KAMPNAGEL tandem residenzen: STUDIO NOCLIP x NEKO3
STUDIO NOCLIP x NEKO3
MUNDOMÁGIX
https://kampnagel.de/en/productions/tandem-residenzen-nordwind-2024
TRANSITIONS
TRANSITIONS
cresc... Biennale für aktuelle Musik Frankfurt Rhein Main
Po-Chien Liu: Schattierung (2024) (World premiere)
Sunghyun Lee: Jardin des Insectes Fous pour 13 Instrumentistes (2024) (World premiere)
Yann Robin: Übergang II (2018) (German premiere)
- Pause -
Alexander Schubert: Angel Death Traps (2021-2023) (World premiere)
IEMA-Ensemble 2023/24 | NEKO3
cresc... wird ermöglicht durch den Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain. Ein Projekt im Rahmen des Ulysses Netzwerkes. Das Projekt wird durch das Creative Europe Programme der Europäischen Union unterstützt. Im Rahmen des Masterstudiengangs "Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie - Contemporary Music Performance" an der Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt (HfMDK).
Mads Emil Dreyer: Disappearer
Releasekoncert med NEKO3 og Michaela Hansen
Til februar udgiver komponist Mads Emil Dreyer sit debutalbum Disappearer på Dacapo Records! Kom og lyt til en nyskabende stemme i dansk musik, når ensemblet NEKO3 og fløjtenisten Michaela Hansen sammen med Dreyer selv opfører albummets fire værker.
I sine værker kombinerer Mads Emil Dreyer akustiske instrumenter og live-elektronik. Musikken skabes i øjeblikket, når Dreyer selv live-sampler lyden af de akustiske instrumenter, så de to lydkilder blander sig og grænserne mellem det akustiske og elektroniske synes at opløses. Resultat er et minimalistisk og roligt lydbillede, som vi glæder os til at opleve i Koncertkirkens smukke rammer.
Koncerten var ca. en time og der er fri entré. Efter koncerten byder Dacapo Records på et glas vin.
Disappearer udkommer på alle streamingtjenester den 2. februar og som limited edition LP
Udgivelsen er støttet af Dansk Musiker Forbund, Dansk Artist Forbund, Sonning-Fonden, KODA’s Udgivelsespulje, Solistforeningen og Solistforbundet.
This February, composer Mads Emil Dreyer is releasing his debut album Disappearer with Dacapo Records! Join us and listen to an innovative new voice in Danish music, when the ensemble NEKO3 and flutist Michaela Hansen together with Dreyer himself is performing the four works from the album.
In his works, Mads Emil Dreyer is combining acoustic instruments with live electronics. The music is created in the moment when Dreyers himself is live-sampling the sounds of the acoustic instruments, closely interlacing the two sound sources and blurring the boundaries between acoustic and electronic sound. The result is a calm and minimalistic music, which we’re excited to experience the beautiful Koncertkirken.
The concert is approximately one hour long and admission is free. After the concert, Dacapo Records offers a glass of wine.
Disappearer will be released on all streaming services 2 February and as a limited edition vinyl
The release is generously supported by Dansk Musiker Forbund, Dansk Artist Forbund, Sonning-Fonden, KODA’s Udgivelsespulje, Solistforeningen and Solistforbundet.
NEKO.Lab: micro-workshop concert #2
Join us for a cozy concert-turned-Christmas lunch aka. the second edition of NEKO3's Micro-workshop concerts <3
In early 2023 we selected four composers/artists (or groups thereof) to participate in the 2023 Micro-workshop. Throughout the year we've held workshops with each of them, molding their ideas together to be presented on stage at the end of the year. And the time is night: find your way to KoncertKirken on December 8th for an extravaganza filled with movies, DIY instruments, Maneki-Nekos and hyper-pop!!
