Schedule – Archive 2020

14 January | Concert | La Fundación BBVA, Bilbao, Spain
Works by Gourzi, Erkoreka, Adès and Volans
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun fragmente einer ewigkeit
Signum Quartett

15-19 January | World Premiere | Universität der Künste, Berlin
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb
Konstantia Gourzi: Rezitativ Antigone for voice (WP)
Composition commission by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb, supported by Fanny-Hensel-Preis der Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft e. V.

20 January | World Premiere | Konzerthaus Berlin, 7 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb
Konstantia Gourzi: Rezitativ Antigone for voice (WP)
Composition commission by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb, supported by Fanny-Hensel-Preis der Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft e. V.
Soprano: Mengqi Zhang
Piano: Norbert Biermann
Live-Recording (Video)

25 January | Concert | Alte Pädagogische Hochschule, Heidelberg, 2.30 p.m.
Heidelberger Streichquartettfest
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun fragmente einer ewigkeit
Signum Quartett

31 January | Concert | Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9.30 a.m.
String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam
Works by Gourzi and Beethoven
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun fragmente einer ewigkeit
Signum Quartett

3 February | Concert | Versicherungskammer Bayern, 8 p.m.
Musica da camera
Konstantia Gourzi: Sappho-Zyklus – Hommage à G. Kurtág
Mezzo-soprano: Eva Maria Summerer
The concert has been postponed due to illness!

6 February | Concert | Reaktorhalle, München, 7 p.m.

Concert broadcast | BR Klassik Radio
„Musik von heute aus Europa“
Ivan Fedele: Mudrá per tredici intrumente (2013)
Vito Zuraj: QUIET, PLEASE (2014)
Agata Zubel: Chamber Piano Concerto (2018)
Tansy Davies: Soul Canoe (2019)
Vito Zuraj: TOP SPIN (2011)
Francesco Filidei: Ballata N. 7 (2018)
ensemble oktopus
Piano-solo: Haruka Ebina (Agata Zubel)
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

7 February | CD-recording Sony Classical | project #GoldbergReflections
Konstantia Gourzi: lullabies for three flowers
for violin and string orchestra. World Premiere
Commissioned by Niklas Liepe
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Violin: Niklas Liepe
Conductor: Jamie Phillips

7 February | Conzert | Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, Kammermusiksaal, 7.30 p.m.
“Voll vokal”
Concert with works for choir a cappella and works for ensemble
Konstantia Gourzi: “…il vento del nord…” for Madrigalchor
Conductor: Alfons Brandl

29 February 2020 | leap year celebration for the artist Alexander Polzin | Manhattan, NYC
Konstantia Gourzi: Nine lullabies for a new world – Hommage à J.S.Bach
Violin: Barbara Luisi

6 March | Concert | Großer Festsaal, Universität, Vienna, 7.30 p.m.
Die Freiheit … aufzubrechen … 1770-2020 Hölderlin Hegel Beethoven
Works by Gourzi, Zender, Beethoven
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun fragmente einer ewigkeit

6 March | Concert | Joseph-Joachim Konzertsaal, Bundesalle 1-12, Berlin, 7.30 p.m.
Paul-Hindemith Gesellschaft
Konstantia Gourzi: Rezitativ Antigone for voice and piano
Soprano: Mengqi Zhang
Piano: Marlene Heiß
The concert has been postponed due to illness!

7 March | Concert | Joseph-Joachim Konzertsaal, Bundesalle 1-12, Berlin, 7.30 p.m.
Paul-Hindemith Gesellschaft
Konstantia Gourzi: Rezitativ Antigone for voice and piano
Soprano: Mengqi Zhang
Piano: Marlene Heiß
The concert has been postponed due to illness!

8 March | Concert | Vlašim-Prag, 7.30 p.m.
Paul-Hindemith Gesellschaft
Konstantia Gourzi: Rezitativ Antigone for voice and piano
Soprano: Mengqi Zhang
Piano: Marlene Heiß
The concert has been postponed due to illness!

9 March | Concert | Nelahozeves-Prag, 7.30 p.m.
Paul-Hindemith Gesellschaft
Konstantia Gourzi: Rezitativ Antigone for voice and piano
Soprano: Mengqi Zhang
Piano: Marlene Heiß
The concert has been postponed due to illness!

18 and 19 March | Workshop | Grafenegg Festival
Composer in Residence
INK STILL WET – Composer Conductor-Workshop
Composer Conductor-Workshop with Konstantía Gourzí
Grafenegg Festival 2020
The workshop took place online because of the conditions during the coronavirus epidemic.

21 March | Concert | Orff-Zentrum, Munich, 8 p.m.
Evening at the Window – Chamber Concert with Munich Female Composers
Works by Le Beau, Wurm, Schick and Gourzi
Konstantia Gourzi: Evening at the Window
Viola: Diyang Mei
The concert has to be postponed due to the corona virus epidemic.

