Ostrava Days 2023 Program
Thursday, 24. 8. 2023
SIXTH-TONE HARMONIUM
18:00 / St. Wenceslas Church
Miroslav Beinhauer, sixth-tone harmonium
Phill Niblock: Harmonius (2023)
Bernhard Lang: Loops for Hába (2023)
Klaus Lang: Not one and not two (2023)
Idin Samimi Mofakham: Taftāl (2023)
Milan Guštar: 36 pohledů na Edo (2023)
Ian Mikyska: Not the same, not different (2023)
Judith Berkson: Bent Meanings (2023)
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SPIRITUAL AND EMPIRIC I
21:00 / St. Wenceslas Church
Martin Opršál, percussion
Tereza Horáková, violin
Kristýna Švihálková, percussion
Anežka Nováková, percussion
Pavel Zemek Novák: Adoration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (2022)
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Friday, 25. 8. 2023
FLASH-MOB OPERA
17:30 / Forum Nová Karolina
Aneta Podracká Bendová, soprano
Jana Vondrů, alto
Antonín Mühlhansl, Radim Hanousek, Pavel Zlámal, Pavel Šabacký, saxophones
František Chaloupka: Bachelor Party (2022)
– opera in the rhythm of techno-optimism for 2 e-scooters and 4 hoverboards
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PREVIEW
19:00 / Little Copenhagen
Aneta Podracká Bendová, soprano
Jana Vondrů, alto
Tomáš Krejčí, bass
Vojta Drnek, accordion
Radim Hanousek, bass clarinet,
Ivan Palacký, voice, electronics
Jan Přibil, trumpet
Anežka Nováková, percussion
Radim Hanousek: Principles of creation of street nomenclature (2022)
Members of Ostravská banda
Residents of the Ostrava Days 2023 Institute
Christian Ferlaino: All'Erva Radicchia (2017)
Michal Chojnacki: Riversound Ostravice (2023)
Sean Kiley: The Garden Beyond This Perceptual Veil (2022)
Andrew Stock: Untitled ("I sell the shadow to support the substance") (2022)
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I WANT TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD
21:00 / Minikino
Festive premiere of the documentary film.
I Want to Hear What I've Never Heard (2023)
Pavel Klusák, script
Ondřej Belica, camera
Petr Zahrádka, director
Saturday, 26. 8. 2023
MINIMARATHON OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC
14:00–02:00 / PLATO Bauhaus, Galerie Díra
Curator: Martin Režný
In cooperation with Bludný kámen, z.s.
Performers:
Francesco Corvi (IT)
Datel zkázy (CZ)
Milan Guštar (CZ)
František Hruška (CZ)
Radek Kopel (CZ)
Daniel Kordík (SK)
Pablo Lienhard (DE)
Opening Performance Orchestra (CZ)
Predskokan Otrok (SK)
SitbQ (KR / NL)
Tarnovski (CZ)
Tymon Zgorzelski (PL)
Säkkikangas + VJ JV
RDKPL
Kryštof Pátra
Sean Kiley
Clancy Reynolds
Robert Karpay
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Sunday, 27. 8. 2023
ORCHESTRA OPENING
18:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra
Andrej Gál, violoncello
Daan Vandewalle, piano
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
Pavel Šnajdr, conductor
Jiří Rožeň, conductor
Iannis Xenakis: Shaar (1983)
František Chaloupka: Allegory Of The Cave II (2023)
Johannes Kalitzke: Story Teller (2015–16)
Frederic Rzewski: A Long Time Man (1979–80)
Georgina Bowden: Wild Colour (2023)
Timothy Page: Tensor (2014, rev. 2023)
Zihan Zhao: In a Bamboo Grove (2023)
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Monday, 28. 8. 2023
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA I
19:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
