Next concerts

9. December 2023

Gare du Nord, Basel

10. December 2023

Neubad, Lucerne

Concept Store Quartet

Daniel Zea Box Tsunami

1st concert of the season Season 2023/2024 "Surplus"


Past Concerts

14. October 2023

Szczecin, Kana Theatre


Corpuscle

Music theatre performance, photo exhibition


Alicja Pilarczyk - music, screenplay

Katherine Newton - music, stage design

Justyna Celeda - dramaturgy

Emilia Łapko - photography 


30. September 2023

KULTURfabrik, Hegenheim, FR

Soliloquy III

Sound, movement and vision performance

Alicja Pilarczyk - sound and movement

Nieszka Bogusławska - movement

Katherine Newton - sound and video

22. September 2023

Ackermannshof, Basel

Christopher Cerrone

Monographic concert 


3. September 2023

Berliner Philharmonie

10.September 2023

Kölner Philharmonie

Ensmeble Modern Orchestra

Dieter Ammann  Glut (2014/16)

Unsuk Chin SPIRA (2019)

Elizabeth Ogonek Cloudline (2021)

George Benjamin A Mind of Winter (1981) 

Francesco Filidei Cantico delle Creature (2023)


Conductor - Sir George Benjamin

Soprano - Anna Prohaska


10. August 2023

Bydgoszcz, Festival Oko Nigdy Nie Śpi

Corpuscle

Music theatre performance, photo exhibition


Alicja Pilarczyk - music, screenplay

Katherine Newton - music, stage design

Justyna Celeda - dramaturgy

Emilia Łapko - photography 

6. Juni 2023

8 pm

Gare du Nord, Basel 

Corpuscle

Music theatre performance, photo exhibition


Alicja Pilarczyk - music, screenplay

Katherine Newton - music, stage design

Justyna Celeda - dramaturgy

Emilia Łapko - photography 

17. May 2023

8 pm

Gare du Nord, Basel

Ensemble Neuverband

10th Anniversary concert

24.April 2023 7 pm Progr, Bern

25.April 2023 8 pm Gare du Nord, Basel

26.April 2023 7 pm Neubad, Lucerne

Concept Store Quartet

<<Connectedness>>

Fernando Manassero "Train of Thoughts"

Andreas Frank "Yes yes no no yes no no no"

Arturo Corrales "Alfaque Rojo 2"


2. April 2023

7pm

Stadtcasino, Basel

3. April 2023

7 pm

MAISON COMMUNALE DE PLAINPALAIS, Geneva

Festival Archipel 

Basel Sinfonietta

ASIA AHMETJANOVA (*1992)

Neues Werk für Orchester (2023)  
Auftragswerk der Basel Sinfonietta

OSCAR BIANCHI (*1975)

6 db Konzert für sechs Kontrabässe und Orchester (2021) 

ASHLEY FURE (*1982)

Bound to the Bow für Orchester und Elektronik (2016) 

LUKAS BURRI / PIERRE DEKKER / PHILIPPE DREGER / MARIONA MATEU CARLES / HÅKON THELIN / BENEDICT ZIERVOGEL, KONTRABASSBALDUR BRÖNNIMANN, LEITUNGLAURENT ZUFFEREY, LEITUNG

27. February 2023

Polish Embassy in Kenya, Nairobi

Concert for Polish community in Kenya

Alicja Pilarczyk - violin 

Sylwia Burnicka-Kalischewska - soprano

Dominik Wizjan - piano

18. February 2023

3pm

National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi

Amphitheatre

Polish artists present European classic music

Alicja Pilarczyk - violin 

Sylwia Burnicka-Kalischewska - soprano

Dominik Wizjan - piano

3. February 2023

8 pm 

Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany


Lucerne Festival Alumni 

Dieter Ammann

Rebecca Saunders

Nicolas Hodges-piano 



30. October 2022

3pm

LUCA SCHOOL OF ARTS CAMPUS LEMMENS

Lemmensberg 3 
3000 Leuven



Vischer Project

Goska Isphording - harpsichord

Alicja Pilarczyk - violin

Marco Stroppa         r  p  o  p  h  e  s  s  a  g  r   ( from cycle The Enormous Room ) for harpsichord and chamber electronics (premiere)    ca. 20'

Jenny Hettne          While She Was Dreaming for violin and tape (2012)     9'

Anna Sowa             Minimum Movement for violin and harpsichord with electronics (premiere) 15'

Daan Janssens         (...presque pas.) for harpsichord (2015)     6'

Oscar Bianchi         Volatile for violin and harpsichord (premiere)    10'

With kind support of:

