ENMT is proud to announce the renowned saxophone virtuoso Marcus Weiss will be our guest soloist in May!
ENMT has commissioned Estonian composer Elis Hallik to write a new composition for this project. Moreover on the program there are Estonian premier of pieces by Hans Thomalla, Nadir Vassena and Xavier Dayer.
The concert takes place on Sunday 19th of May at 18:00, in The Great Guild Hall (Suurgildi Hoone) of Estonian History Meusum, located in the heart of Tallinn’s old town Pikk 17.
The project then will be performed in St. Petersburg during reMusik festival on May 22nd.
Hans Thomalla
Fracking
Simon Steen-Andersen
Study for string instrument
Nadir Vassena
Mute Materie
Xavier Dayer
Mais je me suis enfuis
Elis Hallik
Touching the first sounds
As a subsidiary of Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, Sound Plasma Tallinn 2019 takes place 19th until 21st of September. Similar to previous editions of festival there will be performances as well as masterclasses and workshops.
Concerts are in Mustpeade Maja (House of Brotherhood of Blackheads/Tallinn Philharmonic Society) and Estonian History Museum’s Great Guild Hall.
Masterclasses in collaboration with and within premises of Estonian Academy of Music and theatre, will be held on 20th and 21st of September.
September 19th 19:00
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
Cenk Ergün Use Strings* (new version)
Raphael Languillat Vision of the Living Light (d’après Hildegard von Bingen)
Pascale Critonb Hold
Jeff A. Brown Motion harmony #6
Nicholas Deyoe Vln
Arash Yazdani Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes
As a subsidiary of Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, Sound Plasma Berlin 2019 takes place 1st until 3rd of November. Similar to previous editions of festival there will be performances as well as masterclasses and workshops.
Concerts are in Acker Stadt Palast.
November 2nd 20:30
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
Cenk Ergün Use Strings* (new version)
Raphael Languillat Vision of the Living Light (d’après Hildegard von Bingen)
Pascale Critonb Hold
Jeff A. Brown Motion harmony #6
Nicholas Deyoe Vln
Arash Yazdani Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes
ENMT is performing in Salzburg Mozarteum University’s CrossRoads 2019 festival.
Program contains 4 newly pieces from the selected composers of call for scores, and 2 pieces from our repertoire.
Solitär, Universität Mozarteum
Program:
Oscar Jockel: gold erstarrte hülle der erinnerung – überschreibung III (2019)*
Jeff Brown: Motion Harmony #6 (2014)
Cong Wei: Bathe my soul in the fire (2019)*
Arash Yazdani: Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes (2019)
Alyssa Aska: Grātia (2019)*
Nicholas Brochec: the eye (2019)*
Performers: Maria Elonen (Flöte) / Helena Tuuling (Klarinette) / Nina Kawaguchi (Violine) / Talvi Nurgamaa (Viola) / Teemu Mastovaara (Violoncello)
Dirigent | Conductor: Arash Yazdani
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn is pleased to announce the Mexican composer, sound artist, philosopher, writer and multifaceted artisan Samuel Cedillo as the composer in residence with our ensemble during November.
Mr. Cedillo will work with our musicians in creation and preparation of his new composition, CANON A, for us to be premiered on Sunday, November 24th at 19:00, in Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava at Telliskivi Creative City.
Program:
Francesco Filidei – I funerali dell’anarchico Serantini
Nam June Paik – One for violin solo (Estonian premiere)
Jeff Brown – motion harmony #6
Georges Aperghis – Complainte (Estonian premiere)
Samuel Cedillo – CANON A (world premiere)
The Mexican composer, writer, artist and craftsman, Samuel Cedillo will be our composer in residence in November 2019.
Mr. Cedillo will work with our musicians in creation and preparation of his new composition, CANON A, for us to be premiered on November 24th, in Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava at Telliskivi 60A. Samuel will additionally give a recital of Mexican contemporary vocal music on Friday 22nd in Vanalinna Muusikamaja, Uus 16c.
Mexican composer. Of Mazahua indian origins. Peasant and craftsman in his childhood. He studied composition at the Conservatory of Roses of Michoacán with Germán Romero. Of its main formative influences subsequent to Romero, Cedillo considers mainly to Emmanuel Nunes and Pierluigi Billone. He has reviewed his work with mexican and foreign composers. His music is mainly programmed in Europe, the United States and Latin America. His career has prizes, awards, scholarships, recordings, commissions, residences and courses.
Part of his pedagogical activity is dedicated to community work within indigenous communities; Along with a team of purhépecha musicians, is founder of the Purhépecha Conservatory, unique institution in its format and educational model, an independent project dedicated to the training of traditional musicians.
Since 2008, he is a guide of a free musical creation workshop for young composers, with current headquarters in Páztcuaro Michoacán. He is currently part of the National System of Creators of Mexico.
Program:
Alessandro Perini
Michael Maierhof
Hugo Morales Murguia
Arash Yazdani
Program 2020
* World Premiere
November 19th 19:00
Ensemble L’itineraire
Jonathan Harvey 3 Sketches
Tristan Murail Une lettre de Vincent
Fuminori Tanada Echoing Forest
Michaël Levinas Froissement d’ailes
Sina Fallahzadeh new work*
Tristan Murail Feuilles à travers les cloches
November 20th 19:00
Kadri-Ann Sumera recital for 2 pianos
Liisa Hirsch Quantom Well*
Arash Yazdani Hommage á Georg Friedrich Haas*
Georg Friedrich Haas 3 Hommages
November 21st 21:00
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
Georg Friedrich Haas In Vain for chamber orchestra and light show
conductor: Arash Yazdani
Noblessneri valukoda, Nobeli Saal
UPDATE: Due to the pandemic situation the concert took place without Fie Schouten and insted Meelis Vind replaced her in the performance. WATCH THE PERFORMANCE HERE!
ENMT is proud to announce the renowned bass and contrabass clarinetist virtuoso Fie Schouten will be our guest soloist in April!
After numerous postponement, our collaboration with Ms. Schouten takes place within the framework of COMMUTE festival 2021.
The concert takes place on Thursday 29th of April at 21:00, in BlackBox of Estonian Academy of Music and Theater, and will be live-streamed online.
Program includes pieces by written for ENMT, by students of Estonian Academy of Music. As well as pieces by Gérard Grisey and Caspar de Gelmini. In the program is the graduation piece by Brazilian composer Marcelo Politano.
Agita Reke Does everybody dream? *
Astra Susi This is how I feel now*
Gérard Grisey Anoubis-Noud
Fabrizio Nastari Working and singing*
Caspar de Gelmini Match 3 *
Marcelo Politano Lendavad Jõed *
* World Premier
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APHORISM includes pieces from composers with various backgrounds and aesthetics, with one strong common thread, of being originated in Baltic states. The term Aphorism was first used in the Aphorisms of Hippocrates in which the first sentence of his work is: “Life is short, art long…, judgment difficult.”
ENMT performs the closing concert at the Baltic Music Days/Estonian Music Days Festival. The entire concert can be listened to at various radio stations, and viewed at EMT TV
Arash Yazdani Aphorism (2016)
Santa Bušs Ich kann dich noch sehen… (2020)
Elo Masing Touch* **(2021)
Ülo Krigul The Wolf Queen* ** (2021)
Elo Masing The Garden of Forking Paths*(2021)
Justina Repečkaite Working and singing (2014)
Ülo Krigul Streeeeeeeeeeeeeetch * (2021)
* World Premier
** Music for young people
Works by:
Mark Applebaum
Cathy Van Eck
Hugo Morales Murguia
Alessandro Perini
Arash Yazdani
ENMT:
Talvi Hunt
Talvi Nurgamaa
Juan Fran Cabrera
Arash Yazdani
The legendary Czech composer Alois Hàba, one of the forefathers of microtonl and alternative intonations music, has an array of pieces with various intonation systems.
An artefact in the National Museum in Prague, this 1936 harmonium was the engine behind many of Hàba’s staggering 6th-tone division pieces. Interestingly he composed only one piece for the harmonium, 6 pieces for 6th-tone harmonium. Until now this composition has never been performed in public, on the intended instrument it’s based on; we are performing these pieces in the program as well.
We are performing Hàba’s rarely heard 6 pieces, in addition to 6 new compositions for his harmonium and accompanying ensemble.