Zygmunt Krauze, piano
František Výrostko, double bass
Mikuláš Mrva, electronics
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
Petr Kotík, conductor
Jiří Rožeň, conductor
Zygmunt Krauze: Riviere souterraine 3 (2023)
Petr Bakla: Diptych (2023)
Eric Wubbels: Auditory Scene Analysis (I) (2014)
Miroslav Srnka: Overheating (2018)
George Lewis: Tales of the Traveler (2016)
Marie Nečasová: Over (2019)
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Tuesday, 29. 8. 2023
SPIRITUAL AND EMPIRIC II
18:30 / Cathedral of the Divine Saviour
Ostravská banda
Canticum Ostrava
Ahmad Hammad, organ
Klaus Lang, organ
Tereza Böhmová, soprano
Kamila Mazalová, alto
Olivia de Prato, violin
Mikuláš Mrva, electronics
Franz Hautzinger, trumpet
Ivan Palacký, electronics
Michal Rataj, electronics
Jurij Galatenko, choirmaster
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor
Michal Rataj: Načálo polunóščnici (2022)
Jan Dobiáš: Time Shakes (2023)
Amina Claudine Myers: Improvisational Suite (1979)
Peter Graham: ORGAOS (2023)
Elisabet Dijkstra: Agnus Dei (2022)
Anna Heflin: ZBYHOŇ//Mythopoeia (2023)
Arthur Novas: Ismália (2023)
Todd Tarantino: My Father's Land (2022)
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Wednesday, 30. 8. 2023
ENSEMBLE GARAGE
18:30 / City Campus @ University of Ostrava
Ensemble Garage:
Annegret Mayer–Lindenberg, performance
Małgorzata Walentynowicz, piano, keyboard
Carlos Cordeiro, (bass) clarinet
Frank Riedel, saxophone
Steffen Ahrens, electric guitar, bass guitar
Yuka Ohta, percussion
+ Ondrej Veselý, guitar
Baldwin Giang: my axe, my gun...my wayward son! (2022)
Saraha Nemtsov: NUN II (2019)
Brigitta Muntendorf: #AsPresentAsPossible (2019)
Matthias Kranebitter: Concerto for the Invisible Hand (after Adam Smith) (2015)
James Helgeson: September Music (2023)
Louis Wishart: Föhnkrankheit (2023)
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SOLOS AND ENSEMBLES
20:30 / City Campus @ University of Ostrava
Members of Ostravská banda
Katie Porter, bass clarinet
Stefanie Liedtke, bassoon
Miroslav Beinhauer, piano
Daan Vandewalle, piano
Ondrej Veselý, guitar
Matthias Lorenz, violoncello
Amelie Tokarská, harp
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor
Klaus Lang: april. (2023)
Annesley Black: a piece that is a size that is recognised as not a size but a piece (2013)
Lisa Lim: Axis Mundi (2012–14)
Marc Sabat: False Fruit (2021)
Robert Karpay: The Dharma is Vast (2021, rev. 2023)
Michal Prokop: 4, 7, 8... (2023)
Clancy Reynolds: Aripiprazole Eternity (2022)
Táňa Vasilková: Sklamanie (2020)
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Thursday, 31. 8. 2023
OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA II
18:30 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
Hana Kotková, violin
Martin Opršál, percussion
Gareth Davis, bass clarinet
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor
Jiří Rožeň, conductor
Richard Ayres: No. 53 (Trödelmarkt) NONcerto for violin (2019–20)
Ana Sokolović: …and I need a room to receive five thousand people with raised glasses... (2014)
Iannis Xenakis: Échange (1989)
Petr Cígler: Echolocations (2003, rev. 2023)
Franziska Wilhelm: Diametralspiele (2022)
Michal Wróblewski: Rhythms no. 3 – Glissando (2023)
James Falzone: Neither-Nor (Redux) (2022)