ProHelvetia

Nicati-de Luze

Sulger Stiftung

Stiftung Wolf

29. October 2022

5pm

LUCA SCHOOL OF ARTS CAMPUS LEMMENS

Lemmensberg 3 
3000 Leuven


Vischer Project

Goska Isphording - harpsichord

Alicja Pilarczyk - violin

Marco Stroppa         r  p  o  p  h  e  s  s  a  g  r   ( from cycle The Enormous Room ) for harpsichord and chamber electronics (premiere)    ca. 20'

Jenny Hettne          While She Was Dreaming for violin and tape (2012)     9'

Anna Sowa             Minimum Movement for violin and harpsichord with electronics (premiere) 15'

Daan Janssens         (...presque pas.) for harpsichord (2015)     6'

Oscar Bianchi         Volatile for violin and harpsichord (premiere)    10'

With kind support of:

ProHelvetia

Nicati-de Luze

Sulger Stiftung

Stiftung Wolf

1./22. October 2022

Alte Feuerwache, Cologne

Fonderie Kugler, Geneva


Ensemble Kommas+Ensemble Vortex

REVOLTE III

Fugitive Thoughts  (2022), Catalina Peralta,  Kommas Ensemble (Col)*
violin, viola, cello, flute, percussion & keyboard

Campo  (2022), Patricia Martínez, Kommas & Vortex (Arg)*
for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, flute, 2 percussionists, electric guitar & Keyboard

Gods and Numbers  (2022), Matías Cassano, Kommas & Vortex (Arg)*
for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, flute, clarinet, 2 electric guitars, 2 percussionists 

Involuto (2022), Francisco Huguet Ensemble Vortex I (SLV)*

Alfaque Rojo  (2022), Arturo Corrales Ensemble Vortex II (SLV)*


*world premiere

August-September 2022

14.08.2022 Grafenegg Festival

15.08.2022 Elb Philharmony, Hamburg

25.08.2022 Die Glocke, Bremen

27.08.2022 Ravello Festival

15.09.2022 Festival Besancon

17.09.2022 Concertgebow, Bruges

Anima Eterna

Pablo Heras-Casado 

A. Bruckner 

Symphony No. 7, E-dur

18-30 July 2022

Radziejowice, Poland 

Synthetis|International Summer Course for Composers



Concept Store Quartet

(Quartet in Residence)


23. July 2022

Warsaw, Łazienki Królewskie

 Festival Strefa Ciszy 

Concept Store Quartet

  • John Menoud: Ars Moriendi
  • Mike Svoboda: Growth I (2021) *world premiere
  • Yulan Yu: Leap
  • Mike Svoboda: Growth II (2021) 

8. May 2022

Villa Elisabeth, Berlin

Kairos Quartett

Crazy Twins
LUFT I WURZELN

Sandeep Bhagwati [*1963] • nightbirdsong [2021]
Gabriel Iranyi [*1946] • Streichquartett Nr. 3 [2008]
Sandeep Bhagwati • Stele III for James Tenney [2006]
Gabriel Iranyi • Zwei Parabeln nach Franz Kafka – Streichquartett Nr. 2 [1998]
Gabriel Iranyi • Streichquartett Nr. 5 "...Stufungen, Annäherungen..." [2013] 

Kairos Quartett

Caroline Melzer, Mezzosopran 


veranstaltet vom Verein für den ausgefallenen Klang und dem Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst
gefördert durch NEUSTART KULTUR Förderprogramm für freie Musikensembles des Deutschen Musikrats

Eintritt: 10,- €

6. May 2022

7:00 pm

Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Rathaushalle

Frankfurt am Oder

Kairos Quartett

"Luftwurzen"

Sandeep Bhagwati • nightbirdsong [2021]
Gabriel Iranyi [*1946] • Streichquartett Nr. 3 [2008]
Sandeep Bhagwati [*1963] • Stele III for James Tenney [2006]
Gabriel Iranyi • Streichquartett Nr. 5 "...Stufungen, Annäherungen..." [2013]

28. April 2022

Ackermannshof, Basel

Concept Store Quartet 

"Ambiguity" 

Anda Kryeziu Studies on Sawtooth (2021) for 4 Performers with transducers and objects 

 Mike Svoboda Growth I - Violin concerto (2020) UA for violin solo, saxophone, accordion and percussion

Andreas Frank Yes Yes No No Yes No No No (2021) for violin, saxophone, accordion, percussion and video

Wojtek Blecharz Small Talks (2012-2013) for accordion reed box and saxophone without the mouthpiece 

 Mike Svoboda Growth II - Concerto for snare drum (2020) UA for violin, saxophone, accordion and percussion

16. April 2022

Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland

Zurcher Symphoniker

L. van Beethoven "Missa Solemnis"

31. March 2022

Barakuba Bar und Buhne, Basel

Concept Store Quartet/Stop, Drop and Roll

Landscapes #3:Exclusion/Game Night

15. February 2022/12. March 2022

Unerhoerte Musik, Berlin/Walcheturm, Zurich


Concept Store Quartet

"Ambiguity" 

