Melos-Étos 2024

The 17th year of the international contemporary music festival Melos-Étos will take place from November 7-14, 2024 in Bratislava, with the exception of the opening concert, which will be in Košice. The dramaturgy of the festival, whose main goal is the presentation of high-quality works from contemporary music, offers 7 concerts, more than 40 contemporary works, most of which will be heard in the Slovak premiere. The festival will also present three works in the world premiere.

More than 100 performers from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, South Korea, Hungary and other countries will perform at the concerts. The program includes symphonic opuses, chamber ensemble music, chamber works for traditional casts by 34 composers. The main event of the festival will be a recital by the star French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. The opening concert will take place in the Košice Kunsthalle in cooperation with the Košice State Philharmonic, the rest of the festival will continue in the Moyzes Hall in Bratislava and the final concert will be performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Great Concert Studio.

You can buy tickets in the Ticketportal network.
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PROGRAMME:
Thursday 7 November 2024 / 19:00 / Kunsthalle Košice
STATE PHILHARMONIA OF KOŠICE
Marián LEJAVA – conductor
Adam SVITAČ – guitar

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony for wind instruments
Justė Janulytė: Unanimus*
Pavol Malovec: Concerto for guitar, string orchestra and percussion instruments **
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question
Rufus Isabel Elliot: the stones in the river by our camp in the forest*
Giacinto Scelsi: I Presagi
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FAMA Q
David DANEL – 1st violin
Roman HRANIČKA – 2nd violin
Ondřej MARTINOVKÝ – viola
Balázs ADORJÁN – cello

Jakub Rataj: Second Breath*
Anton Steinecker: 5th String Quartet**
Steve Reich: WTC 9/11*
Ondřej Adámek: Rapid Eye Movements*
Georg Friedrich Haas: String Quartet No. 5
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Sunday 10/11/2024 / 19:00 / Moyzesova się
TRIO CATCH
Martin ADÁMEK – clarinets
Eva BOESCH – cello
Sun-Young NAM – piano

Vito Žuraj: Chrysanthemum*
Helena Cánovas Parés: una mica de cosa de no res*
Beat Furrer: Aer*
Helmut Lachenmann: Allegro sostenuto*
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Monday 11/11/2024 / 19:00 / Moyzes Hall
Pierre-Laurent AIMARD – piano

Marco Stroppa: Miniature Estrose*
George Benjamin: Shadowlines - six canonic preludes*
Rebecca Saunders: To An Utterance - Study*
Pierre Boulez: Sonata for piano no. 1
György Kurtág: Quiet Dialogue
Hommage à Georg Kröll
...just so...
...the dog...
Dialogue - Varga Bálint 70< br/> ...for Heinz…
Passio sine nomine
Ligatura for Márta
György Ligeti: Galamb borong
Fém
Cordes à vide
L' escalier du diable
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Tuesday 12/11/2024 / 19:00 / Moyzes Hall
UMZE ENSEMBLE
Jean-Philippe WURTZ – conductor

Ármin Cservenák: Spring*
Jana Kmiťová: sie fuhr in die nacht*
Péter Eötvös: Fermata*
Francesco Filidei: Ballata No. 2*
Peter Javorka: sans Marteau et sans Maître**
Márton Illés: Forajzok*
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Wednesday 13/11/2024 / 19:00 / Moyzes Hall
FORUM VOIX ETOUFFÉES – Orchester Les Métamorphoses

György Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Pavel Haas: Wind Quintet Op. 10
György Ligeti: Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg*
Hans Winterberg: Sudeten-Suite*
Arnold Schönberg: Kammersymphonie Nr. 1 Op. 9 E major
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Thursday 14 November 2024 / 19:00 / Large concert studio of the Slovak Radio
SLOVAK RADIO SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA
Konstantin ILIEVSKY – conductor
Martin RUMAN – viola
Katarína PAĽOVÁ – piano
Helga VARGA BACH – vocals

Anton Webern: Passacaglia op. 1
Dai Fujikura: Wayfinder*
Jan Klusák: Earthly paradise at a glance*
Tõnu Kõrvits: Safra*
Luciano Berio: Folk songs
Helmut Lachenmann: Marche fatale*
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*Slovak premiere
**world premiere


Change of program and performers reserved.
More information about the program at www.melosetos.sk