ADVENTURE

A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH THE INSTITUT FÜR NEUE MUSIK AT THE HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK UND TANZ, COLOGNE.

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). As part 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. This collaborative project ensures not only a mutual learning process over an extended period but also allows for the exploration of different formats or projects that can extend beyond the usual framework over several semesters. The resulting connections between generations of musicians and composers have an impact on the future.

The diverse opportunities presented by this dialogue are evident in world premieres featuring various ensembles, ranging from solo performances and chamber music to large ensembles. The artistic engagement includes electronics, lighting, video, vocals, and spatial elements. Numerous videos have been produced – some during the COVID-19 pandemic and others as concert documentation from the concert hall of the HfMT. These videos sustainably document the collaboration.

Artistic direction: Prof. Brigitta Muntendorf, Prof. Michael Beil, Thomas Fichter

Adventure #13

20.12.2024
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz

Andrés Quezada – RELAYER (2024)
for ensemble, electronics and video

Joan Tan Jing Wen – Der Flügel träumt davon, ein Stern zu werden (2024)
piano and electronic

Adrian Laugsch – serotonin shower (love song) (2024)
for ensemble and electronics

Runzhi Zhong – ..amid.. for 11 performers (2024)
for ensemble

Jaeduk Kim – Fragmented Resonances : Unveiling Figures Beyond the Turmoil (2024)
for ensemble

Ensemble Musikfabrik
Stephen Mulligan, conductor

Adventure #12

21.06.2024
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz

Ahmetcan Gökçeer – Alloy Avian (2024)
for bass clarinet, keyboard, drums, double bass and live electronics

Adrian Laugsch –Frankenstein (2024)
for oboe, trumpet, synthesizer, percussion, double bass, electronics and video

Unai Urkola Etxabe – Backrooms Resonance Project: Balloons! (2024)
for flute, clarinets, trombones, percussion, violoncello, electronics and video

Izumi Maekawa – Rowing Through Eternity (2024)
for oboe solo, electronics and light

Carlos Lopes – Debris (2024)
for horn, trombone, tuba, percussion

Eftichis Vittorakis – quintet (2024)
for oboe, clarinets, violins and double bass

Ensemble Musikfabrik

Adventure #11

15.12.2023
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz

Jaeduk Kim – Celestial gest (2023) world premiere
for oboe solo and ensemble

Christopher Collings – E-State (2023) world premiere
for ensemble

Jinwook Jung – Reverse II (2023) world premiere
for ensemble

Simon Bahr – Library Music No. 1: Penguins, etc. (2023) world premiere
for ensemble

Andrés Quezada – You Coo Coo You Coo Coo (2023) world premiere
for ensemble

Ensemble Musikfabrik
students of HfMT Köln
Toby Thatcher, conducter

Adventure #10

30.06.2023
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz

Tom Belkind – Metal Poetics (2023) world premiere
for trumpet, percussion, violin and double bass

Nicolas Berge – HOW TO pt.2 (2023) world premiere
for violin ans percussion

Izumi Maekawa – Towards The Green (2023) world premiere
for trumpet and trombone

Unai Urkola Etxabe – Backrooms Resonance Project: The Auditorium (2023) world premiere
for oboe and violin

Tamon Yashima – Bits und Brocken (2023) world premiere
for trumpet, double bass and sampler

Ensemble Musikfabrik
Students of the HfMT Cologne

Adventure #9

16.12.2022
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz

Mats Thiersch – Grand Expansion (2022)

Carlos Lopes – is lost (2022)

Simone Cardini – Corpo – respiro (2022)

Adrian Laugsch – VENUS & ADONIS (2022)

Lucia Kilger – cyrcyre #2 (2021/22)

Ensemble Musikfabrik
Students of the HfMT Cologne
Aaron Cassidy, conducter

Adventure #8

30.06.2022
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz

Alexander Held – Autonomous (2022) Uraufführung
for electric violin and synthesizer + amplification

Andres Quezada – Vértice de una espiral (2022) Uraufführung
for 4 percussionists

Szymon Wojcik – /pliːz//stɒp/(ˈbreɪkɪŋ/ɪt/ (2022) Uraufführung
for clarinet (and bass clarinet), trumpet, violin and trumpet, violin and playback

Carlie Schoonees – absorbed (2022) Uraufführung
for horn, percussion, piano and amplification

Helena Cánovas – algo sobre la espera (2021)
for oboe, trumpet, piano, violin and electronics

Ensemble Musikfabrik
Simon Spillner, Recording management
Prof. Michael Beil und Thomas Fichter, Artistic direction

Adventure #7

17.12.2021
Cologne, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz

Tamara Miller – Üb, collections (2021)

Carmen Pomet – WORDS CANNOT PROXY THE EXPERIENCE OF SEEING AND HEARING (2021)

Luise Volkmann – Musik zum Träumen (2021)

Junho Jang – Nonlinear Delay (2021)

Tom Belkind – On the Surface of the storm (2021)

Ensemble Musikfabrik
Clement Power, conductor

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