Internationaler Nikolaus Fheodoroff Kompositionspreis

22. Oct. 2015, 18:30
Dom zu Maria Saal (bei Klagenfurt)

Preisträgerkonzert - Internationaler Nikolaus Fheodoroff-Kompositionspreis 2015

SukJu Na - Towards o, Sung by AuditivVokal Dresden (source: ORF)

In Würdigung des künstlerischen Schaffens von Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Fheodoroff (1931-2011) hat das Land Kärnten bereits zum zweiten Mal einen mit 10.000,-- Euro dotierten Internationalen-Kompositions-Preis ausgeschrieben.

Ziel der Vergabe des Preises ist es, einerseits Komponistinnen und Komponisten zu fördern und andererseits die Akzeptanz für zeitgenössische Musik in der Bevölkerung zu stärken. Darüber hinaus soll durch die Vergabe dieses Preises auch ein Beitrag zum internationalen Kulturaustausch geleistet werden.

Dem Festival der Alten Musik trigonale wird die Ehre zuteil, das diesjährige Preisträgerkonzert auszurichten, worin wir eine willkommene Gelegenheit sehen, einen von Alter Musik bis zu den Werken zeitgenössischer Komponisten reichenden Bogen zu spannen und dadurch einen – wie wir meinen – wesentlichen Beitrag zur Musikvermittlung leisten zu können. Neben den prämierten Kompositionen – Farben des Mohns von Christoph Renhart sowie Towards o von SukJu Na – erklingt Musik von Nikolaus Fheodoroff, Johann Jakob Froberger sowie die Missa L‘homme armé des Renaissancekomponisten Guillaume Dufay.

(Source : http://www.kulturchannel.at/?siid=26&pagetype=detail&arid=58970&bid=)

INTERPRETEN

AuditivVokal Dresden

Almut Kuehne, Birte Kulawik – Sopran
Stefan Kunath – Altus
Alexander Bischoff, Jonas Finger – Tenor
Cornelius Uhle – Bass

Olaf Katzer – Leitung

World Music Days Slovenia 2015

28. Sep. 2015, 20:00
Conservatory for Music and Ballet Ljubljana


Ensemble Neofonia
Steven Loy, Conductor


Program


Kai-Young Chan (individual sub.) - Fata Morgana (2012) for violin, viola, double bass, oboe, and bassoon

Timothy Harenda (Stephen F. Austin) - Purple Quartz (2014) for bass flute, bass clarinet, violoncello, vibraphone, piano and electroacoustics

Alla Zagaykevych (ISCM Ukraine) - Leandre (2012) for flute, tenor saxophone, trombone, accordion, violin, cello and electronic recording

Uroš Rojko (Slovenia) - Stone Wind II (2003/04) for ensemble

SukJu Na (individual sub.) - undersurface (2013) for 7 players

Ivan Buffa (ISCM Slovakia) - Rebirth (2011) for ensemble

Krzysztof Wołek (ISCM Poland) - Motions,Stase (2012) for piano and chamber ensemble

Portrait Concert @ The House Concert

13. April, 2015, 20:00
대학로 예술가의 집 (Artist's House, Seoul)

제437회 하우스콘서트 | 작곡가 시리즈 2. 나석주
The 437th House Concert | Composer-Series 2. SukJu Na

Masumi Yoshikawa, Soprano
Sae Hoon Choi, Conduct
ensemble iiiiiiiii


String Quartet No. 1 (2008/11)
1st Violin 이윤의, 2nd Violin 한소라, Viola 변정인, Cello 김연진

vkqzhs for Clarinet Solo (2011)
Clarinet 이새롬

Nocturne for Female Voice, Flute and Piano (2013)
Soprano 요시카와 마스미, Flute 오병철, Piano 문종인

-Intermission-

"< >" for Flute, Clarinet, Viola, Cello and Piano (2010/11)
Conduct 최세훈, Flute 오병철, Clarinet 이새롬, Viola 변정인, Cello 김연진, Piano 문종인

Stereo Dialogue for Violin and Cello (2011)
Violin 이윤의, Cello 김연진

Feedback for Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Piano (2015, World Premiere)
Conduct 최세훈 Violin 한소라, Viola 변정인, Clarinet 이새롬, Piano 김민선


I was given this generous opportunity by The House Concert who organized and supported my first portrait concert in the frame of their annual "Composer-Series". Had never expected to get such a huge chance so early, even in my hometown where my pieces had seldom been played actually.

The selected pieces might not the best representative of mine. I chose them, however, to display how my music had been flowed from 2008 to 2015. Especially, String Quartet No. 1 is the last piece I wrote in Korea, also the first one from which consciousness as a professional composer emerged. It was quite interesting for me as well to follow the "time-line" towards the newest piece.

The ensemble iiiiiiiii made me happy during rehearsals and the concert. Special thanks to soprano Masumi Yoshikawa who flew kindly from Japan for this event.

(All photos from the house concert's website)

About The House Concert (From its homepage)

The House Concert is a small-scale music concert initiated in 2002 at a private house of Park Chang Soo, a composer/pianist and main host of The House Concert. The House Concert is remarkable for the unusual experience it offers to appreciate music not only by listening but also by feeling the vibration through wooden floors. It reduces the physical and psychological distance between the stage and the audience. Consistently making experiments on small spaces, the House Concert has held about 1,600 concerts with artists of various genres such as classical music, traditional Korean music, jazz, popular music, experimental art, puppet show, and independent film.

undersurface (alternative version)

20. March, 2015, 19:00
Theaterhaus P1 (Stuttgart)

ascolta plays... "Pazifik"

Ming Tsao: Not Reconciled für B-Klarinette, Posaune, Gitarre, Cello, kleine Trommel (2003)
Xu Weiwei: A Play für Klavier und Percussion (2013)
Chun Ting Pang: Vocalize the voicelessness für Cello, Percussion, Klavier und Posaune (2013)
Chow Jun Yan: Introspection für Cello, Gitarre und Percussion (2013)
SukJu Na: undersurface for 7 players (2013, Europe-Premiere)


ensemble ascolta

Andrea Nagy, Clarinet
Andrew Digby, Trombone
Hubert Steiner, Guitar
Erik Borgir, Violoncello
Florian Hoelscher, Piano
Julian Belli, Percussion
Boris Müller, Percussion

Harmut Keil, Conduct


undersurface had an Europe-Premiere by ensemble ascolta again. It contains originally a trumpet part, but it had to be substituted for some reason. The trumpet part could be successfully rendered into the clarinet thanks to the incredible interpretation of clarinettist Andrea Nagy. I like this version very much, too.