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1. January – 20. February | Exhibition | MQ 21 Freiraum, Museumsquartier, Wien
Antoinette: „Gesichter der Europa“ – Portraits of important women from all over Europe
Exhibition with with large format portrait about Konstantia Gourzi

14. January | Concert | Konzertsaal Konservatorium Filippos Nakas, Athen, Griechenland
Konstantia Gourzi: Aiolos Wind
Piano: Katerina Papazoglou

14.-19. January | Recordings | Klangforum Wien
“Happiness Machine. 3 Hours of Bliss with the Klangforum Wien”
10 works by Iris ter Schiphorst, Malin Bang, Carola Bauckholt and others
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien
Musical director: Konstantia Gourzi

January 23 | Concert | Reaktorhalle, München, 7 p.m.
„Akkordeon in my life“
Maximilian Zimmermann: New work (2018), world premiere, composition commission of the ensemble octopus
Jan Müller-Wieland: „Ecstatic and instinctive“ (1989)
Philipp Mayer: New work (2018), world premiere, composition commissioned by the ensemble octopus
Isabel Mundry: „Traces des moments“ (2000)
Dorothea Hofmann: New work (2018), Uraufführung
Moritz Eggert: „Interior at Petworth – 8 Variationen über ein Bild von William Turner“ (2005)
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Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

1 February | Concert | Reaktorhalle, München, 7 p.m.
„… durch die Länder und Kontinente 1“
Eres Holz: „Schakalkopf“ (2016)
Claude Vivier: „Paramirabo“ (1978)
Nina Senk: „Contrasts“ (2007)
Toshio Hosokawa: „Im Frühlingsgarten, for 9 players“ (2002)
Rebecca Saunders: „Fury II“ (2010)
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Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

8 February | World premiere | Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, 7 pm
“Happiness Machine. 3 Hours of Bliss with the Klangforum Wien”
10 world premieres with 10 filmmakers and 11 composers:
Michelle Kranot / Iris ter Schiphorst: Suggestion of Least Resistance (2018
Samantha Moore / Malin Bång: Bloomers (2018)
Rebecca Blöcher / Eva Reiter: Lickalike (2018)
Eni Brandner / Misato Mochizuki: PANTOPOS (2018)
Elizabeth Hobbs / Carola Bauckholt: Die Flunder (2018)
Andrea Schneider / Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri: Generator / Operator (2018)
Joanna Kozuch / Ying Wang: Music Box (2018)
Susi Jirkuff / Joanna Bailie: Vermessung der Distanz (2018)
Vessela Dantcheva / Electric Indigo: Hierarchy Glitch (2018)
Ana Nedeljković / Hanna Hartman: The Happiness Machine (2018)
Rebecca Saunders: Sole (2018)

Stage director: Jacqueline Kornmüller
Dramaturg: Peter Wolf
Readings: Günther Bernhart, Andreea Dosa, Andreas Eberle, Vera Fischer, Sven Hartberger, Matthias Meinharter, Anders Nyqvist, Gerald Preinfalk, Mikael Rudolfsson, Christoph Walder

Klangforum Wien
Peter Böhm & Markus Urban, Sound Engineer
Martin Repka, Video
Musical director for Schiphorst, Bång, Reiter, Mochizuki, Bauckholt, Wang, Bailie, Dantcheva: Konstantia Gourzi

12 February | Concert | Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: ich fürcht’ nicht
Ensemble Blauer Reiter
Conductor: Armando Merino

14 February | Concert broadcast | BR Klassik Radio, 10:05 p.m.
Live recording of the concert with the Ensemble Oktopus from 29.11.2018 in Munich
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

19 February | Concert | Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Spain
Konstantia Gourzi: Wind Dances – Hommage à Federico Mompou
Piano: Maria Canyigueral

4 March | Concert | Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, 7.30 p.m.
“Happiness Machine. 3 Hours of Bliss with the Klangforum Wien”
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien
Musical Director: Konstantia Gourzi

6 March | Concert and Panel discussion | Bamberger Dom and Spiegelsaal der Harmoniesäle, from 4 p.m.
“Ash Wednesday” of the artists

Konstantia Gourzi: A Song for Peace; Astrolávos, the Angel at the Bottom of the Sea; Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Violin: Barbara Wittenberg, cello: Ulrich Witteler
Clarinet: Slava Cernavca
Minguet Quartet

Panel discussion about “Silence and Creativity”
with Konstantia Gourzi and Archbishop Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schick
Host: Nora-Eugenie Gomringer

8 March | round table |  Odeon of Athens, 6-8 pm
„Side by Side“:  discussion about studying music in Germany and France
Participants:  P. Antoniadis, F. Boffard, N. Geraki, K. Gourzi, A. Louvier, A. Soulele, N. Tsouchlos. Moderation: Lorenda Ramou
The event is organized and supported by the Goethe Institut and Institut Francais

16 March | Animation films and music | Wien, Metro Kinokulturhaus, 8 p.m.
Tricky Women/Tricky Realities
„Happiness Machine – Cinema version”
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien
Musical director: Konstantia Gourzi
(for more information refer to WP 8.2.)

4 May | Concert | Kleiner Saal, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, 8 p.m.
Internationales Musikfest
“Happiness Machine. 3 Hours of Bliss with the Klangforum Wien”
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien
Musical Director: Konstantia Gourzi
(for more informationen refer to WP 8.2.)