The evening will begin with a concert showing the end results of the raw musical ideas the artists and us worked on together, which is followed by a delicious dinner, a casual discussion with the composers, and cozy hanging-out. It's the perfect time of the year to participate in your NEKO3 family event - see you there
🐈 TIME & PLACE 🐈
Friday the 8th of December 2023, Concert Church (Copenhagen)
🐈 SCHEDULE 🐈
19:00 concert
20:30ish eating together
21:30 discussing with composers
🐈 FEATURED COMPOSERS & ARTISTS 🐈
*Nanna Lysdahl Sogaard & Pernille Kaufmann
*Fabio Macchiavelli
*Tianyu Zou
*ONLY SLIME (Claudia Cox & Tobi Pfeil)
sound engineer: Mikael Tobias
producer: Erica Giacoletto
poster designer: Alessandro Ripane
🐈 FOOD & DRINKS 🐈
We will serve a menu of delicious vegan food (specifics tba). You can buy a concert ticket with or without the dinner. If you have any allergies, inform us by email at neko3cph@gmail.com by 1.12.2023 at the latest.
Moreover, the bar of the venue will be open throughout the evening.
🐈 TICKETS 🐈
https://billetto.dk/e/neko3-la...
🐈 Ticket prices 🐈
*concert ticket with dinner, adult - DKK 100
*concert ticket with dinner, discount (students, pensioners etc.) - DKK 50
*concert ticket, adult - DKK 100
*concert ticket, discount - DKK 50
🐈 FINANCIAL SUPPORT 🐈
We are utterly grateful for the Statens Kunstfond / Den Unge Kunstneriske Elite, Dansk Musiker Forbund, KODA, Gramex, Solistforeningen af 1921, Dansk Komponistforening, Art Music Denmark, Copenhagen Municipality and SC Van Fonden for supporting the project.
impuls MinuteConcerts
impuls MinuteConcerts
Walk through Galleries with Music
PROGRAMM ab 17:30 Uhr im HDA
Konzert + Ausstellung "Fortschritt durch Wohnbau"
Concert + Exhibition Innovation through Residential Construction. In search of groundbreaking forms of housing and building methods
VanProject
Improvisation, 10 min.
VanProject: Maria Muñoz sound and movement, Cristina Arcos Cano sound and movement
François Sarhan
Situations (2008-2015): No. 7: Imagination, 3 min. | No. 17: If you don't own, 2 min.
Duo Schwing: Émilie Fortin performer, Gabo Champagne performer
Jeppe Ernst
apoteose (sang l-lll) (2019), 15. min.
NEKO3: Fei Nie performer, Kalle Hakosalo performer, Lorenzo Colombo performer
NEKO3 @ Open Music Graz
PROGRAMM
Marcela Lucatelli The Other Heading (2021)
Simon Løffler e (2014-2017)
Xavier Bonfill three_four_maybe (2020-2021)
Alexander Schubert Angel Death Traps (selected songs) (2021-22)
NEKO3 ist ein in Kopenhagen ansässiges Ensemble für zeitgenössische Musik, das aus drei Mitgliedern besteht: der Pianistin Fei Nie und den beiden Schlagzeugern Lorenzo Colombo und Kalle Hakosalo. Das Ensemble arbeitet an der Entwicklung einer neuen musikalischen Sprache und eines neuen Repertoires. Zwischen akustischer und elektronischer Musik angesiedelt, entwickelt NEKO3 für jedes Konzert eine Geschichte und ein Konzept und macht es so zu einem einzigartigen Erlebnis für das Publikum. NEKO3 arbeitet kontinuierlich mit Komponisten zusammen, um neue Werke in Auftrag zu geben und zur Uraufführung zu bringen, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf dem Zusammenspiel von Bildern, elektronischen Geräten, Videos und Licht liegt und versucht, Musik, visuelle Kunst, Installationen und Körperperformance in ein konzeptionelles Ganzes zu integrieren.