The composers who wrote new pieces for this project are:
Georg Friedrich Haas
Klaus Lang
Marc Sabat
Gérard Pape
Nina Fukoka
Anna-Louis Randolph-Walton
Arash Yazdani
Sound Plasma Festival for Alternative Intonations is back! This year both in Tallinn (November 11 & 12) and Berlin (November 26th).
Featuring guest ensembles: Trio Scordatura, Dsilton band and the extended Scordatura ensemble; soloist Miroslav Beinhauer and plenty of new music and new instruments!
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn performs works written for the legendary instrument, the harmonium in 6th-tone tuning, belonging to the legendary composer Alois Hába and ensemble. In a collaboration with the Czech National Museum, UdK, and Ernst von Siemens Music Foundations.
ENMT concert in Tallinn
November 12th 19:00 – Tallinna Filharmoonia, Mustpeade maja
Works by:
Georg Friedrich Haas
Klaus Lang
Marc Sabat
Gerard Pape
Arash Yazdani
Alois Hába
Sound Plasma Festival for Alternative Intonations is back! This year both in Tallinn (November 11 & 12) and Berlin (November 26th).
Featuring guest ensembles: Trio Scordatura, Dsilton band and the extended Scordatura ensemble; soloist Miroslav Beinhauer and plenty of new music and new instruments!
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn performs works written for the legendary instrument, the harmonium in 6th-tone tuning, belonging to the legendary composer Alois Hába and ensemble. In a collaboration with the Czech National Museum, UdK, and Ernst von Siemens Music Foundations.
ENMT in Berlin
November 26th 21:00 – Musikbrauerei
Works by:
Georg Friedrich Haas
Klaus Lang
Marc Sabat
Gerard Pape
Arash Yazdani
Alois Hába
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn join forces with Finland’s virtuosic band Defunensemble, to give the Estonian and FInnish premieres of Fausto Romitelli’s masterpiece: Professor Bad Trip
Fausto Romitelli
Professor Bad Trip, Lessons I-III
Defunensemble:
Mikko Raasakka, clarinet
Hanna Kinnunen, flute
Markus Hohti, cello
Emil Holmström, piano
Timo Kurkikangas, sound engineer
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Jukka Kääriäinen, e-guitar.
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn:
Nina Kawaguchi, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand, bass guitar
Arash Yazdani, conductor
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Indrek Vau, trumpet
Manuel Alcaraz Clemente, percussions
Professor Bad Trip in Tallinn
December 3rd19:00 – Stuudio 1, ERR Raadiomaja
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn join forces with Finland’s virtuosic band Defunensemble, to give the Estonian and FInnish premieres of Fausto Romitelli’s masterpiece: Professor Bad Trip
Fausto Romitelli
Professor Bad Trip, Lessons I-III
Defunensemble:
Mikko Raasakka, clarinet
Hanna Kinnunen, flute
Markus Hohti, cello
Emil Holmström, piano
Timo Kurkikangas, sound engineer
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Jukka Kääriäinen, e-guitar.
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn:
Nina Kawaguchi, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand, bass guitar
Arash Yazdani, conductor
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Indrek Vau, trumpet
Manuel Alcaraz Clemente, percussions
Professor Bad Trip in Helsinki
December 4th 19:00 – Musikkitalo
Klang concert series
Works by:
Mark Applebaum
Mark Barden
Hugo Morales Murguia
Arash Yazdani
ENMT:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Teemu Mastovaara
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas (technician/sound design)
Works by:
Mark Applebaum
Mark Barden
Hugo Morales Murguia
Arash Yazdani
ENMT:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Teemu Mastovaara
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas (technician/sound design)
ENMT makes its Polish debut in the prestigious Warsaw Autumn Festival, September 23rd
Program:
Jeff A. Brown – Motion Harmony #6*
Arash Yazdani – Demodulation*
Żaneta Rydzewska – Elusive**
Hugo Morales Murguia – Variable Axial Flux*
Yair Klartag – Pros Mathematikous*
Arash Yazdani – Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the bomb in 5 minutes*
* Polish Premiers
** World Premiere
ENMT:
Karolina Leedo
Chiara Percivati
Talvi Hunt
Anna Jalving
Talvi Nurgamaa
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas
ENMT (and V4R1) in HALL
19:00
Scrapyard (version 2.6)
V4R1 – 20:00
Changelog:
following features are added or improved
Cathy Van Eck
Mark Applebaum
Jeff Brown
Hugo Morales Murguia
Mansoor Mani Hosseini
ENMT is:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Talvi Hunt
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas
The 6th edition of the festival experiments with new intonation ideas with a flavour of electroacoustic music. For the first time, a particular focus on music from Switzerland takes place in Tallinn and Berlin.
Festival’s highlights include the performances of Ensemble Phoenix Basel, as well as the hour-long piece for 9 keyboards and 9 computers by Enno Poppe. The full length performance of a special piece by Peter Ablinger, which was developed together with the flutist Erik Drescher, during the lock-downs, will receive its Estonian premiere by Mr. Drescher and Mr. Ablinger themselves. World premiere of pieces by Demetre Gamsachurdia, Aleksander Gabrys, Sami Klemola, Sander Saarmets, Matthias S. Krüger and Liisa Hõbepappel are other important events in Sound Plasma 2022.
Sound Plasma version 6 wants to explore a musical language that is not classical or established, even within the microtonal or intonation-based music. For this we found works, and composers, that fear not to use the old and the new and the technology and the tradition freely in order to create their special voice. Rather predictably a strong presence of electronic sounds emerged in our program.
The festival reaches out to the Swiss music scene not only because of the impeccable quality of the music/performances but because of the nurturing effect the Swiss musical culture has on developing special and uncompromisingly unique musical voices.
The current edition of the festival dares to explore a brand new point of view with a basis in the electronic, and sometimes corny, sounds of the 60s and 70s.
12th of November 2022
Venue: Kanuti Gildi SAAL
19:30 defunensemble (Finland) and Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Estonia)
Program:
Enno Poppe “Rundfunk” for nine synthesizers and nine computers (2018)
ENMT in Berlin
The 6th edition of the festival experiments with new intonation ideas with a flavour of electroacoustic music. For the first time, a particular focus on music from Switzerland takes place in Tallinn and Berlin.
Festival’s highlights include the performances of Ensemble Phoenix Basel, as well as the hour-long piece for 9 keyboards and 9 computers by Enno Poppe. The full length performance of a special piece by Peter Ablinger, which was developed together with the flutist Erik Drescher, during the lock-downs, will receive its Estonian premiere by Mr. Drescher and Mr. Ablinger themselves. World premiere of pieces by Demetre Gamsachurdia, Aleksander Gabrys, Sami Klemola, Sander Saarmets, Matthias S. Krüger and Liisa Hõbepappel are other important events in Sound Plasma 2022.
Sound Plasma version 6 wants to explore a musical language that is not classical or established, even within the microtonal or intonation-based music. For this we found works, and composers, that fear not to use the old and the new and the technology and the tradition freely in order to create their special voice. Rather predictably a strong presence of electronic sounds emerged in our program.
The festival reaches out to the Swiss music scene not only because of the impeccable quality of the music/performances but because of the nurturing effect the Swiss musical culture has on developing special and uncompromisingly unique musical voices.
The current edition of the festival dares to explore a brand new point of view with a basis in the electronic, and sometimes corny, sounds of the 60s and 70s.
24th of November 2022
18:30 Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Estonia)
Aleksander Gabrys: »Nevermore« (2022, world premiere)
Demetre Gamsachurdia: »CRAVE« (2022, world premiere)
Sander Saarmets: »and the sky turned yellow« (2022, world premiere)
Sami Klemola: »Canvas IIb« (2022, world premiere)
Liisa Hõbepappel: »The jangling lightness of solice« (2022, world premiere)
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn in Kanuti Gildi Saal
19:30
Composer in residence: Hugo Morales Murguia
Changelog:
following features are added or improved
Hugo Morales Murguia
ENMT is:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Talvi Hunt
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas
Estonian Music Days 2023
The Last Words is made of contrasts and contradictions; of strong voices on opposite sides. Pieces in this program are almost like manifestos, by composers who believe in different voices but believe them whole-heartedly and passionately. Some soft, some harsh, some gentle, some tough. The World premiere of pieces by Age Veeroos and Israeli/Swedish Dror Feiler and Arash Yazdani, are combined by the Tallinn premiere of Toivo Tulev and Sander Saarmets. Estonian celebrated soprano Kädy Plaas will accompany ENMT in the performance of Toivo Tulev’s piece on the last 6 words that were uttered by Henry David Thoreau before his death. The last words were “Now comes good sailing, moose, Indian”.
