Category: Appassionato Ensemble
Como Contemporary Festival 2023
NEWS – VII CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE DI COMPOSIZIONE APPASSIONATO ENSEMBLE 2023
Siamo felici di annunciare che in questa settima edizione del nostro concorso di composizione abbiamo ricevuto 89 partiture provenienti da 29 Paesi di tutto il Mondo. Le partiture verranno selezionate da una giuria internazionale ed eseguite all’interno di Como Contemporary Festival 2023.
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We are happy to announce that in this seventh edition of our composition competition we have 89 scores from 29 countries around the world. The scores will be selected by an international jury and performed within the Como Contemporary Festival 2023.
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7th International Composition Competition "Appassionato Ensemble" 2023
Simone Maccaglia wins the "Appassionato Ensemble" International Composition Competition
Simone Maccaglia (Italy) wins the 6th edition of the International Composition Competition "Appassionato Ensemble" 2022.
The jury made up of Ivan Fedele (President, Italy), Mehdi Khayami (Iran) and Umberto Pedraglio (Italy) unanimously awarded the score "I giardini di Adone" for solo flute.
Our congratulations go to the composer Maccaglia and to all the finalists: Danilo Karim Kaddouri (Italy), Alejandro Mata (Mexico), Maurizio Tedde (Italy) and Miguel Rivera (Mexico) who were able to listen to their scores performed by the ensemble during the final concert, held at the Villa Olmo Hall, within the contemporary art exhibition "Rosa Alchemico" - MINIARTEXTIL 2022.
A big thank you to all the partners and to the large public who participated with great interest and attention to the event.
Concerto di premiazione VI CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE DI COMPOSIZIONE
Riparte Como Contemporary Festival 2022
The Como Contemporary Festival 2022 reopens its doors!
This third edition, opened with a marvelous concert in February at the Teatro Sociale in Como, had a long pause before entering its liveliest moment when its events will make contemporary music co-habit and dialogue with the other arts.
A series of concerts are ready to make us dive into the contemporary sounds, atmospheres, artistic manufacts, which, working all together as a unique art, will make us feel deeply and know a lot of new music!
Here’s the program of our festival:
When? From Nov. 1 to Dec. 9, 2022
Where? At Villa Olmo in Como, at the Palace Hotel and at the Cathedral in Como, too.
What?
- “Concerto inaugurale delle Polifonie International Music Masterclass“
- “Intorno al ‘900”, concerto per violoncello e pianoforte
- “Beetween two worlds“, musiche per ensemble
- “Giovanni Sollima e i violoncelli scultura”
- “Concerto Finale e premiazione del 6° Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Appassionato Ensemble“
- “Missa Solemnis”, per soli, coro e orchestra
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We’re already announcing that it twill be possible to subscribe to the entire festival with a small amount and this includes the fee to become a Supporting Member of the Associazione!
Agustìn Castellòn Molina won the 5th International Composition Competition Appassionato Ensemble
Agustìn Castellòn Molina e la Giuria
Agustìn Castellòn Molina and his score "Sinuosa... Emergiò desde el violeta" won the first prize of the V International Composition Competition "Appassionato Ensemble". The final parts of the Competition took place in Como at the Silk Museum (Museo della Seta) on Dec, 11-12, 2021 during the finissage of the exhibition Bodies without Organs within Como Contemporary Festival - International Festival of Contemporary Music and Other Arts.
Many congratulations from the staff of Cultural Association Polifonie, from the Jury and from all the members of Appassionato Ensemble, who have played the five finalist scores for an interested and focused public.
We would like to thank all of our partners for their valuable collaboration as well as all those who have made this Festival possible. Special thanks also go to all of you, who took part in the final concert yesterday. See you soon!
Finalists announced at the V International Composition Competition “Appassionato Ensemble” 2021
Today, October 27, 2021, the members of the jury, Mehdi Khayami (Iran) and Umberto Pedraglio (Italy), chaired by Alessandro Solbiati (Italy) selected the finalist scores of the 5th International Composition Competition “Appassionato Ensemble” 2021.
We received 96 scores from 31 countries from all over the world.
Below is the list of the selected finalist scores:
- “Altri spettri” for violin, cello, clarinet and piano, Stefano Bonilauri (Italy);
- “Pale flower IVb” for viola solo, by Zhuosheng Jin (China)
- “Photochoromosomes: Lines II” for bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano, by Emircan Pehlivan (Turkey);
- “Rapsodia Mechanica” for alto flute, clarinet, cello and piano, by, by Sungtae Paek (Republic of Korea)
- “Sinuosa… emergiò desde el violeta” for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, by Agustìn Felipe Ignacio Castellòn Molina (Cile).
The Jury also assegned a special mention to the following scores:
- “B.cLoUd.E” for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, by, by Iakovos Maimaris (Cipro);
- “Colorabilia” for clarinet, cello and piano, by Miguel Alejandro Mata Sanchez (Mexico).
The five finalist scores will be performed on December 12, 2021, at the Museo della Seta in Como, during the final evening of Como Contemporary Festival 2021. At the end of the concert the Jury will meet to select the winner. The prize-giving ceremony will be held at the end of the concert.
Our congratulations go to the five finalist authors, who will be our valued guests in Como during Como Contemporary Festival 2021. Accommodation for the finalists has been made possible also by the generous contributions of Comune di Como and Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Cantù BCC.
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Sunghyun Lee vince il IV Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Appassionato Ensemble
Sunghyun Lee si aggiudica con la partitura “Andante luminoso I” per ottavino, violino e violoncello, il primo premio del Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Appassionato Ensemble, le cui selezioni si sono svolte online nel 2020 e si sono concluse domenica 27 giugno 2021 in un concerto aperto al pubblico presso il Salone di Villa Olmo a Como.
A lui vanno i complimenti da parte di tutto lo staff dell’Associazione Culturale Polifonie, della Giuria Internazionale e di tutti i membri di Appassionato Ensemble, che hanno eseguito una partitura davvero interessante e complessa, apprezzata anche da tutto il pubblico presente in sala.
Ringraziamo tutti i partner per la preziosa collaborazione e tutti coloro che hanno contribuito a rendere possibile la nostra manifestazione. Un grazie speciale va a tutti voi che avete partecipato così numerosi al concerto di premiazione. A presto!