The premiere festival edition 2019 included open talks and long concert evenings at the fabulous open boat gallery Hošek Contemporary. Each of the DARA artists presented their solo work and played in different group combinations. The whole festival program was purely acoustic and interwoven into a symbiotic presentation of the composed / improvised pieces.
Documentation video from August 30
Edwards/De Heney/Voutchkova - Trio improvisation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKxrFPdCg4
Artists
Séverine Ballon - cellist, composer (France)
Isidora Edwards - cellist, composer-performer, improviser (Chile)
Daniella Strasfogel - violinist, perforar (USA / Germany)
Nina de Heney - bassist, composer-performer, improviser (Sweden)
Nurit Stark - violinist, violist (Israel / Germany)
Biliana Voutchkova - violinist, composer-performer, improviser (Bulgaria / Germany)
August 30/31.2019
Hošek Contemporary
Motor Ship HEIMATLAND
Fisherinsel 3, 10179 Berlin
Program
August 30
17:00
festival opening and artist talk
18:00
Isidora Edwards - Solo improvisation WP/UA
Chaya Czernowin - Adiantum Capillus Veneris no. I / Songs of the muted one arr. S.Ballon
Steingrimur Rohloff - Magic Number for solo cello
19:30
Martin Iddon - Λεύκη for solo cello WP/UA
Iannis Xenakis - Mikka for solo violin
James Dillon - Selections from duos for two violins
Séverine Ballon - Chant mécanique for solo cello
Morton Feldman - For Aaron Copland for solo violin
Cassandra Miller - For Mira for solo violin
21:00
Edwards/De Heney/Voutchkova - Trio improvisation WP/UA
August 31
17:00
artist talk
18:00
György Ligeti - Sonata for solo viola
Edwards/De Heney - Duo improvisation WP/UA
19:30
Nina de Heney - Solo improvisation WP/UA
Tristan Murail - C'est un jardin secret for solo viola
Peter Ablinger - Ohne Titel 1 - 10 string trio version
21:00
Liza Lim - The Su Song Star Map for solo violin
Sofia Gubaidulina - Rejoice! duo for violin and cello
The festival is kindly supported by INM/Initiative Neue Musik Berlin and
Chilean Ministry of the Culture and Arts
https://www.facebook.com/events/2069885826464672/
https://www.hosekcontemporary.com
On side catering provided by Korean restaurant Dal Tokki
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Media partners
Digital in Berlin, ASKHELMUT, INM/Filed Notes
Photo collage and design by Boriana Pandova. Photo credits from top left
Yves Tremorin, Peter Purgar, Susanna Drescher, Alberto Duarte, Uwe Neumann, Alberto Duarte
Artists biographies
Séverine Ballon
Deeply engaged in the development of her repertoire, Séverine Ballon's practice draws as much on key works from the repertory as on her numerous collaborations with composers, working in the intimacy of the fabric of sound. Séverine Ballon particularly enjoys working with contemporary composers and has worked with Helmut Lachenmann, Chaya Czernowin, Rebecca Saunders, Liza Lim, Mauro Lanza. She has premiered a number of solo works which have been written especially for her and has given masterclasses for composers worldwide (Harvard University, Stanford University, the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart, the University of Huddersfield etc.) Her solo-CD 'Solitude' is published on the label AEON/ outhere music’ and her new debut Cd as a composer ‘Inconnaissance’ is published on All That Dust.
http://www.severineballon.com
Isidora Edwards
Isidora’s work is based on the investigation of the sound possibilities of the cello, thought as a geography full of fissures and hidden retreats, transforming the instrument into a poetic body that looks for a story in sound. Her interests are focused on searching in the spectrum of improvised music, and in the fields of dance, movement, human voice and its philosophical relations with space, time and audience. She has been part of diverse ensembles such as Ensamble Taller de Música Contemporánea U.C and the Goethe Institut Project “Ensemble Nuevo” and has taken part in festivals such as Ars Nova Festival, Ravensburg; Ende Tymes Festival of Noise, New York; Acéfalo Festival, Valparaíso; Mopomoso Concert Series, Iklectik Ballistik, London; Multiversal, London; Danca a Deriva, Sao Paulo among others.
https://www.isidoraedwards.com
Nina de Heney
Born in 1962, Nina grew up in Switzerland. She studied with Miroslav Vitous at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston from 1981 to 1983. Nina moved to Sweden in 1983, where she again studied from 1988 to 1993 at the Göteborg Conservatory of Music, where she also achieved a Soloist Diploma 2004 to 2006.
