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By Saori Kanemaki, 20 August 2014

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“Danach verwandelte sich die Halle vom Konzertsaal zum dance floor, mit Technomusik zum Abtanzen”

Reviewed at Centralstation, Darmstadt on 16 August 2014

Fure, something to hunt

Alessandrini, Nachtgewächse

Blecharz, blacksnowfalls

Lang, Bernhard, Schrift/Bild/Schrift

Cendo, Graphein

Works by Donatoni

Gander, Peter Parker

Poppe, Salz

Works by Estrada

Romitelli, Golfi d'ombra

Tenney, Saxony

Works by Lucier

Works by Ablinger

Works by Korabiewski

Xenakis, Mikka S

Tenney, arbor vitae

Feldman, Piano and String Quartet

Ensemble Dal Niente

Brian Archinal, Percussion

Patrick Stadler, Saxophone

Heloisa Amaral, Keyboard

Vladislav Pessin, Violin

Marino Formenti, Conductor

Liszt under inspection from Marino Formenti at the New York Phil Biennial

Rebecca Lentjes, 4th June

Marino Formenti only briefly introduced his eclectic whirlwind recital, “Liszt Inspections”, before calling out “Good luck!” and diving into one of the most attention-grabbing sequences of music that I’ve ever witnessed.

***11

Mozart, Lachenmann and postmodern Beethoven from Ensemble Resonanz

Zwölftöner, 22nd May

The Ensemble Resonanz is a Hamburg-based contemporary chamber orchestra committed to finding bridges to modernism amid works from centuries past, and to that end this concert featured Helmut Lachenmann set alongside Mozart, and Beethoven’s Six Bagatelles rescored by Manuel Hidalgo.

***11

Russian Spring: Elder and the Hallé reunite in glorious style

Leighton Jones, 7th May

The music of Glinka, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky fills Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with mystery, intrigue and jollity.

****1

Classical grace and Romantic eloquence from the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 7th May

The contrasting delights of Schumann, Brahms and Dvořák are powerfully evoked in performances of charm, eloquence and high drama from the Philharmonia, continuing the orchestra’s 80th anniversary celebrations.

****1

Spacious Prokofiev from Seong-Jin Cho and the Munich Philharmonic

SangKwon Lee, 6th May

Seong-Jin Cho’s premise in Prokofiev is compelling – to reconcile Russian gravitational attack and monumental construction with clarity, colour and contrapuntal legibility.

***11

Marc-André Hamelin surveys two centuries of piano sonatas

Sam Jacobson, 5th May

From Haydn and Beethoven to Weinberg and Rachmaninov, Marc-André Hamelin reveals the piano sonata as a form of breadth, flexibility and expressive power.

****1

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Saori Kanemaki

Saori Kanemaki, geboren in Tokio (Japan), lebt seit 2007 in Deutschland. Von 2008 bis 2014 studierte sie Musikwissenschaft an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Ihr Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Musik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts. Zur Zeit beschäftigt sie sich mit dem Erwerb ihres PhD mit dem Thema Trans- und Interkulturalität in der Neuen Musik.

Zwei scharfe und coole Programme nonstop: Das Abschlusskonzert der 47. Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt