This unique event revolving around the string quartet is a combination workshop, laboratory, playground, and master class. Over the course of a week, the Quatuor Bozzini and two experienced composers will observe the work of six up-and-coming composers. Their compositions will be read, played, assessed, analyzed, worked on, played again, and performed in the closing concert.
The Quatuor Bozzini (Montréal) announces the eighth edition of the Composer’s Kitchen in a new expanded format: the first annual Special Edition Composer’s Kitchen in collaboration with the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//), the UK’s largest international festival of new and experimental music.
For the first time, the Composer’s Kitchen hosts an exchange with the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, providing the opportunity for two UK composers to attend the Canadian edition, and four Canadian composers to attend the UK edition of the Composer’s Kitchen. All six participants attend both phases:
“Dare to do what you’ve never done before!”
Since 2005, this has been the motto to welcome several generations of creators of Composer’s Kitchen, a professional composition residency in string quartet writing. Offered to four emerging composers, this unique occasion is a combination of workshop, laboratory, masterclass, and concert settings. Throughout the multi-phase process, the composers are supported by — other than Quatuor Bozzini — the presence of experienced mentors who are amongst the most important figures in new music creation.
Each edition of the Composer’s Kitchen is a chance to rigorously work in a creative, non-competitive and relaxed atmosphere. During this enriching experience, residents are encouraged to experiment beyond the limits of convention and to explore new and varied aesthetic styles in a way that their mastery in string quartet writing is strengthened to its highest degree.
Quatuor Bozzini loves cultivating these relationships with composers beyond the residency period, resulting in a rich network of collaborations. In this way, Quatuor Bozzini always strives to stay active in current trends and practices of emerging composers.
Quatuor Bozzini works in partnership with international organizations — Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Sound and Music, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, nyMusikk Norge — resulting in unique and rich exchanges between host countries.
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Nove 2012
11h00
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CeccarelliFlanaganLelyMcLaughlinMichaudTidrow |
In person Residency
Huddersfield (England, UK)
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20
Nove 2012
23
Nove 2012
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In person Residency
Huddersfield (England, UK)
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28
Apri 2012
17h00
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Série QB
CeccarelliFlanaganLelyMcLaughlinMichaudTidrow |
In person Free admission Residency
Montréal (Québec)
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22
Apri 2012
28
Apri 2012
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Série QB
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In person Residency
Montréal (Québec)
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