PRISHTINA festival 4TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF YOUNG MUSICIANS www.damfest.com 26.03 - 05.04 2009 National Theatre - Red Hall - Prishtina International Festival of Young Musicians Layout & Design: EDITORIAL DAM is realized with the financial support of the general traditional donator Dam Festival this year makes its fourth step. Now, without Thechnical manager and concert recorder BANKA EKONOMIKE any doubt, it is one of the most important events in our Blerim KROMA capital. In DAM this year “landed” a big range of The Festival is held under the patronage of innovations. Presenting young conductors and soloists Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Scene and lights: with the Kosova's Philharmonic Orchestra is one of them. Puntor’t Social Once the Orchestra of Radio Television of Prishtina has Sponsors of the Festival: practiced such a thing, but as a result of circumstances Banka Ekonomike We thank our contributors: presenting young soloists with an orchestra was impossible. Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Baki JASHARI Ten years after war and twenty years after that tradition Municipal Assembly of Prishtina Mendi MENGJIQI stopped, is being revived exactly there where notion Merita JUNIKU German Embassy in Prishtina “impossible” doesn't exist. Although DAM represents new French Embassy in Prishtina Armond MORINA spirit, it's also very close to the tradition. Youth Palace Izet CURRI National Theatre of Kosova Bekim LUMI DAM was born as an inevitable initiative of young Kosova Philharmony - Opera Arian KRASNIQI musicians to break down the clichés that almost Grafoprint Jeton NEZIRAJ suffocated musical scene of Kosova and fortunately Pro Reklam Ahmet BRAHIMAJ continues breaking them. University College Victory Remzi LIMANI This year too, many international and national musicians Flaka SURROI Puntor't Social are getting together in the scene of Dam “Koha DITORE” Lekë ZHERKA Festival. Orchestra “Arcata Stuttgart” from Kohavision – KTV Genc XHEMAJLI Germany with the conductor Partick Strub, Jana ANDREEVSKA distinguished Kosovar tenor, Riad Ymeri, young Director: Eva SIMKO Macedonian pianist, Ognenka Gerasimovska, Dardan SELIMAJ Petrit DOMI Swiss harpist, Selina Cuonz, wind quintet Monika LENHARD ”Franc Liszt” from Hungary etc, honor the Manager: Blerim KROMA scene of DAM 4. And this is not all, funny confrontation, irresistible, done by two Yllka REXHEPI brilliant virtuoso French musicians, Tel. Laurent Cirade in violoncello and Paul Founder of the Festival: +377 (0) 44 555 404 & 116 795 Staicu, piano, step in DAM in the Center of Musical Art DAM +386 (0) 49 555 404 & 116 795 Balkan premiere of their new show DUEL. Catalogue of the festival:: e-mail: Dardan SELIMAJ Among other stuff, 60 very young musicians Yllka REXHEPI info@damfest@com for the first time taste the magic of a festival. Orchestra “Air Music” from Mitrovica, this year is debuting in DAM. There is the Proof-reader: www.damfest.com core of the future of this scene and they Muhamet REÇICA will have their place here as long as DAM exists. Translator: Fadil BAJRAJ Dardan Selimaj Yllka Rexhepi International Festival of Young Musicians Layout & Design: EDITORIAL DAM is realized with the financial support of the general traditional donator Dam Festival this year makes its fourth step. Now, without Thechnical manager and concert recorder BANKA EKONOMIKE any doubt, it is one of the most important events in our Blerim KROMA capital. In DAM this year “landed” a big range of The Festival is held under the patronage of innovations. Presenting young conductors and soloists Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Scene and lights: with the Kosova's Philharmonic Orchestra is one of them. Puntor’t Social Once the Orchestra of Radio Television of Prishtina has Sponsors of the Festival: practiced such a thing, but as a result of circumstances Banka Ekonomike We thank our contributors: presenting young soloists with an orchestra was impossible. Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Baki JASHARI Ten years after war and twenty years after that tradition Municipal Assembly of Prishtina Mendi MENGJIQI stopped, is being revived exactly there where notion Merita JUNIKU German Embassy in Prishtina “impossible” doesn't exist. Although DAM represents new French Embassy in Prishtina Armond MORINA spirit, it's also very close to the tradition. Youth Palace Izet CURRI National Theatre of Kosova Bekim LUMI DAM was born as an inevitable initiative of young Kosova Philharmony - Opera Arian KRASNIQI musicians to break down the clichés that almost Grafoprint Jeton NEZIRAJ suffocated musical scene of Kosova and fortunately Pro Reklam Ahmet BRAHIMAJ continues breaking them. University College Victory Remzi LIMANI This year too, many international and national musicians