New Music Indaba

Event Date: 14 - 16 October 2011

Published by Business and Arts South Africa

From 14th to 16th October, NewMusicSA presents the 2011 New Music Indaba: an intense 3 days of new music performance and workshops at the POPArt Centre, Main Street Life, Joburg CBD. The festival will feature internationally renowned Swiss musicians Roland Dahinden (trombone/alphorn/composer) and Hildegard Kleeb (piano/composer). This experienced duo have performed the music of Christian Wolf, Morton Feldman, Anthony Braxton and Duke Ellington amongst many others and have premièred and recorded a huge amount of new music. Their repertoire is eclectic and crosses the composition-improvisation and art-jazz divides. The duo will be featured in concerts where they will collaborate with the very best of Joburg's new-music talent.

Canadian artists Véronique Mathieu (violin) and Sophie Patey (piano) will also perform at the festival and Mathieu will lead a workshop-presentation on new music for violin. Their programme will include the first ever world première of a Canadian work in South Africa (Pushpangalin Mutthiraigal by Gabriel Dharmoo) and music by South African composer Robert Fokkens.

New Music Indaba 2011 is pleased to announce that Jill Richards will play Charles Ives's monumental Concord Sonata, an American 20th-Century classic, at this year’s festival. The celebrated DuoFourIVTwo percussion duo and the Chamber Choir of South Africa, directed by Classic FM's Michael Dingaan, can also be heard in concert during the weekend -- don't miss out on these great performances! Further concert details are available at:

http://www.newmusicsa.org.za/indaba2011.html

Schedule (All concerts take place at POPArt, Main Street Life, unless otherwise stated)

Friday 14th, 4 p.m. : ROOFTOP CONCERT: DuoFourIVTwo, Magda de Vries (marimba) and Frank Mallows

(vibraphone). South African Music for percussion duo including music by Paul Hanmer, Clare Loveday,

Hendrik Hofmeyr and Robert Fokkens. Admission Free (The rooftop, Main Street Life)

Friday 14th, 7.30 p.m. : CONCERT: "RECALL POLLOCK" Roland Dahinden (trombone) and Hildegard

Kleeb (piano) with Samora Ntsebeza (percussion). Compositions by Dahinden and Kleeb Tickets R80 (R45

concessions)

Saturday 15th, 2 p.m. : "JILL RICHARDS IN CONCERT": Jill Richards (piano). Charles Ives: Concord

Sonata. Tickets R80 (R45 concessions)

Saturday 15th, 8 p.m. : "SWITZERLAND MEETS SOUTH AFRICA" Dahinden and Kleeb in collaboration

with South African musicians. The concert will include improvised music and special guest appearances by

Carlo Mombelli (SA), Jill Richards (SA) and Lukas Ligeti (AUT/US). Tickets R80 (R45 concessions)

Sunday 16th, 2 p.m. : "NEW MUSIC FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO FROM CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA AND

AROUND THE WORLD" Veronique Methieu (CA) and Sophie Patey (FR) in Concert. Tickets R80 (R45

concessions)

Sunday 16th, 3.30 p.m. PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF MUSIC FROM THE GROWING COMPOSERS

WORKSHOPS (Free)

Sunday 16th, 6 p.m. : THE CHAMBER CHOIR OF SOUTH AFRICA IN CONCERT. Michael Dingaan

(director/conductor). A varied programme of Choral music including classical, contemporary and traditional

pieces. Tickets R80 (R45 concessions) (Venue: Arts on Main)

NewMusicSA is grateful for the support of the National Arts Council of South Africa, SAMRO Endowment for the

National Arts, Business and Arts South Africa, Distell and Pro Helvetia/Swiss Arts Council for this year’s festival.

Enquiries: Cameron Harris. Cell: 084 020-5465/Email: cameronnmsa@gmail.com