Toivo Tulev – Six Last Words of Henry David Thoreau for soprano and 6 instruments (2016)
Sander Saarmets – and the sky turned yellow (2022, Estonian premiere)
Arash Yazdani – Stromateis: Lessness (2017, premiere)
Age Veeroos – Outlines of the Night (2023, premiere)
Dror Feiler – Excarnation (2023, premiere)
Karolina Leedo (flutes)
Chiara Percivati (clarinets)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee (violin)
Peeter Margus (violin)
Talvi Nurgamaa (viola)
Paul-Gunnar Loorand (cello)
Madis Jürgens (double bass)
Arash Yazdani (conductor)
Kädy Plaas (soprano)
Estonian Music Days 2023
ENMT show at Tallinn Music Week 2023 Von Krahl Theatre
The performance which was praised as such:
“With all of the unexpected (here’s that word again) things that the Tallinn Music Week offered this year, the performance of the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (ENMT) might have been on top of everything in this aspect.
Not being sure what instruments they played – though being sure it would be great to hear them again – it was best to ask ENMT about it, so here’s the full programme linked to their earlier performances:
– Jeff A. Brown – motion harmony #6 (for 4 pendulums)
– Hugo Morales Murgia – Topspin Plasma (bug zappers and cymbals)
– Arash Yazdani – Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes (for 4 otamatones).
Otamatones were the best…”
Works by:
Fabian Blum (World Premiere)
Albert Breier (WP)
Lauri Jõeleht (German Premiere)
Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes (GP)
Ülo Krigul (GP)
Henry Mex (WP)
Andreas Staffel (WP)
Karolina Leedo (flutes)
Helena Tuuling (clarinets)
Toomas Vana (trombone)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee (violin)
Mairit Mitt-Bronikowska (viola)
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn & defunensemble
ENMT to play in one of Baltic’s most reputable summer festivals for pop and alternative music!
The open air performance will be in the Intsikurmu forest in Põlva, south of Estonia.
Once again e will join forces with our Finnish brethren of defunensemble in another set of Enno Poppe’s breath taking masterpiece for 9 synthesizers. This time in an open-air summer festival!
Enno Poppe – RUNDFUNK for 9 synthesizers
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn & defunensemble
ENMT to play in one of Finland’s most reputable and oldest festivals.
The Finnish premiere of Enno Poppe’s Rundfunk is to take place in EMMA Museum of Modern Art
Once again e will join forces with our Finnish brethren of defunensemble in another set of Enno Poppe’s breath taking masterpiece for 9 synthesizers. This time in an open-air summer festival!
Enno Poppe – RUNDFUNK for 9 synthesizers
Sound Plasma is happening for the 7th consecutive year, and we can’t help but feel some pride for it!
As always Sound Plasma takes place in in Berlin and Tallinn with entirely different programs. Sound Plasma Tallinn takes place 28-30 of September. On final day of estival ENMT will realize the premiere of a chamber opera by Czech composer/pianist/librettist Marek Keprt. And this time we invite you all to end the Tallinn events with a special celebration of music and comradery in our marathon concert/afterparty.
In Berlin we will have 2 performances, a presentation ceremony of ENMT’s double CD album in collaboration with KAIROS label; in addition to the guest ensembles: Ensemble Vortex, Ensemble du Bout du Monde and V4R1.
28 September // 19:00
House of the Blackheads, address Pikk 26
EKMELES VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Program:
James Weeks – Primo Libro (2017)
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece 36 (2022)
Taylor Brook – Motorman Sextet (2013)
Arash Yazdani – In My Boundless Turmoil (2023)
EKMELES vocal ensemble:
Charlotte Mundy, soprano
Elisa Sutherland, mezzo sporano
Timothy Parsons, countertenor
Tomás Cruz, tenor
Jeffrey Gavett, baritone
Steven Hrycelak, bass
Sound Plasma is happening for the 7th consecutive year, and we can’t help but feel some pride for it!
As always Sound Plasma takes place in in Berlin and Tallinn with entirely different programs. Sound Plasma Tallinn takes place 28-30 of September. On final day of estival ENMT will realize the premiere of a chamber opera by Czech composer/pianist/librettist Marek Keprt. And this time we invite you all to end the Tallinn events with a special celebration of music and comradery in our marathon concert/afterparty.
In Berlin we will have 2 performances, a presentation ceremony of ENMT’s double CD album in collaboration with KAIROS label; in addition to the guest ensembles: Ensemble Vortex, Ensemble du Bout du Monde and V4R
29 September // 19:00
House of the Blackheads, address Pikk 26
MONDRIAN ENSEMBLE
Program:
Edu Haubensak – String Trio II (1996)
Juliana Hodkinson – “Jounce” (2016)
Martin Jaggi – “Kôrd 1” (2017)
Giacinto Scelsi – String Trio (1958)
Dieter Ammann – “Piece” (1994/98)
Christian Winther-Christensen – String Trio (2008/09)
MONDRIAN ENSEMBLE:
Mirka Šćepanović, violin (guest musician)
Petra Ackermann, viola
Karolina Öhman, cello
Sound Plasma is happening for the 7th consecutive year, and we can’t help but feel some pride for it!
As always Sound Plasma takes place in in Berlin and Tallinn with entirely different programs. Sound Plasma Tallinn takes place 28-30 of September. On final day of estival ENMT will realize the premiere of a chamber opera by Czech composer/pianist/librettist Marek Keprt. And this time we invite you all to end the Tallinn events with a special celebration of music and comradery in our marathon concert/afterparty.
In Berlin we will have 2 performances, a presentation ceremony of ENMT’s double CD album in collaboration with KAIROS label; in addition to the guest ensembles: Ensemble Vortex, Ensemble du Bout du Monde and V4R1.
30 September // 20:00
Theatrum hall, address Vene 14
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN
Program:
Marek Keprt chamber opera “HIBIKI” concert performance
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN:
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand, cello
Talvi Hunt, piano
Arash Yazdani, conductor
Soloists:
Laura Štoma (soprano)
Mariliis Lahesalu (soprano)
ENMT returns to Olomouc with an intense and heavy program that includes a full opera!
World premiere of a new piece by Ivo Medek, Czech premiere of a piece by Arash Yazdani and the Hibiki chamber opera by Marek Keprt will be performed.
Sunday, October 29th, 19:00
Ivo Medek – Blurry Silhouette
Arash Yazdani – Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes
MAREK KEPRT (1974, CR): Hibiki, or Don’t Curl the Hare in the Poke (2019-2023) – Czech premiere of the new version
Laura Štoma – soprano
Mariliis Lahesalu – soprano
Marek Keprt – narrator
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLIN (Estonia)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee – violin
Talvi Nurgamaa – viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand – cello
Talvi Hunt – piano
Arash Yazdani – conductor
Hana Haha – soprano/flute (guest performer)
Aneta Podracká Bendová – soprano (guest performer)
ENMT gives its debut concert in Brno, Czech Republic. In the framework of the 26th edition of festival New Music Encounters Plus. World premiere of a new piece by Ivo Medek, Czech premiere of a piece by Arash Yazdani and the Hibiki chamber opera by Marek Keprt will be performed.
Monday, October 30th, 19:00
Ivo Medek – Blurry Silhouette
Arash Yazdani – Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes
MAREK KEPRT (1974, CR): Hibiki, or Don’t Curl the Hare in the Poke (2019-2023) – Czech premiere of the new version
Laura Štoma – soprano
Mariliis Lahesalu – soprano
Marek Keprt – narrator
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLIN (Estonia)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee – violin
Talvi Nurgamaa – viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand – cello
Talvi Hunt – piano
Arash Yazdani – conductor
Hana Haha – soprano/flute (guest performer)
Aneta Podracká Bendová – soprano (guest performer)
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn in collaboration with Intersonanzen festival
The intersonanzen festival association is the official association of new music composers and a centre for contemporary music in Brandenburg, supporting and initiating many music events in the state. Founded in 1990, it has been one of the most important pioneers of contemporary music in Brandenburg, bringing together composers, musicologists, musicians and music teachers from Potsdam, the Frankfurt/Oder and Cottbus regions.
