Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival 09The 1st KL Contemporary Music Festival 09 is organised by Goethe-Institut Malaysia and the Malaysian Composers Collective, together with event co-organiser and venue sponsered by SEGi Education Group, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 November 2009.
The festival, with this year's theme of Urban Soundscapes, will bring together the best of Malaysian and South East Asian contemporary music at nightly concerts by Ensemble Mosaik and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. The weekend programme of evening concerts will be held at SEGi University College (Kota Damansara) Auditorium A, with a special Alternative Avant Garde electroacoustic concert at the Central Market Annexe by HKNME and guest musicians. These concerts will explore how composers respond to the festival theme of city life with its many facets and issues.
The Festival also includes the Asian Composers' Conference with talks by invited regional composers such as Dr Anothai Nitibhon (Thailand), Chong Kee Yong (Msia), Dr Hoh Chung Shih (Spore), Dr Jonas Baes (Philippines), Prof Slamet Sjukur (Indonesia), Prof Dieter Mack (Germany) and more.
KLCMF 09 represents the first regional contemporary music festival of its kind in Malaysia and the premiere contemporary music event of the year. It serves as a platform where Malaysian and South East Asian composers can meet, exchange ideas and celebrate our region's rich musical talent.
One of the highlights of the Festival is the Young Composers Competition 09 which will invite a total of 9 young composers, selected on the basis of a submitted score of an original composition for a chamber ensemble, to participate in rehearsal workshops and a final concert which will be adjudicated by an local and international jury comprising established South East Asian composers and German composers. Based on the highly successful HSBC Young Composers Workshop 08, the competition ups the stakes this year by pitching Malaysian composers against their colleagues from the region. It is a formula that has produced some top notch young composers, many of whom have moved on to regional successes and premieres.
Goethe Institute's generous financial support makes it possible for the KLCMF 09 to present two exciting contemporary music groups who will collaborate with our composers to bring you a varied programme of contemporary classical music that is, for the first time in this country, focused on the music of our region.
PROGRAMME:
Programme Itinerary – Friday, 27th November 2009 – Day 1
9:00am – 1:00pm : Young Composers Workshop Rehearsal
Selected composers and selected readings
1:00pm – 2:00pm : Lunch Break
2:00pm – 4:45pm : SEA Composers Seminar
2:00pm-2:45pm - Moritz Eggert (Germany) - “How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Forget About Style, statement description”
3:00pm-3:45pm - Panel discussion with our guest composers on the topic of “What is our identity as a composer?” Moderator: Chong Kee Yong
4:00pm-4:45pm - Dr Anothai Nitibhon (Thialand) - “Sound of the differences”
5:00pm – 6:00pm : Light Dinner and Refreshments
8:30pm – 9:00pm : Evening Concert Opening Speeches by SEGi Representative, Regional Goethe Director and Malaysian VIP Elizabeth Wong
9:00pm – 11pm : Evening Concert with festival ensemble – Ensemble Mosaik (Germany) and guests (Gamelan / Guzheng / Tabla)
"Desir Angin Cina Selatan" [7’] for 2 Gamelan players, Flute and Percussion - Ahmad Muriz Che Rose
“Under the Homotopic Silhouettes” [7’] for Flute (picc), Clarinet, Piano, Violin and Cello - Tan Zi Hua (Festival commission for last year’s YCW winner)
“Paces” [10’] for Piano and Tape (2008) - Adeline Wong [Guest pianist: Nicholas Ong]
"Wild Cursive" [7’] for Zhong Ruan , Violin, Viola and Cello - Yii Kah Hoe
“Illegal Structures III” [7’] for Flute (bass fl), Clarinet (Bass Cl), Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello and tape - CH Loh
“Torrent of Images - A Memorial” for piano solo - Tazul Izan Dajuddin [Guest pianist: Nicholas Ong]
“Yi” [7’] for cello and piano - Ng Chong Lim
“A Precipitation of Sparrows” for flute solo - Tzu-En Ngiao
“Jasper Singh Pestonji” [7’] for Bass Clarinet, Cello and Tape - Hardesh Singh
“Mourning the murder of an old banyan tree” [10’] for Flute (Picc, Alto fl), Clarinet (Bass Cl), Piano, Violin, Cello and Percussion (2002) - CHONG Kee Yong
11:00pm – 11:30pm : Light Supper
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Programme Itinerary – Saturday, 28th November 2009 – Day 2
