Vesterbrogade 127 B, 5. I DK-1620 Copenhagen V
Tel: +45 4086 2066 I [email protected] I www.gunnarberg.dk
Working Group Gunnar Berg
MA.
Agneta Mei Hytten
Pianist, Professor
Erik Kaltoft
MA.
Jens Rossel
SnowMask-SALZBURG.comp
AN ARTISTIC VISION
SnowMask-SALZBURG.comp is an innovative Danish-Austrian music exchange and development project between the
group of composers in Denmarks’ North Jutland SNOW MASK
GROUP and its cooperation with the music ensemble SNOW
MASK ENSEMBLE and composers associated with GUNNAR
BERG ENSEMBLE SALZBURG.
Snow Mask Ensemble
Photo: Jens Rossel (2011)
The project consists of 6 public concerts with 6 world premieres, 8
Danish premieres and 15 Austrian premieres, and the concert programmes include music by all the cooperating living composers and
Gunnar Berg as a contribution to the 100th anniversary of Danish
Composers’ Society and Austrian Composers’ Society:
Friday 1 November at 19.30 - KUNSTEN. Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg
Gunnar Berg Ensemble
Saturday 2 November at 19.30 - KUNSTEN. Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg
Snow Mask Ensemble
Sunday 3 November at 19.30 - KUNSTEN. Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg
Gunnar Berg Ensemble and Snow Mask Ensemble
Thursday 7 November at 20.00 - MOZARTEUM UNIVERSITY SALZBURG
Gunnar Berg Ensemble and Snow Mask Ensemble
Friday 8 November at 20.00 - KÜNSTLERHAUS SALZBURG
Snow Mask Ensemble
Saturday 9 November at 20.00 - KÜNSTLERHAUS SALZBURG
Gunnar Berg Ensemble
Furthermore the project attracts attention to the Austrian architect
firm Coop Himmelb(l)au’s HOUSE OF MUSIC in Aalborg to be
inaugurated in 2014 - as well as the the 200th anniversary of Danish
architect Theophil Hansen (1813-1891) and his famed Musikverein
and a great number of important public buildings in Vienna, including
the Parliament.
Gunnar Berg Ensemble Salzburg
Photo: Jens Rossel (2008)
House of Music in Aalborg
Coop Himmelb(l)au Architects
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Autumn 2012 the NORTH DENMARK REGION called for cultural
projects with innovative, regional and international dimensions.
SnowMask-SALZBURG.comp was nominated and received a
substantially donation as part of the Region’s Cultural Strategy
2012-2013 with WORKING GROUP GUNNAR BERG as project
coordinator.
Musikverein Wien
Architect Theophil Hansen (1813-1891)
DANSK KOMPONIST FORENING 1913-2013
With support from Danish Composers’
Society’s Production Pool
KODA’s Fund for Social and
Cultural Purposes
SPONSORS - SnowMask-SALZBURG.comp - PARTNERS
ÖSTERREICHISCHER KOMPONISTENBUND 1913-2013
Working Group Gunnar Berg
www.gunnarberg.dk
PROJECT VISION AND PURPOSE
The visions and the purposes of the project are:
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Make visible and contribute to the further development of the unique environment of contemporary music in North Jutland and
in Salzburg, nationally and internationally
Create new opportunities for composers and their music in North
Jutland and in Salzburg, nationally and internationally
Increase the interest in contemporary music in North Jutland and
Salzburg
Create new musical works of lasting value
PROJECT CONTENT
The content of the project is tripartite and carried out in three phases:
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April 2013. The composers and ensembles meet, discuss and
exchange scores and recordings
May-September 2013. The composers compose - trios for the
individual ensembles and sixtets for both ensembles
October-November 2013. Musicians and composers meet in
Aalborg to rehearse and prepare the six public concerts with the
instrumental ensembles 1-2-3 November in Aalborg and 7-8-9
November in Salzburg
Planning meeting in Vienna 2 April 2013
From left: Christian Ofenbauer, Klaus Ager, Jens
Rossel, Yvonne Zehner and Louis Aguirre
PARTNERS
in the project are composers and performers:
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SNOW MASK GROUP. Association of classical composers in
North Jutland - www.snowmask.dk
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Louis Aguirre
Bendt Astrup
Eirik Moland
Ivan Olsen
Niels Christian Rasmussen
SNOW MASK ENSEMBLE was formed in 2011 - with an
ambition to create a highly specialized chamber ensemble for
contemporary classical music with an international profile and
international artistic skills. Under the artistic direction of the composer group Snow Mask the ensemble presents and premiers
new works by the composer group and by well known composers from Denmark and the international scene. The ensemble is
based in Aalborg - www.snowmaskensemble.dk - in this project
as a trio, formed by
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Barbara Lüneburg, German violinist and violist, residing in Vienna - www.
