Link to Media Release Announcing Festival.
Sydney’s hosting of the 2010 ISCM World New Music Days Festival from 30 April to 9 May heralds the first time in the 88-year history of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) that the prestigious event will be held in the Southern Hemisphere. It will also be the largest festival of contemporary music ever held in Australia.
Since the ISCM’s founding in 1922, ISCM festivals have included the world premieres of works by a diverse range of important composers, many of which have become standard repertoire, for example Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, and Ravel’s Piano Concerto for Left Hand. Australian works have regularly featured in the festival since 1938 in London, when Peggy Glanville Hicks’ Choral Suite was performed on a program which included Britten’s Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, and Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos, Percussion and Celesta.
In putting together the programme for this festival, more than 700 works from 52 countries were assessed, with over 82 works being selected. These reflect a broad spectrum of innovative musical practice, covering traditional chamber groups and choirs to cutting edge multimedia and sound installations. Music has been sourced from Australasia and Asia; Western and Eastern Europe; North, South and Central America, and South Africa.
2010 ISCM World New Music Days
30 April – 9 May 2010
Dr Matthew Hindson, AM, Artistic Director
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Friday 30 April, 6pm
SCM Modern Music Ensemble
Music Workshop, Tickets: $15/$10
Ivan Brkljačić [Serbia]: Jinx
Henrik Strindberg [Sweden]: Timeline
Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen [Denmark]: Song
Joakim Sandgren [Sweden]: Instrument Contondant
Carl Bettendorf [Germany]: Inner Life
Elena Kats-Chernin [Australia]: Village Idiot
Monday 3 May, 1pm
The Sax Project, dir. Michael Duke
SCM Saxophone Orchestra
Verbrugghen Hall, Entry by gold coin donation
Ed Martin [USA]: Flurry
Jane O’Leary [Ireland]: Riverrun
Robert Lemay [Canada]: Calligramme
Katia Beaugeais [Australia]: SoundBox
Clare Loveday [South Africa]: Duodectet I and II
Monday 3 May, 6pm
88 Keys
Sydney Conservatorium Keyboard Staff
Recital Hall East, Tickets: $15/$10
Osvaldo Golijov [Argentina/USA]: ZZ’s Dream
Lauri Kilpio [Finland]: La mer, la brume et le soleil
Jakub Polaczyk [Poland]: Visions from Light
Elliott Carter [USA]: 2 Thoughts about the Piano
Ie Don Oh [Korea]: And Another
David Del Tredici [USA]: Aeolian Ballade
Einojuhani Rautavaara [Finland]: Fuoco
Carl Vine [Australia]: Sonata for Piano Four Hands
Monday 3 May, 8pm
The World in Sydney
Ensemble Offspring
Verbrugghen Hall, Tickets: $15/$10
Bruce Crossman [Australia]: Not Broken Bruised Reed
Gerard Grisey [France]: Talea
Jeffrey Ryan [Canada]: Burn
Paul Steenhuisen [Canada]: Copralite Culture
Alexandra Hay [New Zealand]: Parts
Christian Winther Christensen [Denmark]: A Fall From the Perfect Ground
Wednesday 5 May, 1.10pm
Black and White
Sydney Conservatorium Keyboard Staff
Recital Hall East, Tickets: $15/$10
Karen Tanaka [Japan]: Techno Etudes
Liza Lim [Australia]: ‘Summer’ from The Seasons
Peter Ablinger [Austria]: ‘Mother Theresa’, ‘Morton Feldman’ and ‘Billie Holiday’ from Voices and Piano
Ian Dicke [USA]: Get Rich Quick
Wednesday 5 May, 6pm
Well Matched
MATCH Percussion + Michael Duke
Recital Hall East, Tickets: $15/$10
Miriama Young [New Zealand]: Snapdragon
Tatjana Kozlova [Estonia]: Dimension of Quiescence
Chun Ting Pang [Hong Kong]: In Different Spaces
John Kennedy [USA]: First Deconstruction (In Plastic)
Tomi Raisanen [Finland]: L’Homme Arme
Chia-Lin Pan [Taiwan]: Fantasie for solo saxophone
Wednesday 5 May, 8.30pm
The Biggest Band
SCM Big Band, dir. Bill Motzing
Verbrugghen Hall, Tickets: $15/$10
Sid Hille [Finland]: Felsenfest
Atli K. Peterson [Faroe Islands]: Elf-Zwölf und Dann
Antun Tomislav Saban [Croatia]: Etude 125
Vince Zoltan Laczo [Hungry]: Variations & Improvisations
Tim Davies [Australia]: New work (WP)
Friday 7 May, 6pm
Voices to Thrill
Sydney Children’s Choir
Verbrugghen Hall, Free Event
Seppo Pohjola [Finland]: The Wicked Witch of the North
Hildigunnur Runarsdottir [Iceland]: Carmen Fratrum Arvalium
Ross Edwards [Australia]: Dawn Canticle
Saturday 1 May, 3pm
Fisher’s Ghost Youth Orchestra
Free Event
Jonathan Bekes [Australia[: Dance
Angela Martens [Australia]: Death of a Martyr
Harry Gregson-Williams [UK]: Music from The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe
Vincent Surjadinata [Australia]: The Passion
Elena Kats-Chernin [Australia]: Russian Rag
Peter Sculthorpe [Australia]: Port Arthur: In Memoriam
Harry Gregson-Williams [UK}: Music from Prince Caspian
Saturday 1 May, 5pm
Annea Lockwood - Piano Burning
Campbelltown Arts Centre Forecourt
Saturday 1 May, 7.30pm
Future of Music?
