Events and Concerts
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14 December 2024
Sanremo
Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio
for orchestra
Commission of Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo
11 October 2024
Schwetzingen
Jagdsall, Schloss Schwetzingen
Schwetzinger Mozartfest 2024
Voids of Inequality
for basset clarinet and string quartet
Commission of Mozartfest Schwetzingen
Nikolaus Friedrich, basset clarinet
Chaos String Quartet
Budapest Music Center
Out of the Magic Circle
for glissando flute and ensemble
Impronta ensemble
Roman quartet
Eddi De Nadai, conductor
Hungarian premiere
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6 May 2024
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim
L'impermanenza della Memoria
for flute, cello and piano
Kathrin Haberkern, flute
Annemone Hoffmann, cello
Sanghee Kim, piano
Wonseok Kang, piano assistant
Hyunsik Shin, conductor
5 April 2024
S. Cecilia Conservatory of Music
Rome
Out of the Magic Circle
version for flute and harp
Première
Andrea Salvi, flute with glissando headjoint
Giulia Bigioni, harp
2023
5 November 2023
Budapest
Budapest Music Center
Celestial keys
for 2 sopranos and orchestra
Premiere
Márta Murányi, Judit Szathmáry – soprano
Concerto Budapest Ligeti Ensemble
László Tihanyi, conductor
19 July 2023
Detmold
Hochschule für Musik
Vom Spektralismus Griseys zum Polysystemismus von Alessio Elia
(From the Spectralism by Grisey to the Polysystemism by Alessio Elia)
Seminar in Music Analysys at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.
Andreas Luca Beraldo, professor
Alessio Elia
5 June 2023
Octet
Philharmonische Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck
German première
28 May 2023
Budapest Music Center
Festival Ligeti 100
Hamburgisches Konzert by Ligeti
Premiere of the version revised by Alessio Elia
on the basis of Ligeti's manuscript and notes (Paul Sacher Foundation - Basel)
27 May 2023
Mattatotio
Atlante Sonoro 2023
Rome
Voynich Lied
Italian premiere
Keiko Morikawa, soprano
Massimo Bartoletti, trumpet
Anna Bellagamba, piano
24 May 2023
BMC - Budapest Music Center
Péter Eötvös Foundation
The Hamburgisches Konzert by György Ligeti
Lecture by Alessio Elia
23 May 2023
BMC - Budapest Music Center
Festival Ligeti 100
L'impermanenza della memoria
for flute, cello and piano
Alter ego ensemble
Manuel Zurria, flute
Francesco Dillon, cello
Emanuele Torquati, piano
Commissioned by and dedicated to Manuel Zurria, Francesco Dillon and Emanuele Torquati
for the Ligeti 100 Festival Budapest
Organized by The Italian Institute of Culture - Budapest
in collaboration with BMC
18 March 2023
Stadthalle
Krone Bautzen
Wreiheit
for wind orchestra
Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie
Andrea Barizza, conductor
Commissioned by Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie
12 March 2023
Kulturpalast
Dresden
Wreiheit
for wind orchestra
Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie
Andrea Barizza, conductor
Commissioned by Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie
11 March 2023
St. Petri Kirche
Chemnitz
Wreiheit
for wind orchestra
Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie
Andrea Barizza, conductor
Commissioned by Dresdner Bläserphilharmonie
2022
10 December 2022
Ex Mattatoio
Rome
Il Canto segreto
for three accordions
Première
Umberto Turchi, Riccardo Pugliese, Stefano Di Loreto, accordions
Commission of the 59th Festival "Nuova Consonanza"
Dedicated to Giovanni Piazza, beloved Maestro, in memoriam
23 November 2022
K11
Budapest
Etude for string quartet
Première
Dedicated to Roman quartet
Roman quartet
Alessio Elia, conductor
19 November 2022
BMC - Budapest Music Center
Crypto-lounge of a dark left
for large ensemble
Premiére
Concerto Budapest Ligeti Ensemble
Peter Eötvös, conductor
Within the Festival "The day of listening" 2022 (A Hallgatás Napja Fesztivál 2022)
13 November 2022
Ex convento di S. Francesco
Pordenone
Conifold transitions
for clarinet soloist and ensemble
Impronta ensemble
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
13 November 2022
Ex convento di S. Francesco
Pordenone
Out of the magic circle
for flute soloist and ensemble
Impronta ensemble
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
Commission of Associazione Musica Pura
Dedicated to Andrea Salvi
11 November 2022
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
Singapore
Octet
Asian première
Boon Hua Lien, conductor
15 June 2022
BMC - Budapest Music Center
Caducae resonantiae
for solo guitar
Hungarian première
within Ulysses Journey 2022
Katalin Koltai, guitar
For info and tickets click here
18 February 2022
Hungarian Institute of Culture
Paris
Nocturnal awakened
Quintetto Anemos
Commissioned by Quintetto Anemos
The Hugh Lane Gallery
Dublin
Caducae resonantiae
for solo guitar
Katalin Koltai, guitar
Commissioned by and dedicated to Katalin Koltai
Première within Ulysses Journey 2022
2021
15 December 2021
Città del Vaticano
Radio Vaticana
Alessio Elia: Portrait-interview for Radio Vaticana
Listen to the podcast here
30 November 2021
Milano
Museo del Novecento
Ultra septimam lunam
for ensemble
NED Ensemble
Andrea Mannucci, conductor
Première
Commission of SIMC - Società Italiana Musica Contemporanea
for the 700th commemoration of Dante's death.
Dedicated to NED Ensemble
12 October 2021 - 24 January 2022
Detmold - Hochschule für Musik
Vom Spektralismus Griseys zum Polysystemismus von Alessio Elia
(From the Spectralism by Grisey to the Polysystemism by Alessio Elia)
Seminar in Music Analysys at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.
