Programme:
Anton Svetlichny
Dark patterns for bayan and electronics
World premiere
Alexey Sysoev
MY GARDENS for cello, tape, light and video
World premiere
Alexander Khubeev
No for voice, light and electronics
World premiere
Mehdi Hosseini
Ctesiphon for cello, electronics and video
World premiere
Brigitta Muntendorf
Public Privacy #6… bright no more for voice, electronics and video
Matthias Kranebitter
96bit music for Accordion for bayan and electronics
Russian premiere
***
Fausto Romitelli
Multimedia opera An Index of Metals
Performers:
CEAM Artists soloists:
Yulia Migunova, cello
Venedikt Peunov, bayan
Alena Verin-Galitskaya, voice
Nikolai Popov, electronics
Alexander Plakhin, video
Alexander Pettai, video
***
Ekaterina Kichigina, soprano
Igor Pavlov, light score
Studio for New Music ensemble
Conductor — Honoured Artist of Russia Igor Dronov
With the general support of VTB Bank
With the support of the Union of Composers of Russia
At the end of January 2023 the Moscow Conservatory will host the opening of the Second Multimedia Festival “Biomechanics”, devoted to the music of leading contemporary Russian and international composers. The festival programmes will feature 8 world and 15 Russian premieres, an evening of improvisation, video screenings and discussions of the works.
Before the concerts, at 18:00 in the Conference Hall of the Conservatory, audiences are invited to talks with the festival participants — Biomechanics.talks. Admission with a concert ticket.
The festival’s artistic directors are the composers Nikolai Popov and Alexander Khubeev. The concerts will feature well-known Moscow ensembles: Studio for New Music, OpensoundOrchestra, Vacuum Quartet, CEAM Artists and CEAM Percussion Project. The improvising soloists Dmitry Shubin and Oleg Makarov have also been invited to take part in the festival.
