Musica, international festival of today's music
Festival poster
- from: 20.09.2008
- to: 04.10.2008
- In: Strasbourg
Contemporary music, musical shows, operas, jazz, rock
agenda
20th September to 4th October 2008
Practical
Various locations in Strasbourg: European parliament, Rhine Palace, Palais de la Musique et des Congres, Cité de la Musique et de la Danse
The festival's aim is to present the most significant works of the 20th century, rich in musical creations…while highlighting the new generation of artists, composers and performers.
In 2008, Musica is celebrating twenty five years of production in Alsace. Karheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) and Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) are two of the figureheads.
Wolfgang Mitterer (1958), Pascal Dusapin (1955), Gyorgy Kurtag (1926), Heiner Goebbels (1952) and Stefano Gervasoni (1962) speak and sing to us with words borrowed from Marlowe, Monteverdi, Kafka, T.S. Eliot, Blanchot, Beckett, Camoes as well as those of the fado where the knowledgeable dispute the passions and rumours of the world; its violence as well as its melancholic nostalgia.
The works of these seven composers consitute the backbone of a rich event with close links and a wide overview where the programe, from its great orchestral battles ("Gruppen", "La Transfiguration") to an original series of organ concerts, combines benchmark performances with the most youthful of vitalities.
So, in 2008 Musica continues with its European beliefs and commitment, its groundwork for young production and its loyalty to now recognised composers while highlighting the ambitious maturity of a living French school. The creations of Hugues Dufourt, Jacques Lenot, Christophe Bertrand, Bruno Mantovani and Pascal Dusapin are proof of its diversity.
Notably, the programme features:
• "Gruppen", "Vertigo", "Extenso" by the Liège Wallonia Philharmonic Orchestra/Brussels (Pascal Rophé)
• Olivier Messiaen, by the Radio Filarmonisch Orkest & Groot OmroepKoor
• "Massacre", by Wolfgang Mitterer, by Ludovic Lagarde
• Saturday contemporary youth creation
• Coriolys Quintette
• "Stimmung", by Karlheinz Stockhausen, by the Neue Vocalsolisten
Supported by:
• SACEM
• The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation
• The Réseau Varèse, European network for musical production and distribution and the European Union as part of its Culture 2000, action 2 programme
• The European Cultural Season, organised by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affaires and the Ministry for Culture and Communication with the support of the Secretary General of the French Presidency of the European Union and implemented by Culturesfrance
• The Austrian Consulate General in Strasbourg
• The French authors rights society (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques - SACD)
• The Fund for Musical Creation (FCM)
• Arte
• Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace
• France 3 Alsace
• France Musique
• Télérama
• Polystyrène
- Updated: 16.09.2008
