Young Lions
Manhattan Sinfonietta
Jeffrey Milarsky,
conductor and music
director
World premieres by advanced Columbia doctoral
candidates Michael Klingbeil, Aenon Jia-en Loo,
and Katharina Rosenberger
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 8pm
Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street, NYC
The Manhattan Sinfonietta wraps up its first
full season under its new moniker with a
concert showcasing three exciting young
composers. Michael Klingbeil, Aenon Jia-en Loo,
and Katharina Rosenberger are recent and
advanced doctoral candidates in Columbia
Universitys renowned composition program.
Their music is informed by many cultural,
artistic, and scientific interests, from
eastern philosophic traditions to research into
sound synthesis and resynthesis. Their new
works, specifically written for the Manhattan
Sinfonietta, represent a cross-section of the
vibrant, thriving international new music scene
for young composers and provide a glimpse into
the future of new music. As part of its
commitment to music by emerging composers, the
Manhattan Sinfonietta and Music Director
Jeffrey Milarsky will work with all three
composers in rehearsals and premiere the new
works at the newly renovated Merkin Concert
Hall, one of the best places to hear live
performances in New York.
About the composers:
Michael Klingbeil is a composer actively
involved with concert music and computer music
research. His work has been recorded on ICMC
and has been played by ensembles including the
Oberlin CME, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the
Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence.
Honors and awards have come from First Music,
the Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo,
and ASCAP. He currently teaches composition and
music technology in the Department of Music at
Yale University and is a member of the Argento
Chamber Ensemble.
Aenon Jia-en Loo (b. 1979) is currently a
doctoral candidate in composition and
electronic music at Columbia University. He
received his Bachelor of Music at the Hong Kong
Academy for Performing Arts in 2002.
With his composition Last Days, hommage à
Messiaen (2.1999), Loo was awarded best
composition by the Hong Kong New Generation
(6.1999) and First prize of the Young Composer
Award by the Asian Composer's League (8.2000,
held in Yokohama, Japan.) His work has been
performed by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Nieuw
Ensemble, Radio Kamer Orkest (Nethelands), and
various ensembles in the US, Europe and East
Asia.
As a sound artist, he works mainly in the field
of Electro-Acoustic Improvisation, with acute
attention paid to the dialogue with background
noise.
Katharina Rosenberger, born in Switzerland,
holds a master in music from the Royal Academy
of Music, London. Awarded with a Faculty
Fellowship from Columbia University she moved
to New York in 2001. Her doctorate studies in
music composition under the direction of French
composer Tristan Murail will be completed in
May 2008. She has taught at Columbia University
and was invited guest lecturer for composition
and sound art at a number of conservatories and
art colleges in France and Switzerland.
She often works in a collaborative setting and
links her music (for acoustic and electronic
mediums) and installations with the theatre,
video art and modern dance. Her work has been
shown at the Chelsea Art Museum, Gallery Engine
27, The Tank in New York, Deep Listening Space,
Kingston, Théâtre de Nîmes, Gallery District,
Marseille, Theater Ballhaus, Berlin, Teatro
Sala Uno, Rome, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich,
Gare du Nord, Basel among others and has been
featured at various festivals such as the
Zürcher Theaterspektakel, La Bâtie Festival
de Genève, Schweiz. Tonkünstlerfest, Festival
für Neue Musik, Bamberg, Avignon Festival,
Festival Les Musiques, Marseille, Zoo Bizzarre,
Bordeaux, Media Art Festival, Yerevan, Festival
atélier trideni plus, Prague, Bath Festival,
NYC Fringe Festival and the Spark Festival in
Minnesota.
Katharina Rosenberger was composer in residence
with the Orchestre de Nîmes, France in 2005 and
with the GMEM (Centre National de Création
Musicale) in Marseille, France in 2007.
May 6, 2008: CONCERT DETAILS
© Manhattan Sinfonietta, 2007