Electric Trio
Tickets: $20/$15
Carl Vine [Australia]: Flute Sonata
Joe Manton [Australia]: New work
Pete Drummond [Australia]: New work
Giel Vleggaar [Netherlands]: Aiming for Ecstasy
Isaac Hayward [Australia]: Threesome (2nd mvt.)
Saturday 8 May, 3pm
Four for Australia
Goldner String Quartet
Tickets: $45/$35
Ian Munro (Australia): String Quartet No 1
Carl Vine (Australia): String Quartet No. 4
Ross Edwards (Australia): String Quartet No. 2
Peter Sculthorpe (Australia): String Quartet No. 17
Saturday 8 May, 8pm
Visions of Light and Darkness
Spectra Ensemble
Tickets: $45/$35
Bart Van Hecke [Belguim]: Le sourire infini des ondes (WP)
Jean-Luc Fafchamps [Belguim]: Lettre Soufi: Shîn
Bruno Mantovani [France]: D’un Rêve Parti
Filip Rathé [Belguim]: Avec diamants extrêmes
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Sunday 2 May, 1.30pm
The Pulse of Power Pt. 1, Music and Politics
Topology
Tickets: $29/$18 combined price with Pt. 2
Tolga Zafer Ozdemir [Turkey]: Affordable Escape
Andrián Pertout [Australia]: Riesenschritte
Martin Wesley-Smith [Australia]: Papua Merdeka
Robert Davidson [Australia]: Voice Portraits
Sunday 2 May, 3.30pm
The Pulse of Power Pt.2, Music and Politics
Thomas Buckner, Annea Lockwood
Tickets: $29/$18 combined price with Pt. 1
Annea Lockwood [New Zealand/USA]: In Our Name
Annea Lockwood [New Zealand/USA]: Night and Fog
Annea Lockwood [New Zealand/USA]: Duende
Australian Music Centre
Monday 3 May, 4pm
My Own Private Keyboard, Concert for ISCM Delegates
Kerry Yong, piano
Venue: Australian Music Centre, Level 4, 10 Hickson Road, The Rocks
Dusan Bavdek [Slovenia]: Awakening
Iulia Cibisescu-Duran [Romania]: Passacaglia
Richard Tsang [Hong Kong]: Ji-Li (Disintegration)
Yordan Goshev [Bulgaria]: Sonata-Fantasia
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre
Tuesday 4 May, 1pm
Momentary Pleasures
Free Event
Click here to view the selected list of work.
Student Pianists from the Sydney Conservatorium Keyboard Unit
Tuesday 4 May, 5pm
A Wealth of Sound
Ensemble Offspring + SCM Electronics
Tickets: $25/$15
Ivan Zavada [Australia/Canada]: Trio + electronics
Kate Moore [Australia]: Sensitive Spot
Chris Tonkin [Australia]: IN
Niels Ronsholdt [Denmark]: Die Wanderin
Panayiotis Kokoras [Greece]: Morphallaxis
Sungji Hong [Korea]: Black Arrow
Tuesday 4 May, 8pm
Bliss and Transfiguration
David Pereira (cello) and Timothy Young (piano) joined by Timo-Veikko Valve (cello) and Bernadetta Balkas (piano)
Tickets: $30/$15
John Peterson (Australia): Race Against Time
Martin Burlas * (Slovakia): From diary of a numb
Peter McNamara (Australia): Duo Charged
Vladimir Scolnic * (Israel): Dixit
Alicia Grant * (Australia): Night Spell
Herman Vogt * (Norway): Die liebe Farbe
Aulis Sallinen (Finland): Elegy for Sebastian Knight op. 10
Esa-Pekka Salonen (Finland): YTA III (1987)
Einjuhani Rautavaara (Finland): Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano
Wednesday 5 May, 8pm
Chronology Arts
Tickets: $30/$20/$15
Works composed by Michael Smetanin, Elias Constantopedos, Lachlan Skipworth, King-pan Ng, Alexandra Hay, Julian Day, Amy Bastow and Alex Pozniak.