Seit seiner Gründung 2017 ist NEKO3 auf Festivals wie Dark Music Days (IS), PlayTime Festival (CH), Kammer Klang (UK), Copenhagen Light Festival (DK), Klang Festival (DK), Sound of Stockholm (SE) und Spor Festival (DK) aufgetreten. Außerdem waren die drei Musiker als Solisten des multidisziplinären Concerto grosso „Yes for No“ von Xavier Bonfill mit dem Danish National Symphony Orchestra und der Aarhus Sinfonietta zu hören. Sie haben Workshops und Präsentationen u. a. an der Königlich Dänischen Musikakademie (DK), der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (DE) und der Kungliga Musikhögskolan (SE) gegeben. Im Jahr 2018 nahm das Ensemble darüber hinaus seine erste EP mit Musik des dänischen Komponisten Jeppe Just Christensen auf und veröffentlichte 2020 seine zweite EP mit Musik von Mads Emil Dreyer. Seit 2019 ist der renommierte zeitgenössische Musiker Antoine Françoise betreuender Mentor von NEKO3. Aktuell stehen Auftritte unter anderem beim Korvat Auki Verband (FI), Unerhörte Musik (DE), GAS Festival (SE) und Spor Festival (DK) am Programm. Darüber hinaus wird das Trio mit Komponisten wie Alexander Schubert, Sofie Meyer und Gianluca Iadema sowie verschiedenen jungen dänischen und internationalen Komponisten im Rahmen ihrer NEKO.Lab Mikro-Workshop-Initiative zusammenarbeiten.
Bei „open music“ gastiert NEKO3 auch im Rahmen des impuls Festivals mit freundlicher Unterstützung der KUG sowie als Young Ensemble in Residence des durch das Creative Europe Programme of the European Union geförderten Ulysses Netzwerks, dessen Associate Partner „open music“ mit einigen Projekten 2023 und 2024 ist.
Ein herzlicher Dank für die freundliche Unterstützung ergeht darüber hinaus auch an Art Music Denmark und Statens Kunstfond. The Danish composer society, KODA, ernst von siemens.
NEKO.Lab: micro-workshop Concert #1
It's time to celebrate the first two seasons of NEKO3's micro-workshops with young, up-and-coming composers with an event as cozy and laid-back the workshops themselves! On the first day of winter we will host a evening centering around some of the past years' composers: David Carrillo, Anne Teikari, Anton Lindström & Sofie Meyer. The evening will begin with a concert showing the end results of the raw musical ideas the composers and us worked on together, which is followed by a dinner, some casual discussing with the composers, and cozy hanging-out. It’s the perfect time of the year to participate in your NEKO3-family event - see you there
TIME & PLACE Thursday the 1st of December 2022, KoncertKirken (Copenhagen)
SCHEDULE
19:00 concert
20:00 eating together
20:40 chatting with composers, hanging out & eating more
PROGRAM
Anton Linström : birdstone
Anne Teikari : Jakob
David Carrillo : Abax
Sofie Meyer : Lunar
FOOD & DRINKS The catering will be done by Kate's Joint, and will feature a delicious selection of vegetarian and vegan food
You can buy a concert ticket with or without the dinner. Moreover, the bar of the venue will be open throughout the evening.
TICKET PRICES ———— get them on Billetto or by the door
Concert +dinner (adult) - 150 DKK
Concert +dinner, (student) - 100 DKK
Concert ticket (adult) - 100 DKK
Concert ticket (student) - 50 DKK
We would like to extend our gratitude towards all the funds in supporting this initiative.
NEKO3 @ MODERNE MANDAG 2022
Modtager af Musikanmelderringens Kunstnerpis 2022 er Ensemble NEKO3, der fik en forrygende start med sin debutkoncert i 2017 i Københavns Literaturhaus, fulgt op med koncerter i 2018, bl.a. på Københavns Sonic Festival med fire stjerner og disse ord med på vejen fra Politiken: "En ambitiøs og tiltrængt tilføjelse til dette lands avantgarde musikscene" - "et skønt ensemble, der sætter lys (og lyd) på en særlig gren af kompositionsmusikken, hvor lyd og billede og performance arbejder sammen". Drevet af en glubende appetit parret med nysgerrighed og uforfærdet mod har trioen kastet sig ud i de største musikalske udfordringer, og det der begyndte som en tilfældighed er på kort tid blevet et eventyr. NEKO3 har bestilt og uropført flere værker af den helt unge komponistgeneration, men har også fokus på den centraleuropæiske modernisme.
