The ULYSSES network supports several emerging European ensembles, programming concerts where a new repertoire is promoted, thanks to commissions and reruns.

Black Page Orchestra is an ensemble founded in Vienna in 2014 for radical and uncompromising music of our times. Named after Frank Zappa’s “The Black Page”, known for its dense notes, the ensemble has set significant new aesthetic impulses in the Viennese music scene in its 10 years of existence. Numerous composers, whose works are at the interface of music, technology and media art, were introduced by the ensemble to the local audience for the first time. In addition to numerous guest performances (Märzmusik Berlin, Warsaw Autumn, PAN Seoul, Wien Modern, i.a.), the ensemble also has its own concert series in Musikverein Vienna since 2020.

Alessandro Baticci, flute / Florian Fennes, saxophone / Ruben Mattia Santorsa, e-guitar / Alfredo Ovalles, piano / Eland Behkam, piano / Igor Gross, percussion / Kaja Farszky, percussion

DATE AND PLACE

12 October 2024, Fabra i Coats – Fàbrica de Creació de Barcelona

PROGRAMME

Chaya Czernowin (IL): Black Flowers, 5’

Jung An Tagen (AT): Halucinatio  – 10’

Simon Bahr (DE): Miniatura (2024), 2’

Matthias Kranebitter (AT): Combative Music And Its Algorithmic Demystification, 12’

Isandro Ojeda (Andalucía): New Work, 10’

Yifan Guo (CN): Miniatura, 2’

Pierre Jodlowski (FR), Vanitas, 15’

Photo from Black Page Orchestra website

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