Through the “intersonanzen” festival, the members of the association offer composers the opportunity to write new compositions and collaborate with various international ensembles. The programme of the festival is a collaboration between the members of the composers’ association and the guest ensembles.
ENMT performed at the festival on 20.05.2023 in Potsdam, Germany and now the ensemble is presenting those pieces for Tallinn’s audience.
ADDRESS: Väike saal, Suurgildi Hoone (Estonian History Museum) address Pikk 17
Program:
Andreas Staffel – Shadows of a forgotten Landscape (2023)
Albert Breier – Sérénade aux yeux mi-clos (2022)
Ülo Krigul – suite-case II for solo trombone (2007/09
Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes – Lovesong (2010)
Fabian Blum – Dat Burlala 2 (2023)
Lauri Jõeleht – Chant Harmonique (2014/2020)
Henry Mex – D#Tanz (2023)
FREE ENTRANCE!
Let’s celebrate end of a (tough) year with end of an era; as Sveta bar is coming to an end!
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn + Sander Saarmets + DJ Dizlerim Küpsis
19:30 Sander Saarmets: modular synth
21:00 Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
Scrapyard 3.5: for Klaus Schulze
22:15 Dizlerim Küpsis live DJ set
ENMT will present its brand new album; together with works by:
Hugo Morales Murguia
Arash Yazdani
Bernhard Lang
ENMT is:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Kärt Ruubel
Arash Yazdani
Tuesday December 19, 19:30-24:00
Sveta bar Telliskivi
ENMT is thrilled to host the Italian virtuoso SYNTAX Ensemble from Milano.
The performance is divided by a short intermission and each group performs their own specialized repertoire
Syntax Ensemble program:
Maurilio Cacciatore – Rebus II (EP)
Ülo Krigul – Earth… to Become Earth Again
Tõnu Kõrvits – “Hope”
Ivan Fedele – Maja
Toivo Tulev – Fana (WP)
ENMT Program:
Liisa Hõbepappel – The Jangling Lightness of Solace (EP)
Märt-Matis Lill – Escape (EP)
Pasquale Corrado – Ozone (EP)
EP Estonian Premiere
WP World Premiere
Syntax Ensemble:
Maruta Staravoitava (flutes)
Marco Ignoti (clarinets)
Francesco D’Orazio (violin)
Fernando Caida Greco (cello)
Anna D’Errico (piano)
Dario Savron (percussion)
Maurilio Cacciatore (electronics)
Valentina Coladonato (soprano)
Pasquale Corrado (conductor)
ENMT:
Karolina Leedo (flutes)
Talvi Hunt (piano)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee (violin)
Talvi Nurgamaa (viola)
Paul-Gunnar Loorand (cello)
Arash Yazdani (conductor)
May 10 – Mustpeade maja
Sound Plasma is happening for the 8th consecutive year, and we can’t help but feel some pride for it!
As always Sound Plasma takes place in in Berlin and Tallinn with entirely different programs. Sound Plasma Tallinn takes place 13-14 of November. featuring Italian Duo Dubois, Zeno Baldi, the student ensemble from EMTA and Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
In Berlin we will have 2 performances on 21st of November, a with the legendary violist Vincent Royer as well as Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
DETAILED PROGRAM
Performers:
Program:
- Matteo Gualandi – Still Love Songs (2018)
- Carlo Elia Praderio – Diatomee (2024) – world premiere
- Zeno Baldi – TRI (2023)
Alberto Cavallaro, saxophone
Federico Tramontana, percussion
Zeno Baldi, electronics
ENSENBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN + EMTA students
Program:
Live Electronic Acousmatic composition for four speakers
- Eugenio cecchini “Northern Soliloquy” (2023)
- Elia dell’Orco “TV” (2024)
- Gabriele Teti “rêverie” (2024)
- Juste Janulyte Psalms for viola d’amore and pre-recordings (2008/2022)
- Toru Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketch II “In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen” (1992)
- Kristjan Kannukene Sound installation improvisation
- Pinar Özaslan Ritual for solo viola (2024)
- Salvatore Sciarrino La Malinconia for violin and viola (1980)
- Kaija Saariaho Tocar (2010)
- Matej Sloboda No. 6 „Hoquetus“ (2021)
- Alireza Farajianhamedani Garbled Murmur, as delirium at the threshold of death (2024)
Helis Karbo, flute
Mirjam Avango, clarinet
Jordi López Jové, piano
Matleena Lauha, piano
Nuría Diaz Fuentes, violin
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Kristjan Kannukene, viola
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola d’amore
Juhan Laasik, cello
Arash Yazdani, double bass
Patrik Kako, conductor
21. NOVEMBER 2024 19:00
VINCENT ROYER // viola
Startbahn-Genezarethkirche
address Herrfurthplatz 14, 12049 Berlin, Neukölln
Program:
Giacinto Scelsi – Manto I, II und III (1957)
Vincent Royer – Improvisation
Horatiu Radulescu – Intimate Rituals XI op. 63 for viola and soundicons (1985)
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN
21. NOVEMBER 2024 20:00
Startbahn-Genezarethkirche
address Herrfurthplatz 14, 12049 Berlin, Neukölln
Program:
Hanan Hadžajlić – Ghetto 2024: صمود«
Elo Masing – the dance above the abyss« (2024), premiere
Fausto Romitelli – La sabbia del tempo« (1991)
Sonja Mutić – Resound II« (2021)
Arash Yazdani – Dimension II, Destruction« (2014)
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand, cello
Karolina Leedo, flutes
Mirjam Avango, clarinets
Talvi Hunt, piano
Arash Yazdani, conductor
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn is launching a new Open Space series of events. As part of this series, we are opening our doors to contemporary music enthusiasts/students and professionals so that they can perform their own works or repertoire with our musicians in a relaxed atmosphere during regular concerts.
The aim of the series is to foster the growth of a more diverse contemporary music community and increase community cohesion.
Concert is taking place on 17th May at 19:00 in Estonian Centre of Contemporary Music.
Performers:
Tallinna Uue Muusika Ansambel
Kristjan Kannukene
Katariin Raska ja Villem Jahu
Mert Salkim
Supporters: Muusikalinn Tallinn, Eesti Kultuurkapital
FREE entrance!
ENMT is proud to announce the renowned saxophone virtuoso Marcus Weiss will be our guest soloist in May!
ENMT has commissioned Estonian composer Elis Hallik to write a new composition for this project. Moreover on the program there are Estonian premier of pieces by Hans Thomalla, Nadir Vassena and Xavier Dayer.
The concert takes place on Sunday 19th of May at 18:00, in The Great Guild Hall (Suurgildi Hoone) of Estonian History Meusum, located in the heart of Tallinn’s old town Pikk 17.
The project then will be performed in St. Petersburg during reMusik festival on May 22nd.
Hans Thomalla
Fracking
Simon Steen-Andersen
Study for string instrument
Nadir Vassena
Mute Materie
Xavier Dayer
Mais je me suis enfuis
Elis Hallik
Touching the first sounds
As a subsidiary of Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, Sound Plasma Tallinn 2019 takes place 19th until 21st of September. Similar to previous editions of festival there will be performances as well as masterclasses and workshops.
Concerts are in Mustpeade Maja (House of Brotherhood of Blackheads/Tallinn Philharmonic Society) and Estonian History Museum’s Great Guild Hall.
Masterclasses in collaboration with and within premises of Estonian Academy of Music and theatre, will be held on 20th and 21st of September.
September 19th 19:00
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
Cenk Ergün Use Strings* (new version)
Raphael Languillat Vision of the Living Light (d’après Hildegard von Bingen)
Pascale Critonb Hold
Jeff A. Brown Motion harmony #6
Nicholas Deyoe Vln
Arash Yazdani Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes
As a subsidiary of Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, Sound Plasma Berlin 2019 takes place 1st until 3rd of November. Similar to previous editions of festival there will be performances as well as masterclasses and workshops.
Concerts are in Acker Stadt Palast.