Andreas Luca Beraldo, professor
16 June 2021
Budapest Music Center
Caducae resonantiae
for solo guitar
Première
Katalin Koltai, guitar
2020
22 December 2020
Arnold Schönberg Center
Vienna
Outskirts of matter
for counter-tenor/baritone and ensemble
Alois Mühlbacher, counter-tenor/baritone
Ensemble Wiener Collage (soloists and members of the Wiener Philharmoniker)
René Staar, conductor
Commissioned by Wiener Collage
Dedicated to Cecily Brown
Première
Viewable on youtube free of charge here
4 December 2020
Hungarian Institute of Culture
Paris
Nocturnal awakened
Quintetto Anemos
For info and tickets click here
16 October 2020
MicroFest Prague 2020
Malostranské námesti 258
118 00 Malá Strana
Prague
Alessio Elia
Conference
Polysystemism: a tool to shape music in connection with acoustical phenomena.
Watch the conference for free at the link
Videos available for free online to registered participants.
To register use this form
23 August 2020
House of Music
Budapest
I confini del cielo
for string orchestra
Camerata Pelsonore
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
Postponed
19 August 2020
House of Music
Budapest
I confini del cielo
for string orchestra
Première
Camerata Pelsonore
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
16 June 2020
BMC - Budapest Music Center
Budapest
Caducae resonantiae
Première
Katalin Koltai, guitar
Commissioned by Katalin Koltai
Release of the CD Incroci Musicali
with Nocturnal Awakened
14 March 2020
Budapest Music Center
Grand Hall
Budapest Flute Academy
Sonata for flute and piano
Szabolcs Szilágyi, flute
László Borbély, piano
Commissioned by Szabolcs Szilágyi for the Budapest Flute Academy 2020
22 February 2020
Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart
Incantesimi di Merseburg
for 16-part soloist mixed choir
Stuttgart Kammerchor
Frieder Bernius, conductor
Commissioned by Stuttgart Kammerchor
click here for info and tickets
21 February 2020
Mannheim
Gesellschaft für Neue Musik
Incantesimi di Merseburg
for 16-part soloist mixed choir
Première
Stuttgart Kammerchor
Frieder Bernius, conductor
Commissioned by Stuttgart Kammerchor
2019
19 December 2019
Liszt Academy of Music
Doctoral School
Conference
«Polysystemism: a simultaneous employment of different tuning systems.
Music as thought-form in the light of sound perception and related acoustic phenomena.
The most recent achievements of physics as a source of inspiration for a coherent system
of organization of sonic matter and of the forces that underlie it».
27 October 2019
Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur
Musée national Marc Chagall
Octet
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice
Andrea Vitello, conductor
Première
Info and tickets
26 September 2019
h. 19:30
Italian Institute of Culture
Budapest
Nocturnal Awakened
Wind Quintet
Hungarian Première
Anemos Quintet
25 September 2019
h. 20:00
Italian Institute of Culture
Paris
Nocturnal Awakened
Wind Quintet
Première
Anemos Quintet
6-10 August 2019
Master class in Composition
Zeneház - Concerto House of Music
Páva utca 10, 1094 – Budapest
Budapest
Master class in Composition
Alessio Elia
Sidney Corbett
Ensemble in residence
Members of National Hungarian Radio Orchestra,
Budapest Opera House and Concerto Armonico
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
15 May 2019
Mannheim
In the jury of Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition
4 May 2019
h. 22:00
Liszt Academy
Grand Hall
Implicate Inklings
Clarinet Concerto
Première
Composition supported by NKA - Hungarian National Cultural Fund
Concerto Budapest Orchestra
Featuring: Csaba Klenyán, solo clarinet
Conductor: Zoltán Rácz
For info and tickets click here
31 March 2019
h. 19:30
BMC - Budapest Music Center
Mátyás u. 8, 1093
Budapest
Ekpyrotic suicide
for ensemble
Première
UMZE Ensemble
László Tihanyi, conductor
21 March 2019
Bacau Concert Hall
Fading into colors
Première
Mihail Jora Philarmonic Orchestra Bacau
Andrea Barizza, conductor
2018
12 November 2018
Vigadó Concert Hall
Vigadó tér 2, 1051
Budapest
Distimement
for large orchestra
Compulsory piece for the Final of the
Antal Doráti International Conducting Competition
MÁV Symphony Orchestra
Lien Boon Hua, conductor
17 September 2018
h. 18:00
Országos Idegennyelvű Könyvtár
(National Foreign Language Library)
1056 Budapest, V. kerület, Molnár utca 11
Extended moment
for solo guitar
Hungarian première
Katalin Koltai, guitar
30 August 2018
RAI Radio 3 Suite
h. 23:30
Interview with the composer about his Octet, recorded by I Solisti della Scala
and released on Cd by Warner Classics.