Anda Kryeziu Studies on Sawtooth (2021)for 4 Performers with transducers and objects 

 Mike Svoboda Growth I - Violin concerto (2020) UAfor violin solo, saxophone, accordion and percussion

Andreas Frank Yes Yes No No Yes No No No (2021)for violin, saxophone, accordion, percussion and video

Wojtek Blecharz Small Talks (2012-2013)for accordion reed box and saxophone without the mouthpiece 

 Mike Svoboda Growth II - Concerto for snare drum (2020) UAfor violin, saxophone, accordion and percussion

14. January 2022

Music Academy Basel

Vischer Project

Alicja Pilarczyk violin

Gośka Isphording harpsichord


Parnaz Soltani new piece

Changhee Lim new piece

Anna Sowa new piece


28. December 2021

Online film premiere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHseKnWX2lI

"Soliloquy 2"

"Soliloquy 2"Interdisciplinary project byNieszka Bogusławska, Katherine Newton , Alicja Pilarczyk

Concept/dramaturgyNieszka Bogusławska, Katherine Newton, Alicja Pilarczyk 

Movement/choreographyNieszka Bogusławska, Alicja Pilarczyk 

Music/composition Alicja Pilarczyk, Katherine Newton 

Violin Alicja Pilarczyk

Pictures/sound/video/production Katherine Newton 

Opening text:Karl Jaspar”The Individual and Solitude”Tadeusz Kobierzycki ”Psychologia Ciebie/Pozytywne Zło? Albo albo - inspiracje jungowskie”Praca zbiorowa Rozdział ”Wyzwania samotności”Eneteia Wydawnictwo SzkoleniaISBN: 12300802 

Realized within the framework of Creative Scholarship of Szczecin City 2021

Many thanks to:Trafostacja Sztuki w Szczecinie, Oczajdusza-Michał Wojtarowicz photography, High Definition Dance Studio

5. December 2021

Teatr Kana, Szczecin, Poland

"Nowy język" 

New Music Ensemble of the Academy of Arts in Szczecin, Katherine Newton and Andreas Frank


Final performance of interdisciplinary workshop "Sound, movement, picture" with K. Newton and A. Frank

19. November 2021

Valencia/South Korea

Concept Store Quartet

Busan International Contemporary Festival 2021

"Piazzolla night with CSQ"


14. November 2021

Philharmonie Luxemburg


Ensemble Recherche

Cine Concert Luxemburg

"Das Alte Gesetz"

Nacho de Paz - conductor


Film: Das Alte Gesetz

Ewald Andre Dupont - direction

Paul Reno - screenplay

Philippe Schoeller - music

12/13/15/17/19 October  2021

Kulturens hus, Lulea

Studio Acusticum, Pitea

Musikhuset, Stockholm

Gamla Teatern, Ostersund

Norrlands Operan, Umea

Norrbotten NEO

Program:

Ylva Lund Bergner "Tough Jewel"

Madeleine Isaakson "Capsuled time"

22. September 2021

5:00 pm

Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw

Non-lieux:Non-places

Warsaw Autumn Festival


Andreas E. Frank "Sawdust"

Jorge Sánchez-Chiong "Jupiter Analogs"

Stylianos Dimou "electro foile"

Jorge Sánchez-Chiong "Salt Water"

Piotr Peszat "The dictionary of imaginary places"


Alicja Pilarczyk (CH/PL) - solo violin

Katherine Newton (CH/DE) - visual artist

Jorge Sánchez-Chiong (AT) - electronics

Stylianos Dimou (GR) - live electronics

Bartosz Jurgiel (PL) - technical support


3.-6. September 2021

Kilifi, Kenia

DUOS Festival

(as one of 8 groups of the festival)

Shangazi Masika - artist, concept 

Alicja Pilarczyk - artist, concept


One of the main aims of the Festival of Art and Education “DUOS”  is the exchange of knowledge and experience between artists from Szczecin (Poland) and Kilifi County (Kenya). Artists work in DUOS in Kilifi and also in collaboration with the local community. Afterwards DUOS expand their projects in Szczecin and present them at National Museum in Szczecin.

follow the festival on:

https://tpaae.eu/index.php/duos-festival-2/

30./31. July 2021

8:00 pm

OGNA von Matias Spescha, Trun

Offen zum Himmel


Estelle Costanzo, Harp

Alicja Pilarczyk, Violin

Hillel Perlman + Wilma Puentes Linares, Dance

Emilie Cottam, Costumes

6. July 2021

9:00 pm

Teatro Elfo Puccini, Milano

Ensemble Interface

Milano Musica Festival 

Giovanni Verrando *1965

"Instrumental Freak Show"