November 2nd 20:30
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
Cenk Ergün Use Strings* (new version)
Raphael Languillat Vision of the Living Light (d’après Hildegard von Bingen)
Pascale Critonb Hold
Jeff A. Brown Motion harmony #6
Nicholas Deyoe Vln
Arash Yazdani Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes
ENMT is performing in Salzburg Mozarteum University’s CrossRoads 2019 festival.
Program contains 4 newly pieces from the selected composers of call for scores, and 2 pieces from our repertoire.
Solitär, Universität Mozarteum
Program:
Oscar Jockel: gold erstarrte hülle der erinnerung – überschreibung III (2019)*
Jeff Brown: Motion Harmony #6 (2014)
Cong Wei: Bathe my soul in the fire (2019)*
Arash Yazdani: Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes (2019)
Alyssa Aska: Grātia (2019)*
Nicholas Brochec: the eye (2019)*
Performers: Maria Elonen (Flöte) / Helena Tuuling (Klarinette) / Nina Kawaguchi (Violine) / Talvi Nurgamaa (Viola) / Teemu Mastovaara (Violoncello)
Dirigent | Conductor: Arash Yazdani
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn is pleased to announce the Mexican composer, sound artist, philosopher, writer and multifaceted artisan Samuel Cedillo as the composer in residence with our ensemble during November.
Mr. Cedillo will work with our musicians in creation and preparation of his new composition, CANON A, for us to be premiered on Sunday, November 24th at 19:00, in Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava at Telliskivi Creative City.
Program:
Francesco Filidei – I funerali dell’anarchico Serantini
Nam June Paik – One for violin solo (Estonian premiere)
Jeff Brown – motion harmony #6
Georges Aperghis – Complainte (Estonian premiere)
Samuel Cedillo – CANON A (world premiere)
The Mexican composer, writer, artist and craftsman, Samuel Cedillo will be our composer in residence in November 2019.
Mr. Cedillo will work with our musicians in creation and preparation of his new composition, CANON A, for us to be premiered on November 24th, in Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava at Telliskivi 60A. Samuel will additionally give a recital of Mexican contemporary vocal music on Friday 22nd in Vanalinna Muusikamaja, Uus 16c.
Mexican composer. Of Mazahua indian origins. Peasant and craftsman in his childhood. He studied composition at the Conservatory of Roses of Michoacán with Germán Romero. Of its main formative influences subsequent to Romero, Cedillo considers mainly to Emmanuel Nunes and Pierluigi Billone. He has reviewed his work with mexican and foreign composers. His music is mainly programmed in Europe, the United States and Latin America. His career has prizes, awards, scholarships, recordings, commissions, residences and courses.
Part of his pedagogical activity is dedicated to community work within indigenous communities; Along with a team of purhépecha musicians, is founder of the Purhépecha Conservatory, unique institution in its format and educational model, an independent project dedicated to the training of traditional musicians.
Since 2008, he is a guide of a free musical creation workshop for young composers, with current headquarters in Páztcuaro Michoacán. He is currently part of the National System of Creators of Mexico.
Program:
Alessandro Perini
Michael Maierhof
Hugo Morales Murguia
Arash Yazdani
Program 2020
* World Premiere
November 19th 19:00
Ensemble L’itineraire
Jonathan Harvey 3 Sketches
Tristan Murail Une lettre de Vincent
Fuminori Tanada Echoing Forest
Michaël Levinas Froissement d’ailes
Sina Fallahzadeh new work*
Tristan Murail Feuilles à travers les cloches
November 20th 19:00
Kadri-Ann Sumera recital for 2 pianos
Liisa Hirsch Quantom Well*
Arash Yazdani Hommage á Georg Friedrich Haas*
Georg Friedrich Haas 3 Hommages
November 21st 21:00
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
Georg Friedrich Haas In Vain for chamber orchestra and light show
conductor: Arash Yazdani
Noblessneri valukoda, Nobeli Saal
UPDATE: Due to the pandemic situation the concert took place without Fie Schouten and insted Meelis Vind replaced her in the performance. WATCH THE PERFORMANCE HERE!
ENMT is proud to announce the renowned bass and contrabass clarinetist virtuoso Fie Schouten will be our guest soloist in April!
After numerous postponement, our collaboration with Ms. Schouten takes place within the framework of COMMUTE festival 2021.
The concert takes place on Thursday 29th of April at 21:00, in BlackBox of Estonian Academy of Music and Theater, and will be live-streamed online.
Program includes pieces by written for ENMT, by students of Estonian Academy of Music. As well as pieces by Gérard Grisey and Caspar de Gelmini. In the program is the graduation piece by Brazilian composer Marcelo Politano.
Agita Reke Does everybody dream? *
Astra Susi This is how I feel now*
Gérard Grisey Anoubis-Noud
Fabrizio Nastari Working and singing*
Caspar de Gelmini Match 3 *
Marcelo Politano Lendavad Jõed *
* World Premier
APHORISM includes pieces from composers with various backgrounds and aesthetics, with one strong common thread, of being originated in Baltic states. The term Aphorism was first used in the Aphorisms of Hippocrates in which the first sentence of his work is: “Life is short, art long…, judgment difficult.”
ENMT performs the closing concert at the Baltic Music Days/Estonian Music Days Festival. The entire concert can be listened to at various radio stations, and viewed at EMT TV
Arash Yazdani Aphorism (2016)
Santa Bušs Ich kann dich noch sehen… (2020)
Elo Masing Touch* **(2021)
Ülo Krigul The Wolf Queen* ** (2021)
Elo Masing The Garden of Forking Paths*(2021)
Justina Repečkaite Working and singing (2014)
Ülo Krigul Streeeeeeeeeeeeeetch * (2021)
* World Premier
** Music for young people
Works by:
Mark Applebaum
Cathy Van Eck
Hugo Morales Murguia
Alessandro Perini
Arash Yazdani
ENMT:
Talvi Hunt
Talvi Nurgamaa
Juan Fran Cabrera
Arash Yazdani
The legendary Czech composer Alois Hàba, one of the forefathers of microtonl and alternative intonations music, has an array of pieces with various intonation systems.
An artefact in the National Museum in Prague, this 1936 harmonium was the engine behind many of Hàba’s staggering 6th-tone division pieces. Interestingly he composed only one piece for the harmonium, 6 pieces for 6th-tone harmonium. Until now this composition has never been performed in public, on the intended instrument it’s based on; we are performing these pieces in the program as well.
We are performing Hàba’s rarely heard 6 pieces, in addition to 6 new compositions for his harmonium and accompanying ensemble.
The composers who wrote new pieces for this project are:
Georg Friedrich Haas
Klaus Lang
Marc Sabat
Gérard Pape
Nina Fukoka
Anna-Louis Randolph-Walton
Arash Yazdani
Sound Plasma Festival for Alternative Intonations is back! This year both in Tallinn (November 11 & 12) and Berlin (November 26th).
Featuring guest ensembles: Trio Scordatura, Dsilton band and the extended Scordatura ensemble; soloist Miroslav Beinhauer and plenty of new music and new instruments!
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn performs works written for the legendary instrument, the harmonium in 6th-tone tuning, belonging to the legendary composer Alois Hába and ensemble. In a collaboration with the Czech National Museum, UdK, and Ernst von Siemens Music Foundations.
ENMT concert in Tallinn
November 12th 19:00 – Tallinna Filharmoonia, Mustpeade maja
Works by:
Georg Friedrich Haas
Klaus Lang
Marc Sabat
Gerard Pape
Arash Yazdani
Alois Hába
Sound Plasma Festival for Alternative Intonations is back! This year both in Tallinn (November 11 & 12) and Berlin (November 26th).
Featuring guest ensembles: Trio Scordatura, Dsilton band and the extended Scordatura ensemble; soloist Miroslav Beinhauer and plenty of new music and new instruments!
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn performs works written for the legendary instrument, the harmonium in 6th-tone tuning, belonging to the legendary composer Alois Hába and ensemble. In a collaboration with the Czech National Museum, UdK, and Ernst von Siemens Music Foundations.