14. April | Interview | WDR 3 – „TonArt“, 3.30 p.m.
Composer in focus: Konstantia Gourzi
Konstantia Gourzi talks to Katrin Weller about her Greek roots, her works and composing in corona times.
www1.wdr.de

16 April | Concert broadcast | BR Klassik Radio – “Horizonte”, 10:05 p.m.
Live recording of the concert with the ensemble oktopus from 6.2.2020 in the Reaktorhalle, Munich
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

23 April | Concert broadcast | BR Klassik Radio – “Horizonte”, 10:05 p.m.
Live recording of the concert with the ensemble oktopus from 6.2.2020 in the Reaktorhalle, Munich
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

26 April | Concert | Heiliggeistkirche, München, 7 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Transformation – ein musikalisch-szenisches Signal gegen Kindesmissbrauch (2018)
Sieben Stationen for two sopranos, two mezzo soprano, male choir, children’s choir, seven instrumental soloists, dancers and audience, dedicated to all victims of abuse
Commissioned by “Erzdiözese München und Freising” (Concert from 6.10.2018, Rom)
Instrumental soloists of the Bavarian Opera State Orchestra
Violin: Felix Key Weber
Viola: Adrian Mustea
Cello: Benedikt Don Strohmeier
Clarinet: Slava Cernavca (Gast)
Percussion: Claudio Estay, Carlos Vera Larrucea, Maxime Pidoux
Soprano: Anna-Lena Elbert, Teresa Boning
Mezzo soprano: Eva Maria Summerer, Kathrin Walder
Children’s choir and Male choir of the Bavarian State Opera
Dancers of  the independent scene Munich
Choir rehearsals: Stellario Fagone
Choreographer: Pedro Dias
Musical director: Konstantia Gourzi
The concert has been postponed!

10 – 13 June | Forum | Grafenegg Festival, Schloss Grafenegg
Participation as Composer in Residence Grafenegg 2020
MIT – Grafenegg Forum: “Cultural Production and Curation”
A collaboration between Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Grafenegg Festival 2020

23 July | Concert | Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 5 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.
30-mal anders kleine Sommerromanze, Schwerin, Schelfkirche
Works by Mendelssohn, Clarke, Gourzi and Brahms
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart – three dialogues
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer
Piano: William Youn

14 August | Schlosspark, Grafenegg, 6.45 p.m.
Plantation of the Composer’s Tree by Composer in Residence Konstantia Gourzi

14. August | Festival Opening – World Premiere | Wolkenturm, Grafenegg, 7.30 p.m.
Ludwig von Beethoven: Ouvertüre zum Ballett «Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus» op. 43
Konstantia Gourzi: Ypsilon, A Poem for Trumpet and Orchestra, Commissioned by the Grafenegg Festivals (World Premiere)
Tonkünstler-Orchester
Simon Höfele, Trumpet
Konstantia Gourzi: Conductor, Composer in Residence 2020
Ludwig von Beethoven: Tripelkonzert für Klavier, Violine, Violoncello und Orchester C-Dur op. 56
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian Violin
Harriet Krijgh Violoncello
Rudolf Buchbinder Piano, Direction

14 August | World Premiere | Wolkenturm, Grafenegg, 7.30 p.m.
Opening of the Grafenegg Festival with Composer in Residence Konstantia Gourzi
Konstantia Gourzi: Messages from the Universe (UA), composition commission by Grafenegg Festival
Ludwig von Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Tonkünstler Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Soloists: Pretty Yende, Kate Lindsey, Klaus Florian Vogt, Jongmin Park
Conductor: Yutaka Sado
This concert has been cancelled. The premiere will happen later at on other date

15 August | Artist Talk | Schlosspark, Grafenegg, 3.30 p.m.
Opening of the Composer’s Room and artist talk with Konstantia Gourzi

15 August | Concert | Schlosshof, Grafenegg, 4.30 p.m.
Prelude Concert – Concert in Motion
Konstantia Gourzi: Paharión, the Red Angel in the Garden of las Huelgas
Choir: Saint Ephraim Male Choir
Ensemble opus21musikplus:
Byzantine style psalm singer and lyra: Vassilis Agrokostas, ney: Harris Lambrakis, violin: Miltiades Papastamou, clarinet/bass clarinet: Slava Cernavca
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi
Concert design: Ilka Seifert
Cancelled

16 August | Concert | Schlosshof, Grafenegg, 4.30 p.m.
Prelude Concert
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION
Ensemble of the European Union Youth Orchestra
This concert will happen later at on other date

22 August | Concert | Auditorium, Grafenegg, 4.30 p.m.
Ink Still Wet Closing Concert
Tonkünstler Orchestra
Conductors: selected composers of the workshop
Workshop director: Konstantia Gourzi
This concert will happen later at on other date

22 August | Artist Talk | Reitschule, Grafenegg, 6 p.m.
Artist talk and introduction to the world premiere of the evening
Cancelled

22 August | World Premiere | Wolkenturm, Grafenegg, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Concerto für Trompete und Orchester (New Work, WP), composition commission by Grafenegg Festival
Gustav Mahler: 4. Sinfonie
Soprano: Sarah Maria Sun
Trumpet: Simon Höfele
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi
See above at 14.8.

