Vito Zuraj

    Restrung
    18th January 2013
    World Premiere
    Frankfurter Positionen
    Ensemble Modern
    Kasper de Roo
    
    Warm-up
    24th January 2013
    German Premiere
    Ultraschall Berlin
    Ensemble Modern
    Erik Nielsen
    
    Top Spin
    7th February 2013
    Eclat Stuttgart
    Ensemble Modern
    
    Changeover
    15th March 2013
    SWR Attacca Stuttgart
    RSO Stuttgart
    Ensemble Modern
    Johannes Kalitzke
    

News

 

Read the announcement in italian newspaper Repubblica about the performance of Vito Žuraj's INTROITUS for string quartet at Milano Musica on 15th October 2012 as a part of the project
for Premio San Fedele.


 

Vito Žuraj was awarded 1st prize at the "57. Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart"
for his work CHANGEOVER for instrumental groups and symphony orchestra, composed for the
"5th International Composition Seminar" by Ensemble Modern.
As a part of the prize the piece CHANGEOVER is going to be performed on 15th March 2013 in Theaterhaus
Stuttgart by RSO Stuttgart and Ensemble Modern, conducted by Johannes Kalitzke.


 

Vito Žuraj's piece WARM-UP for French horn and percussion was
recommended work at the "2012 International Rostrum of Composers" in Stockholm.


 

 



 

Ideas for future projects: ORBIS

 

 

 



 

Events in 2015

 

•         Concerto for French horn and orchestra (2014) City Halls Glasgow, Scottland
  28th February 2015
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Saar Berger, French horn
  Conducted by Matthias Pintscher
  

 

 



 

Events in 2014

 

•         Concerto for French horn and orchestra (2014) Slovenian Philharmonics Subscription Series
  Cankarjev dom, Gallus Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  27th - premier performance and 28th February 2014
  Slovenian Philharmonics
  Saar Berger, French horn
  Conducted by Matthias Pintscher
  

 

 



 

Events in 2013

 

•         Übürall for soprano and ensemble (2013) cresc... Biennial for Modern Music 2013
  21st November 2013 - premier performance
  hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt am Main
  Ensemble Modern
  

 

•         Fired-up for ensemble (2013) Festival MiTo Settembre Musica Milano
  Project for Premio San Fedele Milano
  13st September 2013 - premier performance
  Klangforum Wien
  

   

  Next performance by Klangforum Wien:
  

   

  Festival Musikprotokoll Graz
  4th October 2013

 

•         Matrix for Disklavier (2013) Gaudeamus Music Week, Utrecht
  7th September 2013 - premier performance
  Conlon Foundation
  Yamaha Disklavier
  

 

•         Insideout for two voices and ensemble (2013) Salzburger Festspiele 2013
  24th August 2013 - premier performance
  Text by Alexander Stockinger
  Sharoun Ensemble
  Mojca Erdmann, soprano; Matthias Goerne, baritone
  Conducted by Matthias Pintscher
  

 

•         Orlando.Das Schloss. Opera in one act for voices, choir and orchestra (2012/2013) Theater Bielefeld
  Project in cooperation with Akademie Musiktheater heute der Deutsche Bank Stiftung
  15th June 2013 - premier performance
  Next performances: 19th June 2013, 22nd June 2013, 5th July 2013, 7th July 2013, 14th July 2013
  

 

•         Tango for flute and orchestra (2000) 5th Symphonic Concert SNG Maribor
  25th April 2013
  SNG Maribor, Grand Hall, Slovenia
  Symphony Orchestra SNG Maribor
  Eva Slana, flute solo
  Conducted by Simon Dvorsak
  

 

•         Deuce for bass clarinet and percussion (2008) Town Hall Seattle: Games
  10th April 2013 - US premiere
  Seattle, Town Hall
  Talea Ensemble
  

   

  Next performance by Talea Ensemble:
  

   

  12th April 2013
  University of Victoria, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
  British Columbia, Canada
  

 

•         Changeover for instrumental groups and symphony orchestra (2011) SWR Attacca Subscription Series, Stuttgart
  15th March 2013
  Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Germany
  Ensemble Modern
  SWR Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
  Conducted by Johannes Kalitzke
  

 

•         Top Spin for percussion trio (2011) Festival Eclat Stuttgart
  7th February 2013
  Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
  Ensemble Modern
  

 

•         Warm-up for French horn and percussion (2012) Festival Ultraschall Berlin
  24th January 2013
  Fritz Club am Ostbahnhof, Berlin
  Ensemble Modern
  Conducted by Erik Nielsen
  

 

•         Restrung for ensemble (2012) Frankfurter Positionen 2013, Frankfurt LAB
  18th - premier performance and 19th January 2013
  Ensemble Modern
  Conducted by Kasper de Roo
  

 

 



 

Events in 2012

 

•         Recitativi per voce alta e cimbalo cromatico (2012) Oper Frankfurt, Festakt Akademie Musiktheater heute der Deutsche Bank Stiftung
  18th October 2012 - premier performance
  Damiel Pataky, tenor
  Johannes Keller, cimbalo cromatico
  

 

•         Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (2006/2009) Cankarjev dom, Gallus Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  18th October 2012 - slovenian premiere
  Slovenian RTV Orchestra
  Joże Kotar, clarinet
  Conducted by En Shao
  

 

•         Introitus for string quartet (2012) 15th September 2012 - premier performance
  The 4th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival
  The Olive Grove, Delikipos, Cyprus
  Quartetto Prometeo
  

   

  Next performance by Quartetto Prometeo:

   

  Milano Musica 2012
  Project for Premio San Fedele Milano
  15th October 2012
  Auditorium San Fedele, Milano
  Quartetto Prometeo
  

 

•         Re-slide for trombone solo and ensemble (2012) Konservatorium Bern
  29th June 2012 - premier performance
  Members of Camerata Bern, students of Hochschule der Künste Bern
  Mayumi Shimizu, trombone solo
  Conducted by Michael Wendeberg
  

 

•         Contour for woodwind quintet (2012) Hochschule für Musik Saarbrücken
  6th June 2012 - premier performance
  Members of Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
  

 

•         Framed for ensemble (2011) Staatstheater Karlsruhe
  5th April 2012
  Members of Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe
  

 

•         Silhouette for accordion solo (2012) