Moscow Contemporary
Music Ensemble
Moscow Contemporary
Music Ensemble
Saturday, 4 July 2020
19:00
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Russia)
The program:
Anton KOSHELEV (*1997)
Comprehension (Premiere, 2020)
for violin, cello and piano
Thanakarn SCHOFIELD (*1993)
…Dust Pile (Premiere, 2020)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Tobias FANDEL (*1986)
Rational choices (Russian Premiere, 2019)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Nicolas ROULIVE (*1989)
Toccatina (Russian Premiere, 2019)
for bass flute, bass clarinet, piano and electronics
Alfred JIMENEZ (*1988)
obstructive durations (Premiere, 2020)
for flutes, clarinet and cello
Jannik GIGER (*1985)
TANZ (Russian Premiere, 2018)
for bass clarinet, cello and piano
Simone CARDINI (*1986)
Seduto e polvere e frutti,
tra parole intangibili (Russian Premiere, 2019)
for violin, cello and piano
Performers:
Ivan Bushuev, flute
Oleg Tantsov, clarinet
Gleb Khokhlov, violin
Yulia Migunova, cello
Mikhail Dubov, piano
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
20:00
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Russia)
The program:
Djordje MARKOVIC (*1978)
(inter)actions II (Premiere, 2020)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Mert MORALI (*1992)
Gigue (Premiere, 2020)
for flute and piano
Roman PARKHOMENKO (*1993)
Spheres (Premiere, 2020)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Chun-ting PANG (*1983)
Notturno con Fuoco (Russian Premiere, 2016)
for clarinet and violin
Alexandre JAMAR (*1995)
Forest Study I (Premiere, 2020)
for violin, cello and piano
Jean-Patrick BESINGRAND (*1985)
La Ultima Catabasi (Russian premiere, 2016)
for flute, clarinet, violin and piano
Tianyang ZHANG (*1995)
Pavilion alongside Mountains (,2020)
for violin, cello and piano
Natalia PROKOPENKO (*1985)
The imperfection of memory (Premiere, 2020)
for alto flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Performers:
Ivan Bushuev, flute
Oleg Tantsov, clarinet
Gleb Khokhlov, violin
Yulia Migunova, cello
Mikhail Dubov, piano
Thursday, 9 July 2020
18:00
Award Winners’ Concert of the 4th International Sergei Slonimsky Composition Competition
The program:
Sergei SLONIMSKY (1932 – 2020)
Mini-partita (2014)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Alberto ARROYO (*1989)
Estado interior I – Metainstrument Etude No.1 (Russian Premiere, 2015)
for flutes, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Joshua HEY (*1988)
I am in here (Russian Premiere, 2019)
for violin and cello
Shin MIZUTANI (*1991)
Harpocratēs (Russian Premiere, 2019)
for flutes, clarinets, violin and cello
Performers:
Ivan Bushuev, flute
Oleg Tantsov, clarinet
Gleb Khokhlov, violin
Yulia Migunova, cello
Mikhail Dubov, piano
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Moscow Ensemble) Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (MCME) was founded in 1990 by Yuri Kasparov, under the patronage of the famous Russian composer Edison Denisov. The ensemble focuses on promoting 20th and 21st century music. It is Russia’s foremost contemporary chamber ensemble and consists of some of the best Russian musicians specializing in modern music. MCME has strong educational goals and works closely with both Russian and international cultural foundations to bring contemporary music to a wide range of audiences. As part of this goal, MCME has organized the International Young Composers Academy (Tchaikovsky City, Ural) to bring together both young composers and internationally recognized composers in workshops.
The ensemble’s repertoire is quite extensive and has included the premiere of almost 800 different works. Particularly, they champion the music of Russian composers of the 1920’s and ‘30’s, such as Nikolai Roslavets and Alexander Mosolov. Additionally, they regularly perform music by “Shestidesyatniki” (1960’s Russian) composers. MCME regularly performs in many diverse locales across Russia (80 cities) and elsewhere in the world, including Armenia, Austria, Belorussia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and USA. MCME performed on the best concert stages, took part in the biggest international festivals such as “Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art”, “DiaghilevFest” (Russia, Perm), “Radio-France presences” (Paris), “FrankfurtFest”, “Maerzmusik” (Germany), “Gaudeamus music week”, “The Night of the Unexpected” (the Netherlands), “Warsaw Autumn” (Poland), “Klangspuren” (Austria) and other.
MCME has recorded more than 40 CDs for leading CD labels, including Olympia (UK), Harmonia Mundi (France), Triton (Japan), Donemus (The Netherlands), Fancymusic (Russia), etc.
Each season MCME gives around 70 concerts in Russia and abroad. The special place in repertoire is allocated for music of young Russian and foreign composers. The ensemble also takes active part in the international multimedia and theatrical projects. In 2009 MCME became the winner of the Award ACTION in support of theatrical initiatives. In 2013 MCME got the Award GOLDEN MASK.