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LATVIAN COMPOSERS' UNION 4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS, DUNDAGA CASTLE, LATVIA ANNOUNCES APPLICATION OF PARTICIPANTS FOR A YEAR 2008 Latvian Composers' Union and organizers of the International Workshop for young composers announce current competition for participance in the 4th International Workshop for young composers, taking place from August 10 till 18, 2008 at Dundaga castle (Latvia). Please, find more information about application procedure below and in the attachment! In order to plan the number of competitors workshop organizers kindly ask those, who are interested in taking part to approve their participation duly, even before sending in the scores. We specially recommend non active participants (observers) to register in time.
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Due technical reasons e-mail of the workshop has changed to dundagaworkshop@gmail.lv. Please keep it in mind! Our previous e-mail workshop@one.lv is still working, but is not safe. From August 10 till 18, 2008 in the historical castle of Dundaga, the 4th International Workshop for young composers will take place. The project has already gained a considerable international reputation, and it is the only workshop of its kind in the Baltic region. During three previous Workshops, some 50 participants from nine countries have particpated. They have developed their abilities with 12 prominent composers from seven countries. Those who have already been in the small, eastern Latvian town of Dundaga, remember the time of the workshop as full of creative activities, fresh air and romantic country atmosphere. You can get everything in Dundaga except for the daily grind, oppressive city heat and plenty of modern technologies. The Workshop for young composers in Dundaga is a chance to seek inspiration in silence and simplicity under the guidance of excellent composers. It is a chance to hear your own music and that of other composers, and to breathe in deeply. ACTUAL The theme of 4th International Workshop for young composers is Universe and labyrinths of possibilities for wind instruments in contemporary music LECTURERS OF THE WORKSHOP
Olga Neuwirth Austria To participate in the workshop, You have to compose ¾ of a piece for a classical wind instrument quintet (fl, ob, cl, fg, cor). The residing group of the workshop will be the woodwind quintet Quintus Anima an ensemble of young, talented and internationally known soloists. The range of interesrs of the ensemble goes beyond classical and romantic music: The technical and creative ambitions of the ensemble consistently tend towards contemporary music. The musicians will stay at Dundaga for most of the duration of the workshop and will be open to consultations all day long. The piece should involve the full instrumentation of the quintet. Solo pieces or pieces for part of instruments will not be accepted. The submitted score fragment must not exceed 5 minutes (the total length of a piece should be no more than 7 minutes). Fifteen active participants of the workshop will be selected according to the results of the competition, after evaluation of the submitted material. The selcted authors are to finish their pieces during the workshop, making use of consultations with the residing musicians and lecturers. At the end of the workshop, the lecturers will choose the ten best pieces for the final concert. Detailed information about the ensemble and instruments can be obtained by contacting the ensemble: Deadline for sending in the fragment of the piece is April 20, 2008 (post mark). The results of the competition and chosen participants will be announced no later than May 20, 2008. Send your scores together with CV to the address below:
International workshop for young composers You can participate in the workshop also as a passive participant (observer), without taking part into the competition. Passive participants will not have their pieces performed, but may have limited possibilities for individual consultations with musicians and lecturers. LECTURERS Yannis Kyriakides (1969) Born in Cyprus currently living in the Netherlands, Yannis Kyriakides has studied with Louis Andriessen in the Hague. In 2000 he received the prestigious Gaudeamus music prize, in 2006 the honorary award of Prix Ars Electronica. The composer has co-operated with important contemporary music ensembles, among them Icebreaker, ASKO, Ensemble Integrales, and London Sinfonietta. Within the scope of his interests, an essential part is occupied by the interaction of acoustic and electronic music, which produces and seeks new forms and hybrids of media. Very often Kyriakides unites seemingly incompatible sources of sounds thus broadening the audience's experience of space and time. Olga Neuwirth (1968) One of the most distinguished contemporary European composers, she studied with Erich Urbaner in Vienna, Elinor Armer and Tristan Murail in San Francisco and Paris. Neuwirth has worked at the IRCAM institute in Paris. She is also a Berlin DAAD stipendiary, has received the Hindemith prize and the promotional prize of the Ernst von Siemens foundation, the Ernst Krenek prize. Neuwirth was presented with two portrait concerts at the prestigious Salzburg festival. Together with Pierre Boulez, she was the resident composer of the Lucerne festival. Boulez conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in 2000, when it performed her piece Clinamen/Nodus, which was also on the program during its world tour. In 2006, Olga Neuwirth was elected a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Her music is full of vital, contemporary colours, unexpected plot changes and original philosophy. Vladimir Tarnopolski (1955) Studied in Moscow with Nikolai Sidelnikov and Edison Denisov. Tarnopoļski's music has been performed in almost all of the biggest European music festivals, such as Berliner Festwochen, Wien Modern, Holland Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, The Schleswig-Holstein Musikfest, Tage fur Neue Musik Zurich, Warsaw Autumn. Among the performers of his music are the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble InterContemporain etc. Tarnopolski's music can be regarded from two aspects on the one hand, it is subject to carefully weighed-out construction while seeking for new coherence in music between consonance and dissonance, sound and noise, harmony and tone, electronic and acoustic. On the other hand, this music embodies refined postmodern histrionics together with subtle irony or surreal grotesque. PROCESS During the nine days of the workshop every participant will attend private consultations with all lecturers, as well as present his/her music, take part in rehearsals, seminars and discussions. Each lecturer will read two lectures on current issues of contemporary music. The theme of the workshop is only the axis around which different discourses concentrate. The official theme is not obligatory, and participants are given maximal creative freedom. During the workshop all conditions for creative, individual work will be provided. The historical building of Dundaga Castle combines a music school with facilties for creative work and a simple student hostel, in which participants will be accommodated. CONCERTS AND FREE TIME During the workshop there will be two concerts performed. Compositions of the workshop lecturers will be performed by an ensemble of the best Latvian contemporary music soloists, and the wind quintet Quintus Anima will render premieres of participants' pieces. In free time all the participants are invited to offer their musical performances, lectures and other kinds of creative activities. The quiet and inspiring environment of the castle is perfectly suitable for both active and passive rest and tasty entertainment. Dundaga is located at a distance of about twenty kilometres from the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga. PARTICIPANCE FEE
For active participants 150EUR The participation fee covers expenses of accommodation, catering, transport (Riga Dundaga Riga) and lecturers' work. All the participants will be settled in the simple, but romantic premises of the Dundaga castle students' hostel. International travel expenses as well as insurance are not included in the participation fee. CONTACTS
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