European Contemporary Orchesrta stems from three highly distinctive contemporary ensembles :Telemaque (Marseille/France,Raoul Lay), orkest de ereprijs (Apeldoorn/The Netherlands,Wim Boerman) and Musiques Nouvelles (Mons/Belgium,Jean-Paul Dessy) have joined forces to form this cross-border, European orchestra. Entirely devoted to performing contemporary music, ECO offers a new point of departure for compositions that combine a symphonic approach with new technologies, voice and electronic instruments, for works that also exploit the strengths and flexibility of an ensemble.
ECO is endeavouring to bring new music to the attention of a broader public and is establishing new benchmarks for innovation and research (i.e. in instrumentation and musicology) as well as for activities in the field of professional and educational training in European countries.
18 commissioned works by 18 composers, 3 concerts for large forms (try-outs) and 4 concerts focusing on small forms : ECO invents a new way of conceiving European instrumental creation music and develops social and cultural initiatives around each event.
September 2011 - March 2012 - Via Dolorosa, Project of Compagnie Bischoff
Via Dolorosa is a liturgy for the concert staged around Via Crucis - visionary music that Liszt wrote in his last year of life. The work is far removed from traditional church music and is performed by twelve singers and pianist Ronald Brautigam. The fourteen Stations of the Cross are visually supported by photographs of Magnum photographer Carl De Keyzer. Kasia Glowicka composed an epilogue to the text of Michelangelos La notte gripping quatrain, the same motto of Liszts compositions. Jan Van den Bossche, artistic director of Compagnie Bischoff is conducting.
music
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Il pensieroso (from Annees the Pelerinage(1838-1839))
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Via Crucis
Kasia Glowicka (1978) - La notte (2011)
Credits
Compagnie Bischoff:
- Soprano, Jean Daalderop, Esther Cooper, Bauwien van der Meer, Angela Weiler Post
- Alt: Petra Ehrismann, Elsbeth Gerritsen, Ekaterina Levental
- Tenor: Michel Poels, Tiemo Wang, Scott Stead Well
- Bass: Job Hubatka, Gilad Nezer, Ludovic Provost, Maciej Straburzynski
Musical direction: Romain Bischoff
Piano: Frederik Graversen (July 15, Nov. 25) | Ronald Brautigam (3 & 4 September, 21 & 23 March)
Photography: Carl De Keyzer
Director: Jan Van den Bossche
Dramaturgy: Mathieu Heinrichs
May, 25-27 2011 - Rotterdam Opera Days, Netherlands, Rotterdam
Container - music theater piece. Music by Kasia Glowicka & Henry Vega
May, 17 2011 - Musica Electronica Nova Festival in Poland, Wroclaw
Together with Sonsoles Alonso and Emmanuel Flores, Kasia presented three of her newest compositions for piano, electronics and video.
May, 2010 - Scores published by Muziekcentrum Nederland
Scores of Opalescence and Summers day have been published Muziek Centrum Nederland (former Donemus ). To order mail to: rental.sales(at)mcn.nl
May, 2010 - Festival Kody
Some of the heroes of the second edition of the Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde music CODES (Lublin, Poland) were Arvo Part, Phillip Glass, Laurie Anderson and John Zorn.
Kasia Glowicka presented together with Goska Isphording project Quasi Rublev - multimedia performance inspired by work of Andriej Tarkovsky.
Photo by W. Kornet
More photos and more information here
May, 2010 - Audio Art Festival
Kasia will be performing during Audio Art Festival and Audio Art on Tour, 28 - 30 of March, together with Henry Vega, Goska Isphording and Mathis Nitchke.
March, 2010 - Vilnus in March
First session of rehearsals for the premiere and CD recordings of Spring and summers day project will take place in Vilnus between 20 - 24 of March.
March, 2010 - STEIM residency
From 3- 9 of March Kasia and Emmanuel Flores will be working at STEIM that is an Amsterdam center for research & development of instruments & tools for performers in the electronic performance arts.
December, 2009 - Grant of Polish Ministry of Culture
Kasia has been awarded a prestigious artistic grant of Polish Ministry of Culture for 2011.
The project that will be realized during that time include recording and publication of new CD 'Springs and summers'.
December 10th, 2009 - Turbulence at SPOR festival
New project Retina with Emmanuel Flores has been chosen to realization and sponsorship at SPOR festival 2010 in Copenhagen. The jury has chosen project Retinan as one of the 5 selected proposals.
December, 2009 - Turbulence at Sound Screen Festival competition
During Sound Screen Festival in Bydgoszcz (Poland), work Turbulence will be competing for the festival prize. Concert will take place on 3rd of December at 15:00 in 'Sala Widowiskowa'.