barbara-lueneburg.com. Barbara Lüneburg is replacing the ensemble’s violist Mina Luka Fred while on leave from the ensemble
Karolina Leedo, Estonian born flutist, graduated from the soloist class at
the Royal Academy of Music and residing in Århus, Denmark
Adam Ørvad, Danish accordion player, graduated from the soloist class at
the Royal Danish Academy of Music and residing in Copenhagen
SnowMask
composers
Bent Astrup
Eirik Moland
Ivan Olsen
Louis Aguirre
Niels Chr. Rasmussen
Karolina Leedo
Barbara Lüneburg
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Adam Ørvad
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www.gunnarberg.dk
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COMPOSERS associated with the Gunnar Berg Ensemble
include a.o.
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Klaus Ager, President of Mozarteum University Salzburg 1995-2000 and
President of the Austrian Composers’ Society from 2004 - www.klausager.at
Christian Ofenbauer, Professor at Mozarteum University Salzburg - www.
moz.ac.at/people.php?p=50872
Stefan David Hummel, Mozarteum University Salzburg - www.sdhummel.com
Andor Losconzy, Hungarian composer and pianist, residing in Salzburg
Agustín Castilla-Ávila, Spanish composer and guitarist, graduated from
Mozarteum University Salzburg, residing in Salzburg as Composer in Residence - www.castilla-avila.com
Benjamin Lang, German composer - www.benjaminlang.eu
Hendrik Rungelrath, German composer student at Mozarteum University
Salzburg
Klaus Ager
Christian
Stefan
OfenbauerD a v i d
Hummel
Agustín
CastillaÁvila
GUNNAR BERG ENSEMBLE SALZBURG was founded in
2008 by Klaus Ager and Yvonne Zehner to promote the latest in
contemporary music. The ensemble is named after the Danish
modernist composer Gunnar Berg (1909-1989), who had fruitful
sojourns to the Salzburg Festivals in 1932 and 1935, and to the
”Salzburg Seminar in American Studies” at Schloss Leopoldskron
in 1950, where Berg composed PASTOURELLE for solo flute.
The ensemble has an alternating crew depending on the tasks, in
this project formed as a trio by
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SALZBURG COMPOSERS
Yvonne Zehner, guitar. Born in Salzburg and graduated from Mozarteum
University Salzburg and Musikhochschule Basel. Lecturer at Universität
Passau. Managing the international Halleiner Gitarrenfestival and Passauer
Saiten (www.passauer-saiten.de)
Vera Klug, flute. Born in Innsbruck and graduated from Mozarteum University Salzburg. Member of several prominent ensembles for contemporary
music, among these œnm . österreichisches ensemble für neue musik.
