Event
Cybec Australian Composers Program Finals
- Date: Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 6:30pm
- Venue: Iwaki Auditorium — ABC Southbank Centre, 120-130 Southbank Boulevard, South Melbourne, VIC Tickets: This is a free event
Event Details
MSO's CYBEC 21st Century Australian Composers Program brings together four young composers from across Australia to compete to have their compositions performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in its 2009 Metropolis Series. Come and support new works by young Australian composers Lorenzo Alvaro, Elias Constantopedos, Benjamin McDonald and Mark Wolf. Each work will be performed by an ensemble of MSO musicians under the baton of MSO principal trombone Brett Kelly. Following the concert a panel of three experts, including the MSO's Composer in Residence Brenton Broadstock, Director of Artistic Planning Huw Humphreys and conductor Brett Kelly, will choose a maximum of two new works. The two selected composers have the chance to further refine their works over the coming months before they receive their world premieres in the orchestra's contemporary music series in the first (2 May) and second Metropolis (6 May) concerts later this year.
The four participants, all under the age of 30, have been working individually with their mentors since late 2008. Now in its sixth year, the MSO's Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program provides the opportunity for young composers to write a work for the MSO and be mentored by some of Australia's most recognised composers. For the 2008-09 program Brenton Broadstock, Julian Yu, Matthew Hindson and Johanna Selleck have been working with the young composers providing compositional guidance and advice.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9626 1111
Featured Australian Works
| A succession of madness : orchestra (2009) by Mark Wolf — World premiere — performed by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Brett Kelly | |
| Curse of Greyface by Benjamin McDonald — World premiere — performed by Brett Kelly and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | |
| Light without heat : for chamber orchestra (2008) by Lorenzo Alvaro — World premiere — performed by Brett Kelly and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | |
| Moda (2009) by Elias Constantopedos — World premiere — performed by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Brett Kelly |
Featured artists
- Performer Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Brett Kelly
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