Koncerten er NEKO3s tredje Moderne Mandag, og den byder på dansk førsteopførelse af tyske Alexander Schubert, bestilt af NEKO 3, og en ny version af danske Gunnar Bergs modernistklassiker Random.
NEKO 3
Fei Nie klaver og synthesizer
Kalle Hakosalu slagtøj
Lorenzo Colombo slagtøj
PROGRAM
Alexander Schubert Sang fra Angle Death Traps Dansk førsteopførelse
Gunnar Berg Random version for synthesizer, to slagtøj og video (1968)
supported by the danish composer society and koda, art music denmark, ernst von siemens musikstifung
NEKO3 @ Unerhörte Musik
Auch als Live-Stream:
https://youtu.be/_d21-l8Pfz8
Marcela Lucatelli
The Other Heading (2021)
for three performers and objects UA
Simon Løffler
e (2014-17)
for three performers, lights and triangle
Alexander Schubert
Selected songs from: Angel Death Traps (2021-22) UA
Das Kopenhagener Ensemble NEKO3 bringt bei seinem ersten Auftritt in Deutschland eine Auswahl von Werken dänischer und deutscher Komponisten auf die Bühne. Die Stücke sind entweder für/mit dem Ensemble entstanden oder wurden in enger Zusammenarbeit mit den Komponisten erarbeitet. Das Ergebnis ist ein persönliches künstlerisches Porträt, das ein breites Spektrum an Ästhetik umfasst, von Performance Art über Post-Instrumentalismus bis hin zu elektronischer Musik.
supported by the danish composer society and koda, art music denmark, ernst von siemens musikstifung
NEKO3 @ GAS-festival
Program
Marcela Lucatelli: The Other Heading
Simon Løffler: e
Alexander Schubert: vertex hand
supported by the danish composer society and koda, art music denmark, ernst von siemens musikstifung
NEKO3 x Korvat Auki: Composition Workshop & Concert
Time: 30.5.2022
Ticket: Free of charge
Organiser(s): korvat auki & NEKO3
Copenhagen-based ensemble NEKO3 is visiting Helsinki and together with Korvat auki, hosting open workshops and a concert on Monday 30.5. NEKO3 is a contemporary music ensemble consisting of three members: pianist Fei Nie and two percussionists Lorenzo Colombo and Kalle Hakosalo. The ensemble is working towards the creation of a new musical language and repertoire. Placed between acoustic and electronic music, NEKO3 builds a narrative and concept for each concert and thereby making it a unique experience for the audience.
During this spring, 3 composers from Korvat auki, selected through an open call, have been creating new works for NEKO3. We invite everyone to follow how the ensemble and the composers workshop these new works in the open workshops on Monday 30.5. from 10 to 15. The collaboration of Korvat auki and NEKO3 culminates with an outstanding concert on Monday at 19:00, where the ensemble – alongside the new works created especially for this occasion – will also be performing extended music works by Marcela Lucatelli, Alexander Schubert and Simon Loffler. Join us for these laid-back events at Kalliosali, free admission to the workshops and the concert.
10:00-15:00
3 workshops open to the public
10:00 Anne Teikari
11:15 Olli Moilanen
12:15 Open lunch with composers & NEKO3, feel free to join!
14:00 Juuso Kontiola
19:00-21:30
Concert: new works by and discussions with Korvat auki composers Anne Teikari, Olli Moilanen, Juuso Kontiola + works by Marcela Lucatelli, Simon Loffler & Alexander Schubert
Photo: ©Konsfoto
XAVIER BONFILL (DEBUT)
Xavier Bonfill makes his debut from the Soloist Class in Composition. On the program, some recent pieces, plus a brand new 40 minute piece. Music for synthesizers, prepared piano, solenoids, percussion, saxophone, video, LED lights...
2x2 (2020) with Anja Nedremo & Kalle Hakosalo
three_four_maybe (2020-21) with NEKO3: Fei Nie, Kalle Hakosalo, Lorenzo Colombo
(the.whole.picture) (2021-22) with haknam: Anja Nedremo, Fei Nie, Lorenzo Colombo, Xavier Bonfill visuals: Antonio Martínez
Dansk:
Komponist Xavier Bonfill debuterer fra DKDM’s solistklasse med blandede værker for akustiske og elektroniske instrumenter, midi controllere samt præpareret flygel og trommesæt. Uropførelse af værket (the.whole.picture) der er blevet til i tæt samarbejde med musikerne.
