räsonanz Press Release March 2017 räsonanz – donor Concerts 2017 for the First Time in Munich and Lucerne MusicAeterna Choir from Perm hosted for the First Time in Munich | Swiss Premiere of Rihm’s Requiem-Strophen As part of an initiative by the EvS Music Foundation the Mahler Chamber Orchestra as well as the MusicAeterna Choir will be coming to Munich in 2017 to perform under the baton of Teodor Currentzis. This will be the famous Perm-based choir’s debut performance in the regional capital. The concert will be organized by Bayerischer Rundfunk’s musica viva. The symphony orchestra along with the choir of Bavaria’s regional broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk will be hosted in Lucerne under the baton of Mariss Jansons to perform the Swiss debut of Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophen – the presenter is LUCERNE FESTIVAL. After the successful launch of the concert series räsonanz – donor concert 2016 in Munich the initiative is now to be extended from 2017 to include a concert in Lucerne. Next year it is also planned for Munich and Lucerne to host one concert each. “As a member of the Board of Trustees Pierre Boulez himself expressed the wish almost 20 years ago for the foundation to become more actively involved in the contemporary music scene and to launch its own initiatives. With räsonanz the foundation is sure to have reached its highest point until now through its focus on major composers,” explains Michael Roßnagl, Managing Director at the EvS Music Foundation. The aim of the initiative is to enable contemporary works with large line-ups to be performed by top international orchestras in Munich and Lucerne. Teodor Currentzis with the MCO and MusicAeterna Choir at Prinzregententheater Munich On April 1, 2017 Teodor Currentzis will be hosted in Munich with the MusicAeterna Choir and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. For the first time in its history this world-famous choir from Perm will be presented to the Munich audience. The program will include works by György Ligeti (Lux Aeterna, for 16-part mixed choir a capella, 1966), Claude Vivier (Lonely Child for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra, 1980), Luciano Berio (Coro for 40 Voices and Instruments, 1975 / 76, rev. 1977, as well as Call, St. Louis Fanfare, for 5 brass instruments, 1985, rev. 1987). The soloist is the Puerto Rican American soprano Sophia Burgos. Berio was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1989, Ligeti in 1993. Journalist Robert Jungwirth will hold an introduction prior to the concert. A workshop for senior high school students will be held prior to the concert. The concert is sold out. Mariss Jansons with the Symphony Orchestra and the Bayerischer Rundfunk Choir at Lucerne Festival April 8, 2017 will see Wolfgang Rihm’s Requiem-Strophen for Soloists, Mixed Choir and Orchestra being performed for the first time in Switzerland. Mariss Jansons will be conducting the symphony orchestra and the Bayerischer Rundfunk choir. The solos will be sung by sopranos Anna Prohaska and Mojca Erdmann as well as baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann. The work commissioned by musica viva will be premiered on March 30, 2017 in Munich. With texts by Hans Sahl, Johannes Bobrowski, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Rainer Maria Rilke and a psalm Wolfgang Rihm has found an extraordinary and very personal selection for his new choral work extending over an entire evening. Immediately prior to the concert an introduction will be held by Mark Sattler, dramaturg for contemporary music at LUCERNE FESTIVAL, in the auditorium of the KKL venue. Your Contacts: Imke Annika List und Dr. Tanja Pröbstl | +49 / (0)89 / 6 36 3 29 - 47 | [email protected] Nina Steinhart | +41 / (0) 41 226 44 - 43 | [email protected] Laura Imsirovic | +49 / (0) 89 / 59 00 - 2 36 58 | [email protected] Advance Ticket Sales Munich: BRticket: T. 0800 5900 594, Munich Ticket: T. +49 (0)89 54 81 81 81 Advance Ticket Sales Lucerne: T. +41 (0)41 226 44 80 www.evs-musikstiftung.ch | www.lucernefestival.ch | www.br-musica-viva.de.