ENMT in Berlin
November 26th 21:00 – Musikbrauerei
Works by:
Georg Friedrich Haas
Klaus Lang
Marc Sabat
Gerard Pape
Arash Yazdani
Alois Hába
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn join forces with Finland’s virtuosic band Defunensemble, to give the Estonian and FInnish premieres of Fausto Romitelli’s masterpiece: Professor Bad Trip
Fausto Romitelli
Professor Bad Trip, Lessons I-III
Defunensemble:
Mikko Raasakka, clarinet
Hanna Kinnunen, flute
Markus Hohti, cello
Emil Holmström, piano
Timo Kurkikangas, sound engineer
+
Jukka Kääriäinen, e-guitar.
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn:
Nina Kawaguchi, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand, bass guitar
Arash Yazdani, conductor
+
Indrek Vau, trumpet
Manuel Alcaraz Clemente, percussions
Professor Bad Trip in Tallinn
December 3rd19:00 – Stuudio 1, ERR Raadiomaja
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn join forces with Finland’s virtuosic band Defunensemble, to give the Estonian and FInnish premieres of Fausto Romitelli’s masterpiece: Professor Bad Trip
Fausto Romitelli
Professor Bad Trip, Lessons I-III
Defunensemble:
Mikko Raasakka, clarinet
Hanna Kinnunen, flute
Markus Hohti, cello
Emil Holmström, piano
Timo Kurkikangas, sound engineer
+
Jukka Kääriäinen, e-guitar.
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn:
Nina Kawaguchi, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand, bass guitar
Arash Yazdani, conductor
+
Indrek Vau, trumpet
Manuel Alcaraz Clemente, percussions
Professor Bad Trip in Helsinki
December 4th 19:00 – Musikkitalo
Klang concert series
Works by:
Mark Applebaum
Mark Barden
Hugo Morales Murguia
Arash Yazdani
ENMT:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Teemu Mastovaara
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas (technician/sound design)
Works by:
Mark Applebaum
Mark Barden
Hugo Morales Murguia
Arash Yazdani
ENMT:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Teemu Mastovaara
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas (technician/sound design)
ENMT makes its Polish debut in the prestigious Warsaw Autumn Festival, September 23rd
Program:
Jeff A. Brown – Motion Harmony #6*
Arash Yazdani – Demodulation*
Żaneta Rydzewska – Elusive**
Hugo Morales Murguia – Variable Axial Flux*
Yair Klartag – Pros Mathematikous*
Arash Yazdani – Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the bomb in 5 minutes*
* Polish Premiers
** World Premiere
ENMT:
Karolina Leedo
Chiara Percivati
Talvi Hunt
Anna Jalving
Talvi Nurgamaa
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas
ENMT (and V4R1) in HALL
19:00
Scrapyard (version 2.6)
V4R1 – 20:00
Changelog:
following features are added or improved
Cathy Van Eck
Mark Applebaum
Jeff Brown
Hugo Morales Murguia
Mansoor Mani Hosseini
ENMT is:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Talvi Hunt
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas
The 6th edition of the festival experiments with new intonation ideas with a flavour of electroacoustic music. For the first time, a particular focus on music from Switzerland takes place in Tallinn and Berlin.
Festival’s highlights include the performances of Ensemble Phoenix Basel, as well as the hour-long piece for 9 keyboards and 9 computers by Enno Poppe. The full length performance of a special piece by Peter Ablinger, which was developed together with the flutist Erik Drescher, during the lock-downs, will receive its Estonian premiere by Mr. Drescher and Mr. Ablinger themselves. World premiere of pieces by Demetre Gamsachurdia, Aleksander Gabrys, Sami Klemola, Sander Saarmets, Matthias S. Krüger and Liisa Hõbepappel are other important events in Sound Plasma 2022.
Sound Plasma version 6 wants to explore a musical language that is not classical or established, even within the microtonal or intonation-based music. For this we found works, and composers, that fear not to use the old and the new and the technology and the tradition freely in order to create their special voice. Rather predictably a strong presence of electronic sounds emerged in our program.
The festival reaches out to the Swiss music scene not only because of the impeccable quality of the music/performances but because of the nurturing effect the Swiss musical culture has on developing special and uncompromisingly unique musical voices.
The current edition of the festival dares to explore a brand new point of view with a basis in the electronic, and sometimes corny, sounds of the 60s and 70s.
12th of November 2022
Venue: Kanuti Gildi SAAL
19:30 defunensemble (Finland) and Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Estonia)
Program:
Enno Poppe “Rundfunk” for nine synthesizers and nine computers (2018)
ENMT in Berlin
The 6th edition of the festival experiments with new intonation ideas with a flavour of electroacoustic music. For the first time, a particular focus on music from Switzerland takes place in Tallinn and Berlin.
Festival’s highlights include the performances of Ensemble Phoenix Basel, as well as the hour-long piece for 9 keyboards and 9 computers by Enno Poppe. The full length performance of a special piece by Peter Ablinger, which was developed together with the flutist Erik Drescher, during the lock-downs, will receive its Estonian premiere by Mr. Drescher and Mr. Ablinger themselves. World premiere of pieces by Demetre Gamsachurdia, Aleksander Gabrys, Sami Klemola, Sander Saarmets, Matthias S. Krüger and Liisa Hõbepappel are other important events in Sound Plasma 2022.
Sound Plasma version 6 wants to explore a musical language that is not classical or established, even within the microtonal or intonation-based music. For this we found works, and composers, that fear not to use the old and the new and the technology and the tradition freely in order to create their special voice. Rather predictably a strong presence of electronic sounds emerged in our program.
The festival reaches out to the Swiss music scene not only because of the impeccable quality of the music/performances but because of the nurturing effect the Swiss musical culture has on developing special and uncompromisingly unique musical voices.
The current edition of the festival dares to explore a brand new point of view with a basis in the electronic, and sometimes corny, sounds of the 60s and 70s.
24th of November 2022
18:30 Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Estonia)
Aleksander Gabrys: »Nevermore« (2022, world premiere)
Demetre Gamsachurdia: »CRAVE« (2022, world premiere)
Sander Saarmets: »and the sky turned yellow« (2022, world premiere)
Sami Klemola: »Canvas IIb« (2022, world premiere)
Liisa Hõbepappel: »The jangling lightness of solice« (2022, world premiere)
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn in Kanuti Gildi Saal
19:30
Composer in residence: Hugo Morales Murguia
Changelog:
following features are added or improved
Hugo Morales Murguia
ENMT is:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Talvi Hunt
Arash Yazdani
Karl Erik Laas
Estonian Music Days 2023
The Last Words is made of contrasts and contradictions; of strong voices on opposite sides. Pieces in this program are almost like manifestos, by composers who believe in different voices but believe them whole-heartedly and passionately. Some soft, some harsh, some gentle, some tough. The World premiere of pieces by Age Veeroos and Israeli/Swedish Dror Feiler and Arash Yazdani, are combined by the Tallinn premiere of Toivo Tulev and Sander Saarmets. Estonian celebrated soprano Kädy Plaas will accompany ENMT in the performance of Toivo Tulev’s piece on the last 6 words that were uttered by Henry David Thoreau before his death. The last words were “Now comes good sailing, moose, Indian”.
Toivo Tulev – Six Last Words of Henry David Thoreau for soprano and 6 instruments (2016)
Sander Saarmets – and the sky turned yellow (2022, Estonian premiere)
Arash Yazdani – Stromateis: Lessness (2017, premiere)
Age Veeroos – Outlines of the Night (2023, premiere)
Dror Feiler – Excarnation (2023, premiere)
Karolina Leedo (flutes)
Chiara Percivati (clarinets)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee (violin)
Peeter Margus (violin)
Talvi Nurgamaa (viola)
Paul-Gunnar Loorand (cello)
Madis Jürgens (double bass)
Arash Yazdani (conductor)
Kädy Plaas (soprano)
Estonian Music Days 2023
ENMT show at Tallinn Music Week 2023 Von Krahl Theatre
The performance which was praised as such:
“With all of the unexpected (here’s that word again) things that the Tallinn Music Week offered this year, the performance of the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (ENMT) might have been on top of everything in this aspect.
Not being sure what instruments they played – though being sure it would be great to hear them again – it was best to ask ENMT about it, so here’s the full programme linked to their earlier performances:
– Jeff A. Brown – motion harmony #6 (for 4 pendulums)
– Hugo Morales Murgia – Topspin Plasma (bug zappers and cymbals)
– Arash Yazdani – Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes (for 4 otamatones).
