The Integra Festival 2011 took place at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen from 27 September to 1 October 2011. The Festival was the final event of the EU-funded Integra – Fusing Music and Technology project, and featured premieres of four Integra commissions for large ensemble, electronics and other media, together with performances of new works and existing repertoire realised with the Integra Live software developed by the project.
Integra Festival celebrated the huge contribution that Nordic music ensembles and research centres brought to the project. Athelas Sinfonietta (Denmark), Bit20 Ensemble (Norway), Ensemble Ars Nova (Sweden), NOTAM (Norway) and Malmö Academy of Music (Sweden) all played a pivotal role leading the artistic and scientific activities of Integra.
Integra Commissions
Alvin Curran, Circus Maximus, for chamber ensemble, live electronics and video (World premiere).
Performed by the Ensemble Ars Nova conducted by Huw Rys James.
Live electronics by Marcin Wierzbicki (Muzyka Centrum, Krakow), video by Theo Eshetu.
Mauro Lanza, Le nubi non scoppiano per il peso, for 9 musicians, soprano, computer-controlled water drops and electronics (Danish premiere).
Performed by Loré Lixenburg and Athelas Sinfonietta conducted by Pierre-André Valade.
Live electronics by Kent Olofsson and Johan Nordström (Malmö Academy of Music), Rain Machine by Simon Cacheux.
Philippe Leroux, Extended Apocalypsis, for four singers, sixteen instruments, live electronics and video.
Performed by Raphaële Kennedy and Valérie Philippin (soprano), Francine Vis (mezzo), Romain Bischoff (baritone) and Athelas Sinfonietta conducted by Pierre-André Valade.
Live electronics by Peter Plessas (IEM, Graz), video element by Jakob F. Schokking.
Iris ter Schiphorst, AUNG, for singer/actor, ensemble and recorded and live electronics (World premiere)
Performed by Anna Clementi and BIT20 Ensemble conducted by Baldur Brönnimann.
Live electronics by Dag Henning Kalvøy (NOTAM), Libretto/Staging by Helga Utz, Lighting Design by Lutz Deppe.
Integra Migrations
Pierre Boulez, Dialogue de l’ombre double, for clarinet and live electronics
Jonathan Harvey, Ricercare una melodia, for oboe and electronics
Arne Nordheim, Partita für Paul, for violin and electronics
Kaija Saariaho, Lichtbogen, for large ensemble and electronics
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