Broadcast lead by Guido Barbieri with the contribution of
Fabrizio Meloni, first clarinet of La Scala and
Andrea Vitello, conductor of I Solisti della Scala
For listening it in the Radio podcast click here (in Italian)
29 August 2018
h. 19:30
Zeneház - Concerto House of Music
Páva utca 10, 1094 – Budapest
Budapest
The Temptress
Piano etude no. 2
Alessio Elia, piano
25-29 August 2018
Master class in Composition
Zeneház - Concerto House of Music
Páva utca 10, 1094 – Budapest
Budapest
Master class in Composition
Alessio Elia
Sidney Corbett
Ensemble in residence
Members of National Hungarian Radio Orchestra,
Budapest Opera House and Concerto Armonico
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
World, 11 May 2018
It is released the CD "Octets" by Warner Classics
including the Octet by Alessio Elia
performed by I Solisti della Scala di Milano
conducted by Andrea Vitello
Buy it on Ibs (Distributed worldwide - Italian speaking customers) - click here Buy it on Amazon (Distributed worldwide - English speaking customers) - click here
24 February 2018
h. 19:00
Chiesa Evangelica Battista
Via del Teatro Valle, 27
00186 Rome
Extended moment
Première
Angelo Colone, guitar
23 February 2018
h. 20:30
Hungarian Academy in Rome
Liszt Hall
Via Giulia, 1
00186 Roma
Tel. +39 06 688 9671
"Italians without borders" - piano recital by Krisztina Fejes
Alessio Elia
Three Piano Etudes
- Merging Spaces: Piano Etude no. 3
- The Temptress: Piano Etude no. 2
- Outrage: Piano Etude no. 1
Complete programme:
Baldassare Galuppi
C major sonata No. 5
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonatas in D
1. Major K29 L 461 / Presto
2. Minor K1 L 366 / Allegro
3. Minor K9 L413 / Allegro
4. Toccata minor K141. L 422 / Allegro
5. Major K45 L265 / Allegro
Muzio Clementi
B major sonata op 24 No. 2
Alessio Elia
Three Piano Etudes
- Merging Spaces: Piano Etude no. 3
- The Temptress: Piano Etude no. 2
- Outrage: Piano Etude no. 1
Krisztina Fejes, piano
Alessio Elia, introduction and commentaries to the pieces
2017
21 October 2017
h. 11:00
BMC - Budapest Music Center
Mátyás u. 8, 1093
Budapest
Disappearing rainbows
for chamber orchestra
Concerto Budapest Orchestra
Zoltán Rácz, conductor
Within the Festival Hallgatás Napja (The Day of Listening)
20 October 2017
Yamaha Vienna Concert Hall
Schleiergasse 20,
1100
Wien
Traces from Nowhere
for disklavier and ensemble
Austrian Première
Within the Project "Human machine"
Complete programme:
Mateo Sepúlveda Rios Le bruit des feuilles for ensemble and disklavier (première)
György Ligeti Piano Etude no. 14a for disklavier
Conlon Nancarrow Piano Study no. 21 for disklavier
Conlon Nancarrow Piano Study no. 11 for disklavier
Klaus Huber Sechs Miniaturen for clarinet, violin and cello
Denis Schuler L'autre rivage for disklavier (Austrian première)
Bernd Thewes Fibonacci-Gaillarde mit Paganini (2017) for violin and Disklavier (Austrian première)
Sándor Veress Sonata for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Alfredo De Vecchis Prelude, Aria, Kanon for disklavier (Austrian première)
Alessio Elia Traces from Nowhere for disklavier and ensemble (Austrian première)
Impronta ensemble
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
Midi elaboration for Nancarrow by Steffen Fahl
Sponsored by Yamaha
With the contribution of Pro Helvetia
19 October 2017
BMC - Budapest Music Centre
CAFe - Contemporary Art Festival
Mátyás u. 8, 1093
Budapest
Traces from Nowhere
for disklavier and ensemble
Hungarian Première
Within the Project "Human machine"
Complete programme:
Mateo Sepúlveda Ríos Le bruit des feuilles (2017) for ensemble and disklavier (Hungarian première)
György Ligeti Piano Etude no. 14a (1993) for disklavier
Conlon Nancarrow Piano Study no. 21 (1961) for disklavier
Klaus Huber Sechs Miniaturen (1963) for clarinet, violin and cello
Denis Schuler L'autre rivage (2017) for disklavier (Hungarian première)
Bernd Thewes Fibonacci-Gaillarde mit Paganini (2017) for violin and Disklavier (World première)
Sándor Veress Sonata for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1931)
Alfredo De Vecchis Prelude, Aria, Kanon (2015) for disklavier (Hungarian première)
Alessio Elia Traces from Nowhere (2017) for disklavier and ensemble (Hungarian première)
Impronta ensemble
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
Midi elaboration for Nancarrow by Steffen Fahl
Sponsored by CAFe - Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival
Jointly organized with Budapest Music Center
With the contribution of Yamaha and Pro Helvetia
„Programme of CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival.” (www.cafebudapestfest.hu)
14 September 2017
Zeneház - Concerto House of Music
Páva utca 10, 1094 – Budapest
Budapest
Conifold transitions
for ensemble
Outrage
Piano Etude no. 1
Vilmos Oláh, violin
Mikola Roman, violin
Zoltán Attila Cseh, cello
Gábor Varga, clarinet
Krisztina Fejes, piano
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
11-14 September 2017
Master class in Composition
Zeneház - Concerto House of Music
Páva utca 10, 1094 – Budapest
Budapest
Master class in Composition
Alessio Elia
Sidney Corbett
Ensemble in residence
First Chairs of National Hungarian Radio Orchestra,
Budapest Opera House and Concerto Armonico
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
30 June 2017
Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana
Lugano
Switzerland
Andreas Luca Beraldo
Master thesis disputation in conducting
Il polisistemismo di Alessio Elia, come scrittura musicale basata sulla fisica contemporanea,
sulla realizzazione di fenomeni fisico-acustici, e conseguenti aspetti nell’approccio interpretativo
(The polysystemism of Alessio Elia. A musical writing based on contemporary physics,
the realization of physical-acoustic phenomena, and consequent aspects in the interpretative approach)
28-29 June 2017
Bartók Studio
Milano
Studio recording of Octet
I Solisti della Scala
Andrea Vitello, conductor
16 February 2017
h. 22:30
Festival "Oggimusica"
Lugano Musica
LAC - New Auditorium
Lugano
Switzerland
Traces from Nowhere
for disklavier and ensemble
Première
Within the Project "Human machine"
Complete programme:
Mateo Sepúlveda Rios Le bruit des feuilles for ensemble and disklavier (première)
György Ligeti Piano Etude no. 14a for disklavier
Conlon Nancarrow Piano Study no. 21 for disklavier
Klaus Huber Sechs Miniaturen for clarinet, violin and cello
Denis Schuler L'autre rivage for disklavier (première)
Sándor Veress Sonata for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Alfredo De Vecchis Prelude, Aria, Kanon for disklavier (première)
Alessio Elia Traces from Nowhere for disklavier and ensemble (première)
Impronta ensemble
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
Midi elaboration for Nancarrow by Steffen Fahl
Organized and sponsored by Oggimusica, Lugano Musica
Special Sponsor Yamaha
With the contribution of Pro Helvetia
2016
15 December 2016
h. 19:00
10th Portrait Concert
dedicated to Alessio Elia's music
Italian Institute of Culture of Budapest
Bródy Sándor utca, 8
1088 Budapest
PROGRAMME
Alessio Elia (*1979)
Luminescences (2005)
for clarinet, percussion, strings con scordatura
Hungarian Première
Short presentation of the concert
A. Elia
The Temptress (2012)
(Piano etude no. 2)
Alessio Elia, piano
B. Bartók (1881-1945)
Romanian Folk Dances (1915)
arr. by Andreas Luca Beraldo (2016)
for clarinet, horn, violin, cello, piano and percussion
Première
A. Elia
Sayings of the Seers (2014)
for solo violin
Hungarian Première
Bálint Bethlenfalvy (*1973)
Pealing light (2016)
for ensemble
Première
A. Elia
Outrage (2010)
(Piano etude no. 1)
A. Elia
Merging Spaces (2014)
(Piano etude no. 3)
Hungarian Première
A. Elia
Conifold transitions (2014-16)
(two Movements)
clarinet, strings con scordatura and piano.