Csenge Mihalicza: Song (2021)
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LEGENDS OF IMPROVISATION
21:30 / Parník Club
An improvisational concert
Roscoe Mitchell, saxophones
Amina Claudine Myers, piano, voice
Alvin Curran, piano
Thomas Buckner's improvisational group of Residents of the Ostrava Days 2023 Institute
Friday, 1. 9. 2023
THE LONG NIGHT
17:00 - 01:00 / PLATO, Antonín Dvořák Theatre
17:00 SITE SPECIFIC I
Roberta Michel, flute
Katie Porter, clarinet
Markéta Brixi, violoncello
Eva Marie Kořená, soprano
Aneta Podracká Bendová, soprano
Jana Vondrů, soprano
Olivia De Prato, violin
Raven Chacon:
For Jacqueline Wilson (2019)
Quiver (2018)
For Barbara Croall (2020)
Invisible Arc (2017)
Whisper Trio (2008)
For Laura Ortman (2019)
17:45 STRING QUARTET
Luigi Nono: Fragmente – Stille, an Diotima (1979–80)
Lukas Ligeti: Moving Houses (1993, rev. 2003)
Lukas Ligeti: Entasis (2023)
Donnchadh Mac Aodha: I had no time to hate, because (2023)
Hungkai Wen: A Movement for String Quartet (2019)
19:30 A LEAP TO OPERA: PLAYING TRUMP
Antonín Dvořák Theatre
Donatienne Michel-Dansac, soprano
Ostravská banda
Matthias Schneider-Hollek, sound design
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
David Bazika, stage design
Jiří Nekvasil, director
Bernhard Lang: Playing Trump. Cheap opera #2 (2020)
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21:00 IMPROVISATION
Lukas Ligeti: Improvisation on marimba lumina
21:45 SITE SPECIFIC II
Residents of the Ostrava Days 2023 Institute
Peter Ablinger: SCALES (1997–2002)
22:30 SOUNDS FROM EVERYWHERE
Gareth Davis, bass clarinet
Ostravská banda
James Tenney: In Large Open Space (1994)
23:15 SOLOS & ENSEMBLES II
Daniel Havel, bass flute
Irvin Venyš, clarinet
Lukáš Daňhel, clarinet
Gareth Davis, contrabass clarinet
Martin Petrák, bassoon
William Lang, trombone
Conrad Harris, violin
Olivia De Prato, violin
Juho Laitinen, violoncello
Juraj Bajús, double bass
James Ilgenfritz, double bass
Mikuláš Mrva, electronics
Filip Růžička, dancer / performer
Canticum Ostrava, choir
Ostravská banda
Rudolf Komorous: Solo (2023)
Isabel Mundry: Balancen (2006)
Luigi Nono: A Pierre (1985)
Iannis Xenakis: Keren (1986)
Ann Cleare: Earth Waves (2018)
Joohyun Parc: Slide (2021)
Victor Báez: Coatlicue barría la escalera de templo (2020)
James Ilgenfritz: Roscoe Mitchell Transcription, Orchestration, Embodiment with Mechanical Instrument Array (2023)
Luke Stevenson: Morning Webs (2021)
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Saturday, 2. 9. 2023
HIGH NOON
18:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra
Petr Kotík, conductor
Petr Kotík: Outline (2023)
Christian Wolff: For 38 Players (2023)
Phill Niblock: High Noon (2023)
Alvin Curran: 'NA ROSETTA (2023)
Roscoe Mitchell: Nonaah for Orchestra (2023)
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OSTRAVSKÁ BANDA III & ONO
21:00 / Triple Hall Karolina
Ostravská banda
ONO – Ostrava New Orchestra
Hana Kotková, violin
Andrej Gál, violoncello
Tamás Schlanger, percussion
William Lang, trombone
Fedor Gál, narrator
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
Jiří Rožeň, conductor
Bruno Maderna: Concerto per violino e orchestra (1969)
Miroslav Tóth: Bliky (2021)
Isabel Mundry: Noli me tangere (2019–20)
Ian Davis: Pale Blue World (2023)
