Category: music
PLUCOMP & DU VERT À L’INFINI
Pluralist Composition, PluComp, is one of the first composition summer courses that approach music composition from a non-Eurocentric perspective. The focus of this year’s course was Iran and Turkey. Iranian composers Reza Vali and Shahab Pâranj, and Turkish composer Erberk Eryilmaz, addressed aspects of music composition, such as melody, rhythm, polyphony, form, and instrumentation, from…
MIKROTÖNE ~ SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
Microtonality specialists from 16 countries met both virtually via Zoom Meeting and in person at Mozarteum University of Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria, to present talks, lectures, and recitals from Wednesday, 28 June, through Sunday, 2 July 2023.The symposium also hosts concerts with John Schneider, Bjarke Mogensen, Frank Erik Stadler, Kharkiv Guitar Quartet, and others, and presents the…
Arabic Heterophony – French Premiere
At the invitation of the Ginkgo association, the Austrasia Quartet will perform as part of the Euroméditerranée Cultural Festival on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 4 p.m. at the Maringer 36 quai de la Bataille cultural space in Nancy. In the program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): quartet KV 458 in B flat major “The Hunt.”Joaquín…
Six Variations in the Arabic style” for solo French horn
SIX VARIATIONS IN THE ARABIC STYLE (2022) For solo French Horn – ca. 9’30 Six Variations on the folk song “Rabaytak Sghayroun Hasan”.March 24, 2023, premiered on the composer’s YouTube channel by French Horn player Lousi Verchere A CONTEMPORARY PIECE FOR SOLO FRENCH HORN MUSIC BY WAJDI ABOU DIAB PERFORMED BY LOUIS VERCHERE Special thanks to…
How did my French Horn Catalogue get to Geneva?
It all started when my proposal was chosen for a residency program in La Cité Musicales de Saintes, back in 2022, in the beautiful historical site of the Abbaye aux Dames.There, I met Louis Verchere, the french Horn professor at the conservatory of Saintes, and through my master classes with his students, and several discussions…
THE SAMA’I AQSAQ DANCE (رقصة السماعي أقصاق)
Composed by Wajdi Abou Diab Recorded by VASILIS NALBANTIS Mastered by Charbel Bark THE SAMA’I AQSAQ DANCE (رقصة السماعي أقصاق) For solo microtonal trumpet in Bb – ca. 7’30 Happy to announce the YouTube premiere of “The Sama’I Aqsaq Dance” ( رقصة السماعي أقصاق), beautifully recorded by Vasilis Nalbantis and mastered by Charbel Bark. Bellow…
FOUR ARABIC SKETCHES FOR OUR FUTURE MUSICIANS
FOUR ARABIC SKETCHES Four concert short pieces for Beginner ensemble – c.a. 8′ 30Flexible four-part instrumentation This collection of four short concert pieces for beginners is intended to introduce the new musicians, as well as the audience, to the world of Arabic music in a fun way and is designed to make the ensemble practice…
ARAB-BORESCENT SYMMETRY IN THREE WINDS BY THE ARC PROJECT
As a part of THREE WINDS by THE ARC PROJECT, the piece ARAB-BORESCENT SYMMETRY for wind trio (Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet in Bb) was premiered by the amazing Anna Palko (Flute), Desmond Clarke (Oboe), and Sapphire Littler (Clarinet), and streamed live through the Arc Project’s social media pages and YouTube Channel. This project aims to…
A Tune For Amer’s Horn | Mata festival and the International Contemporary Ensemble
Wil Dannenberg (French Horn)Kyle Motl (double bass)Wilden Dannenberg (piano) Happy to share with you the premiere of my piece “A TUNE FOR AMER’S HORN” for French Horn, Piano, and Double Bass, which was premiered on May 6, 2022, by the International Contemporary Ensemble at the 2022 MATA Festival, at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York.…
Saintes Residency April 2022
As a part of the NAFAS program (LA RESIDENCE D’ARTISTES ET PROFESSIONNELS DE LA CULTURE LIBANAIS), I was invited to spend three weeks in the Abbaye Aux Dames in the beautiful city of Saintes, France.During this residency period of three weeks (10 – 30 April), I was planning to work on my “Arabic Vertical Poems”…