commissioningprogramme
2022/23 season
Hanna Kulenty (Poland/Netherlands)
A SYMPHONIC WORK FOR LARGE ORCHESTRA
Date of commission: Autumn of 2022
Anticipated date of completion: late 2024 Anticipated world premiere: spring of the 2024/25 season;Philharmonia Orchestra
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
London series
Commissioned by ICCM & Friends of ICCM/USA
Composer websiteFROM THE COMPOSER
After a long search I have found a language in which I can express everything – and this language is music. Why would I explain my music? Listen to it from beginning to end, that’s what I have to say.
Avner Dorman (Israel/USA)
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN & ORCHESTRAWritten for violinist Julian Rachlin
Date of commission: Autumn of 2022
Anticipated date of completion: mid 2024
Anticipated world premiere: spring of the 2024/25 season;
Philharmonia Orchestra
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
London series
Commissioned by ICCM & Partners
Composer websiteABOUT HIS MUSIC
“wide-ranging, appealing, breathtakingly virtuosic, sophisticated enough to appeal to an audience of classical aficionados, and approachable enough to appeal to people who have never been to an orchestra concert.”
Anne Midgette, Washington Post
Wojciech Błażejczyk (Poland)
A TWO-PHASE COMMISSION
Phase I (2001-2022)
Concerto for Electric Guitar, Percussion,
Live Electronic & Orchestra
completed; world premiere in London
US premiere: autumn of 2023, LA Chamber Orchestra
Phase II (2023-2024): “Knockout”: Sinfonia Concertate
for Rock Band, Live Electronics, and Orchestra
Date of commission: Autumn of 2022
Anticipated date of completion: late 2024
Anticipated world premiere: spring of the 2024/25 season;
Philharmonia Orchestra
Zvonimir Hačko, conductor
London series
Commissioned by ICCM & Friends of ICCM/USA
Composer websiteABOUT HIS STYLE
Błażejczyk is an active guitarist. He composes both electroacoustic music and music without the use of electronics. He specializes in live sound processing of acoustic instruments and sound objects. The creator of objectophones – instruments made of everyday objects whose sound is processed live – and of gestophone – an electronic instrument where the performer uses gestures to control sound parameters, Wojciech writes in various genre including concert music, music for theatre, and film music.