Première of the new version
A. Elia
L’Altrove (2009)
Alessio Elia, piano
A. Elia
Heisenberg Suite (2013; new version 2016)
for clarinet, horn, percussion, string quartet and piano
Première of the new version
Ensemble
Aaron Berofsky, violin
Mikola Roman, violin
János Fejérvári, viola
Gyöngyi Ujházi, cello
Gábor Varga, clarinet
János Benyus, horn
Zoltán Varga, percussion
Ádám Maros, percussion
Krisztina Fejes, piano
Alessio Elia, piano
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
11 October 2016
h. 9:00
(Elia's conference starting at 15:30)
Pesti Vigado
Vigadó tér 2
Budapest
Within the Symposium "Bartók and Járdányi: two compared arts"
Alessio Elia
Polysystemism and extra dimensions: my approach to composition
and to a multidimensional way to shape sound in relationship
with the music of Bartók, Ligeti and quantum physics.
Conference
Download the programme here
23 July 2016
h. 19:30
Accademia Italiana del Flauto
Via Ferruccio 32b
Rome
The Temptress
for piano solo
Alessio Elia, piano
22 July 2016
h. 17:20-19:20
Accademia Italiana del Flauto
Via Ferruccio 32b
Rome
Alessio Elia
Extended techniques in flute, cello and piano
Laboratory
19-20 July 2016
h. 18:20-19:20
Accademia Italiana del Flauto
Via Ferruccio 32b
Rome
Alessio Elia
Polysystemism (integration of different types of tuning systems) –
based on a lecture at a conference held at La Cité de la Musique, Paris
Seminar
17-18 July 2016
h. 17:00-18:00
Accademia Italiana del Flauto
Via Ferruccio 32b
Rome
Alessio Elia
Music as a physical phenomenon
Seminar
16-23 July 2016
Composition masterclass
Scatola sonora
Accademia Musicale all'Esquilino
Via Ferruccio 32b
Rome
Master class in composition
Alessio Elia - Sidney Corbett
9 July 2016
h.11:00
Accademia Musicale Chigiana
Siena
Conference-meeting
Alessio Elia
The role of the composer today
The music of Kurtág and Tihanyi
9 July 2016
h.19:00
Santa Maria della Scala
Chigiana Lounge
Space in Sound
Siena
Conference
Per un Teatro delle ombre
Stefano Jacoviello, László Tihanyi, Alessio Elia
1 June 2016
Hungarian Radio Studios
Magyar Rádió Márványterme.
Pollack Mihály tér 8. 1088
Budapest
Voynich Lied - Ai Prigionieri
for soprano, trumpet, piano
(World Première)
Adrienne Miksch, soprano
Tamás Pálfalvi, trumpet
Krisztina Fejes, piano
2015
6 October 2015
19:30
BMC - Budapest Music Centre
Mátyás utca 8 - 1093
Budapest
Eltűnő szivárványok
(Disappearing rainbows)
for large ensemble
Première
The National Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Gergely Vajda, conductor
2 October 2015
22:00
Festival Chor.com
Dortmund
Sayings of the Seers
for solo violin
dedicated to Jeanne Lefèvre
Première
Jeanne Lefèvre, violin
31 July 2015
11:00
Radio Cemat
Live from S. Cecilia Academy of Music.
Alessio Elia will be guest of Radio Cemat during the programme
"She Lives goes to the Radio Station".
