Composition Lab Iannotta

Monday, November 04, 2024 | 6 p.m. 

Musikverein Wien | Gläserner Saal 

Program 
 

Clara Iannotta

earthing — dead wasps (obituary) (2019) for string quartet and electronics

Yoko Konishi

Melting Beings (world premiere)  for amplified ensemble and electronics

Giuseppe Franza

Electrical parasites infect an imaginary maze (world premiere) for ensemble

Clara Iannotta

echo from afar (ii) (2022) for six instruments and electronics

Yuheng Chen

A lone Wheat Grain fell to the field - still solitary (Version 2024) for ensemble with amplified objects

Clara Iannotta is the "Composer in Focus" for the 2024/25 season at the Vienna Musikverein. Her works have been commissioned and premiered by renowned ensembles such as the Arditti Quartet and Ensemble intercontemporain. Since 2023, she has been Professor of Composition at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Alongside two of her own compositions, she presents three new works by emerging composers Yoko Konishi, Giuseppe Franza, and Yuheng Chen – all three students of Iannotta at the mdw.
"In close collaboration with them, I wanted to help them explore new musical landscapes and create pieces that reflect their distinct approaches to sound and composition."

Yoko Konishi’s piece "Melting Beings" is inspired by the melting ice of Antarctica. Giuseppe Franza’s new work explores the sonic world of electricity and the interference noises we encounter in everyday life. Yuheng Chen draws on a quote from the Bible to shape sound, texture, and eventually musical structure in his own personal language.

The Tacet Quartet and the Argo Kollektiv Ensemble, both specializing in contemporary music, will perform these new works.

A cooperation with Wien Modern the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.

Artists
 

Tacet Quartett

Youngseo Kim, violin

Reina Yoshioka, violin

Jing-Yi Zhai, viola

Irini Liu, violoncello

Argo Kollektiv

Youngseo Kim, violin

Reina Yoshioka, violin

Jing-Yi Zhai, viola

Namdar Majidi, violoncello

Lina Digka, flute

Juan Moreda, saxophone

Panos Nikitaris, piano

Taikan Yamasaki, percussion

Clara Iannotta, live electronics

Leon Liang, conductor