What is going on

15 September 2010

Raquispürún will be premiered by the Maris-Ensemble, who comissioned the piece, at the town hall of the City of Saarbrücken, Germany.

The conception of the sextet is inspired in elements of the ritualistic dance of the Mapuche people, natives of southern Chile. As for us here in Europe, dance is for them a ritual, in which repetition plays an important role. "Pürún" means "dance" in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche people, while "raquis" comes from the Greek ῥάχις and it refers to the concept of "spine" or "backbone". But my piece isn't a dance in a traditional way, although the audience is warmly invited to stand up and dance freely to the music. This unusual "backbone dance" occurs in the sound context of a symmetric harmony with a character rich in contrasts, sometimes quite agressive and sometimes extremely gentle.

The concert is part of the Saarbrücker Sommermusik Festival and will begin at 8 PM of Wednesday, September 15th. Admission is free.

27 August 2010

Lecture: Symmetric Relations between Colors and Sounds

Is there a universal correlation between colors and sounds? Researchers have been dealing with this issue for a long time. Motivated by the color-realization of Russian composer Alexander Skrjabin and in search for universality, I held a lecture about Color-Sound Analogies as part of the 8th International Congress Symmetry: Art & Science of the International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry. I take the path of objectivity and refer chiefly to the object itself, thus sacrificing all aesthetic criteria and artistic relevance. This doesn't mean that the exposed information can't be of great value for aesthetic analyses and creative work. Based on the abstraction which numbers build as a bridge between incompatible phenomena, I set up the symmetric frequency relations between sound waves and light waves.

The congress took place in the city of Gmünd in Carinthia, south Austria from the 23th to the 28th of August. My presentation was on Friday, August 27th. More information: Symmetry: Art & Science.

22 June 2010

Javier Party: Artistic Achievement Award
Granted by the city of Saarbrücken, Germany.

"Chilean composer and multi-instrumentalist (1980) impresses the audience with his "inspiration and skill". He establishes a direct connection with the audience and puts special emphasis on bringing contemporary music close to his listeners. He interweaves rigor and fun by destroying the boundaries between classical and popular music". From German Newspaper: Pfälzischer Merkur.

The Award's Ceremony took place on June 22nd at the town hall of the City of Saarbrücken, Germany. On the occasion two Lieder from my Liederbuch were performed: In der Transparenz die Bewegung (Premiere) and Solang der Himmel glüht.

Franziska Erdmann: voice.
Karin Salz-Engel: piano.

22 June 2010

Luigi Nono: La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura
Eight Loudspeakers. Eight tracks. Six music stands. Two musicians. One computer. One hour of music. We worked with the original recordings of Gidon Kremer done by Nono himself. The concert took place on Tuesday, June 22nd at 2 PM at the concert-hall of the University of Music of Saarland in Saarbrücken, Germany.

Program:
1. La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura '60 (1988), Luigi Nono.
2. In nomine '8 (1999), Matthias Pintscher.

Tigran Hakhumyan: violin, viola.
Javier Party: electronics.

Address: Bismarckstraße 1, D-66111 Saarbrücken.
Admission: free.

May 2010

The Colors of Skrjabin's Poem of Fire
As a member of the Team Harmonik Wien I've been working on the color-realization of Skrjabin's Promethée, Le Poème du feu, which we are going to stage in the old city of Gmünd in Carinthia, south Austria. The production will be part of the 8th International Congress of the International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry (23 - 28 August 2010).

April 2010

Mutagiróplanos
For ensemble of 2, 4, 7, 14 or 28 interpreters.

7 December 2009

Graduation Concert to complete the postgraduate studies in composition at the University of Music of Saarland. The concert took place on Monday 7th of December at 7 PM at the concert-hall of this University. Seven pieces composed between 2005 and 2009 were performed:

The address is:
Bismarckstraße 1
D-66111 Saarbrücken.
Admission is free.

