18:00
House of Black Heads
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Ensemble of the Estonian Electronic Music Society
Ensemble U:
Kaspar Mänd
Andrus Kallastu
Kris Kuldkepp
Programme:
Udo Kasemets (1919–2014) – Lunharmonics. II. Moon for six sine wave oscillators(1990)
Omar Mark Daniel (b. 1960) – Trio No. 1 for violin, piano, cello: I mvt (1999)
Ilmar Laaban (1921–2000) – Der Rhododendrongeist for three voices (1982)
Jüri Reinvere (b. 1971) – Ricordanza for flute (2012)
Kristi Allik (b. 1952) – Machine Symphony (excerpt, 2000)
Kris Kuldkepp (b. 1993) – Improvisation
Elma Miller (b. 1954) – udok asem ets for choir (1988)
Over time, many people have left Estonia, including composers and musicians. During the years of the Iron Curtain, connections with the outside world were fragile; music created by authors of Estonian descent living abroad did not reach Estonia and remains largely unknown here to this day. Today’s concert helps to fill these gaps, as ensembles from the Estonian Centre of Contemporary Music perform music by the Estonian diaspora spanning several decades.
The Estonian Centre for Contemporary Music (MTÜ Eesti Nüüdismuusikakeskus) was founded in 2021 with the goal of developing and promoting contemporary music. The centre brings together Estonia’s key contemporary music organisations and units and is a partner of the UNESCO City of Music Tallinn programme. The centre has become an important platform and support system for the renewal and growth of the contemporary music field.
The concert will be followed by a panel discussion at the Estonian Centre of Contemporary Music titled “Freedom, Boundaries, and Sounds: The Paths of Estonian Contemporary Music in the World.”