OpeningCeremony

Friday,November14,2008 Meerscheinschlössl,9:30am Mozartgasse3,8010Graz

Openingaddress Anonymous, 1649, Bicinien for 2 Flutes: Fantasy 1 and 2 GernotKocher ,Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Graz

Eugéne Bozza (1905 – 1991), Image for Flute Solo, op. 38

ManuelaMarin , conference director

Flamenco: Quasi Tona y sequiriya, Largo

RichardParncutt , conference co-director

Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1759 – 1842), Duo facile

Music – University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz SarahGruber (flute, class of Nils Thilo Krämer) CorinnaLehner (flute, class of Arno Steinwider-Johannsen)

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MainKeynote GerhardWidmer (Johannes Kepler University Linz, & OFAI, Vienna, Austria)

In search of the ‘Horowitz factor’: Large-scale computational investigations into expressive piano performance

Chair: Richard Parncutt

Gerhard Widmer holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Technology Vienna, and a M.Sc. from the University of Wisconsin/Madison, USA. He is full professor and head of the Department of Computational Perception at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, and also heads the Intelligent Music Processing and Machine Learning Group at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) in Vienna. He is active both in ‘mainstream’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning research, and in the application of AI techniques to musical problems. This is reflected in the diversity of both his publications and his scientific services. For instance, he is on the editorial boards of major publishers and journals in the AI / machine learning area (AAAI Press, Machine Learning) and music (Journal of New Music Research), and he has been invited speaker at major AI conferences as well as music symposia. He has been awarded several research prizes. In 1998, he was the recipient of one of Austria's highest-funded research awards (the 'START Prize') for his work on Artificial Intelligence and Expressive Music Performance. In 2006, he was elected a Fellow of the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI), for his contributions to European Artificial Intelligence Research. Concert Friday,November14,2008 Brandhofgasse21,8010Graz

PLAYGROUNDS

Program:

I'll Be Seeing You (comp. S. Fain/lyr. I. Kahal/arr. T. Fabjancic, M. Lagger)

Soft and Tender (comp. T. Fabjancic/arr. T. Fabjancic, M. Lagger)

Boechout (comp. R. Verheyen/lyr. T. Fabjancic/arr. M. Lagger)

Solitude (comp. arr. T. Fabjancic)

Zakaj Gres? (comp. T. Fabjancic/arr. M. Lagger, T. Fabjancic)

Playgrounds (comp. T. Fabjancic/arr. M. Lagger)

Traveling Chant (comp. T Fabjancic/arr. T. Fabjancic, M. Lagger)

Easy To Love (comp. C. Porter/arr. T. Fabjancic, M. Lagger)

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Tjaša Fabjančič (vocals): co-founder of Playgrounds; studied Jazz singing at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz (Austria); private lessons with Dena DeRose, Laurie Antonioli, Ines Reiger, & Irena Vidic; workshops with Bobby McFerrin, John Hendricks, Marc Murphy, & Miles Griffith; CD Devil Woman 2005 (musical drama by Milko Lazar); many concerts at festivals and Jazz clubs in Graz, Vienna, Ljublijana and Maribor

Michael Lagger (piano): co-founder of Playgrounds; studied classical piano with Prof. Alexei Kornienko at the conservatory in Klagenfurt (Austria) and Jazz at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz with Harald Neuw irth, Renato Chicco, Oliver Kent, Fritz Pauer, Rob Bargad; private lessons with Aaron Goldberg, Geoffrey Keezer, Jean-Michel

Pilc; winner of the international “generations” workshop in, Switzerland; winner of the Marianne Mendt prize; semi-finalist of the international Bösendorfer piano competition in Montreux; many international concerts

MichaelRinger (bass): studied in Innsbruck (Austria) and at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz with Prof. Wayne Darling; collaborations with Berndt Luef, Christoph Auer, Berndt Reiter, & Patrick Dunst; bandleader of Zedef; member of the Hip Hop group ChillinConCarma and the funk band Ratamacue

BennyHrdina (drums)

photos by Johannes Gellner Lunchtime pianorecital

Saturday,November15,2008 Mozartgasse3,8010Graz EricaBisesi

Program:

Franz Schubert: “Grazer Fantasie” in C major (1817-1818)

Franz Schubert – Franz Liszt: “Gretchen am Spinnrade” (1814), piano transcription of Schubert’s Lied on words from Goethe’s “Faust”

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata op. 31 No. 2, in D minor – “The Storm” (1802)

Claude Debussy: “Estampes” (1903) - Pagodes - La soirée dans Grenade - Jardins sous la pluie

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Erica Bisesi born in Gorizia (Italy), received her first musical education at the age of five. She completed a Bc. L. Degree in Piano Performance at Trieste Conservatorium in 1996. Then she further enhanced her piano techniques and repertoire by attending courses with Bruno Canino in Milano (Accademia Marziali), Firenze (Amici della Musica) and Switzerland (Ernen Musikdorf), Francesco Mander, Aquiles Delle Vigne in Salzburg (Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum), Firenze and Rome (Musici Artis), Pavica Gvodzic and Vladimir Krpan in Zagreb (Superior Music Academy). She is performing professionally as soloist and in chamber music ensembles in Italy and other countries. Erica has always shown interest in artistic activity and scientific studies and research. Therefore, she completed a Ph. D. Degree in Mathematics and Physics at Udine University in 2007 and has participated in many conferences and given seminars in Austria, Cyprus, Croatia, Germany, India, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Her research interests comprise expressive piano performance and computational psychoacoustics. Erica is also working as a teacher of physics and music education up to undergraduate level, and teaching acoustics and psychoacoustics at the Udine Conservatorium and at the Universities of Udine and Trieste.