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OSTRAVA DAYS 2013 FESTIVAL
August 16 - 31, 2013
7th biennial
Ostrava

FRIDAY, August 16
MUSIC IN 12 PARTS
18:00 - 23:00 Aula Gong, Lower Area of Vítkovice
Philip Glass & the Philip Glass Ensemble


SATURDAY, August 17
PERFORMANCE
19:00 Coal Mine Michal
Gibson, Lucier, Wolff, Lockwood, Buckner, Indrák, Bethge & Eckhardt

Many Many WomenFRIDAY, August 23
MANY MANY WOMEN
18:00 Philharmonic Hall
Kotík



SATURDAY, August 24
MINIMARATHON OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC
21:00 Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava
Programming: Petr Studený, Martin Klimeš


SUNDAY, August 25
OPENING CONCERT
19:00
Philharmonic Hall
Bauckholt, Kittappa, Wolff, Ma, Saariaho



MONDAY, August 26
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA ONLY
19:00 Philharmonic Hall
Donatoni, Ueda, Wolff, Kotík, Bakla, PRASQUAL, Kadeřábek, Cígler, Bettendorf, Lang, Eldar


TUESDAY, August 27
INTO THE NIGHT
Philharmonic Hall
17:30 I. Elole trio
Maierhof, Lang, Sciarrino, Burtevitz
19:30 II. Solos
Yun, Hynninen, Codina, Cage, Eastman, Novosedlíková, Xenakis, Niblock, Berio, Javorka, Mikyska, Samimi Mofakham, Palestine

WEDNESDAY, August 28
STRING QUARTETS
17:30 Philharmonic Hall
Kotík, Balogh, Underinner, Wolfe, Mabitsela, Wang


LARGE ORCHESTRA
20:30 Philharmonic Hall
Smolka, Xenakis, Chaloupka, Lo, Kosecka



THURSDAY, August 29
VOICES & INSTRUMENTS
17:00 St. Wenceslas Church
Ligeti, Ustwolskaja, Kalitzke, Feldman, Skála, Kamphuis, Lerew, Wang, Schaul, Ryan

 

 

CLUB NIGHT
21:00 Parník Club
Szászcsávás Band



FRIDAY, August 30
NEW THEATRE: DANCE-OPERA-PERFORMANCE
18:00 Jiří Myron Theatre
univalse to witness
18:45 SITE-SPECIFIC-PERFORMANCE
Ablinger
21:00 Antonín Dvořák Theatre
Sciarrino

SATURDAY, August 31
LAST CALL
15:00 Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
Ilgenfritz, Callahan, Zhou, Perkin, Jaro, Muntág, Stivrina


CLOSING CONCERT
19:30 Philharmonic Hall
Vítková, Oehring, Richter, Varese, Mincek

News
18.06.2013

PROGRAM OF OSTRAVA DAYS 2013 ANNOUNCED

29.05.2013

OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA THANKS !!!

15.05.2013

PHILIP GLASS LOOKS FORWARD TO OSTRAVA AND MEETING THE STUDENTS

02.05.2013

WE ARE ACCEPTING PRESS ACCREDITATION FOR PHILIP GLASS & THE PHILIP GLASS PERFORMANCE IN OSTRAVA

09.04.2013

FIRST INFORMATION ABOUT OSTRAVA DAYS 2013 FESTIVAL

04.03.2013

TICKETS FOR ONLY PERFORMANCE OF PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE FOR 1 200,- CZK AVAILABLE ONLY TILL MARCH 31, 2013!!!

15.01.2013

OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA AT WDR COLOGNE - JANUARY 19, 2013

04.12.2012

ONLY PERFORMANCE OF PHILIP GLASS IN CZECH REPUBLIC. TICKETS AT ADVANCE-PURCHASE DISCOUNT AVAILABLE FROM DECEMBER 12!!

08.11.2012

PRESS REVIEWS ABOUT JANÁČEK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN NEW YORK TIMES

01.11.2012

MANY MANY WOMEN BY PETR KOTÍK HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE INVISIBLE DOG ART CENTER TOMORROW - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2!!

