andys Skordi (b. 1982)
So we commence...where?? World Premiere

Artemis Aifotiti (b. 1986)
Collage for piano trio World Premiere

Andreas Tsiartas (b. 1986)
Mnéma for piano trio World Premiere

Wednesday 14 September 2011
The Shoe Factory / 20.30
Musiques Nouvelles
Antoine Maisonhaute / violin, Jean-Paul Dessy / cello, André Ristic / piano

Christopher Trapani (b. 1980)
Passing Through, Staying Put World Premiere

Giacinto Scelsi (1905 - 1988)
Divertimento for violin, No. 3 (1955)

Daryl Jamieson (b. 1980)
Snow Meditation World Premiere

Evis Sammoutis (b. 1979)
Interpunct for solo piano (2011)

Jean-Paul Dessy (b. 1963)
Non Multa sed Multum for solo cello (1997)

interval

Giacinto Scelsi (1905 - 1988)
Duo for violin and cello (1965)

Peter Klanac (b. 1971)
New work for solo piano World Premiere

Panayotis Kokoras (b. 1974)
Murmur World Premiere

Victor Kissine (b. 1953)
Piano Trio (1993)

Thursday 15 September 2011
The Shoe Factory / 20.30
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Mikhail Bolkhovitin / violin, Sergei Astashonok / cello, Ivan Bushuev / flute, Oleg Tantsov / clarinet, Mikhail Dubov / piano

Takuya Imahori (b. 1978)
Vines for flute, clarinet, and piano World Premiere

Davide Ianni (b. 1978)
Transients for flute, clarinet and cello World Premiere

Russian Composer from Academy
New work World Premiere

Vladimir Tarnopolsky (b. 1955)
Echoes of Past Day for clarinet, cello and piano (1991)

interval

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 - 2007)
Klavierstücke No. 9 for piano solo (1961)

Luca Francesconi (b. 1956)
Trio for clarinet, violin and piano

Joshua Fineberg (b. 1969)

Friday 16 September 2011
The Shoe Factory / 20.30
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Mikhail Bolkhovitin / violin, Sergei Astashonok / cello, Ivan Bushuev / flute, Oleg Tantsov / clarinet, Mikhail Dubov / piano

Brian Ferneyhough (b. 1943)
Cassandra's Dream Song for flute solo (1974)

Sungji Hong (b. 1973)
Bisbiglio for flute, clarinet and piano World Premiere

Thomas Simaku (b. 1958)
a2 for violin and cello (2008)

Franck Bedrossian (b. 1971)
L'usage de la parole for clarinet, cello and piano (1999)

interval

Joshua Fineberg (b. 1969)
Veils for solo piano (2001)

Ian Dickson (b. 1977)
Lunissanti for clarinet, violin and cello World Premiere

Tazul Tajuddin (b. 1969)
Sebuah Pantun IV for violin, cello and piano World Premiere

Tristan Murail (b. 1947)

Saturday 17 September 2011
The Shoe Factory / 11.00
Lecture & Workshop
The musicians of the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble will give a lecture on the contemporary art reality in Moscow. Master-classes and workshops to follow, for young Cypriot professionals (piano, clarinet, horn, violin and cello)

Artists:
EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble
Trio Iama
Musiques Nouvelles
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Joshua Fineberg

Composers commissioned to write world premieres:
Andreas Tsiartas (Cyprus)
Artemis Aifotiti (Cyprus)
Andys Skordis (Cyprus)
George Christofi (Cyprus)
Evis Sammoutis (Cyprus)
Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece)
Tazul Tajuddin (Malaysia)
Davide Ianni (Italy)
Sungji Hong (Korea)
Christopher Trapani (USA)
Takuya Imahori (Japan)
Ian Dickson (UK)
Dmitri Kourliandski (Russia)
Daryl Jamieson (Canada)
Peter Klanac (Canada)
Carlos Maria Stella (Argentina)

Ticket Prices:
Adults: EUR22
Friends and Supporters of the Pharos Arts Foundation / Concessions: EUR17

Purchase your tickets online www.pharostickets.org or by telephone 7000 9304
Tickets are also available at the Moufflon Bookshop in Paphos 26-934850