Adventure is the name of the long-term collaboration between the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Cologne Conservatory of Music and Dance) and Ensemble Musikfabrik, largely financed by the Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW (Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia). Within the framework of Adventure, composition students from the classes of Prof. Michael Beil, Prof. Brigitta Muntendorf and Prof. Miroslav Srnka work intensively with the soloists of the Ensemble Musikfabrik on new compositions. The cooperation project not only ensures a mutual learning process over a long period of time – different formats can also be envisaged or a project can extend beyond the usual framework over several semesters. The resulting contacts between the generation of musicians and composers have an impact on the future.
The multifaceted possibilities offered by this dialogue are demonstrated in premiere concerts with a wide variety of instrumentations, from solo to chamber music to full ensemble, in the artistic exploration of electronics, light, video, singing and space.Numerous videos were created in the process – some during the Corona pandemic, but also concert documentations from the HfMT’s concert hall. These document the collaboration in a lasting way.
Artistic direction: Prof. Brigitta Muntendorf, Prof. Michael Beil, Thomas Fichter
25.06.2021
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz
Simon Al-Odeh – piaNOtrio (2021) world premiere
Helena Cánovas – algo sobre la espera (2021) world premiere
Shengteng Zhang – ZOOM (2021) world premiere
Javier Vázquez – Oikos K (2021) world premiere
Eduardo Loría – tres colores (2021) world premiere
Chin-Hsien Chung –Whose birthday? (2021) world premiere
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Simon Spillner, sound direction
Adventure is a cooperation project with the Institut für Neue Musik of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Cologne
02.07.2021
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz
Pablo Garretón – Acephale for Ensemble & Live Electronics (2020)
Federico Perotti – Ricordo per ensemble (2020)
Patrick Schäfer – Sisyphos I für Ensemble (2020)
Dariya Maminova – Silently the river silently (2020)
Marc Vogler – Perpetuum Mobile für Ensemble (2020)
Mazyar Kashian – Game (2020)
World premieres by students of the composition classes Prof. Michael Beil, Prof. Brigitta Muntendorf, Prof. Miroslav Srnka
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Aaron Cassidy, conductor
Simon Spillner, sound direction
Marc L. Vogler – Kammerkonzert (2020)
Since the concert of Adventure #4 in collaboration with the Institut für Neue Musik of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln could not take place in summer 2020, videos were produced that deal with the interplay of instrument, electronics and mediality.
Benjamin Grau – sonority (2020)
Euimin Nam – Ewiges Minus, übriges ich (2020)
Dmitry Remezov – vakuum (2020)
Carlie Schoonees – “Hey, I like your personality.” “Thanks, it’s a disorder.” (2020)
20.12.2019
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz
Mazyar Kashian – Botanisieren (2019) world premiere
Matias Cassano – Mercator Projection oder ein betrunkener Affe mit einem Messer vor einem Spiegel (2019) world premiere
Eduardo Loría – Punto y línea (2019) world premiere
Chin-hsien Chung – which? WHICH? A, B or C? (2019) world premiere
Simon al Odeh – Anhiraf (2019) Uraufführung
Dmitry Remezov – Expiration in respirator (2019) world premiere
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Musicians of the HfMT
Simon Spillner, sound direction
28. Juni 2019
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Pablo Garretón | Pananalyticon (2019) for clarinet, violoncello, keyboard, drumset with live electronics and video – world premiere
Lucia Kilger | C/_U|C# (2019) for amplified tuba, 4-channel-player and live-electronics – world premiere
Euimin Nam | Wie sie in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt er heraus II (2019) for voice, ensemble, electronics and video – world premiere
Marc Vogler | Müller-Rosé (2019) Sein und Schein of the Wiesbaden Opera Singer from Thomas Mann’s impostor novel Felix Krull – for voice, ensemble and video – world premiere
Andrew Haig | Ebb (2019) for 6 musicians incl. percussion – world premiere
Żaneta Rydzewska | data processing (2019) for ensemble – world premiere
Students of the composition classes Prof. Beil, Prof. Hechtle u. Prof. Muntendorf
Elias Peter Brown, conductor
Clement Power, conductor
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Students of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Simon Spillner, sound direction
27.06.2019
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz
Nicolas Berge | double exposure (2019) for bass clarinet, viola, keyboard, drumset, live electronics and light – world premiere
Helena Cánovas i Parés | Unterweisung im Singen (2019) Adaptation of the texts of the same name by Julio Cortázar – world premiere
Mazyar Kashian | Musik für Kinder (2019) world premiere
Martín Letelier | Ya no van a haber robots (2019) for voice and ensemble – world premiere
Santiago Bogacz | …………….. (2019) for ensemble and live electronics – world premiere
Matías Cassano| Por imos y no (2019) for ensemble – world premiere
Dariya Maminova | “Я не знаю…” (“Ich weiß nicht…”) (2019) for voice and ensemble, words: Velimir Khlebnikov – world premiere
Students of the composition classes Prof. Beil, Prof. Hechtle u. Prof. Muntendorf
Elias Peter Brown, conductor
Clement Power, conductor
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Students of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Simon Spillner, sound direction