31.10.2012

OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA TODAY!!!, OCTOBER 31, 8PM, BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL

20.10.2012

OPENING CONCERT OF BEYOND CAGE FESTIVAL ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 22!!

17.10.2012

TIME OUT INTERVIEW WITH PETR KOTÍK

08.10.2012

NEW YORKER ABOUT BEYOND CAGE

08.10.2012

WE HAVE JUST PUBLISHED OSTRAVA DAYS 2011 REPORT

19.09.2012

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE - IN OSTRAVA'S CITY LIBRARY!!!

17.08.2012

ACCEPTION APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCY AT OSTRAVA DAYS 2013

25.07.2012

OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA AND JANÁČEK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AT BEYOND CAGE FESTIVAL, NEW YORK (OCTOBER 22 - NPVEMBER 7, 2012)

16.07.2012

PHILIP GLASS GETTING READY TO COME TO OSTRAVA DAYS 2013!!

10.07.2012

WE HAVE JUST RELEASED NEW 3CD MUSIC OF OSTRAVA DAYS 2011 LIVE

02.07.2012

BRAND NEW DVD DOCUMENTARY ABOUT OSTRAVA DAYS 2011!!

06.06.2012

DO YOU KNOW WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE NODO FESTIVAL?

21.05.2012

THE FIRST BIENNIAL NEW OPERA DAYS OSTRAVA

15.05.2012

PHOTOS OF OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA AT MUSICOLOMOUC FESTIVAL ON APRIL 26, 2012

12.05.2012

PHOTOS OF OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA AT EXPOZICE NONÉ HUDBY FESTIVAL IN BRNO

10.05.2012

NODO - THE FIRST BIENNIAL NEW OPERA DAYS OSTRAVA!!!

09.05.2012

CAGE+ OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA WILL PERFORM AT THE FESTIVAL MUSICOLOMOUC!!

29.02.2012

PHOTOS FROM CONCERTS IN OSTRAVA AND PRAGUE

15.02.2012

OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA WILL PERFORM IN BRNO, OSTRAVA AND PRAGUE (March 10 - 13, 2012)

23.01.2012

OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA IN OSTRAVA AND PRAGUE (JANUARY 27 AND 29) FOR PETR KOTÍK'S BIRTHDAY

 

 

10.01.2012

CALL FOR SCORES: WORKSHOP & READING OF NEW WORKS

08.12.2011

THE ORCHESTRA OF THE S.E.M. ENSEMBLE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 AT 8:00 PM, PAULA COOPER GALLERY, NEW YORK

28.11.2011

GERMAN PUBLICATION NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR MUSIK ABOUT OSTRAVA DAYS 2011

25.11.2011

NEW PRESS REVIEWS ABOUT OSTRAVA DAYS 2011

31.10.2011

Check out photos from Ostrava Days 2011 on Picasa Web Albums!!

16.09.2011

Unofficial videos from Ostrava Days 2011


 

09.09.2011

Ostrava Days in Financial Times


06.09.2011

Many thank to all participants, guests and visitors

03.09.2011

Dispatches from Ostrava days (3/9)

02.09.2011

Dispatches from Ostrava Days (2/9)

02.09.2011

George Grella / Seen and Hear International

01.09.2011

Dispatches from Ostrava Days Festival (31/8)

31.08.2011

NOT ONLY George Grella's "diary from Ostrava Days 2011"

29.08.2011

Dispatches from Ostrava Days Festival (29/8)

29.08.2011

Wa are adding pictures to our photogallery every day!

28.08.2011

Dispatches from Ostrava Days Festival (28/8)

28.08.2011

Site-specific installation Acoustic Painting - 29/08, 7:45 PM

27.08.2011

Dispatches from Ostrava Days Festival (27/8)

26.08.2011

Bernhard Lang Presentation at Ostrava Days 2011

23.08.2011

Gallery Fiducia joined Ostrava Days 2011

22.08.2011

Salome Kammer interview (not only) about her performance in Ostrava

17.08.2011

News in our photo gallery

12.08.2011

Photos from Press Conference

09.08.2011

Press conference, Thursday, August 11 at 11 a. m., St. Lawrence Church, Prague

03.08.2011

Ostrava Days Accommodation Tip

14.07.2011

6th Biennial Ostrava Days PRESS RELEASE

12.07.2011

Another Ostravská banda on Tour 2CD review

23.06.2011

GET YOUR FESTIVAL TICKETS IN ADVANCE!!!

