Archive 2014

4th INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
From 8 until 12 April 2014 - Music School Koper, Slovenia

CONCERTS

THE OPENING OF THE BIENNALE
at 5 p.m. the opening of the exhibitions at the Loggia Gallery
at 7 p.m the first concert of the biennale at the Koper Regional Museum

Tuesday, 8th April 2014 at 7 p.m. - Koper Regional Museum
The opening concert
Nejc Kuhar, Primož Sukič, Juan Camilo Vasquez, Michele Marelli, Luka Juhart, Irena Tomažin, Anja Brezavšček, Drumartica, Izland

Wednesday, 9th April 2014 at 7 p.m. - Koper Music School Hall
Domen Jeraša (Slovenia), trombone
Ashley Hribar (Australia-Slovenia-Germany), piano

Thursday, 10 April 2014 at 7 p.m. - Loža Gallery Koper
Uli Fussenegger (Austria), double bass
Michele Marelli (Italy), basset horn

Friday, 11th April 2014 at 7 p.m. - Koper Regional Museum
Michael Schmid (Belgium-Germany), flute
Strings quartett OENM Salzburg (Austria)

Saturday, 12 April 2014 at 3 p.m. - Koper Gymnasium atrium
Concert of the students of the Koper Music School and Koper Gymnasium (Slovenia)

Saturday, 12th April 2014 at 7 p.m. - Koper Music School Hall
Christian Dierstein (Germany), percussion

Saturday, 12 April 2014 at 8 p.m. (New York time zone)
The Firehouse Space in New York City
FINAL CONCERT
DIALOGUES CONCERT – Music by Slovene and American Composers
Uroš Rojko, Larisa Vrhunc, Matej Bonin, Stuart Diamond, Demetrius Spaneas, Sandra Sprecher

LECTURES

8th April 2014 at 3 p.m. - Koper Music School Hall
Conversation with the performers/composers:
PRIMOŽ SUKIČ - NEJC KUHAR
The contemporary guitar

9th April 2014 at 10 a.m. - St. Jakob Church, Martinčev trg 5 (venue of Koper Windorchestra)
Lecture on the occasion of the University week - Faculty of pedagogy
MICHELE MARELLI
Karlheinz Stockhausen: the personality, the symbolism in Licht and intuitive music

9th April 2014 at 3 p.m. - Koper Music School Hall
Conversation with the performers/composers
DOMEN JERAŠA – VINKO GLOBOKAR
The contemporary trombon

10th April 2014 at 10 a.m. - Koper Music School Hall
Conversation with the performers/composers
ASHLEY HRIBAR
The contemporary piano

10th April 2014 at 3 p.m. - Koper Music School Hall
Conversation with composers:
FABIO NIEDER, VINKO GLOBOKAR, UROŠ ROJKO, SIDNEY CORBETT, STEVEN LOY

EXHIBITIONS

LOGGIA GALLERY / Opening Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
The scissors of Atropos
- MICHELE MARELLI

LOGGIA GALLERY / Opening Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Anteroom
A trip between reality and imagination
Exhibitions of the students of the Artistic Koper Gymnasium
Teachers of the student of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th class of the Koper artistic Gymnasium:
Teachers: Dragica Samsa, Lili Bojanić, Matej Kocjan, Marjetica Garzarolli, Jeronima Kastelic
Students: Helena Mikolj, Valentina Žbontar, Ivo Štefanič, Mateja Kovač, Maj Pregelj, Noemi Zonta, Ajda Zupan, Rudi Krže Volčič, Sara Derin, Barbara Vintar, Anaja Hvastija Gaia, Urška Pohlen Nana Posega, Melissa Bartol, Ingrid Jug, Rebeca Reja, Monika Rojc, Valentina Agostini Pregelj, Ananmarija Rojević, Eneja Ivančič, Erik Sinkovič, Urška Pohlen, Irina Larikova, Evgen Čopi Gorišek

KOPER MUSIC SCHOOL / Opening Hours: 11 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.
Exhibitions of the students of the Artistic Koper Gymnasium
Students: Helena Mikolj, Valentina Žbontar, Ivo Štefanič, Mateja Kovač,Maj Pregelj, Noemi Zonta, Ajda Zupan, Rudi Krže Volčič, Sara Derin, Barbara Vintar, Anaja Hvastija Gaia, Urška Pohlen Nana Posega, Melissa Bartol, Ingrid Jug, Rebeca Reja, Monika Rojc, Valentina Agostini Pregelj, Ananmarija Rojević, Eneja Ivančič, Erik Sinkovič, Urška Pohlen, Irina Larikova, Evgen Čopi Gorišek

KOPER MUSIC SCHOOL / Opening Hours: 11 a.m. – 8.30 p.m.
The faces of notes - FABIO NIEDER

KOPER MUSIC SCHOOL / Opening Hours: 6 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.
DIVE - Multi-modal interactive installation
Design: GIACOMO BISARO
Realization: PAULA BENČIČ
Audio: GIACOMO BISARO, EDOARDO MILANI
Video: GIACOMO BISARO, CARLO PRESOT

UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA - Faculty of management / Opening Hours: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Supernatural
Exhibitions of the students of the Artistic Koper Gymnasium
1. d : Una Stojković, Kristina Boturović, Kristian Župan, Vid Prinčič, Loris Timotej Vodeb, Kaja Repinc, Alenka Tabaković, Anna Colia, Nika Malečkar
2. d : Ivo Štefanič, Rudi Krže Volčič, Sara Derin, Nana Posega, Ajda Zupan, Matej Simčič, Ana Podgajski, Sara Selič, Naja Stanič, Danijel Gontarev, Urh Furlanič
3. d : Nina Ribarič
4. d : Maj Pregelj, Irina Larikova, Tamara Mihalič, Anaja Hvastija Gaia, Monika Rojc, Valentina Žbontar, Urška Pohlen, Helena Mikolj, Sara Svati Sharan, Barbara Vintar

KOPER GYMNASIUM ATRIUM / Opening Hours:
Exhibitions of the students of the Artistic Koper Gymnasium

GALERY MEDUZA / Opening Hours: 11.00 – 16.00
Silences - NATAŠA SEGULIN

CONTEST 2014

In the last edition of the Biennale of Contemporary Music we introduced a composition contest. Among the fourteen applied compositions there were composers from Slovenia, Italy, Mexico and Russia. At the closing concert the woodwind quintet Slowind performed seven selected compositions. The prizes went to: Matej Bonin for the most technically perfect composition, Michele Marelli for the most original composition and Petra Strahovnik for the most acoustically sensitive composition. A special mention received also the composition of Nejc Kuhar. We invited the winners to present themselves again on this year Biennale. At the opening concert we will hear the performance of Nejc Kuhar as composer and performer. Matej Bonin on the other hand has a special music-visual composition that he prepared especially for this concert. Michele Marelli, which is already known to the audience of Koper as an outstanding performer, will not present himself only as a musician but also as a fine artist.

This year we repeated the composition contest and we invited the composers Vinko Globokar, Fabio Nieder, Sidney Corbett, Uroš Rojko and the conductor Steven Loy as members of the jury. The compositions were written for the next instruments: flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano. Ten composers added to our contest: Dario Savron (Slovenia/Italy), Ana Gnjatović (Serbia) and Lorenzo Troiani (Italy), their pieces were selected for the performance during the festival; Raffaele Bardese (Italy), Dan Cui (Corea), Carlotta Ferrari, (Italy), Simon Penšek (Slovenia), Liu Jian (China), Enrique Mendoza Mejia (Mexico), Maria Letizia Michielon (Italy). The jury will discuss the awards especially during the days of the Biennale.