21st century classical music

[San Antone]

Alexandra Karastoyanova - Hermentin

http://www.youtube.com/v/OG3X7bmEzwY

ÖENM Salzburg, Dir. Johannes Kalitzke
Auftrag des Festivals Aspekte Salzburg 2012
Awarded with "outstading artist award Musik 2013"

Very interesting composer, but I cannot find out anything about her other than some YouTube clips.  The link under her name will take you to her YouTube channel.

[Edit: I managed to find some biographical information on the Musica Austria site: Austrian composer and pianist Russian-Bulgarian descent (born 1968 in Moscow) studied composition (Boguslaw Schaeffer) and piano (Dimo Dimov, Boyan Vodenitcharov, Alfons Kontarsky) at the Salzburg Mozarteum and at the State Music Academy in Sofia. Collaboration with John Kalitzke David Bowlin, Oswald Sallaberger, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, ÖENM, Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra, ICE / USA, Da Capo Chamber Players include world premieres including the Violin Concerto "mahogany" in the CARNEGIE Hall (2007), in the Chamber Series of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Merkin Concert Hall, Columbia College, Villa Massimo, and ad Quad-Cities/USA, Sound Ways / St.Petersburg including "Aaron Copland" Stipendiantin in one of America's most prestigious residences - MacDowell Colony (2006). Orders including WDR, ORF, Salzburg aspects, ensemble xx. century. CD releases include ORF Edition Zeitton 2012 PERFORMANCES Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Works (selection) mahogany. Concerto for Violin and Streichorhester (2007) On behalf of the Bulgarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra UA 2007 David Bowlin, BVCO, Dir Stefan Linev, Carnegie Hall, New York.

And a badly translated quote from the composer, "the characteristics of my music is determined by a stylistic diversity that is one hand characterized by back-references to music of the past while having elements of traditional musical cultures, both united in the musical language of the present. For all content and structural aspects of the emotional perception and action is paramount."]

[San Antone]

Çınar Timur "stream of guiltness" for flute and english horn, played by Jagoda Pietrusiak and Witold Wróbel

http://www.youtube.com/v/gZMIMnaxy74

[San Antone]

Umberto Bombardelli (b. 1954) "Three Star(e)s in the Sky" for clarinet, flute and piano; played by Raffaele Bertolini, Tito Ciccarese and Luca Arnaldo Colombo

http://www.youtube.com/v/XDObWxy3RHY

[San Antone]

Adam Stansbie is an electroacoustic (acousmatic) composer. His music has been performed around the world and won numerous international awards. Adam is currently a lecturer in Music Technology at The University of Sheffield.

Escapade

Escapade was composed using tiny fragments of sound. At the start of the piece, the individual fragments are not perceived. Instead, they are so densely packed that they (perceptually) fuse into much larger structures; one hears the source recordings, which are largely, but not entirely, orchestral. As the piece progresses, the individual fragments become increasingly prominent; they no longer fuse into larger structures and are subsequently perceived as discrete units or entities. In this respect, Escapade was inspired by pointillistic painting – a technique in which small, distinct points of colour are used to form a larger image.

Escapade received First Prize in the Third International Competition of Electroacoustic Composition and Visual Music, Destellos Foundation, Argentina, 2010 and was a finalist Finalist in the VIII International Competition for Composers "Città di Udine", Italy 2010.

[San Antone]

https://www.youtube.com/v/1kvXsItxYNM

Emily Howard - Calculus of the Central Nervous System

Proms 2012 - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor).

There's about two and a half minutes of talking with the composer, then the music starts - well worth hearing.

[San Antone]

Claudia Molitor ...

http://www.youtube.com/v/rXPfMu3Mmf0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUOg0mUnx6LFHW8a5hP1jCpw

Untitled 40 [desk-life] (2008)

London Sinfonietta / Conductor: David Porcelijn

[San Antone]

Vykintas Baltakas

http://www.youtube.com/v/f1SzS-IK7KM

Saxordionphonics

for saxophone, accordion and orchestra

[San Antone]

https://www.youtube.com/v/gUdF4NGLung

Jean-Paul Dessy

[San Antone]

Francesca Verunelli

https://www.youtube.com/v/_d6tiv51Kwg

Play (2010)
for ensemble and electronics
Ensemble Intercontemporain (recorded live at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 2010)
Susanna Mälkki, conductor

[San Antone]

Justina Repeckaite

Chartres  for chamber orchestra, from her soundcloud page.  St. Christopher's Chamber Orchestra; K. Variakojis, conductor.

