Hosted by Te Rōpū Kaitito Puoro o Aotearoa
//The Composers Association of New Zealand
ISCM WORLD NEW MUSIC DAYS
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Ōtautahi Christchurch
Aotearoa New Zealand
23-30 August 2022
ASIAN COMPOSERS LEAGUE
Ōtautahi Christchurch
Aotearoa New Zealand
28-31 August 2022
Te Rōpū Kaitito Puoro o Aotearoa//The Composers Association of New Zealand (CANZ) proudly hosted the postponed ISCM World New Music Days in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Ōtautahi Christchurch in August 2022. The festival included concerts by professional orchestras and ensembles, informal ensembles and collaborations, taonga puoro practitioners, and soloists. Concurrently, with the latter part of the ISCM WNMDs, we hosted an Asian Composers League (ACL) festival. The music featured throughout this double festival included new and innovative works from across the international membership of the ISCM and ACL, alongside a rich and varied array of recent music from Aotearoa.
Below is a full list of festival events and links to live streams that can be viewed on our CANZ YouTube Channel.
More information about the festival can be found on the the full festival booklet here: 2022 World New Music Days.
FESTIVAL EVENTS – AUCKLAND
Tuesday 23 August 2022
2.30pm Mihi whakatau (welcome) School of Music courtyard, 6 Symonds St, University of Auckland
5.30pm “Dots and Voids” (installation launch at the Audio Foundation)
Alice Shields (USA) White Heron Dance
Charo Calvo (Belgium) The Grass
Juan Jose Eslava (Spain) Máscaras
Albertas Navickas (Lithuania) silences
Jan Jacob Hofmann (Germany) Coloured Dots and the Voids In Between
John McLachlan (Ireland) Sparśa
Roxanne Turcotte (Canada) Alibi des voltigeurs
9pm “Traces” School of Music Theatre, 6 Symonds St, University of Auckland
Performers include: Jason Long, Eric Renick
Joo Won Park (Korea/USA) PS Quartet No.1
Constantin Basica (Romania) Flashbacks
Jason Long (New Zealand) Broken Mirror
Cecilia Arditto (Netherlands) Musique Concrète
Jeff Morris/Elisabeth Blair (USA) In the Middle of the Room
Many thanks to our sponsors Koala Tech for their support in making this concert happen
Wednesday 24 August 2022
4pm “Te Kakau” School of Music Old Library, 6 Symonds St, University of Auckland
Performer: Justin DeHart
Aaron Graham (Canada) Manifesto
Paulo Bastos (Portugal) Íris-abandono…
Andrew Staniland (Canada) Orion Constallation Theory
Nuno Costa (Portugal) Instrepere III
Glenda Keam (New Zealand) Tautology
Simon Eastwood (New Zealand) Silver Wind, Golden Earth, White Water
John Psathas (New Zealand) Mentacide
8pm “Land Pictures” School of Music Theatre, 6 Symonds St, University of Auckland
Performers: Auckland Chamber Choir cond. Jono Palmer
Maja Linderoth (Norway) Sonata form denatured prose
Daniel Davis (Portugal) Colours (here in)
Takarei Komene (New Zealand) Ngā Roimata o te Tūrama
Tuirina Wehi (arr. Wiremu) (New Zealand) Waerenga-a-Hika
Eve de Castro-Robinson (New Zealand) host
Leonie Holmes (New Zealand) Land Pictures
David Hamilton & Tsubasa Kawamoto (New Zealand) Whanau Marama
Joshua Pearson (New Zealand) No ro hunu ake
Thursday 25 August 2022
3pm “Interdependence” Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 420 Titirangi Road, Titirangi
Second Company (New Zealand) Shouting Down Storeys
Christian Skjødt (Denmark) Interdependencies (Part I)
Lukas Ligeti (South Africa) Labyrinth of Stars: The Far Southeast
Mikołaj Laskowski (Poland) Deep Relaxation Vol. 4: Self-Care
Friday 26 August 2022