Live performance by the composer of his
Piano etude no. 2 "The Temptress"
29 March 2015
21:00
Heilig-Geist-Kirche Mannheim
Moltkestrasse 14
68165 Mannheim
Tel. 0621 - 44 31 31
Within Konzert zur Nacht
Credo
for two choruses and string orchestra
Première
Motettenchor Mannheim
Impronta Ensemble
Alexander Niehues, conductor
20 January 2015
20:30
BKA-Theater
Mehringdamm 34
10961 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Merging Spaces
(Piano Etude no. 3)
Jan Gerdes, piano
2014
28 November 2014
9:30 (beginning of the Symposium)
11:45 (Elia's conference)
Cité de la Musique
Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine
16 place de la Fontaine-aux-Lions
75019
Paris
Conference
Polysystemism: A simultaneous employment of different tuning systems emerging from String Theory, M- Theory and Supersymmetry
Alessio Elia
31 October
19:00
Musikhochschule Mannheim
Kammermusiksaal
N 7, 17 68161
Mannheim
Project Alessio Elia / Hans Werner Henze
Heisenberg Suite
Impronta Ensemble
Andreas Luca Beraldo, conductor
The Temptress
Piano Etude no. 2
Alessio Elia, piano
14 September
Festival "Piano surrounding 2014"
Die Jazz-Schmiede
Himmelgeister Str. 107g
40225 Düsseldorf
Germany
Merging Spaces
(Piano Etude no. 3)
Première
Jan Gerdes, piano
2 July - 19:30
SHE LIVES incontra l'Ungheria
[SHE LIVES meets Hungary]
Accademia Filarmonica Romana
Sala Casella
Via Flaminia, 118
Rome - Italy
Tel. + 39 06 3201752
Fax 06 3210410
Eighth Monographic concert: ALESSIO ELIA
(within the concert series "SHE LIVES meets Hungary" dedicated to Péter Eötvös, Zoltán Jeney and Alessio Elia)
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Sonata for cello solo (1948-53)
Introduction
Guido Barbieri and Alessio Elia
Alessio Elia (1979)
Luminescences (2005)
for clarinet, violin con scordatura, viola con scordatura, cello con scordatura, percussion
A. Elia
The Temptress – Piano etude no. 2 (2012)
for solo piano
A. Elia
Trio (1999)
for violin, cello and piano
László Tihanyi (1956)
Trio
for violin, viola and cello
PAUSE
A. Elia
Beyond Perturbative States (2013)
for prepared piano (controlled harmonics), violin con scordatura, viola con scordatura, cello con scordatura, double-bass con scordatura
A. Elia
Outrage – Piano etude no. 1 (2011)
for solo piano
A. Elia
Conifold transitions (2014)
for clarinet, 2 violins con scordatura, cello con scordatura and piano
(First Italian performance)
21 May - 19:30
Studio 6 of the Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Bródy Sándor utca 5-7
Budapest
Trasparenze
for large orchestra
Commission of Radio Bartók
Première
National Hungarian Radio Orchestra
László Tihanyi, conductor
Live radio broadcasting
Spring Festival for contemporay music
Budapest
8 May - 18:00
Verdi Concert Hall
Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Budapest
Bródy Sándor utca 8
1088
Tel:+36 (1) 483 2040
Budapest
Ritratto d'autore: ALESSIO ELIA
Seventh Monographic concert
(within the concert series "CONTEMPORANEA" dedicated to Alessio Elia, Ivan Fedele and Luciano Berio)
Concert in the presence of Her Excellency Ambassador of Italy in Hungary, Dr. Maria Assunta Accili.
Beyond Perturbative States (2013)
for violin, viola, cello, double-bass, piano
The Temptress (2014)
for solo piano
Trio (1999)
for violin, cello and piano
Outrage (2010)
for solo piano
Conifold transitions (2014)
for clarinetto, 2 violins, cello and piano
Première
Francesco Mario Possenti, piano
Gábor Varga, clarinet
Krulik Quartet
Lukácsházi István, double-bass
László Tihanyi, conductor
15 February - 18:00
Kammermusiksaal - Musik Hochschule Mannheim
N 7, 17 68161
Mannheim
Two Movements for Viola and Percussion
I. Simply
II. Irregular and upbeat
Marie Takahashi, Viola
Robert Oetomo, Percussion
Free entry
10 February - 20:00
Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg
Neckarstaden 24,
69117
Heidelberg
Dimensioni nascoste (Versteckte Dimensionen)
for orchestra
TonArt Heidelberg
Knud Jansen, conductor
Tickets: 10/15 €
Students up to 16 years: free entry
Karten Heidelberg: Zigarren Grimm (HD, Bismarckplatz)
Online-Ticketshop at the orchestra website: www.tonart-heidelberg.de
9 February - 17:00
Aula der Universität Schloss Mannheim
Bismarckstraße, Ostflügel
68161
Mannheim
Dimensioni nascoste (Versteckte Dimensionen)
for orchestra
German Première
TonArt Heidelberg
Knud Jansen, conductor
Tickets: 10/15 €
Students up to 16 years: free entry
Tickets in Mannheim: Schreibwaren Michalski, Meerwiesenstr. 23, 68163 Mannheim – Lindenhof
Online-Ticketshop at the orchestra website: www.tonart-heidelberg.de
5 February - 19:00
Kammermusiksaal - Musik Hochschule Mannheim
N 7, 17
68161
Mannheim
Sixth Monographic concert
PROGRAMME
Beyond perturbative states (2013)
für Klavier (kontrollierte Obertöne), Violine con scordatura, Bratsche con scordatura,
Violoncello con scordatura, Kontrabass con scordatura.
German Première
Heisenberg Suite (2013) [13’]
für Klarinette, Horn, Schlagzeug (2 Spielern), Violine, Violoncello, Klavier.
Outrage – Piano etude no. 1(2011) [3’40’’]
für Klavier
The Temptress – Piano etude no. 2 (2012) [6’30’’]
für Klavier
Luminescences (2005 – rev. 2013) [6’]
für Klarinette, Schlagzeug (2 Spielern), Violine con scordatura, Bratsche con scordatura, Violoncello con scordatura.