Flaka SURROI Puntor't Social are getting together in the scene of Dam “Koha DITORE” Lekë ZHERKA Festival. Orchestra “Arcata Stuttgart” from Kohavision – KTV Genc XHEMAJLI Germany with the conductor Partick Strub, Jana ANDREEVSKA distinguished Kosovar tenor, Riad Ymeri, young Director: Eva SIMKO Macedonian pianist, Ognenka Gerasimovska, Dardan SELIMAJ Petrit DOMI Swiss harpist, Selina Cuonz, wind quintet Monika LENHARD ”Franc Liszt” from Hungary etc, honor the Manager: Blerim KROMA scene of DAM 4. And this is not all, funny confrontation, irresistible, done by two Yllka REXHEPI brilliant virtuoso French musicians, Tel. Laurent Cirade in violoncello and Paul Founder of the Festival: +377 (0) 44 555 404 & 116 795 Staicu, piano, step in DAM in the Center of Musical Art DAM +386 (0) 49 555 404 & 116 795 Balkan premiere of their new show DUEL. Catalogue of the festival:: e-mail: Dardan SELIMAJ Among other stuff, 60 very young musicians Yllka REXHEPI info@damfest@com for the first time taste the magic of a festival. Orchestra “Air Music” from Mitrovica, this year is debuting in DAM. There is the Proof-reader: www.damfest.com core of the future of this scene and they Muhamet REÇICA will have their place here as long as DAM exists. Translator: Fadil BAJRAJ Dardan Selimaj Yllka Rexhepi “ There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.” Sir Thomas Beecha THE OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL National Theater of Kosova Thursday, March 26 2009 Time: 20:00 Chamber Orchestra “ARCATA STUTTGART” PATRICK STRUB “ARCATA The orchestra was founded by Partick Strub together with Patrick Strub, conductor and violinist. He was born in a family of musicians. He studied musicology, psychology and other 19 young musicians and professionals. Energetic violin in Hamburg and Rome, and those for conducting in STUTTGART” performances of this chamber orchestra very soon would Hamburg and Sienna. Stuttgart, Germany win the sympathy of the public. PATRICK STRUB – In 1979, Patrick Strub was nominated as artistic director of Its advantages are not just in its flexibility of interpretation Symphonic Orchestra “Christophorus.” Except is range of conductor chamber music and advanced technique, but also in its wide concerts in Germany, the orchestra realized a great number repertoire, from early baroque up to contemporary music. of successful concerts in Europe, Australia, and China, Malcolm Fox giving a great artistic impression. This ensemble presented a great number of contemporary works, while some of them were dedicated to this orchestra. In 1984 Strub founded Professional Camertal Orchestra “Pathways of ancient dreaming” “Arcata Stuttgart”. Their radio recordings and published CDs More than 600 concerts decided for “Arcata Stuttgart” that dedicated to the orchestra Arcata influenced their international reputation, winning a great they have created a permanent place in the musical life of Stuttgart number of prizes. Germany. Beside this, this orchestra had a big number of 200th Birthday Anniversary tours in Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Macedonia, and Patrick Strub was invited as a guest conductor by many Portugal, and also in the Near East, Central America, Asia, chamber and symphonic orchestras such is Chamber Australia and New Zealand. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Orchestra of Stuttgart, Chamber Orchestra of Slovakia, The orchestra of city of Kobe in Japan, Symphonic Orchestra of Symphony for string orchestra “Arcata Stuttgart” had a number of presentations few times the Radio in Stuttgart, Symphonic orchestra of Bratislava No. XIII, C-minor in a row in the Festival “Schleswig-Holstein” and “European and Krakow, Philharmonic Orchestra of Queensland and Grave Music Festival” in Stuttgart, “Zeltmusikfestival” in Freiburg, Symphonic Orchestra of Radio in Beijing. Allegro molto “Mozart Festival” in Augsburg, “Schlossfestspiele” in Between years 2000 and 2004, Patrick Strub took a role of a Schwetzingen, Festival “Lake Constance”, Festival “Mosel” *** guest conductor in the National Orchestra of Macedonia. As and “Rheingau Summer Festival” in Eltville, “Oberstdorf a sign of gratitude for his contribution for development of Summer Music Festival” as well as many other international Mihailo Trandafilovski musical scene of Macedonia he was honored with a Medal festivals in Como, Florence, Amsterdam, Ferrara, Skopje, of Honor from the University of Skopje. “Pulse” Hong Kong, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Wellington and “Al- -1- Bustan Festival” in Beirut. He worked regularly with the Chamber and Philharmonic -2- Orchestra of the Republic of Moldavia. Since 2006 he was (A tempo) Except collaboration with famous international soloist, named main guest conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra “Arcata