The concert program:

1. Ofuscacionte Aliterártico
   Thomas Layes: organ.

2. Yunta
   Fuyuko Karasawa: bassoon, contrabassoon.
   Ricardo Oliveira: bassoon.

3. Transfiguraciones de Calostro
   (Egocentric Experiment of Virtual Instrumentation)
   Tigran Hakhumyan: violin(s).

4. Abandono Sinflujo IV
   Hanne Franzen: piano.

5. Solang der Himmel glüht
6. Der Winkel der Schlucht
   Eva Eiter: voice.
   Hanne Franzen: piano.

7. Periplosidéreo
   Xiaoliang Zhou: piano.
   Luc Hemmer: percussion.

22 November 2009

Premiere of Zukunftslied for 4 loudspeakers and audience at the Stadtgalerie in Saarbrücken, Germany. A pretentious lightweight surrealist and cryptic parody to ontology of music. Time and space subjugated to esthetic principles. Based on my poem Ich klinge, ich bin (I sound, I am). Admission is free!

Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken
St. Johanner Markt 24
66111 Saarbrücken
0049(0)68193683-0 info@stadtgalerie.de

19 June 2009

Guion played at Brasil Nativo in Saarbrücken, Germany.

29 May 2009

Premiere of Abandono Sinflujo IV

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Premiere of Transfiguraciones de Calostro (Egocentric Experiment of Virtual Instrumentation)

The Egocentric Experiment of Virtual Instrumentation is an arrangement for violin and electroacoustic track based on the piece Transfiguraciones de Calostro for 8 violins. The concert took place at the concert-hall of the University of Music of Saarland in Saarbrücken, Germany.

Young Jin Kim: piano.
Tigran Hakhumyan: violin.

22 April 2009

Guion played at Das Schlösschen (small castle) in Püttlingen, Germany.

9 April 2009

Guion played at Brasil Nativo in Saarbrücken, Germany.

20 December 2008

Guion's Appearance at the Selbstverwalteter Betriebshof Saarlouis Culture Price Awards in the "Theater am Ring" theater in Saarlouis, Germany.

4 June 2008

Premiere of Ex-Urbe at "Music Reloaded", an Electro-acoustic Music Concert that we made in the Church-Museum Schlosskirche in Saarbrücken, Germany. Ex-Urbe is a piece for viola, electric guitar, trombone, cello and prepared quadraphonic electronics where, appart from traditionally written music, diverse kinds of controlled improvisation take place. The place was full! And there were some who actually laughed, as the recorded robotic voice said: "Ende der Nachrichten".

Simona Petuchovaite: viola.
Isabel Gehweiler: cello.
Michael Hupperts: trombone.
Javier Party: electric guitar, electronics.

10 February 2008

Premiere of Transfiguraciones de Calostro at the Landesakademie für musisch-kulturelle Bildung in Ottweiler, Germany. In Transfiguraciones de Calostro I placed particular emphasis on the spatialization of the musical elements. The piece was conducted by Jonathan Kaell and played by students from the Music University of Saarland.

4 July 2007

Premiere of Vital at the Museum of Saarland in Saarbrücken, Germany. Vital is a Music-Theater piece where the trombonist (Michael Hupperts), who finds himself surrounded by 8 live controlled speakers, plays his instrument in the most unusual fashions and acts interacting with the variety of audio signals that come out of the speakers. The musician in charge of the live-electronics (me) builds an each time different spatialization with pre-recorded material and audio being recorded live during the performance, creating a musical richness in time and space, offering music interrelations for the public to discover and enjoy.

The piece is divided in five parts:

1. Awakening (childhood)
2. Introspection (adolescence)
3. Dialogue (youth)
4. Memories (adulthood)
5. Death (old age)

Michael Hupperts: trombone.
Javier Party: live-electronics.

12 February 2007

Premiere of Ofuscacionte Aliterártico at the Music University of Saarland in Saarbrücken, Germany. Ofuscacionte Aliterártico is a piece for organ.

Mih Yun: Organ.

11 February 2007

Premiere of Yunta at the Landesakademie für musisch-kulturelle Bildung in Ottweiler, Germany. Yunta, meaning pair, team, yoke, is a bassoon duo, which is musically intended to be partially funny.

Brisa Sallum: bassoon, contrabassoon.
Martynas Sedbaras: bassoon.