German Première
Movimento primo (2012) [7’20’’]
für Klavier und Kammerorchester
Première
Impronta ensemble
Andreas Luca Beraldo, Dirigent
Free entry
17 January - 18:00
Kammermusiksaal - Musik Hochschule Mannheim
N 7, 17
68161
Mannheim
Two Movements for Viola and Percussion
I. Simply
II. Irregular and upbeat
Première
Marie Takahashi, Viola
Robert Oetomo, Percussion
Free entry
2013
28 November - 21:00
Auditorium del parco - L'Aquila (Italy)
Castello, Fontana Luminosa, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
H. Villa - Lobos - Choros n°5 "Alma Brasileira", "Dança do Indio branco" (dal "Ciclo Brasileiro")
J. S. Bach - Toccata BWV 912 in Re Maggiore
C. Nancarrow - Sonatina
W. A. Mozart - Fantasia K 397 in Re minore
A. Ginastera - Tres Pequenas Piezas op. 6
R. Wagner - F. Liszt - Morte di Isotta
Alessio Elia - Outrage (2010)
26 September - 19:00
Bartók Hall - Auditorium of the Művészetek Palotája (Palace of Arts)
1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1.
Final round of the UMZF 2013 Competition
(Forum of the New Hungarian Music)
"Rejtett dimenziók" for orchestra
National Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Gergely Vajda, conductor
25 September
BMC (Budapest Music Centre) - 19:00
1093 Budapest, Mátyás utca 8
Final round of the UMZF 2013 Competition
(Forum of the New Hungarian Music)
"Inquantumland" for ensemble
Ensemble of the National Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Gergely Vajda, conductor
3 July - 19:30
ACCADEMIA FILARMONICA ROMANA
Sala Casella
Via Flaminia, 118, 00196 Roma, Italy
Tel:+39 06 320 1752
B. Bartók
Sonata Sz. 80 (1926)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Sostenuto e pesante
III. Allegro molto
H. Villa – Lobos
Choros no. 5 "Alma Brasileira"
A. Elia
Outrage – Piano etude no.1
H. Villa – Lobos
Valsa da dor
G. Ligeti
Etudes from Book II:
No. 8: Fém
No. 9: Vertige
No. 10: Der Zauberlehrling
No. 11: En Suspens
No. 14: Coloana infinită
ENTRY: 10,00 €
2012
23 December 2012 - 15:00
CLARINET DAYS
Scuola di Musica "Eufonia"
Via Poggio Moiano, 10
Roma
Budapest 1956
Organizers: Accademia Italiana del Clarinetto and Scuola di Musica Eufonia
Claudio Cavallaro, clarinet
Massimo Spada, piano
17 November – 20:30
Cripta della Chiesa "S. Lucia del Gonfalone"
Via dei Banchi Vecchi, 12 – 00186 Roma
(entrance at via delle Carceri, 8)
Budapest 1956 [2006]
(Commission of thel Festival 1956/2006 for the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution)
for clarinet and piano
Italian Première
Clarinet: Claudio Cavallaro
Piano: Massimo Spada
Alessio Elia & Cristiano Serino
Improvvisazione per violino e pianoforte
Violin: Cristiano Serino
Piano: Alessio Elia
Alessio Elia
Outrage – Piano Etude no. 1 [2011]
Alessio Elia
Luminescences – excerpt from the opera "La Morte del Mago" [2005]
for ensemble: violin con scordatura, viola con scordatura, cello con scordatura , clarinet and percussions.
Ensemble Miroirs
Direttore: Andrea Ceraso
Organizer: She Lives, Contemporary music is music
13 October – 9:30/18:50
Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik GmbH
Jarrestraße 20
D-22303 Hamburg
Symposium "Ligeti und die Mikrotonalität"
09:30-10:10: Louise Duchesneau: Introduction – Lamento – Rondo
10:10-11:10: Paul Griffiths (Keynote Speaker): Invented Home
11:10-11:25: Kaffeepause
11:25-12:25: Ildikó Mándi-Fazekas & Tiborc Fazekas: Interferenzen: Die ungarische Literatur als Quelle der Inspiration für György Ligeti
12:25-13:05: Julia Heimerdinger: „Ich bin kompromittiert. Ich kämpfe jetzt dagegen": Ligeti vs. Kubrick und die Musik für 2001: A Space Odyssey
13:05-14:00: Mittagspause
14:00-15:00: Heinz-Otto Pleitgen: Continum, Chaos und Metronome - Eine fraktale Freundschaft
15:00-15:40: Frederik Knop: György Ligeti - ästhetische und technische Tendenzen in den letzten Kompositionen
15:40-15:55: Kaffeepause
15:55-16:35: Petra Kipphoff von Huene: S.v.H. und G.L. - Freunde in der Fremde
16:35-17:15: Reinhard Flender: Ligetis „Kammerkonzert" – Faktur und Aufführungspraxis
17:15-17:30: Kaffeepause
17:30-17:40: Olga Chumikova: Passacaglia ungherese
17:40-18:10: Manfred Stahnke: Zur harmonischen Sprache Ligetis anhand zweier Beispiele: Cembalowerk „Passacaglia ungherese" & Klavieretüde „Arc-en-ciel"
18:10-18:50: Alessio Elia: The roles of microtonality in the "Hamburgisches Konzert" by Ligeti
1 June 2012 – 20:00
Taj Samudra. Colombo. Sri Lanka
25, Galle Face Centre Road
Official Celebration of the Italian Republic
Organizer: Italian Embassy in Colombo
Sonata per clarinetto e pianoforte
"Budapest 1956-2006"
Claudio Cavallaro, clarinet
Massimo Spada, piano
24 May 2012 – 19:00
Palais Prinz Carl
Heidelberg
Kornmarkt 1
69117 Heidelberg
Konzert Forum "Neue Musik"
"Goog" le suite (2012)
Romances without music
- electronic piece –
29 March – 19:00
Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim.