Otamatones were the best…”
Works by:
Fabian Blum (World Premiere)
Albert Breier (WP)
Lauri Jõeleht (German Premiere)
Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes (GP)
Ülo Krigul (GP)
Henry Mex (WP)
Andreas Staffel (WP)
Karolina Leedo (flutes)
Helena Tuuling (clarinets)
Toomas Vana (trombone)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee (violin)
Mairit Mitt-Bronikowska (viola)
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn & defunensemble
ENMT to play in one of Baltic’s most reputable summer festivals for pop and alternative music!
The open air performance will be in the Intsikurmu forest in Põlva, south of Estonia.
Once again e will join forces with our Finnish brethren of defunensemble in another set of Enno Poppe’s breath taking masterpiece for 9 synthesizers. This time in an open-air summer festival!
Enno Poppe – RUNDFUNK for 9 synthesizers
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn & defunensemble
ENMT to play in one of Finland’s most reputable and oldest festivals.
The Finnish premiere of Enno Poppe’s Rundfunk is to take place in EMMA Museum of Modern Art
Once again e will join forces with our Finnish brethren of defunensemble in another set of Enno Poppe’s breath taking masterpiece for 9 synthesizers. This time in an open-air summer festival!
Enno Poppe – RUNDFUNK for 9 synthesizers
Sound Plasma is happening for the 7th consecutive year, and we can’t help but feel some pride for it!
As always Sound Plasma takes place in in Berlin and Tallinn with entirely different programs. Sound Plasma Tallinn takes place 28-30 of September. On final day of estival ENMT will realize the premiere of a chamber opera by Czech composer/pianist/librettist Marek Keprt. And this time we invite you all to end the Tallinn events with a special celebration of music and comradery in our marathon concert/afterparty.
In Berlin we will have 2 performances, a presentation ceremony of ENMT’s double CD album in collaboration with KAIROS label; in addition to the guest ensembles: Ensemble Vortex, Ensemble du Bout du Monde and V4R1.
28 September // 19:00
House of the Blackheads, address Pikk 26
EKMELES VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Program:
James Weeks – Primo Libro (2017)
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece 36 (2022)
Taylor Brook – Motorman Sextet (2013)
Arash Yazdani – In My Boundless Turmoil (2023)
EKMELES vocal ensemble:
Charlotte Mundy, soprano
Elisa Sutherland, mezzo sporano
Timothy Parsons, countertenor
Tomás Cruz, tenor
Jeffrey Gavett, baritone
Steven Hrycelak, bass
Sound Plasma is happening for the 7th consecutive year, and we can’t help but feel some pride for it!
As always Sound Plasma takes place in in Berlin and Tallinn with entirely different programs. Sound Plasma Tallinn takes place 28-30 of September. On final day of estival ENMT will realize the premiere of a chamber opera by Czech composer/pianist/librettist Marek Keprt. And this time we invite you all to end the Tallinn events with a special celebration of music and comradery in our marathon concert/afterparty.
In Berlin we will have 2 performances, a presentation ceremony of ENMT’s double CD album in collaboration with KAIROS label; in addition to the guest ensembles: Ensemble Vortex, Ensemble du Bout du Monde and V4R
29 September // 19:00
House of the Blackheads, address Pikk 26
MONDRIAN ENSEMBLE
Program:
Edu Haubensak – String Trio II (1996)
Juliana Hodkinson – “Jounce” (2016)
Martin Jaggi – “Kôrd 1” (2017)
Giacinto Scelsi – String Trio (1958)
Dieter Ammann – “Piece” (1994/98)
Christian Winther-Christensen – String Trio (2008/09)
MONDRIAN ENSEMBLE:
Mirka Šćepanović, violin (guest musician)
Petra Ackermann, viola
Karolina Öhman, cello
Sound Plasma is happening for the 7th consecutive year, and we can’t help but feel some pride for it!
As always Sound Plasma takes place in in Berlin and Tallinn with entirely different programs. Sound Plasma Tallinn takes place 28-30 of September. On final day of estival ENMT will realize the premiere of a chamber opera by Czech composer/pianist/librettist Marek Keprt. And this time we invite you all to end the Tallinn events with a special celebration of music and comradery in our marathon concert/afterparty.
In Berlin we will have 2 performances, a presentation ceremony of ENMT’s double CD album in collaboration with KAIROS label; in addition to the guest ensembles: Ensemble Vortex, Ensemble du Bout du Monde and V4R1.
30 September // 20:00
Theatrum hall, address Vene 14
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN
Program:
Marek Keprt chamber opera “HIBIKI” concert performance
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN:
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand, cello
Talvi Hunt, piano
Arash Yazdani, conductor
Soloists:
Laura Štoma (soprano)
Mariliis Lahesalu (soprano)
ENMT returns to Olomouc with an intense and heavy program that includes a full opera!
World premiere of a new piece by Ivo Medek, Czech premiere of a piece by Arash Yazdani and the Hibiki chamber opera by Marek Keprt will be performed.
Sunday, October 29th, 19:00
Ivo Medek – Blurry Silhouette
Arash Yazdani – Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes
MAREK KEPRT (1974, CR): Hibiki, or Don’t Curl the Hare in the Poke (2019-2023) – Czech premiere of the new version
Laura Štoma – soprano
Mariliis Lahesalu – soprano
Marek Keprt – narrator
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLIN (Estonia)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee – violin
Talvi Nurgamaa – viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand – cello
Talvi Hunt – piano
Arash Yazdani – conductor
Hana Haha – soprano/flute (guest performer)
Aneta Podracká Bendová – soprano (guest performer)
ENMT gives its debut concert in Brno, Czech Republic. In the framework of the 26th edition of festival New Music Encounters Plus. World premiere of a new piece by Ivo Medek, Czech premiere of a piece by Arash Yazdani and the Hibiki chamber opera by Marek Keprt will be performed.
Monday, October 30th, 19:00
Ivo Medek – Blurry Silhouette
Arash Yazdani – Instruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 minutes
MAREK KEPRT (1974, CR): Hibiki, or Don’t Curl the Hare in the Poke (2019-2023) – Czech premiere of the new version
Laura Štoma – soprano
Mariliis Lahesalu – soprano
Marek Keprt – narrator
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLIN (Estonia)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee – violin
Talvi Nurgamaa – viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand – cello
Talvi Hunt – piano
Arash Yazdani – conductor
Hana Haha – soprano/flute (guest performer)
Aneta Podracká Bendová – soprano (guest performer)
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn in collaboration with Intersonanzen festival
The intersonanzen festival association is the official association of new music composers and a centre for contemporary music in Brandenburg, supporting and initiating many music events in the state. Founded in 1990, it has been one of the most important pioneers of contemporary music in Brandenburg, bringing together composers, musicologists, musicians and music teachers from Potsdam, the Frankfurt/Oder and Cottbus regions.
Through the “intersonanzen” festival, the members of the association offer composers the opportunity to write new compositions and collaborate with various international ensembles. The programme of the festival is a collaboration between the members of the composers’ association and the guest ensembles.
ENMT performed at the festival on 20.05.2023 in Potsdam, Germany and now the ensemble is presenting those pieces for Tallinn’s audience.
ADDRESS: Väike saal, Suurgildi Hoone (Estonian History Museum) address Pikk 17
Program:
Andreas Staffel – Shadows of a forgotten Landscape (2023)
Albert Breier – Sérénade aux yeux mi-clos (2022)
Ülo Krigul – suite-case II for solo trombone (2007/09
Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes – Lovesong (2010)
Fabian Blum – Dat Burlala 2 (2023)
Lauri Jõeleht – Chant Harmonique (2014/2020)
Henry Mex – D#Tanz (2023)
FREE ENTRANCE!
Let’s celebrate end of a (tough) year with end of an era; as Sveta bar is coming to an end!
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn + Sander Saarmets + DJ Dizlerim Küpsis
19:30 Sander Saarmets: modular synth
21:00 Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
Scrapyard 3.5: for Klaus Schulze
22:15 Dizlerim Küpsis live DJ set
ENMT will present its brand new album; together with works by:
Hugo Morales Murguia
Arash Yazdani
Bernhard Lang
ENMT is:
Madis Jürgens
Paul-Gunnar Loorand
Kärt Ruubel
Arash Yazdani
Tuesday December 19, 19:30-24:00
Sveta bar Telliskivi
ENMT is thrilled to host the Italian virtuoso SYNTAX Ensemble from Milano.