5 May | Animation films and music | Birmingham, 4.30 p.m.
Flatpack Festival, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
„Happiness Machine – Cinema version”
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien
Musical director: Konstantia Gourzi
(for more information refer to WP 8.2.)

10 May | Concert | Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich
Concert as part of the exhibition “EXTRAORDINARY! Unknown Works From Swiss Psychiatric Institutions Around 1900” at Kunstmuseum Thun
Konstantia Gourzi: “Der Engel der Eewigkeit”
Ensemble Corund
Conductor: Steven Smith

3 July | Concert | Odeon Athinon, Athens, Greece, 9 p.m.
Athens and Epidaurus Festival
Konstantia Gourzi: Jasminarie
Cello: Fernando Nina
Live Recording by Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT

4 July | Conert | Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, 8 p.m.
Final concert of the masterclasses with Claudia Barainsky
Konstantia Gourzi: Eva Ave
Mezzo-soprano: Clarissa Reif

7 July | World Premiere | Cheltenham Music Festival, England
Konstantia Gourzi: Call of the Bees (WP)
Co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3, the Cheltenham Music Festival and the Royal Philharmonic Society
Cello: Anastasia Kobekina
Piano: Lilit Grigoryan

13 July | World Premiere | Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg, 8 p.m.
Closing concert of ION Festival 2019
Konstantia Gourzi: Perseus & Androméda, Sinfonische Dichtung über das Schicksal, for big orchestra, WP
Commissioned by Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
Conductor: Joana Mallwitz

13 July | Concert | Kimito Island Music Festival, Finland, 10 p.m.
Candle Light Concert, Västanfjärd Old Church
Konstantia Gourzi: Evening at the Window
Viola: Diyang Mei

23 July | World Premiere | Villa Concordia, Bamberg, 11 a.m.
Opening of Bamberger Kunst-und Antiquitätenwochen
Konstantia Gourzi: Fantasia, for tarogato, clarinet, bass clarinet, WP
Commissioned by Bamberger Kunst-und Antiquitätenwochen
Soloist: Slava Cernavca

6 August | Concert | Petit Palau, Barcelona, Spain
Konstantia Gourzi: Wind Dances – Hommage à Federico Mompou
Piano: Maria Canyigueral

22 August | Concert broadcast | BR Klassik Radio, 8:05 – 10 p.m.
Live recording of the concert on 13.7.2019
Closing concert of ION Festival 2019
Konstantia Gourzi: Perseus & Androméda, Sinfonische Dichtung über das Schicksal, for grand orchestra, WP
Commissioned by Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
Conductor: Joana Mallwitz

11 September | Broadcast | BBC Radio 3, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Konstantia Gourzi: Call of the Bees
Cello: Anastasia Kobekina, piano: Lilit Grigoryan
Broadcast of the world premiere on 7 July 2019 at Cheltenham Music Festival

25 October | Animation films and music | various venues, Wien, 6.30 p.m.
Theater an der Wien
“Happiness Machine. 3 Hours of Bliss with the Klangforum Wien”
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien
Musical director: Konstantia Gourzi
(for more information refer to WP 8.2.)

8-11 November | Competition | Neuer Marstall, Berlin
Boris Pergamenschikow Preis für Zeitgenössische Kammermusik 2019
Competition and prize winner concert
Jury: Axel Bauni, Claudio Bohórquez, Konstantia Gourzi, Lydia Jeschke, Martin Spangenberg, Marcus Weiss

12 November | Award Ceremony | Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz, Munich, 7 p.m.
Award ceremony of the Christoph und Stephan Kaske Stiftung to Olga Neuwirth
Laudatio: Konstantia Gourzi

21 November | World Premiere | Konzerthalle, Bamberg, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: New Work for orchestra, WP
Commissioned by Bamberger Symphoniker for „The encore! project“
Orchestra: Bamberger Symphoniker
Conductor: Nikolaj Znaider

22 November | Concert | Theater, Schweinfurt, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: New Work for orchestra, UA
Commissioned by Bamberger Symphoniker for „The encore! project“
Orchestra: Bamberger Symphoniker
Conductor: Nikolaj Znaider

24 November | Concert | Konzerthalle, Bamberg, 5 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: New Work for orchestra, UA
Commissioned by Bamberger Symphoniker for „The encore! project“
Orchestra: Bamberger Symphoniker
Conductor: Nikolaj Znaider

26 November | Concert | Reaktorhalle, München, 7 p.m.
„von Schönberg bis heute“
As part of the festival „Schönberg und seine Schüler“
Arnold Schönberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19 (1911)
Nikos Skalkottas: Quartett Nr. 1, Quartett Nr. 2 (1940-42)
Arnold Schönberg: Klavierstücke op. 33a+b (1929)
Christian Jost: Paradox (1999)
Marco Nikodijevic: dies secundus (2017)
Arnold Schönberg: Fünf Klavierstücke op. 23 (1920-23)
Unsuk Chin: Puzzles and Games from ´Alice in Wonderland` (2017 arr. 2019)
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Piano: Amadeus Wiesensee, Robert Florian Daniel, Vincent Neeb
Soprano: Anna-Lena Elbert (Unsuk Chin)
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

27 November 2019 | Concert | Boulez-Saal, Berlin, 7.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Nine lullabies for a new world – Hommage à J.S.Bach
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer

1 December | Concert | Philharmonie, Luxemburg, 5 p.m.
Rainy Days Festival
“Happiness Machine. 3 Hours of Bliss with the Klangforum Wien”
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien
Musical director: Konstantia Gourzi
(for more information refer to WP 8.2.)

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