Program
2x2 (2020)
Anja Nedremo, Kalle Hakosalo
three_four_maybe (2020-21)
NEKO3 (Fei Nie, Kalle Hakosalo, Lorenzo Colombo)
(the.whole.picture) (2021-22) uropførelse
haknam (Anja Nedremo, Fei Nie, Lorenzo Colombo, Xavier Bonfill)
Livestream: https://youtu.be/CSQrGUsVK0E
VÍDDIR @ SPOR Festival
Genre
Concert with Bara Gisladottir (IS)
To sum up
Through VÍDDIR Bara Gisladottir presents a special sonic landscape.
Want to know more?
VÍDDIR gives us a special sonic landscape. A landscape where the different textures surrounding us and the different dimensions that exist are at the center. With the sound of nine flutes, three percussion instruments, a bass guitar and a double bass, VÍDDIR merges all elements and makes them one.
INFORMATION:
Venue: Skt. Lukas Kirke
Time: the 28th of April at 19.30 o´clock
Duration: 60 minutter
TICKETS:
Prica: (Standard) 120 kr. + fee
(Under 30 years) 60 kr. + fee
Credits
Idea and execution: Bara Gisladottir
Photographer: Juliette Rowland
Bass Flute: Björg Brjánsdóttir
Bass Flute: Marie Sønderskov
Bass Flute: Flavia Huarachi
Bass Flute: Sofia Kayaya
Bass Flute: Mette Hommel Østerlund
Alto Flute: Steinunn Vala Pálsdóttir
Alto Flute: Neus Signes Llinares
Flute: María Ösp Ómarsdóttir
Piccolo: Toril Vik
NEKO3: Fei Nie, Kalle Hakosalo, Lorenzo Colombo
Bass Guitar: Skúli Sverrisson
Double Bass: Bára Gísladóttir
About Bara Gisladottir
Bara Gisladottir (IS, 1989) is composer and double bassist living in Copenhagen. Her pieces are generally based on the idea of sound as a living being. She has studied compositionat Iceland Academy of the Arts, The Milan Conservatory of Music and The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Her music has been performed all over the world by ensembles and orchestras such as Athelas Sinfonietta, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Recherche. She has received the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Award, Gladsaxe Music Award, Léonie Sonning Talent Award and Reykjavík Grapevine Music Award.
NEKO3 @ PULSAR 2022
Entré
Gratis adgang (1000 pladser i salen, det er ikke muligt at reservere). Dørene åbnes 45 minutter inden koncertstart. Garderobeafgift: 10 kr.
Åbningskoncert med crossovertrioen NEKO3.
Trioen arbejder med lys, video og elektronik, og ved koncerten uropføres værker af Cornelia Karlsson, Rob Durnin og Tzu-Hsuan Chen.
Program:
Marcela Lucatelli : The Other Heading
Cornelia Karlsson : KÅRÅNAPARTY *
Tzu-Hsuan Chen : Spell *
Rob Durnin : Suite *
Alexander Schubert : vertex hand
* premiere
NEKO3 x Copenhagen Light Festival
NEKO3 x COPENHAGEN LIGHT FESTIVAL
Program:
Mads Emil Dreyer: Lys 4
Alessandro Perini: Polifonia Liquida
Simon Løffler: e
NEKO3’s work is not limited to the simple conception of a given program, but extends to the meaningful work of research and development in collaboration with the composers, trying to inspire them and integrating them to the central features of the work of the ensemble. "NEKO3 x Light" features light as its central theme and medium, with works by both younger and more established composers, in order to illuminate the new currents of the new music scene via an international perspective. Stylistically, the works point in many directions, but overall form a good picture of the great diversity of new compositional music.