Giulia Zaniboni, voice

Paolo Brandi, sound engineer
Angelo Linzalata, stage and light
(substituted by Matteo Benvenuto)
Michele Innocente and Giovanni Verrando, video 
Andrea Tremolada, violin maker

Ensemble Interface
Marieke Franssen, flute
Anna D'Errico, percussion
Christophe Mathias, cello 
Alicja Pilarczyk, violin
Sophie Wahlmüller, viola
Samuel Toro Pérez, electric guitar

23. June 2021

7:30 pm

Kapuzinerkloster, Rapperswil

Concept Store Quartet

Musiksommer am Zürichsee

Teresa Carrasco *1980
Flysch (2021), Premiere

Tobias Krebs *1993
Schiefer (2019)

Anda Kryeziu *1993
Strange Loops (2019), Premiere

Friday, 30 April 2021

Trafostacja Sztuki w Szczecinie


Soliloquy

"Monologue-Performance" 

Nieszka Bogusławska - dance, sound, choreography, dramaturgy

Alicja Pilarczyk - dance, sound, choreography, dramaturgy

Thursday, 22 April 2021

7:00 pm

Archipel Festival, Geneva

Ensemble Neuverband

Archipel Festival, Geneva

Sofia Gubaidulina Garden Of Joy And Sorrow (1980) for flute, viola & harp

Junghae LeeNEW WORK** (2019) for flute, clarinet, harp & viola

Misato MochizukiAll that is including me* (1997) for flute, clarinet & violin

James TenneyChorale (1974) for violin & harp


*Swiss Premiere // Schweizer Erstaufführung // Création Suisse

**World Premiere // Uraufführung // Création Mondiale

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

7:00 pm

Gare du Nord

Concept Store Quartet

"An Antropology of Supermodernity"

Daniel Zea "Box tsunami" 

Andreas E. Frank "Yes Yes No No Yes No No No"

Michael Beil "Caravan" 


Monday, 18 January 2021

7:00 pm (live stream)

SMC Lausanne

Concept Store Quartet

"An Antropology of Supermodernity"

Daniel Zea "Box tsunami" *

Andreas E. Frank "Yes Yes No No Yes No No No"

Michael Beil "Caravan" *


*world premiere

Saturday, 24 October 2020

7:00 pm

Trafostacja Sztuki w Szczecinie

Non-lieux:Nie-miejsca

Trafostacja Sztuki w Szczecinie 

Performance for violin solo and electronics

Colin Roche "La cigarette"

Wojtek Blecharz "Phenotype"

Jorge Sánchez-Chiong "Jupiter Analogs"

Stylianos Dimou "electro foile"

Jorge Sánchez-Chiong "Salt Water"

Piotr Peszat "The dictionary of imaginary places" (premiere)



Piotr Peszat - electronics

Grzegorz Mart - video

Jorge Sánchez-Chiong - electronics



Friday, 2 October 2020

8:00 pm

Biennale Musica Venice


Ensemble Interface 

Biennale di Venezia

Giovanni Verando "Instrumental Freak Show" (Ernst von Siemens Foundation Prize)

Jean-Luc Hervé "De près"


Thursday, 24 September 2020

8:00 pm

Barakuba Bar, Basel


Landscapes No. 1, Concept Store Quartet

First of the long awaited series of concerts in Barakuba, Bar und Bühne in Basel. 

Program is always an experiment!

Sunday, 29 December 2019

6:30 pm

Theater Basel 



ANDERSENS ERZÄHLUNGEN

Jherek Bischoff (Music) and Jan Dvořák (Text) Premiere Production 


Basel Sinfonietta


Tuesday, 12 November 2019

7:30 pm

George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths

Sunday, 3 November 2019

5:30 pm

Essen Philharmony

Ensemble Modern Orchestra

"PASSAGE/PAYSAGE" 

Anton Webern
Variationen für Orchester, op. 30
Morton Feldman
"Coptic Light" für Orchester
Mathias Spahlinger
"passage/paysage" für Orchester

Conductor: Enno Poppe

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

1:00 pm

Leggate Theatre, Liverpool

Ligeti Quartet

Following their success at Open Circuit in March, the London-based Ligeti Quartet return with a programme that features realizations of video- and digital game-based musical scores including University of Liverpool Lecturer in Composition, Music for Digital Games Paul Turowski’s SQ2 (revised version), Maldonado Alvarez’s Traceurs, Takuto Fukada’s Super Colliders, and Johanna Ruotsalainen’s Hysteria.

Thursday, 24 October 2019

7:30 pm

Firth Hall, University of Shafield

Friday, 18 October 2019

7:30 pm

Milton Court, London

Ligeti Quartet

BBC Singers / Judith Weir

Erkki-Sven Tüür
The Wanderer's Evening Song

Olivier Messiaen
Cinq rechants

Judith Weir
blue hills beyond blue hills (BBC commission, world première)

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