Residing in Salzburg
Chih-Hui Chang, cello. Born in Taiwan Chi-Hui Chang holds a Master of
Music degree from Mozarteum University Salzburg and a Diploma with
Maestro Janos Starker at the Indiana University (USA). Residing in Vienna
and Taiwan
JENS ROSSEL, WORKING GROUP GUNNAR BERG takes
active part in the project as co-producer, co-coordinator and
facilitator - www.gunnarberg.dk
Andor
Losonczy
Benjamin
Hendrik
Lang
Rungelrath
GUNNAR BERG
ENSEMBLE SALZBURG
Yvonne Zehner
Chih-Hui Chang
Vera Klug
SPONSORS AND COOPERATIVE PARTNERS
The project is based on public and private fundings and sponsorships, without which the project couldn’t be realized. To help ensure
the effectiveness, legitimacy and anchoring the project cooperates
with organisations and institutions listed below
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North Denmark Region
City of Aalborg
Augustinus Foundation
Danish Composers’ Society
Austrian Composers’ Society
SNYK - Secretariat for Danish Contemporary Music
MICA - Music Information Centre Austria
Mozarteum University Salzburg
Royal Academy of Music Aalborg
KUNSTEN. Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
Gunnar Berg around 1935
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www.gunnarberg.dk
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Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
oenm . österreichisches ensemble für neue musik
Stadt Salzburg
Internationale Gesellschaft für Ekmelische Musik
Spanish Embassy in Copenhagen
Royal Danish Embassy in Vienna
Kulturforum DanAustria
Austrian Embassy in Copenhagen
Seismograf/DMT
OUTLOOK
Contemporary music has featured a number of significant events
with Danish music in Austria and Austrian music in Denmark in 2013,
some of which are part of the celebration of the Danish Composers’
Society and Austrian Composers’ Society’s 100th anniversary:
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Per Nørgård’s Symphony no. 8 with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Wiener
Konzerthaus 25-26 May. CD-recordings of Symphony no. 1 and 8 for the
Danish Dacapo Records
Danish stand at the music fair Classical:NEXT in Vienna 29 May - 1 June
The Austrian violinist and ensemble leader Roland Herret’s research visit
to Denmark 31 May – 4 June regarding the Danish Act of Music and the
construction of the Danish regional ensembles
Gunnar Berg’s FRISE for piano and chamber orchestra in Wiener Konzerthaus 14 June with young Copenhagen based Swedish pianist Oscar
Micaelsson and ECCO – European Contemporary Composers Orchestra,
conducted by Salzburg-conductor Chungki Min. The performance was part
of Austrian Composers’ Society’s Europe-concert to celebrate ÖKB 100
COPENHAGEN o p e n f o r m FESTIVAL 15 June in Copenhagen with
Austrian musicians Manon Liu Winter and Franz Hautzinger
Vienna in focus at the Ensemble MidtVest’s Nørre Vosborg Festival 27-30
June
Austrian Max Brand Ensemble with contemporary Austrian music. Concert
28 June at Nørre Vosborg followed by concerts on the Faroe Islands in cooperation with the Faroe chamber ensemble Aldubáran, who toured Austria
in 2011 with music by Faroe composers
SnowMask-SALZBURG.comp is a substantial contribution to the
experimental musical scene in Europe, and the high artistic potential
makes the expectations of the vision’s impact high, not only within
quantity and quality, but also on a short as well as a long term. The
new compositions created for this project will continue to be a part of
the two ensembles’ repertoire - with the potential of being presented
by other ensembles as well.
CONTACT DETAILS
SNOW MASK GROUP AND ENSEMBLE
Att. Louis Aguirre
Enggårdsgade 16A, 1 th.,
DK-9000 Aalborg
[email protected]
GUNNAR BERG ENSEMBLE SALZBURG
Att. Yvonne Zehner
Prielaustrasse 12
A-5020 Salzburg
[email protected]
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Working Group Gunnar Berg
www.gunnarberg.dk
Att. Klaus Ager
[email protected]
WORKING GROUP GUNNAR BERG
Att. Jens Rossel,
Vesterbrogade 127 B5,
DK-1620 Copenhagen V
tel +45 4086 2066
[email protected]
Agreed and signed in Vienna April 2, 2013 and updated October 25,
2013 by Jens Rossel
Klaus Ager
Yvonne Zehner
Louis Aguirre
Jens Rossel
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