NEKO3 Debut Concert @ Playtime Festival (CH) 2022
Marcela Lucatelli: The Other Heading
Remy Siu: New notations for [3] players
Xavier Bonfill: three_four_maybe
Simon Løffler: e
Alexander Schubert: vertex hand
NEKO3 @ Sound of Stockholm
Event link from Sound of Stockholm
Program
-Marcela LucatellI: The Other Heading (2021)
-Jeppe Ernst: apoteose (2019)
-Alexander Schubert: vertex hand (2021)
-Xavier Bonfill: three_four_maybe (2021)
NEKO3 x 'stay with me' @ OFFBEAT festival (Copenhagen)
NEKO3 x 'stay with me'
For the Ekkozone Offbeats festival NEKO3 presents two concerts of varied program by modern-day composers, both works written specifically for the ensemble and others worked on in close collaboration with their creators. The focus has been laid on the composer and the ensemble functioning as a unity, blending artistic research with a profound interest in inter-human connections. Such is the uniting theme - up close and personal. Over the two concerts the ensemble will be met with a variety of multimedia effects like visual art, game engines, lights and electronics. Apart from Alexander Schubert's 'vertex hand' as the repertorial uniting factor of the two concerts, works will be presented by Marcela Lucatelli and Xavier Bonfill
link: OFFBEAT
Marcela Lucatelli: The Other Heading (2021)
Xavier Bonfill: three_four_maybe (2020-2021)
Alexander Schubert: vertex hand (2021) *
*live version premiere, arranged by NEKO3.
About Xavier Bonfill
Xavier Bonfill is a Catalan composer and performer living in Copenhagen. His artistic output encompasses works for traditional instruments, electronics, video and other multimedia formats such as interactive websites and apps. In his works, a form of dialogue between different media and art forms is created between text, images, acoustic and electronic sound. Duality, opposition and even contradiction are a characteristic of his aesthetics: where the poetic is set against the immediately superficial, the extravagant against the intimate, the crooked against the naive.
About Marcela Lucatelli
Marcela Lucatelli can already be hailed as one of the most innovative vocalists and composers of her generation. Born in Brazil and based in Denmark, Marcela has earned international recognition for her extremely original, sensuous and politically charged performance works. Her works have been premiered at diverse festivals and international events such as Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Nordic Music Days, KLANG, Copenhagen Jazz Festival and All Ears Festival for Improvised Music.
About Alexander Schubert
Alexander Schubert studied bioinformatics, multimedia composition. He’s a professor at the Musikhochschule Hamburg. Schubert’s interest explores the border between the acoustic and electronic world. In music composition, immersive installation and staged pieces he examines the interplay between the digital and the analogue. He creates pieces that realize test settings or interaction spaces that question modes of perception and representation. Continuing topics in this field are authenticity and virtuality. The influence and framing of digital media on aesthetic views and communication is researched in a post-digital perspective. Recent research topics in his works were virtual reality, artificial intelligence and online-mediated artworks. Schubert is a founding member of ensembles such as “Decoder“. His works have been performed more than 700 times in the last few years by numerous ensembles in over 30 countries.
NEKO.Lab : micro-workshop #4 ft. Connor McLean
In order to be able to keep a fresh mind and to think ahead and build a better connection with younger composers and artists, we introduce a new concept for our recently-established NEKO.Lab initiative: micro-workshops. Our fourth micro-workshop takes place on 15.-16.9. and features the American composer Connor McLean.