25.05.2011

Help us spread the invitation to the Ostrava Days Institute on Facebook!

23.05.2011

Another review of Ostravská banda concert in NYC

17.05.2011

Look at the current program of the Ostrava Days 2011 festival !!

05.05.2011

We thank to our general partner, Zdenek Bakala Foundation

22.04.2011

Brand new 2CD Ostravská Banda on Tour just released!

18.04.2011

Review of Ostravská banda concert in The New York Times

18.04.2011

The first critic of Ostravská banda concert in New York

 

 

 

13.04.2011

First pictures of Ostravská banda and Orchestra of The S.E.M. Ensemble taken at the public rehearsal in NY

13.04.2011

Ostravská banda concert, April 15th Czech Center New York

11.04.2011

Listen to the conversation with Petr Kotík and Joseph Kubera on ART on AIR!

04.04.2011

A sample from composition "wilder shores (embryos)" by Carolyn Chen

25.03.2011

 

Exceptionally, we extend the possibility of sending applications to the Ostrava Days 2011 Institute till April 15th 2011.
Do not miss this unique opportunity!

 



22.03.2011

Ostravska banda in New York - Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall) and Bohemian National Hall, Czech Center New York

April 13, 2011, 7.30 p. m.
April 15, 2011, 7.00 p. m.

11.03.2011

Radio stations in Spain and South America broadcasted music from Ostrava Days 2009

10.11.2010

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCY AT OSTRAVA DAYS 2011

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 15, 2011.

22.09.2010

PLEASE JOIN OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA FOR THE FALL 2010 TOUR CONCERTS
(October 22 – November 5)

OCNM and Svatováclavský hudební festival, festival Contempuls, City of Opava, Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten and Muziekcentrum Vredenburg present the Ostravská banda Fall 2010 tour.

09.09.2010

The concert was a success!

The September 3, 2010, concert with Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, organized in cooperation with Ostrava Center for New Music, was a success!

20.08.2010

CONCERT WITH JANÁČEK PHILHARMONIC

SEPTEMBER 3, 7pm
Philharmonic Hall

Lead by Petr Kotík, the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a special concert organized in cooperation with Ostrava Center for New Music held on September 3, 2010 at 7pm in Philharmonic Hall (Dům kultury města Ostravy).

09.08.2010

PUBLISHING: DVD Documentary and Ostrava Days 2009 Report !!!

The DVD Ostrava’s New Music Foundry (in both Czech and English versions) documents Ostrava Days 2009. We have also just finished the Ostrava Days 2009 Report (English publication). Both of them are available in our office!

08.06.2010

Ostravská banda Shined at Archa Theatre!

The closing event of the project Ostrava in Prague, the Ostravská banda concert Sunday, June 6 was excellent. The Ostravská banda, meeting for the second time of 2010 (the first time in January for the musicadhoy festival in Madrid) gave a stunning performance.

