News – Archive

6 January | Concert | Teatru Manoel, Malta, 7 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Aiolos Wind
Piano: Trace Dawn Williams

16 January | Concert | Biennale Paris, Cité de la Musique, 8.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: one touch
Signum Quartet

21 January | Concert | Ultraschall Festival Berlin, Studios Nalepastraße, 9.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Minguet Quartet

23 January | World Premiere | Ultraschall Festival Berlin, Radialsystem V, 5.30 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Astrolávos, the Angel at the Bottom of the Sea, nine constellations for oboe solo (WP)
Composition commission by Francois Leleux
Soloist: Francois Leleux

24 January | Concert Broadcast | Radio France Musique, 3.30 p.m.
Broadcast of the concert of January 16, 2016
Konstantia Gourzi: one touch
Signum Quartet

28 January | Concert | Reaktorhalle, Munich, 7 p.m.
western new music language – works by John Adams, Tansy Davies, Jesse Jones and Steve Reich
Ensemble Oktopus
Piano solo: Erika Mikami
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

10 February | World Premiere | Aschermittwoch der Künstler, Dom München, 6.15 p.m.
Konstantia Gourzi: Stationen, inspired by the cross artwork of Jannis Kounellis (WP)
Composition commission of the Archbishopric of Munich-Freising
Ensemble opus21musikplus with: Stanislava Stoycheva (soprano), Slava Cernavca (clarinet), Mathieu Bordenave (saxophone), Anja Lechner (cello), Dine Doneff (double bass) and Mathias Lachenmayr (percussion).
Exhibition in the church: cross artworks by Jannis Kounellis

20 February | Concert | Onassis Foundation Culture Center, Athens, Greece, 9 p.m.
Stegi Grammaton kai Texnon
Konstantia Gourzi: Eine kleine Geschichte, Sappho-Zyklus, Aiolos Wind
Soprano: Anna Alexopoulou, piano: Elena Lazaretou

13 April | World Premiere | Black Box, Gasteig, Munich, 8 p.m.
Homage to György Kurtág and Steve Reich – 18 world premieres for their birthdays
World premieres by: Dorothea Hofmann, Theresa Zaremba, Kay Westermann, Henning Ginzel, Konstantia Gourzi, Park Jongbin, Bernd Redmann, Ina Meredi Arakelian, Rudi Spring, Elena Tarabanova, Sam Penderbayne, Jakob Stillmark, Philipp C. Mayer, Hankyeol Yoon, Harald Feller, Gerd Baumann, Richard Ruzicka, Niklas Melcher
Conductors: Felix Bönigk, Knut Hanßen, Hankyeol Yoon
Closing concert of the workshop “Aufführungspraxis Neue Musik” with Prof. Konstantia Gourzi
In cooperation with BR-Klassik

1 June | Seminar | Royal Academy of Music, London, England

2 July | Portrait Concert | Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Museum Schwerin, 11 a.m., 12.30, 3 and 4.30 p.m.
Portrait Konstantia Gourzi – Greetings to the Universe
Ieratiki Poiisi, P-ILION – neun fragmente einer ewigkeit, Kastalia, Sappho-Zyklus, Süd Wind – eine Erzählung
Heath Quartet, Byzantine style psalm singer, lyre, guitar: Vassilis Agrokostas, ney: Harris Lambrakis
Konstantia Gourzi: piano, conductor

22 July | Concert | Rokokotheater, Schwetzingen, 7.30 p.m.
“Auf Mozarts Spuren”
Konstantia Gourzi: Hommage à Mozart – three dialogues
Viola: Nils Mönkemeyer, piano: William Youn

21 August | World Premiere and Concert | Lucerne Festival, Switzerland
Works by Iannis Xenakis, Per Nørgård, György Ligeti and Konstantia Gourzi
Konstantia Gourzi: Ny-él, Two Angels in the White Garden, WP, composition commission by Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

28 August | World Premiere | Lucerne Festival, Dom Luzern, Switzerland
Konstantia Gourzi: Eva Ave for mezzo-soprano, WP, composition commission by Lucerne Festival
Soloist: Carmen Würsch

7 October | Concert | Worpsweder Musikherbst
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Minguet Quartet

16 October | Concert | Landsberg
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Minguet Quartet

25 October | Concert | Liederhalle Stuttgart, Hegel-Saal, 8 p.m.
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Brett Dean
Conductor: Konstantia Gourzi

28 October | Concert | Tage Neuer Musik, Weimar
Konstantia Gourzi: Anájikon, the Angel in the Blue Garden
Minguet Quartet

30 October | Concert | Duisburg
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun fragmente einer ewigkeit
Signum Quartet

6 November | Concert | Cardiff, Great Britain
Konstantia Gourzi: P-ILION, neun fragmente einer ewigkeit
Signum Quartet

23 November | Concert | Reaktorhalle, Munich, 7 p.m.
Works by Edisson Denissow, Olga Bochikhina, Vladimir Tarnopolski, Faradj Karaev, Wolfgang Rihm, Carola Bauckholt, Detlev Glanert, Oliver Schneller
ensemble oktopus, oboe: Anastassiya Tabankova, piano: Nataliya Cherkassova
Conductors: Konstantia Gourzi, Igor Dronov