Connor's website: https://connor-mclean.com/
For reference, check out our micro-workshop #3 ft. Sofie Meyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ0VVNxKrhw
Live-stream SCHEDULE on the 16th of September
17:00 open rehearsal
17:55 break
18:00 talk
18:55 break
19:00 first performance of the draft
19:05 feedback session with Connor & NEKO3
19:25 second performance of the draft
19:30 Q&A / answering audience questions,
19:50 third performance of the draft
19:55 closing remarks
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Info about NEKO.Lab : micro-workshops
Each year our micro-workshops will feature a diverse, equality-respecting collection of young composers mainly still in the midst of their studies. Each workshop lasts for 2 days and circles around a micro-piece of 3-5min in duration, or a draft. It can be a technique or an idea for which the composer simply needs musicians, or a draft of a piece specifically written for our ensemble and has potential to become an “actual” commission in the future. The composer will submit a score/draft slightly before the first session and will then work it privately with us on the first day. The second workshop day will be a session open to the public (physically and via social media channels) to have a closer look at the process. At the end of the second day we will perform the result to the audience. The performance will be arranged like a pop-up concert and repeated multiple times during a time frame of a couple of hours so that people can walk in and catch the performance as many times as they want. Based on our experience in working with composers over the past few years we have come to the realisation that the active participation of musicians in the creative process is of high importance for composers. Throughout the process composers will carry many of their doubts with them, and each process will differ from the conception to the actual realisation. But if it was that the composers and performers were open to engage in a dialogue throughout the process and conduct preliminary experiments with some ideas, occasionally accepting that some ideas do not work would be much easier. The composers would be encouraged to find solutions and improvements in an early stage of the composition which would greatly benefit the future work, whereas the musicians would gain a whole different understanding about the work and its ideas and would thus be able to perform and work on it on a higher, personal level. We would like to extend our gratitude towards to the Danish Composers' Society for supporting this initiative.
NEKO3 X Portrait @ SPOR festival 2021
Genre
Venue: Godsbanen, Den Rå Hal.
Time: September 9 at 19:00.
Duration: 60 minutes.
Ticket price: (Standard) 130 Kr. + adm. fee
(Young people under 30) 80 Kr. + adm. fee
Brief and factual
A versatile portrait of NEKO3 as an ensemble, as artists, and as human beings. A family portrait anno 2021.
How it might make you feel
Like being invited into the brains of the musicians.
Program
Marcela Lucatelli: “The Other Heading” PREMIERE
Maryana Lysenko: “Muteness mutation” PREMIERE
Mads Emil Dreyer: “Lys 6” PREMIERE
Remy Siu: “new notations for [3] players”
Xavier Bonfill: “three_four_maybe”
Learn more
NEKO3 has out together a varied program consisting of six pieces written by a series of current composers specifically for NEKO3. Put together the six pieces become a versatile portrait of NEKO3 as an ensemble, as artists, and as human beings. A family portrait anno 2021.
The first half of the program goes straight to the point – up close and personal. The pieces are almost entirely without the use of instruments – just a meeting with the three musicians Fei, Lorenzo and Kalle as human beings; their look, their personality, their perspectives, their feelings put in front of us on stage.
Second half is more abstract however still a portrait. Now focusing on NEKO3 as a unity, showcasing the artistic research and interests of the ensemble. Here we will be met with a variety of multimedia effects like 3D-projections, engines, light and electronic elements.
NEKO.Lab : micro-workshop #3 ft. Sofie Meyer
18th August 14:00 - 17:00 LIVE on NEKO3 YouTube Channel
In order to be able to keep a fresh mind and to think ahead and build a better connection with younger composers and artists, we introduce a new concept for our recently-established NEKO.Lab initiative: micro-workshops. Our micro-workshop #3 takes place on 17.-18.8. and features the Danish composer and violinist Sofie Meyer. She is currently pursuing her masters degree in composition at the Estonian Academy for Music and Theatre under the guidance of Helena Tulve. She has participated in master classes with teachers such as Toshio Hosokawa, Chaya Czernowin and Jānis Petraškevičs. Her works have been performed in various festivals such as Muriad Festival, Commute Festival and the Latvian Music Festival. She is active as an improviser and performer of new music as well as a keen player of traditional music.
“During the micro-workshop I would like to work with distortion in different ways. The sketch is created with gradual and slow transformations off distortion exploring sound synthesis. The sketch is a continuation of a piece of mine called “Which seemed, when dreamed, to mean so profoundly much”. My wish is to prolong the piece into a longer form. When writing it I had the wish to work with substances of sounds. Sound itself being a source of arrival and departure of both the physicality of things and off the utopian dreaming world.
The title I found in Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘The Ghost’s leavetaking’.
