Underscoring the power of the orchestra: Ostrava Days

The Ostrava New Orchestra

Andrej Gál

Jiří Rožeň and the Ostrava New Orchestra

Par Kurt Gottschalk, 30 août 2023

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“the impression shifted from too much going on to everything going on”

Critique faite à Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava, le 27 août 2023

Kalitzke, Story Teller

Xenakis, Shaar

Page, Tensor (World premiere of 2023 revision)

Zhao, In a Bamboo Grove

Bowden, Wild Colour (World premiere)

Chaloupka, Allegory of the Cave II (World premiere)

Rzewski, A Long Time Man

Ostrava New Orchestra

Andrej Gál, Violoncelle

Daan Vandewalle, Piano

Johannes Kalitzke, Direction

Roland Kluttig, Direction

Jiří Rožeň, Direction

Casting Trump as a 21st-century Brechtian villain

Kurt Gottschalk, 1st September

Donatienne Michel-Dansac is great in the lead at the Ostrava Days new music festival, leering, boasting and swaggering convincingly as the former US President.

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Czernowin's Heart Chamber stirs passions at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Liam Cagney, 6th December

Heart Chamber explores how small outer events often correspond to tectonic inner changes.

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Ultraschall eröffnet in Berlin

Saori Kanemaki, 18th January

Mit verblüffend amüsantem Programm eröffnete das Ultraschall Festival in Berlin und sorgte für Begeisterung unter den Hörern.

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Zeitlose Themen und aktuelle Relevanz

Christine Roth, 24th February

Das Warten und der Tod standen im Mittelpunkt des 5. Philharmonischen Konzertes Heidelberg, bei dem die zeitgenössischen Komponistin Chaya Czernowin mit dem Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis 2016 ausgezeichnet wurde.

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A shark with shiny teeth

Chanda VanderHart, 18th January

Requiring trained opera singers to focus primarily on acting and asking actors to sing in a renowned opera house puts everyone out of their comfort zone, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

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Schwarz, stolz und laut

Snapdragon, 7th December

In Zeiten der amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung hat Lulu den Blues, den Della Miles als Eleanor (Gräfin Geschwitz) singt. Viel zu hören, viel zum Nachdenken.

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

Stories and echoes underscore the power of the orchestra on opening night of Ostrava Days