release IREM 2004
RELEASE
Results of the 10th International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music
The 10th International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (IREM) took place in Rome, May 10-13, 2004, hosted by RAI Radio3 and the Italian electroacoustic music federation CEMAT.
The biennial IREM was initiated in 1984 by the International Confederation for Electroacoustic Music (ICEM) and the International Music Council which sign also responsible for its organisation. The Rostrum's purpose is to make known internationally important works of electroacoustic music by fostering the exchange of works between broadcasting organisations. For example, works chosen at the preceding IREM (2002) received more than 200 broadcasts and were also presented in concert.
This year's IREM was chaired by Gianni Trovalusci, representative of CEMAT, and gathered representatives of 26 broadcasting organisations and 10 national federations of electroacoustic music, which presented 69 recordings of works of electroacoustic music. After the listening sessions, the assembly of delegates selected and recommended the most important ones among the works listened to - in the general and "young composers" category ; these and other works will be broadcast after the Rostrum by the participating and other interested radio stations as well as presented in concerts.
In the general category, Monada 3 (2003) for voice, piano and computer by Polish composer Cezary Duchnowski (born 1971) was selected by the delegates as most outstanding; Polish Radio producer Marek Zwyrzykowski had presented it. The monadas represent a series of studies concerned with the search for new music quality using modern means of expression. In his quest for deeper interference in the sound matter, the composer uses the open potential offered by the computer to find a new image of the elementary properties of music, freed of the burden of non-music contents. "Apart from filling out the respective time and space with sound, the instruments themselves can also be "composed", so to speak. Such a situation allows to associating oneself with the essence of music. It allows the shaping of its starting-off point and at the same time its sound, which in itself has an individual character. It is the sound that constitutes the inseparable substance of which music is built; it is - like Leibniz's monada - closed outer space but simultaneously strong enough to create superior beings." (C. D.)
The End (2004) for cello and electronics by the young Slovak composer Rudolf Pepucha (1975) was selected as most worthy for worldwide broadcasting in the "young composers" category; it had been presented by Juraj Duris, Director of the Centre for Electroacoustic and Computer Music at Slovak Radio. After his graduation at Zilina Conservatory, Rudolf Pepucha continues composition studies at the Bratislava Music Academy. His main compositional interest is in electroacoustic music and experimental music drama. The End explores interaction between pitch, timbre and rhythm. Thinking about those three fundamental perceptual poles of music as interlocked and interdependent sources of the musical process was the basic idea at the beginning of composition.
In addition to the selected works, four other works by Benjamin De La Fuente, João Pedro Oliveira, Annette Van De Gorne and Trevor Wishart were recommended for broadcasting by all participants as well as for presentation in concert.
As in the past, the European Broadcasting Union has lent its distribution, promotion and logistic assistance to the IREM. The event also benefitted from UNESCO support. On the occasion of the Rostrum, RAI and CEMAT staged two concerts featuring Italian electroacoustic music.
Works presented at the IREM were previously selected by participating radio producers and/or national federations of ICEM.
| CATEGORIE GENERALE / GENERAL CATEGORY | |
| OEUVRE SELECTIONNEE / SELECTED WORK | |
|---|---|
| Cezary DUCHNOWSKI(1971, Pologne) | MONADA 3 |
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Production: Polish Radio Experimental Studio, composer's studio, Academy of Music Wroclaw |
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| OEUVRES RECOMMANDEES / RECOMMENDED WORKS | |
| Benjamin De La Fuente(1969, France) Production: IMEB/Bourges Presented by INA-GRM, France |
Le Vertige du Papillon (2003) |
| João Pedro Oliveira(1959, Portugal) Ensemble Cattrall Production: Aveiro, Portugal Presented by Portuguese Radio |
Litania (2003) |
| Annette Van De Gorne(1946, Belgium) Presented by RTBF, Belgium |
Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Est (2003) |
| Trevor Wishart(1946, UK) Production: composer's studio Presented by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg,Germany |
Imago… To See A World In A Grain Of Sand (2002) |
| CATEGORIE DES COMPOSITEURS DE MOINS DE 30 ANS COMPOSERS UNDER 30 CATEGORY |
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| OEUVRES SELECTIONNEES / SELECTED WORKS | |
|---|---|
| Rudolf PEPUCHA(1975, Slovakia) | THE END |
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Production: Privat Studio and Experimental Studio of Slovak Radio |
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