6 September | World Premiere | Schlosshof, Grafenegg, 4.30 p.m.
Prelude Concert
Works by Douglas, Schoenfield and Gourzi
Konstantia Gourzi: for four (rev. 2020), nine lullabies for a new world
Ensemble for four of the Tonkünstler Orchestra
This concert will happen later at on other date

11 September 2020 | Broadcast Grafenegg, 7 p.m.
Konstantía Gourzí: P-ILION nine fragments of an eternity, String Quartet No. 2, op. 33/2
featuring Austrian, British, Czech, Danish, Irish, Latvian and Polish EUYO members and alumni
more …

01 October 2020 | Concert | La Biennale di Venezia, Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, 8 p.m.
Sofia Avramidou: when the wolf met peter for clarinet solo
Occulto vocale for ensemble (world premiere)
Francesco Filidei: Ballata N. 7, per ensemble (Italia world premiere)
Marcello Filotei: In marcia seguendo le nuvole for ensemble (world premiere)
Konstantia Gourzi: Rezitativ Antigone for voice and piano (Italia world premiere)
Konstantia Gourzi: Wunde | Wunder 7 fragments for percussion and ensemble (Italia world premiere)
ensemble oktopus and members of the Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Clarinet solo: Slava Cernavca
Percussion solo: Claudio Estay
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi
more …

16. Oktober 2020 | CD-Release
Works commissioned by Niklas Liepe for the Project #GoldbergReflections – CD-Release by Sony Classical with Niklas Liepe
Konstantia Gourzi: Lullabies for three flowers (2020)
For solo violin and string orchestra
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Violin: Niklas Liepe
Conductor: Jamie Phillips

19 October 2020 | Release Concert | Theater im Delphi Berlin, 7.30 p.m.
Project #GoldbergReflections
Konstantia Gourzi: Lullabies for three flowers (2020)
For solo violin and string orchestra
Solo violin: Niklas Liepe
Conductor: Manuel Dengler
more …

22-29 October 2020 | Ink Still Wet Workshop | Grafenegg
28 October 2020 | Concert | Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Grafenegg Composer in Residence and Composer Conductor Workshop Leader Konstantia Gourzi
Participants: Hannah Eisendle, Konstantinos Koutroumpis, Luis Laya, Maximilian Zimmermann, Shiri Riseman
Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich
more…

07 November 2020 | Eight World premieres / Concert and CD recording | Great Hall of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München | 7 p.m.
Ludwig van Beethoven on his 250th birthday and Enjott Schneider on his 70th
World premieres by Martina Eisenreich, Dorothea Hofmann, Konstantia Gourzi, Marco Hertenstein. Enjott Schneider
ensemble oktopus and guests
Soprano: Julia Sophie Wagner, Dulcimer: Birgit Stoltzenburg-de Basio, Harp: Evelyn Huber, Piano: Jelena Stojkovitch, English horn: Kai Rapsch, Clarinet: Slava Cernavca, Stefan Schneider, Percussion: Christian Benning, Carlos Vera Larrucea, Wolfgang Lohmeier
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi
Cancelled

16 November 2020 | Concert | Mendelssohn Gesellschaft Berlin
Konstantia Gourzi: Rezitativ Antigone for voice and piano
Piano: Marlene Heiss
Soprano: Mengqi Zhang
Cancelled

17 November 2020 | Radio show “Composers to the podium! The Composer-Conductor-Workshop ‘Ink Still Wet’ in Grafenegg.” | Ö1, 23.03 p.m.
What happens when young composers have to rehearse and perform their works with a professional orchestra? The Composer-Conductor-Workshop “Ink Still Wet” in Grafenegg deals exactly with this “sound-making” of the latest compositions and gives young composers a new perspective on their own work.
Link to the show (only in German)

20 November 2020 | Round Table | Düsseldorf
Round Table “Female conductors”
State Parliament NRW Düsseldorf
Cancelled. New date will be announced soon.

24-25 November 2020 | Jury | Dirigentenforum des Deutschen Musikrates
Selection conducting for the admission of new scholarship holders to the Conductors’ Forum
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
Cancelled. New date will be announced soon.

26 November – 2 December 2020 | Workshop and Workshop Concert | Reaktorhalle, Munich, 7 p.m.
With works by Younghi Pagh-Paan, Klaus Huber, Jinwook Jung, Milica Djordjevic, Birke Bertelsmeier, HK Gruber (DEA), Konstantia Gourzi (DEA)
ensemble oktopus for modern music
conductors: Carlo Benedetto Cimento, Eduardo Browne, Geun-Han Kim
Workshop leader: Konstantia Gourzi