N 7, 18
68161 Mannheim
From Tre Studi per pianoforte [2009-10]
Outrage (Oltraggio) – studio n° 1
Alessio Elia
The Temptress [2010]
Alessio Elia
"L'Altrove" (The Elsewhere) [2010]
Alessio Elia, piano
11 January – 19:00
Palais Prinz Carl - Heidelberg
Kornmarkt 1
69117 Heidelberg
The Temptress [2010]
L’Altrove [2008] – Première in Germany
Da Tre Studi per pianoforte [2009-10]
Incertezze – studio n° 2 – Première in Germany
Alessio Elia, piano
2011
27 November - 18:00
Fifth Monographic concert
Piano Festival "Eufonia" - Second Edition
Seat of the Festival "Eufonia"
Via Magliano Sabina, 33
Roma
PROGRAMME
Alessio Elia (1979 – )
L’Altrove (The Elsewhere) [2008] – première in Italy
Ligeti (1923 – 2006)
From Musica Ricercata pieces 1 and 2 [1951-53]
Alessio Elia
Ultimo canto di Saffo (Sappho’s last song) (after a Giacomo Leopardi's poem with the same title) [2010] – première in Italy
Sidney Corbett (1960 – )
Piano Valentine n° 9 – "A Gull"
(in memoriam Toru Takemitsu) [2005] – première in Italy
Piano Valentine n° 10 – "Like walking in Paradise"
(in memoriam Charlie Chaplin) [2005] – première in Italy
Alessio Elia
Oblio della Volontà (Oblivion of the Will) [2009] – première in Italy
Salvatore Sciarrino (1947 – )
Perduto in una città d’acque (Lost in a city of water) [1990-91]
Zoltán Jeney (1943 – )
Hérakleitosz H-ban (Heraclitus in H.) [1980] – première in Italy
Alessio Elia
The Temptress – (after a Jack Vettriano’s painting with the same title) [2010]
Alessio Elia
Da Tre Studi per pianoforte [2009-10]:
Incertezze (Uncertainties) – etude no. 2 – prima esecuzione in Italia
Outrage – studio n° 1
Alessio Elia, piano
16 October – 19:00
Mannheimer Kunstverain
Augustaanlage 58
68165 Mannheim
Alessio Elia
The Temptress – after a Jack Vettriano’s painting
for piano
Première in Germany
Alessio Elia
Outrage
for piano
Première in Germany
Alessio Elia, piano
21 June – 20:00
Sala dos Espelhos do Palácio Foz
Praça dos Restauradores 25, 1250-187 Lisboa (Portugal)
Official concert of cultural exchange between Portugal and Italy
Organizer: Sala dos Espelhos do Palácio Foz
Programme:
Alessio Elia
Outrage
for piano
2010
5 September – 19:00
Andrássy út - Stage of the Operaház (Opera House)
Andrássy út, 22
Budapest
"Zenés korzó az Andrássy úton"
(Musical Promenade in Andrássy út)
Organizer: HungaroFest, Klassz – Musical Department of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education
Programme:
ELIA VISITS LISZT’S MUSIC
Alessio Elia
Introduction to the virtuosism of Liszt
for piano
Liszt-Elia
Morceau de Salon
for piano
Liszt-Elia
Trascendental Etude no. 2
for piano
Liszt-Elia
Mazeppa
for piano
Liszt-Elia
Wilde Jagd
for piano
Liszt-Elia
Chasse-Neige
for piano
Alessio Elia
L’altrove (Elsewhere)
for piano
Alessio Elia
Outrage
for piano
Alessio Elia
Postlude to the virtuosism of Liszt
for piano
Alessio Elia, piano
25 May – 19:30
Lindemansalen
Norges Musikkhøgskole (Norwegian Academy of Music),
Slemdalsveien 11, 0363 Oslo
4th Monographic Concert dedicated to Alessio Elia’s music
Name of the event: "A Seductive Forgetfulness"
Organizer: Norwegian Academy of Music
PROGRAMME:
Alessio Elia
L’Altrove (Elsewhere)
for piano
Alessio Elia
Oblio della Volontà (Oblivion of the Will)
for piano
Alessio Elia
L’ultimo canto di Saffo – dall’omonima poesia di Giacomo Leopardi
("The Last Song of Sappho" - after a Giacomo Leopardi’s poem with the same title)
for piano
Alessio Elia
The Temptress - after a Jack Vettriano’s painting with the same title
("La Tentatrice" – dall’omonimo dipinto di Jack Vettriano)
for piano
Alessio Elia
Tre Studi per pianoforte
a) La memoria dimenticata ("The forgotten memory")
b) Incertezze (Uncertainnesses)
c) Outrage
for piano
Alessio Elia, piano
21 May – 19:00
Levinsalen
Norges Musikkhøgskole (Norwegian Academy of Music)
Slemdalsveien 11, 0363 Oslo
Experimental laboratory "Concrescence": integration of different typologies of intonation and vocal tradition
Programme:
Alessio Elia
An Unexpected Indifference (Un’indifferenza Inattesa)
for mixed chorus
Players:
Chorus of the Norwegian Academy of Music
Alessio Elia, conductor
2 May – 19:00
Levinsalen
Norges Musikkhøgskole (Norwegian Academy of Music)
Slemdalsveien 11, 0363 Oslo
KOKO Komponistenes Konsertseries
Ny musikk for piano (New music for piano)
Organizer: Norwegian Academy of Music
PROGRAMME:
Alessio Elia
The Temptress - after a Jack Vettriano’s painting with the same title
Alessio Elia
Inner outside from Tre Studi per pianoforte
Alessio Elia, piano
21 April – 19:00
Levinsalen
Norges Musikkhøgskole (Norwegian Academy of Music)
Slemdalsveien 11, 0363 Oslo
Menuhin Competition Concerts 2010
Organizer: Menuhin Competition & Norwegian Academy of Music
PROGRAMME:
Alessio Elia
Oblio della Volontà (Oblivion of the Will)
Alessio Elia