Friday 7 May, 1pm
Young Guns
Sydney Symphony Fellowship
Tickets: $20/$10
Hubert Stuppner [Italy]: Mahler-Bilder
Kristian Blak [Faroe Islands]: String Quartet no. 5
Santa Ratniece [Latvia]: Alvéoles
Ji Sun Yang [Korea]: Melody, Notes, Five
Lachlan Skipworth [Australia]: Light Rain
Friday 7 May, 8pm
Triple Helix
NZTrio
Tickets: $40/$20
Chris Cree Brown [New Zealand]: The Triumvirate
Judy Bailey [Australia]: New work
Chris Gendall [New Zealand]: Intaglio
Stuart Greenbaum [Australia]: The year without a summer
Jack Body [New Zealand]: Fire in the Belly
Wayan Yudane [Indonesia/New Zealand]: Entering the Stream
John Psathas [New Zealand]: Helix
Thursday 6 May, 1pm
The Young and the Restless
Ensemble Offspring
Lennox Theatre, Tickets: $25/$15
Braam du Toit [South Africa]: Items 1, 2, 3
Alex Pozniak [Australia]: Mercurial
Fabian Svensson [Sweden]: Two Sides
Nicolas Tzortzis [Greece]: Mnesique
Georgy Dorokhov [Russia]: Under Construction
Stephan Thorsson [Sweden]: Shore Leave
Philip Glass [USA]: Music in Fifths
Thursday 6 May, 8pm
Les Murray’s Octave
The Song Company and Les Murray
Tickets: $30/$25
Damien Ricketson [Australia]: Shoal
Gareth Farr [New Zealand]: Les Murray Song Cycle
Frank Nuyts [Belguim]: Old Airs
Alex Pozniak [Australia]: New work
Andrew Ford [Australia]: The Averted
Juan Filippe Waller [Mexico]: Our Ray, Our Arrow
Pelle Gudmundson-Holmgreen [Denmark]: Two Madrigals from the Natural World
Sunday 9 May, 3pm
Sacred Sounds
Sydney Chamber Choir
Recommended donation: $20/$10, $40 Family
Vaclovas Augustinas [Lithuania]: Lux Aeterna
Jorge Cordoba [Mexico]: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Marco Molteni [Italy]: Pater Emon
Avner Hanani [Israel]: kol haN’shama
Ross Edwards [Australia]: Mountain Chant
Arvo Pärt [Estonia]: Berlin Mass
Works presented throughout the festival.
Johannes Sistermanns [Germany]: SoundPlastic
Thomas Bensdorp [Netherlands]: Jeux d’Enfants
Adrian Borza [Romania]: Dusk
Jorge Isaac [Netherlands]: Fuzz
Annea Lockwood [USA/New Zealand]: Bow Falls
Annea Lockwood [USA/New Zealand]: Piano Transplants
Emilio Mendoza [Venezuela]: Sin-Cadensas
Koji Nakano [Japan]: Unspoken Voices – Unbroken Spirits
Lise-Lotte Norelius [Sweden]: Isola
Aki Pasoulas [England]: Arborescences
Eve de Castro Robinson [New Zealand]: Gilded Blessing
Broadcast on ABC Classic FM & on ABC Digital Radio.
Ros Bandt [Australia]: Shima: 8 sonic haiku for Kumi
Daniel Blinkhorn [Australia]: In Situ Bacia
Jack Body [New Zealand]: Intimate history no. 2: sssteve
Andre Castro [Portugal]: Radio Framents
Koji Kawai [Japan]: Being time for Dogen Zenji
Alper Maral [Turkey]: Das klingende Alphabet
Mikako Mizuno [Japan]: Seven Temples
Steven Naylor [Canada]: The Thermal Properties of Concrete
John Oswald [Canada]: Brazilliaries
Jon Rose [Australia]: Ivories in the outback
Vivienne Spiteri [Canada]: Snowsongs
Jobina Tinnemans [UK]: Dr Naut
Austin Yip [Hong Kong]: Cambodian Flies at a temple in Kyoto
Samson Young [Hong Kong]: Building Socialism
Presenting Partners:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Aurora New Music, ABC Classic FM, Australian Music Centre, New Music Network, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Blacktown Arts Centre
Supporting Partners:
Australia Council for the Arts, Arts NSW, Ars Musica Australis, Blacktown Arts Centre, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre. Funding has been made available through the Australia Council for the Arts to cover accommodation and festival entry for International ISCM Delegates and ISCM selected Composers whose works will be performed at the festival.
Venue and Booking Information:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Where: Macquarie St, Sydney
Bookings: (02) 8256 2222
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Where: Cnr Camden & Appin Rds
Bookings: (02) 4645 4100
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Where: 597 High St, Penrith
Bookings: (02) 4723 7611
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre
Where: 700 Harris St, Ultimo
Bookings: (02) 8256 2222
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
Where: Church St, Parramatta
Bookings: (02) 8839 3399
Blacktown Arts Centre
Where: 78 Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown
Bookings: (02) 9839 6558
St Finbar’s Church, Glenbrook
Where: 46 Levy St, Glenbrook
Bookings: Not available – entry by donation only
Festival Passes: (includes 23 concerts)
$250 Adult | $125 Conc.| $75 Student
Individual concerts from $10, some events free.