She started doing solo performances in 1992, often working with dancers and in 2008 she founded the festival Dance 'n' Bass alongside dancer and choreographer Anna Westberg. Her three solo albums Archipelago, 2 and Three have all been met with critical acclaim and she has, on several occasions, been nominated for the Swedish Jazz Celebration and received the 2012 Jazz Musician of the Year Award. In addition to this she has been awarded funds from the Swedish Arts Grant on several occasions. Nina has been working in the jazz and improvisation scene in Sweden for many years with a number of groups and is currently working in duo with pianist Lisa Ullén and in trio with Karin Johansson, piano, and Henrik Wartel, drums.
https://www.ninadeheney.com
Nurit Stark
Nurit studied music with Haim Taub, Alban Berg Quartet and Ilan Gronich. She is a laureate of international competitions and was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik for her Kurtag recording (2016). Nurit is a solo and chamber musician performing regularly on the international stages, among her activities are concerts with the Munich Radio Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Bremen Philharmonic and festival participations at Schleswig - Holstein, Lockenhaus, Mozart, Rheingau, West Cork, Donaueschinger Musiktage and Vienna Modern festivals. CD releases of her recordings include works by Busoni, Enescu, Messiaen, Suslin, Gubaidulina, Schumann, Bloch and Kurtag.
http://www.westcorkmusic.ie/chambermusicfestival/artists/bio/nurit-stark
Daniella Strasfogel
Through her years of development as an artist, she has consistently sought to deepen her understanding of her body as a vessel for interpretation, through the instrument and the voice as well as through physicality of movement and gesture. She is a founding member of the Solistenenesemble Kaleidoskop Berlin and was artistic director of the ensemble from 2010-2015. Daniella also plays with ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Resonanz and musikFabrik. In 2018 she founded the production company LOUDsoft with the aim of creating multidimensional musical experiences for and with families, young people and amateur musicians.
https://www.daniellastrasfogel.com
Biliana Voutchkova
See the "About" page
Séverine Ballon
Deeply engaged in the development of her repertoire, Séverine Ballon's practice draws as much on key works from the repertory as on her numerous collaborations with composers, working in the intimacy of the fabric of sound. Séverine Ballon particularly enjoys working with contemporary composers and has worked with Helmut Lachenmann, Chaya Czernowin, Rebecca Saunders, Liza Lim, Mauro Lanza. She has premiered a number of solo works which have been written especially for her and has given masterclasses for composers worldwide (Harvard University, Stanford University, the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart, the University of Huddersfield etc.) Her solo-CD 'Solitude' is published on the label AEON/ outhere music’ and her new debut Cd as a composer ‘Inconnaissance’ is published on All That Dust.
http://www.severineballon.com
Isidora Edwards
Isidora’s work is based on the investigation of the sound possibilities of the cello, thought as a geography full of fissures and hidden retreats, transforming the instrument into a poetic body that looks for a story in sound. Her interests are focused on searching in the spectrum of improvised music, and in the fields of dance, movement, human voice and its philosophical relations with space, time and audience. She has been part of diverse ensembles such as Ensamble Taller de Música Contemporánea U.C and the Goethe Institut Project “Ensemble Nuevo” and has taken part in festivals such as Ars Nova Festival, Ravensburg; Ende Tymes Festival of Noise, New York; Acéfalo Festival, Valparaíso; Mopomoso Concert Series, Iklectik Ballistik, London; Multiversal, London; Danca a Deriva, Sao Paulo among others.
https://www.isidoraedwards.com
Nina de Heney
Born in 1962, Nina grew up in Switzerland. She studied with Miroslav Vitous at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston from 1981 to 1983. Nina moved to Sweden in 1983, where she again studied from 1988 to 1993 at the Göteborg Conservatory of Music, where she also achieved a Soloist Diploma 2004 to 2006.
She started doing solo performances in 1992, often working with dancers and in 2008 she founded the festival Dance 'n' Bass alongside dancer and choreographer Anna Westberg. Her three solo albums Archipelago, 2 and Three have all been met with critical acclaim and she has, on several occasions, been nominated for the Swedish Jazz Celebration and received the 2012 Jazz Musician of the Year Award. In addition to this she has been awarded funds from the Swedish Arts Grant on several occasions. Nina has been working in the jazz and improvisation scene in Sweden for many years with a number of groups and is currently working in duo with pianist Lisa Ullén and in trio with Karin Johansson, piano, and Henrik Wartel, drums.
https://www.ninadeheney.com
Nurit Stark
Nurit studied music with Haim Taub, Alban Berg Quartet and Ilan Gronich. She is a laureate of international competitions and was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik for her Kurtag recording (2016). Nurit is a solo and chamber musician performing regularly on the international stages, among her activities are concerts with the Munich Radio Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Bremen Philharmonic and festival participations at Schleswig - Holstein, Lockenhaus, Mozart, Rheingau, West Cork, Donaueschinger Musiktage and Vienna Modern festivals. CD releases of her recordings include works by Busoni, Enescu, Messiaen, Suslin, Gubaidulina, Schumann, Bloch and Kurtag.
http://www.westcorkmusic.ie/chambermusicfestival/artists/bio/nurit-stark
Daniella Strasfogel
Through her years of development as an artist, she has consistently sought to deepen her understanding of her body as a vessel for interpretation, through the instrument and the voice as well as through physicality of movement and gesture. She is a founding member of the Solistenenesemble Kaleidoskop Berlin and was artistic director of the ensemble from 2010-2015. Daniella also plays with ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Resonanz and musikFabrik. In 2018 she founded the production company LOUDsoft with the aim of creating multidimensional musical experiences for and with families, young people and amateur musicians.
https://www.daniellastrasfogel.com
Biliana Voutchkova
See the "About" page