The performance is divided by a short intermission and each group performs their own specialized repertoire
Syntax Ensemble program:
Maurilio Cacciatore – Rebus II (EP)
Ülo Krigul – Earth… to Become Earth Again
Tõnu Kõrvits – “Hope”
Ivan Fedele – Maja
Toivo Tulev – Fana (WP)
ENMT Program:
Liisa Hõbepappel – The Jangling Lightness of Solace (EP)
Märt-Matis Lill – Escape (EP)
Pasquale Corrado – Ozone (EP)
EP Estonian Premiere
WP World Premiere
Syntax Ensemble:
Maruta Staravoitava (flutes)
Marco Ignoti (clarinets)
Francesco D’Orazio (violin)
Fernando Caida Greco (cello)
Anna D’Errico (piano)
Dario Savron (percussion)
Maurilio Cacciatore (electronics)
Valentina Coladonato (soprano)
Pasquale Corrado (conductor)
ENMT:
Karolina Leedo (flutes)
Talvi Hunt (piano)
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee (violin)
Talvi Nurgamaa (viola)
Paul-Gunnar Loorand (cello)
Arash Yazdani (conductor)
May 10 – Mustpeade maja
Sound Plasma is happening for the 8th consecutive year, and we can’t help but feel some pride for it!
As always Sound Plasma takes place in in Berlin and Tallinn with entirely different programs. Sound Plasma Tallinn takes place 13-14 of November. featuring Italian Duo Dubois, Zeno Baldi, the student ensemble from EMTA and Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
In Berlin we will have 2 performances on 21st of November, a with the legendary violist Vincent Royer as well as Ensemble for New Music Tallinn
DETAILED PROGRAM
Performers:
Program:
- Matteo Gualandi – Still Love Songs (2018)
- Carlo Elia Praderio – Diatomee (2024) – world premiere
- Zeno Baldi – TRI (2023)
Alberto Cavallaro, saxophone
Federico Tramontana, percussion
Zeno Baldi, electronics
ENSENBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN + EMTA students
Program:
Live Electronic Acousmatic composition for four speakers
- Eugenio cecchini “Northern Soliloquy” (2023)
- Elia dell’Orco “TV” (2024)
- Gabriele Teti “rêverie” (2024)
- Juste Janulyte Psalms for viola d’amore and pre-recordings (2008/2022)
- Toru Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketch II “In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen” (1992)
- Kristjan Kannukene Sound installation improvisation
- Pinar Özaslan Ritual for solo viola (2024)
- Salvatore Sciarrino La Malinconia for violin and viola (1980)
- Kaija Saariaho Tocar (2010)
- Matej Sloboda No. 6 „Hoquetus“ (2021)
- Alireza Farajianhamedani Garbled Murmur, as delirium at the threshold of death (2024)
Helis Karbo, flute
Mirjam Avango, clarinet
Jordi López Jové, piano
Matleena Lauha, piano
Nuría Diaz Fuentes, violin
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Kristjan Kannukene, viola
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola d’amore
Juhan Laasik, cello
Arash Yazdani, double bass
Patrik Kako, conductor
21. NOVEMBER 2024 19:00
VINCENT ROYER // viola
Startbahn-Genezarethkirche
address Herrfurthplatz 14, 12049 Berlin, Neukölln
Program:
Giacinto Scelsi – Manto I, II und III (1957)
Vincent Royer – Improvisation
Horatiu Radulescu – Intimate Rituals XI op. 63 for viola and soundicons (1985)
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN
21. NOVEMBER 2024 20:00
Startbahn-Genezarethkirche
address Herrfurthplatz 14, 12049 Berlin, Neukölln
Program:
Hanan Hadžajlić – Ghetto 2024: صمود«
Elo Masing – the dance above the abyss« (2024), premiere
Fausto Romitelli – La sabbia del tempo« (1991)
Sonja Mutić – Resound II« (2021)
Arash Yazdani – Dimension II, Destruction« (2014)
ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC TALLINN
Toomas Hendrik Ellervee, violin
Talvi Nurgamaa, viola
Paul-Gunnar Loorand, cello
Karolina Leedo, flutes
Mirjam Avango, clarinets
Talvi Hunt, piano
Arash Yazdani, conductor
Ensemble for New Music Tallinn is launching a new Open Space series of events. As part of this series, we are opening our doors to contemporary music enthusiasts/students and professionals so that they can perform their own works or repertoire with our musicians in a relaxed atmosphere during regular concerts.
The aim of the series is to foster the growth of a more diverse contemporary music community and increase community cohesion.
Concert is taking place on 17th May at 19:00 in Estonian Centre of Contemporary Music.
Performers:
Tallinna Uue Muusika Ansambel
Kristjan Kannukene
Katariin Raska ja Villem Jahu
Mert Salkim
Supporters: Muusikalinn Tallinn, Eesti Kultuurkapital
FREE entrance!
Since its establishment in 2013, the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn aimed to bring about fresh, non-conformist and newly perceived music to a new generation of audience.
In 2026 the ensemble received the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Ensemble Prize.
Today, one of the leading groups of contemporary music in Baltic and Nordic region, the ensemble is made of a core of principal members, main musicians, and a larger body of collaborators or guest artists to form a flexibly modular format.
With a growing number of commissioned pieces and specially written compositions, a repertoire of over a hundred pieces, and several dozens of original programs covering various genres and styles of cutting-edge contemporary music, Ensemble for New Music Tallinn is becoming a recognized name in contemporary classical music scene across Europe.
As a leading ensemble, and one of few young specialized groups, in performance of spectral/microinterval music, Ensemble for New Music Tallinn in the perfect position to promote new views beyond the boundaries of established intonation systems or microtonal music.
Tallinna Uue Muusika Ansambel (TUMA) on asutatud 2013. aastal ning on rahvusvaheliselt aktiivseim Eesti nüüdismuusika ansambel. TUMA on möödunud aastate jooksul teinud läbi tähelepanuväärse arengu ning on tänaseks kujunenud üheks Põhja- ja Baltimaade juhtivaks kaasaegse muusika ansambliks.
2026. aastal pälvis ansambel Ernst von Siemensi Muusikafondi Ensemble Prize preemia.
Ansambel on fikseerimata koosseisuga, olles tähtis platvorm uue muusika kogemiseks ja heliloojate võimaluste avardamiseks. Oma tegevusaastate jooksul on TUMA toonud kuulajateni olulise osa nüüdismuusikast ning pakkunud kaasaegsetele loojatele väljundit oma loomingu esmaesitamiseks nii kohalikul kui rahvusvahelisel areenil.
TUMA on tõestanud ennast erinevate intonatsioonisüsteemide ja meediume ühendava muusika esitajana ning on spetsialiseerunud väga kõrget mängutehnilist taset nõudvatele kaasaegsetele heliteostele. Ansambli repertuaaris on kokku enam kui sada nüüdisteost, millest väga suur osa on kirjutatud spetsiaalselt TUMA-le. Seejuures on aasta-aastalt kasvanud ka ansambli poolt tellitavate teoste arv heliloojailt üle maailma.
SOUND PLASMA is a concert series and festival format dedicated to music with alternative intonation. It has been organized since 2017 and it has taken place annually in Berlin and Tallinn as a network of satellite mini-festivals.
The aim of the festival is to introduce the audience to the latest contemporary music, including alternative intonations that have rarely been heard in Estonia and Germany, through high-level concerts. The festival has also included numerous masterclasses and lectures by specialists in their field in Tallinn and Berlin.
SOUND PLASMA on kontserdisari ja festival, mis on pühendatud alternatiivse intonatsiooniga muusikale. Seda korraldatakse alates 2017. aastast ning see toimub igal aastal Berliinis ja Tallinnas satelliitminifestivalide võrgustikuna.
Festivali eesmärk on tutvustada publikule kõrgetasemeliste kontsertide kaudu uusimat kaasaegset muusikat, sealhulgas alternatiivseid intonatsioone, mida Eestis ja Saksamaal on harva kuulda olnud. Festivali raames on Tallinnas ja Berliinis toimunud ka arvukad meistriklassid ja loengud oma ala spetsialistide poolt.
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