12.30pm “Tiraki” School of Music Theatre, 6 Symonds St, University of Auckland
Performer: Gabriela Glapska
András Gábor Virágh (Hungary) Les visages de la lune (mvts I, II, IV)
Celeste Oram (New Zealand) $cher.zo
Laura Gustovska (Latvia) Silk
Luboš Mrkvička (Czech Republic) For Piano, Part H
Stephen Adams (Australia) Piano in a field of recordings
Motoharu Kawashima (Japan) Three pieces from “Action Music”
Ana Kazimić (Serbia) Auroriel
Tsu-Yao Yang (Taiwan) Diode IV
Michael Norris (New Zealand) Amato
5pm “Microcosm” Loft, Q Theatre, 305 Queen St
Performers: NZTrio
Sara Carvalho (Portugal) sobre a areia o tempo poisa [over the sands time stands still]
Alex Taylor (New Zealand) burlesques mécaniques
Mikel Urquiza (Spain) Cinq pièges brefs
Jenny McLeod (New Zealand) Clouds
Demian Rudel Rey (Argentina) Tajimamori
Samuel Holloway (New Zealand) Stapes
Jakub Rataj (Czech Republic) ES.23
8pm “Kēkēao” School of Music Theatre, 6 Symonds St, University of Auckland
Performers: Johnny Chang, Gabriela Glapska, Mark Menzies, Andrew Uren
Daniel Matej (Slovakia) Stormy
Santa Ratniece (Latvia) in this white snow the pearls are lost…
Sarah Westwood (UK) Furl
Mark Menzies (New Zealand) Riroriro part ii – reflect/deflection
Sanna Ahvenjärvi (Finland) No Piece By Violance
James Gardner (New Zealand) Knot
Alison Isadora (New Zealand /Netherlands) Playtime
James Gardner (New Zealand) Queer Studies III
Helen Bowater (New Zealand) Quiet birds in circled flight
Saturday 27 August 2022
5pm “Ngā Kaiwaka” Loft, Q Theatre, 305 Queen St
Performers: Andrew Beer and Sarah Watkins
Denis Bosse (Belgium) Alarme
Esther Flückiger (Switzerland) Guarda i lumi
Rodney Sharman (Canada) Gratitude
Josiah Carr (New Zealand) Dance
Menachem Zür (Israel) Sonatina for Viola and Piano
Rui Liu (China) Memory of Mount Yimeng
Salina Fisher (New Zealand) Reflect
Reuben Jelleyman (New Zealand) Variations
Gillian Whitehead (New Zealand) Torua
7.30pm “bioluminescence” School of Music Theatre, 6 Symonds St, University of Auckland
Premiere of filmed performances by ELISION
Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh (Taiwan / NZ / Australia) 3.6
Richard Barrett (Wales) vinča
Liza Lim (Australia) bioluminescence
Richard Barrett (Wales) World-Line
FESTIVAL EVENTS – CHRISTCHURCH
Sunday 28 August 2022
3.15pm “Ahiahi” (preceded by mihi whakatau) Great Hall, The Arts Centre
Performers: Justin DeHart, Mark Menzies
Nenad Firšt (Slovenia) Jezero
Youngkwang Yang (South Korea) nox serena
Marcus Jackson (New Zealand) All I Fear Is Death Before Fame
Young-eun Paik (South Korea) back to dust…
7pm “Tūtohu” Charles Luney Auditorium, St Margarets College, 12 Winchester Street
Performers: Christchurch Youth Orchestra cond. Helen Renaud
Ryan Molloy (Ireland) Ogham
Robin Toan (New Zealand) Comic
Richard Tsang (Hong Kong) Distant Lights
René Silva Ponce (Chile) Surcos a la tierra
Claire Cowan (New Zealand) Opito
Monday 29 August 2022
1.10pm “Te Waipuna” Great Hall, The Arts Centre
Performers: New Zealand String Quartet
Kurt Rohde (USA) inside voice
Jae-Moon Lee (South Korea) Rain Drops / Stained Glass
Karlo Margetic (New Zealand) Ricercar
Hiroaki Tokunaga (Japan) Cosmic mosaic
Louise Webster (New Zealand) This memory of earth
4pm “Te Hau” UC Arts Recital Room, The Arts Centre, 3 Hereford St
Performers: Bridget Douglas and Alistair Fraser
Kristian Blak (Faroe Islands) Taonga Puoro – Sounds
Phil Brownlee (New Zealand) Te Hau o Tāwhirimātea
Alice Hoi-ching Yeung (Hong Kong) Reveal Terra Firma
Gareth Farr (New Zealand) Silver Stone Wood Bone
Josiah Carr (New Zealand) tihei mauri ora