01.06.2010NEW DOUBLE-CD WITH LIVE RECORDINGS OF OSTRAVA DAYS 2009!!!
Ostrava Center for New Music has just released a doubleCD with eight live recordings of Ostrava Days 2009.
18.05.2010CONCERT OF OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA IN ARCHA THEATRE IN PRAGUE, 6th June, 8 pm - INVITATION HERE
Ostrava Center for New Music invites you to a concert of Ostravská banda held on 6th June 2010 in Archa Theatre. Concert is supported by the City of Ostrava and is organized as a part of the project "Ostrava in Prague" in support Ostrava's candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2015.
23.04.2010Musicians from Tallinn
Petr Kotík has started to collaborate with Estonian musicians — Hirvo Surva, conductor and director of Estonian National Opera Boys Choir; Zoja Hertz, accompanist and voice master; and Heldur Harry Polda and Voldemar Kants thirteen-year-old boy soloists for Galina Ustwolskaja’s Symphony no. 2.
23.03.2010Double-documentary movie about Ostravská banda and Janáček chambre orchestra
Watch the documentary movie from 2008 on ČT website.
17.03.2010Recordings from Ostrava Days on Bandzone.cz
There are music samples from Ostrava Days 2007 and 2009: György Ligeti, Charles Ives, Paulina Załubska, Pablo Chin Pampillo, Salvatore Sciarrino and Christian Wolff pieces, all performed by Ostravská banda.
10.03.2010G. Douglas Barrett's article in HIS VOICE
In a current issue od HIS VOICE magazine there is an article about Peter Ablinger's music, the author of the article - G. Douglas Barrett was a resident-student of Ostrava Days 2007 and 2009.
04.03.2010Ostrava Center for New Music on Facebook! Check it!
01.03.2010Interview with Petr Kotík in Czech TV
Petr Kotík was on January, 28 as a guest in a talkshow called Before Midnight...
26.02.2010New on Bandzone.cz
Ostravská banda has a new profile with recordings on Bandzone. Go for listening...
26.01.2010Concert of Ostravská banda in Madrid
On Thursday January 21, 2010 Ostravská banda started the concert season „Universo Ustwolskaja“, which is dedicated to Galina Ustwolskaja, a Russian Composer. Along with Ostravská banda and conductor Petr Kotík there performed also the soloists Daan Vandewaalle (Piano), Arne Defoce (Cello), Marta Marinová (Voice) and Conrad Harris (Violin).
18.12.2009Ostravská banda in Madrid
Ostravská banda will perform pieces of Galina Ustwolskaja at musicadhoy2010 Festival in Madrid.
29.10.2009Musical America and Muso Magazine about Ostrava Days 2009
reviews about Ostrava Days in section Media / Press Reviews
25.09.2009Photos from Ostrava Days 2009
You can check almost all photos from Ostrava Days 2009 - New Music Institute and Festival.
08.09.2009Prague Post about Ostrava Days 2009
Media / Press Reviews
30.08.2009Ostrava Days 2009 Culminates in Its Closing Concert!
One of the best experiences at this year’s Ostrava Days festival was the closing concert, which was held on Saturday, 29 August, at Dům kultury in Ostrava. This was the last of the sixteen concerts at the 5th biennial this year, and it was the occasion of three major events: the world premiere of Rhapsody for 3 Orchestras, by the American composer Christian Wolff, who was in attendance; Concert for Piano and Orchestra by György Ligeti; and Amériques by Edgard Varése. At one point as many as 120 players were performing in Dům kultury. It is hard to believe that Varése wrote this grand fantasy of sound around ninety years ago. Mountains of sound filled the concert hall with music and took away the breath of everyone in attendance.
24.08.2009Computers in Composition / Phosphor Ensemble, 24.8.2009 / 17:00 Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
Lejaren Hiller: Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano Peter Graham: A Nap Samuel Sfirri: for Callum Innes Michael Schumacher: Isorhythmic Variations Phosphor Ensemble: In Real Time
21.08.2009Phill Niblock: Projection & Music / 21.8.09 / 20:00 Vítkovice Site - Blast Furnaces, Hall No. 6
Composing music, listening to music and performing music and are all different activities, which may not be necessarily connected in any way and have nothing to do with each other. This is a known statement John Cage made long time ago. The example of Phill Niblock is a testimony to the truthfulness of it. Niblock is not a musician. He never learned how to read music notation and for the realization of his scores, he needs an assistant. Despite this, there is no doubt that the music he is creating (ergo composing) has all the attributes of the works of music with we we are familiar; his compositions have a wide appeal and a firm place in the context of the music of the 20th and 21st century. Niblock’s example is indeed inspiring. He shows us how and to what extent an author can be separate from the making of music. His compositions also