9:00am – 1:00pm : Morning Session by Ensemble Mosaik (Berlin)
Young Composers Workshop Rehearsal
Sight readings from un-selected works from 5 selected composers
1:00pm – 2:00pm : Lunch Break
2:00pm – 5:00pm : SEA Composers Seminar / Guest Composers
2:00pm-2:45pm - Prof. Slamet Abdul Sjukur (Indonesia) - “CITY SCAPES IGNORE BUTTERFLY”
3:00pm-3:45pm - Dr Jonas Baes (Philippine) - “Weeping Crocodiles” and “Imagined Communities” - Out From the Philippines: Power, ‘Naturalsness,’ and the Agency of Musical Performance
4:00pm-4:45pm - Prof. Dieter Mack (Germany) - “Composing in a Bi-Cultural Environment - A European Composer and The Gamelan Experience”
5:00pm – 5:45pm : SEA Electro Acoustics - Dr Hoh Chung Shih - “Interaction with Max/MSP - introduce the basics of real-time sound processing and interaction in the Max/MSP object programming environment”
6:00pm – 6:30pm : Light Dinner and Refreshments
7:30pm – 9:00pm : Evening Concert: Hong Kong New Music Ensemble & guests (Moritz Eggert / pno ; Yii Kah Hoe / Dizi)
“Quartet” [8’] for Oboe, Cello, Paino and Vibraphone (2007) - Tony Prabowo (Indonesia)
“Sunyata” for Violin, Cello and Piano (2007) - Narong Prangcharoen (Thailand)
“Spiral VI” [10’11’’] for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (1992 - Chinary Ung (Cambodia)
“Haemmerklavier III: One Man Band” [3’] for piano solo (1994) - Moritz Eggert (Germany) [Guest pianist: Morizt Eggert]
“Yuan-Fei” (源－飛) [6’] for Dizi, Oboe, Clarinet (Bass Cl), Viola, Cello and Piano - Chong Kee Yong (Malaysia)
“Scherzo Vivo” [7’] for Viola solo (1999) - Nguyen Thien DAO (Vietnam)
"The Source” [10’] for Clarinet, cello and piano - Slamet Abdul Sjukur (Indonesia)
“The East” [6’] for Dizi, Oboe, Clarinet (Bass Cl) and Cello - Teh Tze Siew (Malaysia)
“Haemmerklavier XX: One Man Band 2” [6’] for piano solo (2009) - Moritz Eggert (Germany) (Guest pianist: Morizt Eggert)
“PATANGIS-BUWAYA” [14’] Version for 2Dizis, Oboe, Clarinet and audiences [100 bamboo bird whistles] - Dr. Jonas Baes (Philippine) (Guest Dizi: Yii Kah Hoe)
11:00pm – Late : Electro Acoustic Concert and After Party @ The Annexe Gallery, Central Market (Kuala Lumpur)
EMACM (Malaysia), Hong Kong New Music Ensemble and guests:
“Fire” [10’] for Bass clarinet and computer (2007) - Dr Jiradej Setabundhu (Thailand)
"Kat" [5:23] & "A Shadow" [4:46] for CD playback with poems and illustrations (2009) - Jerome Kugan (Malaysia)
“POLYGON” [7’] for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Voice and Laptop (2009) - Ng Chor Guan (Malaysia) [Performed by EMACM: Ng Chor Guan (Composer & laptop musician), Yong Yandsen (Bass Clarinet), Tham Kar Mun (Clarinet), and Kok Siew Wai (Vocal)]
“Frissons” [7’] for viola and live electronic (2009) - Dr Hoh Chung shih (Singapore)
“God of small thing” [7’] for 4 musicians (2009) - Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia) [Performed by: Wong Eng Leong, Wong Min Lik, Lim Keh Soon and Tey Beng Tze]
6ta [8’] for laptop (2009) - Otto Sidharta (Indonesia) [Performed by Otto Sidharta]
"La 3 Rua Reverses" [7’] for Oboe, cello and tape (2009) - Boonrut Sirirattanapan (Thailand)
"Ageha. Tokyo" [7’] for violin and electronics - Samson Young (Hong Kong)
“Temazcal” [8’] for Maracas and tape - Javier Alvarez (Mexico) [Guest percussionist: Ms Leow Pei Yu]
“Dancing Queen” [5’] for Audio Visual Algorithmic Composition (2009) - Dr Jiradej Setabundhu (Thailand)
Programme Itinerary – Saturday, 29th November 2009 – Day 3
10:00am – 1:00pm : Young Composers Workshop Rehearsal
Selected composers and selected readings
1:00pm – 2:00pm : Lunch Break
2:00pm – 6:30pm : Free & Easy
6:30pm – 7:00pm : Pre Evening Concert Talk by Composers
7:30pm – 10:00pm : Evening Concert with festival ensemble – Ensemble Mosaik (Germany)
Young Composers Competition Concert
Jury’s Music:
“Trio IV” for flute/percussion/piano - Prof. Dieter Mack (Germany)
“Neutral Space” [9’] for piano solo - Johan Otman (Malaysia)
“Mut(e)ual Dialogue” [6’] for Clarinet, Cello and Piano - Dr Anothai Nitibhon (Thailand)
“Interior at Petworth” [16’] 8 variations on a picture by William Turner-(2005) for Flute (also picc.), Clarinet (also bass clar.), Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello - Moritz Eggert (Germany)
10:00pm – 10:30pm : Prize Giving and Closing Ceremony
MC: Chin, German Ambassador as Prize Giver, Concluding Remarks by Dieter Mack
More information on http://www.malaysiancomposers.com/klcmf09
Entry by Donation: RM30 for the 3 days event including workshops, conferences and concerts.