Justina Repeckaite was pursuing career in both visual arts and music, however she decided to concentrate on composition and studied at Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy and Conservatoire of Paris. She is a singer of both contemporary and medieval music improvisation. Her great interest in the medieval culture leads her musical pursuits to geometrical and mathematical concepts. Justina's peace Chartres for string orchestra become recommended work at the 60th edition of the International Rostrum of Composers in 2013.

[modUltralaser]

Wanted to give you a big thank you, sanatonio. I appreciate all of this wonderful music. Thanks again. 

[some guy]

Adam's a really fine composer. I first met him a number of years ago at Bourges (when there still was a festival there), the same year Diane Simpson (now Salazar) was there.

Both doing very different but very interesting things.

Adam's colleague at the university where he teaches, Felipe Otondo, is also really cool.

Reviews of albums by Adam and Felipe are on the first page of Asymmetry Music Magazine as it currently is.

And one of Emmanuelle Gibello's album, too, which is a lot of fun.

http://asymmetrymusicmagazine.com/

[NorthNYMark]

Just wanted to add a note of thanks to sanantonio for keeping this thread going.  It will take me quite a bit of time to digest everything (or even a small percentage of what's been shared here), but I couldn't ask for a more interesting introduction to contemporary musical currents.

[TheGSMoeller]

My first contribution to this thread, which is a great thread BTW.
Caroline Shaw's a cappella piece "Partita in 8 Voices"   This is a piece I recently purchased through iTunes and have absolutely been spellbound by it. Here is the first and second of four movements.


Mvt. I - Allemande

http://www.youtube.com/v/2mukrVsKqTs

Mvt. II - Sarabande

http://www.youtube.com/v/-aJF5uoU7fI

[San Antone]

Bent Sørensen

https://www.youtube.com/v/G-le0bGKWZo

~ Phantasmagoria for piano trio (2007)

[San Antone]

My first contribution to this thread, which is a great thread BTW.
Caroline Shaw's a cappella piece "Partita in 8 Voices"   This is a piece I recently purchased through iTunes and have absolutely been spellbound by it. Here is the first and second of four movements.


Mvt. I - Allemande

http://www.youtube.com/v/2mukrVsKqTs

Mvt. II - Sarabande

http://www.youtube.com/v/-aJF5uoU7fI

A very interesting work, and a composer to follow up on.  Thanks, Greg!

Adam's a really fine composer. I first met him a number of years ago at Bourges (when there still was a festival there), the same year Diane Simpson (now Salazar) was there.

Both doing very different but very interesting things.

Adam's colleague at the university where he teaches, Felipe Otondo, is also really cool.

Reviews of albums by Adam and Felipe are on the first page of Asymmetry Music Magazine as it currently is.

And one of Emmanuelle Gibello's album, too, which is a lot of fun.

http://asymmetrymusicmagazine.com/

I just discovered asymmetry magazine - it is a good source for new composers and their music.

Just wanted to add a note of thanks to sanantonio for keeping this thread going.  It will take me quite a bit of time to digest everything (or even a small percentage of what's been shared here), but I couldn't ask for a more interesting introduction to contemporary musical currents.

Wanted to give you a big thank you, sanatonio. I appreciate all of this wonderful music. Thanks again. 

It is thanks enough that others are finding some new music here that they enjoy.  With my posts, I am trying to create a new music log, for reference, I guess for along as this forum exists, so that I and others can return here and delve through the posts and find some new music.  I am a big believer in listening to new music being written, there is a large amount of music available that spans the gamut from tonal to near-noise being done by composers of all ages.  We are living in interesting times!

[San Antone]

Ching-Wen Chao

https://www.youtube.com/v/YtcCrr6Bqp0

... Departure Tracings (2000) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion (The California EAR Unit).

[San Antone]

Simone Movio (b. 1978)

https://www.youtube.com/v/abqtN1Z9Kvs

"Zahir Ia" for string quartet, played by the Szymanowski Quartet.

[San Antone]

Nicolás Kliwadenko (b. 1986)

http://www.youtube.com/v/wnRCljOhEA0

"UtopX" for flute, contrabass flute, guitar, violin, viola, cello and electronics

[San Antone]

Nicolás Kliwadenko

http://www.youtube.com/v/ngX_zclA070

- Autopista Sur (2011) - audio digital