indicate just the opposite: namely, that being a musician of the highest caliber does not guarantee one the ability to write a single note worth listening to. Niblock composes music of sustained micro-tones produced by instruments, or vocalists, recorded on multi-track, and combined in live performance with sustained tones produced by musicians. Niblock combines pitches in order to create, through their proximity and durations, rhythmical beats and changes in harmonic overtone structure. His music, as well as his films and videos, are a reflection of the dynamic relationship between stasis and movement. He does not match his compositions to his films; they are presented together randomly. Niblock believes that this creates an ideal performance situation, with just the right degree of indeterminacy. Phill Niblock has traveled extensively, making videos and films in places like China, Hungary, South Africa, Peru, Mexico, Quebec, and among the indigenous people of the Arctic. Each year, Niblock produces a series of performances in his loft on Centre Street in New York City, also known as the Experimental Intermedia (EI). I met Niblock for the first time in the summer of 1972 at Burdocks festival, organized by Christian Wolff in Hanover, New Hampshire. Since then, we have collaborated many times in the U.S. and Europe, including many performances at his Experimental Intermedia in New York. - Petr Kotík, Augst 7, 2009
19.08.2009Festival Ostrava Days 2009 starts already in two days!!!
All the rehearsal rooms of the Janáček Philharmonic and the Janáček Conservatory are filled with musicians from all over the world from morning till evening. Apart from the local Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (under conductors Roland Kluttig, Peter Rundel, Onřej Vrabec and the director Petr Kotík), the choir Canticum Ostrava (under Yurii Galatenko) also rehearses the premiere compositions for the performance in St. Wenceslas Church.
10.08.2009Institute began
Ostrava Days Institute just began. There are about 30 students from foreign universities. First discussions were done during Petr Kotík's presentation. Today Michael Schumacher (New York) and Philip Thomas (Hudersfield) arrive and will lead lessons.
30.07.2009Pavel Rudolf: Scores
Exhibition of Pavel Rudolf’s scores at Gallery Beseda is a part of Ostrava Days 2009. The exhibition will commence on August 24th at 5 p.m. and will hang through September 6th. Galerie Beseda, Jurečkova 18, 702 00 Ostrava Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., Fri 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. www.galeriebeseda.cz
12.06.2009New Lector coming to Ostrava Days 2009 Institute
There is another lector coming to Ostrava Days 2009 Institute. Philip Thomas BMus (Hons) MMus PhD form University of Huddersfield will have the seminars on August 11th and 12th, 2009.
01.06.2009Ostrava in New York
In weekly Magazine "Týden" issued June 1st 2009 there is the article about the Concert of Ostravská banda in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York.
19.05.2009Mini Marathon of Electronic Music at Ostrava Days 2009
Saturday, August 22 16:00 – 24:00 Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava, Jurečkova 8
14.05.2009Music Review in The New York Times / Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Ostravská banda and FLUX Quartet
27.04.2009Ostrava days Report 2007
Ostrava Center for New Music published The Ostrava Days 2007 REPORT that documents Ostrava Days 2007 Institute and Festival. Contains detailed information about Ostrava Days 2007 including transcripts of selected seminars, discussions, comments and reviews and photographs.
10.03.2009Ostravská banda in New York
Ostravská banda is going to perform on May 6, 2009 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York. The concert will also feature The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble and FLUX Quartet and will be part of “Ostrava Days in New York” event, organized by the Czech Center from 4th to 13th of May at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street.
10.03.2009Music of Ostrava Days LIVE
Ostrava Center for New Music in cooperation with the Czech Music Information Center issued a 2CD with recordings of previous biennials of Ostrava Days Festival. 2CD is published as an annex to magazine subscribers of His Voice Magazine 3/4.
09.12.2008The Application deadline for OD 2009 Institute is MARCH 15th 2009!!!
Ostrava Center for New Music has already announced the Institute program for Ostrava Days 2009. It takes place from August 10-30, 2009 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
09.12.2008Ostrava Days 2007 / DVD documentary
Ostrava Center for New Music published documentary about Ostrava Days 2007.
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