L’altrove (Elsewhere)
Alessio Elia
Tre studi per pianoforte
a) La memoria dimenticata (The forgotten memory)
b) Incertezze (Uncertainnesses)
c) Inner outside
Alessio Elia, piano
24 February – 19:00
Levinsalen
Norges Musikkhøgskole (Norwegian Academy of Music)
Slemdalsveien 11, 0363 Oslo
3rd Monograpich Concert dedicated to Alessio Elia’s music
Name of the event: "From Silence To the Invisible Sound"
Organizer: Norwegian Academy of Music
Programme:
Alessio Elia
Oblio della Volontà
for piano
Alessio Elia
Sonata per Corno e pianoforte
Two Introduction for a Finale ("Due Introduzioni per un Finale")
- I Introduction 1
- II Introduction 2
- III Finale
Alessio Elia
Tre Studi per pianoforte
a) La memoria dimenticata (The forgotten memory)
b) Incertezze (Uncertainnesses)
c) Inner outside
Alessio Elia
Out of Aut
for three cellos with scordatura
Alessio Elia
L’ora azzurra
for woodwind trio (flute, clarinet, bassetto horn)
Alessio Elia
L’Altrove (Elsewhere)
for piano
Players:
Alessio Elia, piano and conducting
Olivera Marinkovic, piano (in "Sonata per Corno e pianoforte")
Trio Böhm (Michela Berti – flute; Claudio Cavallaro – clarinet; Daniele Veroli – bassetto horn)
Debora Maffeis, horn
Annekatrin Flick, Asako Kanazawa,Magdalena Adlberger – cellos
2007
23 November – 21:00
Auditorium Parco della Musica
Petrassi Hall
Viale Pietro De Coubertin, 30, 00196 Roma
La Séduction
for ensemble
Players:
Freon Ensemble
Stefano Cardi, conductor
2006
16 December – 17:00
Rátkai Koncert Terem (Rátkai Concert Hall)
Városligeti fasor 38 - 1068 Budapest
2nd Monographic concert dedicated to Alessio Elia’s music
Organizer: Rátkai Koncert Terem (Rátkai Concert Hall)
PROGRAMME:
Alessio Elia
Budapest 1956 / 2006
for clarinet and piano
(Commission of the "Festival 1956/2006")
Alessio Elia
Certezze di un caro ignoto
for piano
Alessio Elia
Concerto per pianoforte, suoni elettronici ed immagini
Alessio Elia
L’ultima notte di Csáth
(video-installation)
Players:
Alessio Elia, piano, electronic and visual elaboration
Péter Székely, clarinet
16 December – 19:00
Nyitott Műhely (Open Laboratory) Concert Hall
Ráth György utca 4 - 1123 Budapest (XII. district)
1st Monographic Concert
Organizer: Musical Association "Con Spirito" (Budapest)
Alessio Elia
Certezze di un caro ignoto
for piano
Alessio Elia
Luminiscences for ensemble
Alessio Elia
Sonata per pianoforte «a Guillaume Apollinaire»
Alessio Elia
Sonata per violino e pianoforte "Chagall"
Alessio Elia
Laudamus
for mezzosoprano and pianoforte
Alessio Elia
Csáth’s Aria
for baritone and piano
Con Spirito Ensemble
Alessio Elia, conductor
6 October - 19:00
Nyitott Műhely (Open Laboratory) Concert Hall
Ráth György utca 4 - 1123 Budapest (XII. district)
Music and Video Art
Organizer: Nyitott Műhely
PROGRAMME:
Alessio Elia
L’ultima notte di Csáth
Video-installation
Alessio Elia
Perdendo il mare
Video-installation
Alessio Elia
Apparizioni della perdita del mare
Video-installation
Music and video: Alessio Elia
17 June - 19:00
Nyitott Műhely (Open Laboratory) Concert Hall
Ráth György utca 4 - 1123 Budapest (XII. district)
Organizer: Nyitott Műhely
PROGRAMME:
Alessio Elia
Aria di Géza
for baritone and piano
Alessio Elia
Certezze di un caro ignoto
for piano
Alessio Elia
Sonata per violino e pianoforte Chagall
Alessio Elia
Racconti della Solitudine. Il bosco – video-installation
Players:
János Fátrai, baritone
Katalin Bartha, violine
Zsófia Várda, horn
Alessio Elia, piano
14 June - 19:00
Nyitott Műhely (Open Laboratory) Concert Hall
Ráth György utca 4 - 1123 Budapest (XII. district)
Organizer: Nyitott Műhely
Alessio Elia
Csáth kettös határai (The Double border of Csáth)
(Opera in 7 parts)
Players:
János Fátrai, baritone (Géza Csáth)
Zita Börcsök, soprano (Olga Jónás)
Ensemble "Con Spirito"
Alessio Elia, conductor
19 January - 21:00
S. Cecilia Concert Hall
Via dei Greci, 18
00187
Rome
PROGRAMME:
Alessio Elia
Prelude from the Opera "11 Accuse per Olga" ("11 Accusations for Olga")
S. Cecilia Conservatory Orchestra
Chia-Hong Drapal Liao, conductor
2005
6 August - 21:00
Chigi-Saracini Palace – seat of the Chigiana Academy of Music
Via di Città, 89 – 53100, Siena
PROGRAMME:
Alessio Elia
Luminescences for ensemble
Players: Chigiana Academy of Music ensemble
Duccio Ceccanti, violin con scordatura
Sabrina Giuliani, viola con scordatura
Vittorio Ceccanti, cello con scordatura
Marco Ortolani, clarinet
Maurizio Ben Omar, percussions
Mauro Bonifacio, conductor
16 April - 19:00
Auditorium Mauritius Studio
Bismarckstraße 1
66119 Saarbrücken
Festival "Italianità" Saarbrücken (Germany)
Commission of the Festival "Italianità" 2005
Alessio Elia
joujoux séduisants
for flute (also piccolo), clarinet, accordion, cello and percussions
Players:
Mehrklangorchester-Berlin
Tammin Lee, conductor
