Old Things Resonate New ø Music Autumn 2024
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Everyday objects, utensils, and unused items are reborn, gaining new meaning in the music of today's creators.
New vocal music collective MELOS (Lithuania) and ensembe VERTIXE SONORA (Spain) presents the program that reveals our consumption habits and problems related to them.
PROGRAM
- Catherine Kontz (Luxemburg). Breathing new life into it (premiere) | for voices, flute, oboe, saxophone, violin, piano, percussion and objects
- Catherine Kontz (Luxemburg). Three legs and a wheel (2018) | for piano and bicycle
- Snieguolė Dikčiūtė. Homo Sensorium (premiere) | for special conductor, 5 voices, objects and electronics
- Liepa Vozgirdaitė. Composition for Four Voices, Ensemble and the Objects (premiere) | for 4 voices, oboe, prepared violin, soprano saxophone, flute and vinyl player
- Aistė Vaitkevičiūtė. I Ring this Bell (premiere) | for 5 voices, flute, oboe, saxophone alto, violin, piano, percussion and bells
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Lithuanian Contemporary Music Festival
Music Autumn 2024
October 3–12 | Vilnius
GLOBAL ISSUES
Humanity is quietly determining its future. With the world on the brink of widespread artificial intelligence adoption, which could transform societal structures, and scientists warning that we are close to crossing a "red line" beyond which climate damage will be irreversible, the global population surpassing 8 billion, and the Doomsday Clock ticking closer to midnight, it is clear that global challenges can alter our future and daily life at any moment.
How do we perceive and respond to these threats and the future of humanity, and why, despite understanding the magnitude of these threats, are we unable to unite to save the world? This year's "Music Autumn" takes an anthropological look at global or regional issues, from the impact of consumerism on the environment to the world's population, from the scarcity of fresh water to the threats of robotization: how these themes are reflected in the works of composers, in the world of music, in our daily lives, and in our society? Continuing to develop an international program, the festival will also offer an important opportunity for the exchange of ideas and their global contextualization—foreign creators and performers will be presented to expand the spectrum of relevant topics, their approaches, and perceptions, allowing us to listen more broadly to the musical reflection of global threats and the possible futures of humanity.
Organizer: VšĮ „Muzikos ruduo”
Supported by: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Strategical Partner: Lithuanian Composers' Union
Partners: Lithuanian National Radio and Television, Energy and Technology Museum, Sapieha Palace, Cultural Agency "Art Gene", Music Information Center Lithuanian, LCU Druskininkai Art Residency, "Between Silence", Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
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About performer
VERTIXE SONORA (Spain)
Clara Saleiro (flute)
Pilar Fontalba (oboe)
Pablo Coello (saxophone)
Roberto Alonso (violin)
David Durán (piano)
Dominykas Snarskis (persussion)
Valdas Narkevičius (electronics)
MELOS (Lithuania)
Gabrielė Bilevičiūtė (voice)
Justina Leinartaitė (voice)
Karolina Macytė (voice)
Karolina Ramonė (voice)
Ūla Zemeckytė (voice)
Dirigentas – Vykintas Baltakas
About event organizer
„Muzikos ruduo“, VŠĮ
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