‘Enter the chilly no-man's land of precisely
Five o'clock in the morning, the no-color void
Where the waking head rubbishes out the draggled lot
Of sulfurous dreamscapes and obscure lunar conundrums
Which seemed, when dreamed, to mean so profoundly much’
(excerpt from the poem)
Also should be mentioned that the sketch encompasses ideas as well as instructions on how to play. The ideas are marked in pink and these are meant to be played as experiments during the workshop.”
For reference, check out our micro-workshop #2 ft. Athanasia Kotronia: https://youtu.be/qx05GNVO1HU
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Info about NEKO.Lab : micro-workshops
Each year our micro-workshops will feature a diverse, equality-respecting collection of young composers mainly still in the midst of their studies. Each workshop lasts for 2 days and circles around a micro-piece of 3-5min in duration, or a draft. It can be a technique or an idea for which the composer simply needs musicians, or a draft of a piece specifically written for our ensemble and has potential to become an “actual” commission in the future. The composer will submit a score/draft slightly before the first session and will then work it privately with us on the first day. The second workshop day will be a session open to the public (physically and via social media channels) to have a closer look at the process. At the end of the second day we will perform the result to the audience. The performance will be arranged like a pop-up concert and repeated multiple times during a time frame of a couple of hours so that people can walk in and catch the performance as many times as they want. Based on our experience in working with composers over the past few years we have come to the realisation that the active participation of musicians in the creative process is of high importance for composers. Throughout the process composers will carry many of their doubts with them, and each process will differ from the conception to the actual realisation. But if it was that the composers and performers were open to engage in a dialogue throughout the process and conduct preliminary experiments with some ideas, occasionally accepting that some ideas do not work would be much easier. The composers would be encouraged to find solutions and improvements in an early stage of the composition which would greatly benefit the future work, whereas the musicians would gain a whole different understanding about the work and its ideas and would thus be able to perform and work on it on a higher, personal level. We would like to extend our gratitude towards to the Danish Composers' Society for supporting this initiative.
YES FOR NO @ UNM 2021 : Aarhus-(un)common ground
Xavier Bonfill : ‘YES FOR NO’
w. Aarhus Sinfonietta
All Eyes On: NEKO3 x LIGHT
Post-concert online presentation & discussion | NEKO3 X LIGHT
1st of July 2021 | 19:00 (CEST)
Video recording of the concert : NEKO3 x LIGHT
The event will be held online via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/6471141501...
NEKO3 presents a concert with light as its central theme and medium.
The program includes works by young, forward-thinking composers Xavier Bonfill, Remy Siu and the ensemble's own Mads Emil Dreyer, as well as more established names Simon Løffler and Juliana Hodkinson.
With this mix, NEKO3 wants to illuminate the new currents of the new music scene via an international perspective. Stylistically, the works point in many directions, but overall they form a good picture of the great diversity of new compositional music.
NEKO3:
Fei Nie | Kalle Hakosalo | Lorenzo Colombo
Composers:
Remy Siu | Simon Løffler | Juliana Hodkinson | Mads Emil Dreyer | Xavier Bonfill
Organised and hosted by ARTSSS
Logo & Poster designer for NEKO3: Antonio Martinez
NEKO3 x LIGHT
Booking : Tickets
NB: Concert night door opens at 20:21, there will be an installation for the first 20mins, you are welcome to walk around, get a drink by the bar, find a comfy seat, then concert will start at 20:30.
Program:
Remy Siu: new notations - for [3] player (2019/2021) *
Simon Løffler: e (2017)
Juliana Hodkinson: Thresh (2018/2021) **
Mads Emil Dreyer: Lys 4 (2018/2021) ***
Xavier Bonfill: three_four_maybe (2020-2021)
The concert is supported by:
Statens Kunstfond
Københavns Kommune
Dansk Komponist Forening
KODA’s Cultural Funds
ARTSSS
Post Concert talk hosted by ARTSSS, All Eyes On: NEKO3 x LIGHT (online, July 1st, 19:00 ECT)
*Developed by NEKO3 into a 3-dimensional version.
**Developed by NEKO3 into a version with new instrumentation, inspired by Emil Vijgen’s metal string instruments.
***Developed by Mads Emil Dreyer into a three-performer version.