Klangendum presents:
Dutch composer/musician Hans 'Hansko' Visser wrote a score inspired by the work and life of the late Hungarian/Yugoslav composer, ethnomusicologist and instrument builder Ernö Kiràly. Initiated and organised by Visser, and hosted by Klangendum, this event premieres four different performances of the score by various artists/composers that formed new groups for this occasion.
With his
"bio-graphical" score, Hans Visser tries
to
encapsulate and reinterpret Ernö Király's world by means of linocut
prints and
poetry,
which are
accompanied
by
compositional guidelines for the music of "Kemenymadar/Asvogel
in Orgelpark". The score is linked to themes of war and
resilience during war time, as well as the sharing of responsibility
and freedom alike, through
composing and playing music.
location:
Oude Kerk Charlois – Charloisse Kerksingel 35,
Rotterdam
doors:20:00
/ start: 20:30
/ end: 23:00
/ entrance: €12-
(pin or cash)
https://oudekerkcharlois.nl
https://www.facebook.com/events/995126992032300
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Program:
Four
composers, with each
their
own
respective
ad hoc ensembles,
will present their version of the “motherscore”: Kemenymadar
/ Asvogel / BirdfromtheChimney ─
versions V–VIII
Info
about the artists and
composers:
○ Eva-Maria
Houben (Krefeld) - version
for: (portative) organ, guitar, double bass, metal and
stones
□ performers: Hansko Visser, Lukas Simonis, Eva-Maria Houben
○
Mojca
Zupancic (Groningen/Slovenia): wrote “and again,
intentionally”
□ performers:
Amy
Zuidema, Aurelie Journot, Melisa Delgados,
and Mojca
Zupancic
○
Filippo
Gillono (Ghent/Torino)
-
version for accordion, bass clarinet, guitar, bassoon,
electronics
and
soprano voice
□ performers:
Maris Pajuste - soprano voice, electronics / Carlo Sampaolesi –
accordion / Marcello Giannandrea – bassoon / FIlippo Gillono -
acoustic guitar, electronics
○
Lukas
Simonis,
Henk
Bakr, Fra
Zedde & Nina Hitz
(Rotterdam) -
version for
guitar, cello, bass
clarinet and effects
□ performers: Simonis, Bakker, Zedde, Hitz
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about
Ernö Kiràly:
Composer
and ethnomusicologist Ernö Kiràly (1919, Subotica, Kingdom of
Yugoslavia - 2007, Novi Sad, Serbia) had a strong interest in folk
music, improvisation, instrument building, unconventional tunings and
graphic scores. In regard to his composition style, his creative
method had more in common with the American avant-garde
(improvisation, instrument building, composer-performer, and
multi-instrumentalism) than with the dogmatically rigid European
compositional practice.
He started focussing on ethnomusicology,
which was the decisive factor in his career, in the 1950s, when he
began collecting the vocal and instrumental music of the people of
the Vojvodina region (the autonomous, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural
province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia and which is
inhabited by predominantly Hungarians, Serbs, Croats, Slovaks, and
Romani) and its folk instruments (zithers, drums, flutes and fifes).
He collected over 3000 folk songs and published many books
documenting them
about
Hans Visser:
Hans Visser
(Vriezenveen, 1966), plays and writes. He is best known for his work
in Plan Kruutntoone, an international band/ensemble, on the edge
between composed and improvised music. Visser also writes autonomous
work and music for film and theater.