Briar Prastiti (New Zealand) Terra Firma
8pm “Te aho horahora” The Piano: Centre for Music and the Arts, 156 Armagh Street
Performers: Tim Emerson, Rakuto Kurano, Mark Menzies, Henry Nicholson, Yifan Yang, Hugo Zanker
Tonū Korvits (Estonia) Stalker Suite
Mark Bowden (Wales) Five Memos (3 mvts)
Anna Weesner (USA) What Gathers What Lingers
Berislav Šipuš (Croatia) Three Short Tales from the Blind Forest
Jia Daqun (China) The Landscape of Cloud
Jon Lin Chua (Singapore) Huis Clos
Ji-Hyang Kim (South Korea) Eine Studie nach der Nuance des Sonnenstrahls
Tuesday 30 August 2022
1pm “Te Ihutai” The Piano: Centre for Music and the Arts, 156 Armagh Street
Performers: NZTrio
Joe Cutler (UK) McNulty
Chatori Shimizu (Japan) Wagyu Pigs
Karlo Margetić (New Zealand) Lightbox
Callum Mallet (New Zealand) Departure, at the going tide
Tazul Izan Tajuddin (Malaysia) Sebuah Pantun IV
Ryle Custodio (Philippines) Elehiya Para sa mga Biktima ng Masaker sa Maguindanao [Elegy for the Victims of Maguindanao Massacre]
Michael Norris (New Zealand) Horizon Fields
Tabea Squire (New Zealand) Tanz
5pm “Tūranga hauropi” UC Arts Recital Room, The Arts Centre, 3 Hereford St
Performers: Tim Emerson, Rakuto Kurano, Mark Menzies, Yifan Yang
Ann Cleare (Ireland) Inner
Guo Yuan (China) The Stretched Song
Fani Kosona (Greece) Flow Imprints
Do Hong Quan (Vietnam) Lonely River
Charlotte Seither (Germany) lauschgut
Tomás Bordalejo (Argentina) Fétiches
Mykola Khshanovskyi (Ukraine) Forest Cover
7.30pm “Tributary” Charles Luney Auditorium, St Margarets College, 12 Winchester Street
Performers: Christchurch Symphony Orchestra cond. Ben Northey, Mark Menzies, Sarah Watkins
Chin Ting Chan (Hong Kong) In-pulse
Yohanan Chendler (Israel) Atmospheric noise
Yimin (Edward) Wu (Hong Kong) Wedge
Hisataka Nishimori (Japan) Banka no Mori [The forest in late summer]
Ramon Santos (Philippines) DIWA
Weerechat Premananda (Thailand) Jack Body: ‘The Black Magic’ legacy
9.30pm “Skyward” Little Andromeda Theatre, 1/134 Oxford Terrace
Electroacoustic works, with Ros Bandt
Per Magnus Lindborg (Singapore) Graviton Dance
Ros Bandt (Australia) Raptor
Tran Luu Hoang (Vietnam) In the Sky
Reuben de Lautour (New Zealand) An auscultation of reminiscence
Fulya Uçanok (Turkey) Swarming
Tolga Tüzün (Turkey) Plugged
Wednesday 31 August 2022
2pm “Kōnehu” UC Arts Recital Room, The Arts Centre, 3 Hereford St
Asian Composers League Young Composer Competition
Performers: Mark Bennett, Johnny Chang, Callum Hall, Rakuto Kurano, Paul Lee, Mark Menzies
Aidan Charles Rosa (Australia) Passacaglia (‘the profundity of absurdity’)
Ka Shu Tam (Hong Kong) Flux
Noam Olsewer-Zaguri (Israel) Visual Trio
Akira Ito (Japan) Sempre Trattenuto
Yeoul Choi (South Korea) TONALITY of “Rhythm”
Ilysia Tan (Malaysia) Addiction to perfection
Glen Downie (New Zealand) Two Variations on an Original Chorale
Erma Dianne Decena (Philippines) Dagat-Dumi-Pagkain
Jia Yi Lee (Singapore) susurrus
Chih-Yun Wang (Taiwan) Ling
Piyawat Louilarpprasert (Thailand) bouncing, sliding, spinning
7pm “Kōanga” Ron Ball Studio, Christchurch Town Hall, 86 Kilmore Street
Performers: Justin DeHart, Hannah Darroch, Tim Emerson, Rakuto Kurano, David McGregor, Annabella Zilber, Benjamin Zilber
Miyuki Ito (Japan) Rebirth of a primary
Chris Gendall (New Zealand) Silk Bridge
Adeline Wong (Malaysia) Herringbone
Bertram Wee (Singapore) lionheart
Hyunsuk Jun (Korea) Typewriter
Lily Chen (Taiwan) Rambling
CANZ gratefully acknowledges the support of our sponsors, without whom this event would not have been possible:
