The UC Contemporary Music Festival celebrates its XXXIII version with four days of concerts at GAM.
The Contemporary Music Festival has been organized by the UC Music Institute since 1991, and is held every year in November. The concerts are always free, with prior registration, and a wide current repertoire is covered, with abundant premieres and Chilean music.
Tuesday, November 5
Room A1
Ingrid Saldaña (Chile, 2003)
Play Delay (2023) * 8:30
Performer José Luis Urquieta, oboe
Lucia Ronchetti (Italy, 1963) choir 6 female voices (3 sopranos and 3 mezzo)
Sangu di rosa (2019) ** 13’
Alejandro Romero (Mexico, 1970) choir 6 female voices with video projection
Débora in the fold (2024) ** 14'20
Performers Tuumben Paax (Mexico) (choir 6 female voices) Lucía Olmos | Lorena Barranco | Marcela Robles | Julietta Beas | Itzel Servin | Mitzy Chavez
-Intermediate-
Víctor Ortiz (Chile, 1983)
Primary Forests (2012) 8’
Performers Contemporary Music Company Ensemble (Chile) Edith Fischer, piano soloist | Roberto Cisternas, flute | Claudio Vázquez, clarinet | Natalia Canales, percussion | José Ojeda, celesta | Fabián Esparsa, violin | Beatriz Lemus, cello | Carlos Valenzuela, director
Miguel Farías (Venezuela-Chile, 1983)
The distributed body (2024) * 20’
Performers Alejandra Pérez, soprano | Cecilia Barrientos, mezzo | Santiago Peralta, tenor | Nikolas Tobar, baritone | Francesca Montefusco, violin | Christofer Mariani, viola | Sebastián Perdomo, cello | Gamaliel Roa, percussion | Ian Huidobro, percussion | Juan Cristóbal Undurraga, piano | Cristian Fernández, direction
* Absolute premiere
** Premiere in Chile
Wednesday, November 6
Room A1
Tomás Koljiatic (Chile, 1981)
Fayenza (2023, rev. 2024) * 5’ for harpsichord
Performer Juan Cristóbal Undurraga, harpsichord
Rodrigo Cádiz (Chile, 1972)
String Spells I (2024) ** 12’ for clarinet, gametrack and electronics
Performer Dante Burotto, clarinet
Valeria Valle (Chile, 1979)
Ivory Silhouette (2023) * 7’30
Performer Victoria Vial, piano
Vicente Asuar (Chile, 1933)
Duo flute and bassoon (1956) 4'
Performers Guillermo Lavado, flute | Monzerrat Miranda, bassoon
-Intermediate-
Antonio Hasbún-González (Chile, 1999)
Morse (2024) ** 9'45 for sax
Performer David Sánchez, tenor sax
Valéria Bonafé (Brazil, 1984)
A terceira margin do rio (2014)** 10’30 For bass flute, tenor flute, bass clarinet and percussion
Natalia Solomonoff (Argentina, 1968)
Frágil (2022) Improvisation on polyphonic blocks for flute, paetzold flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, cello and piano.
Contemporary Music Workshop Ensemble (Chile) Karina Fischer, flute | Paola Muñoz, tenor recorder | Fernanda Ortega, piano | Dante Burotto, clarinet | Miguel Ángel Muñoz, violin | Celso López, cello | Gerardo Salazar, percussion | Pablo Aranda, direction
* Absolute premiere
** Premiere in Chile
Thursday, November 7
Room A1
Fernando Guede (Chile,1977)
Quattro bagatele ricercanti (2022) * 8’
Performer Felipe Bravo, marimba
Silvio Ferraz (Brazil, 1959)
Four Rivers (2023) * 5’
Performers Karina Fischer, flute 1 | Guillermo Lavado, flute 2
Tomás Brantmayer (Chile, 1992)
Mamihlapinatapai * (2022) 6’
Performers Salvador Pizarro, harp | Felipe Méndez, flute | Felipe Vieytes, viola
Manuel Contreras (Chile, 1977)
Anathema (2010) * 6’
Performers Salvador Pizarro, harp | Gabriel Morales, violin | Miguel Muñoz, violin | Cristofer Schencke, viola | Beatriz Lemus, cello | Cristián Morales-Ossio, direction
-Intermediate-
Michael Edgerton (United States, 1961)
Tempo Mental Rap (variations II & V, crazy gamblin’ witch doctor) (2005) ** 11’
Performers Diego Castro electric guitar | Michael Edgerton voice
Ignacio Gallardo (Chile, 2002)
Convergences and divergences (2024) * 6
Diego García Luppi (Chile, 2000)
Passing and passing... (2024) * 6
Mario Mora (Chile, 1967)
Guitar Concerto (ensemble version) (2024) * 6'
Performers Contemporary Music Ensemble (Chile) Karina Fischer, flute | Dante Burotto, clarinet | Luis Alberto, Latorre piano | Davor Miric, violin | Georgina Rossi, viola | Alejandro Tagle, cello | Luis Orlandini, solo guitar | Aliocha Solovera, direction
* Absolute premiere
** Premiere in Chile
Friday, November 8
Room A1
Vicente Olave (Chile 1993)
Along the route... (2021, rev. 2023) ** 8’
Performer: Joaquín López, vibraphone
Florencia Novoa (Chile, 1999) 8’
Grumos (2024) *
Performers: Karina Fischer, flute 1 Guillermo Lavado, flute 2
Antonio Carvallo (Chile, 1972)
Tempo II (2023) * 6’
Performers: Jorge Pepi, piano Oriana Silva violin
-Intermediate-
Victor Ibarra (Mexico, 1978)
B-side (2023) ** 11’
Performers: David Durán, piano Diego Ventoso, percussion Pablo Coello, sax
Pablo Vergara (Chile, 1980)
Vertis prae (2024) ** 10’
Performers: David Durán, piano Diego Ventoso, percussion Pablo Coello, saxophone Karina Fischer, flute Paola Muñoz, flute paetzold-Helder
Cristián Morales-Ossio (Chile, 1967)
Muttering a quarter of a dream, an eighth of a life (2024) ** 10’ Ensemble and electronics
Performers: David Durán, piano | Diego Ventoso, percussion | Pablo Coello, saxophone | Karina Fischer, flute | Paola Muñoz, paetzold flute - | Helder Gabriel Morales, violin | Beatriz Lemus, cello | Diego Castro, electric guitar | Emilio Adasme, electronics
* Absolute premiere
** Premiere in Chile
Nov 5 to 8, 2024
Tues to Fri — 7:30 p.m.
Sala A1 (Edificio A, piso 1)
Free, upon registration