Third Place
17:00

Mikhail Krutik is a violinist and composer. He is a graduate of St. Petersburg Conservatory and He is a member of St. Petersburg Philharmonic String Quartet and ensemble of the pro arte Institute. Mikhail Krutik has been playing the violin with the Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Philharmonic since 1999. In 2008 he took a post in the orchestra as the second concertmaster.

The program: Alyssa Aska, Zhuosheng Jin, Carlos Nunez Medina and Gérman Toro Pérez.

Jaani Kirik Concert Hall
20:00

The Studio for New Music (SNM) is the leading contemporary music group in Russia. The ensemble was founded by composer Vladimir Tarnopolski and conductor Igor Dronov in 1993. Their first concert was given in France with Mstislav Rostropovich as conductor.

The program: Katharina Rosenberger, Andreas Eduardo Frank, Alexander Radvilovich, Barblina Meierhans, William Blank, Gary Berger And Vladimir Tarnopolski.

Saint Petersburg State Conservatory
14:00

Vladimir Tarnopolski is a professor of composition at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1993 he founded the Centre for Contemporary Music at the Moscow Conservatory, the first of its kind in Russia, and the Studio for New Music Ensemble. Tarnopolski’s compositions contain a fulminantly charged musical substance fitting into a concisely articulated, well-balanced construction. He is a frequent guest in many Western contemporary music festivals.

New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre
20:00

The Gallery of Actual Music Ensemble (GAMEnsemble) was founded by composer Oleg Paiberdin. The basic mission of ensemble is performance of new music with an emphasis on the works written for the last decade by contemporary composers.

The program: Miles Friday, Kevin Juillerat, Roman Parkhomenko, Kostas Zisimopoulos, Kevin Kay, Oleg Paiberdin and Dmitry Mazurov.

Saint Petersburg State Conservatory
11:00

Raphaël Cendo’s music tends towards excess and saturation. He sculpts from crude masses and extracts complex sounds. Energy from the performers themselves puts this sound matter into a state of tension through a blending of timbres and a contrast of forms.

He has taught at the Conservatoire de Nanterre, the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya of Barcelona, at the Darmstadt Summer School, at the “New Voices” composition sessions in Royaumont Abbey. He is the director of the University of Altitude, a summer academy of composition that takes place every year in Saint-Martin-Vésubie.

Saint Petersburg State Conservatory
14:00

Oscar Bianchi completed degrees in composition, choir conducting and electronic music at the Giuseppe Verdi conservatory of Milan. He pursued further studies in composition taking part in master programs such as at IRCAM — Centre Pompidou and with a doctoral degree at Columbia University in New York under the guidance of Tristan Murail.

He has been awarded numerous prizes, such as the Gaudeamus first Prize and the Grand Prix de la SACEM. «Partendo» has been awarded with the 2016 IMC International Rostrum of composer’s prize while his first CD Portrait won the German Record Critics’ Award in 2013.

Icebreaker Krasin
17:00

Machineria Octophonica is a multi-channel composition for electronics and objects by Dmitry Shubin. Spatial audio performance will take place in the huge engine room of the Krasin Icebreaker, built in 1916.

The speakers of the 8-channel sound system are placed at various points of the space filled within the ships hull and the different decks, creating a single sound field. The sound in this case is not “modeled”, but completely depends on the peculiarities of metal surfaces, tilt angles and re-reflections of the sound waves.

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Catherine Assembly
20:00

Alexey Potapov is an electric and classical guitarist and as a soloist collaborates with leading new music ensembles. He graduated from the Music College of the Volgograd Conservatory and the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. Potapov participates in both academic and improvisational music performances and projects. His repertoire covers a wide stylistic spectrum from classical and ancient music to modern music and free improvisations.

The program: Anna Pospelova, Andrey Besogonov, Rubens Askenar, Karlheinz Essl, Dai Fujikura, Jake Adams And Thomas Kessler.

Saint Petersburg State Conservatory
11:00

Sergej Newski’s music has been performed at the leading international New Music festivals, including the Donauechingen Festival, Wien Modern, Éclat, the Gaudeamus Music Week, the Berliner Festwochen, the ISCM World New Music Days, the Moscow Territoryfest, and UltraSchall.

Interpreters of his music include not only Klangforum Wien, the Neue Vokalsolisten and Ensemble Modern, but also the Nieuw Ensemble, Musikfabrik, KNM Berlin, ensemble mosaik, as well as conductors like Peter Rundel, Johannes Kalitzke, Jürg Wyttenbach, Titus Engel, Enno Poppe, Teodor Kourentzis und Vladimir Jurowski.

Arts Square Gallery
17:00

Comprising a unique combination of accordion, electronics and video, the ensemble embraces an innovative, experimental project. Close collaborations with composers culminating in the premieres of their works is a key part of this event.

A trio from Moscow featuring Sergej Tchirkov, Nikolay Popov and Alexey Nadzharov will present their (auditory) vision of the approach to forming a syntax between the acoustic, video and electroacoustic instrumentation. video and electroacoustic instrumentation

Masterskaya M. K. Anikushina
19:30

Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (MCME) was founded in 1990 by composer Yuri Kasparov. 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 new music. The ensemble repertoire is quite extensive and has included the premiere of more than eight hundred works.

The program: Olga Raeva, Andrew Maxbauer, Svetlana Lavrova, Boris Filanovsky and Artur Zobnin. Olga Raeva, Andrew Maxbauer, Svetlana Lavrova, Boris Filanovsky and Artur Zobnin.

Saint Petersburg State Conservatory
11:00

Dmitri Kourliandski graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. His compositions won prizes at the international composers competitions, including the Gaudeamus Prize, Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award, Johann Joseph Fux Opera Composition Competition and others.
He is the founder and artistic director of the International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city. Co-founder of the Structural Resistance group (StRes) and Musical director of the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre.

21:00

The Swiss saxophone quartet ‘Konus Quartet’ will be playing together with one of Austria’s key contemporary composers, Klaus Lang, who experiments with a variety of acoustic techniques to make his music sound like audible time. The ‘Konus Quartet’ engages its audience with highly expressive and idiosyncratic sounds.

The program: The music of Klaus Lang „drei allmenden“ in collaboration with ‘Konus Quartett’. „drei allmenden“ „drei allmenden“

Saint Petersburg State Conservatory
11:00

Sarah Nemtsov is the recipient of numerous grants and awards. Her works closely with numerous prestigious ensembles and orchestras is regularly performed at renowned international festivals such as the Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstädter Ferienkursen für Neue Musik, Wien modern, ECLAT, Ultraschall, Holland Festival, Musica, Bregenzer Festspiele, Münchener Biennale, and many more.

Sheremetev Palace
18:00

The ensemble’s repertoire includes works by composers of the second half of the 20th and early 21st centuries from composers such as Haas, Lachenman, Scelsi, Colangelo, Reich, Bedrossian, Kourliandski, Takemitsu and others.

The program: Luca Valli, Haotian Yu, Amir Khalaf, Stefan Prins, Víctor Báez, Dmitri Kourliandski and Darya Zvezdina.

Radio House
21:00

Quartett engages its audience with highly expressive and idiosyncratic sounds. Original compositions are interpreted predominantly by the quartet, but these are also contrasted with pieces from past centuries and arrangements for saxophone instrumentation.

The program: Ioannis Angelakis, Jürg Frey, Oleg Gudachev, Antoine Chessex and Lucas Niggli.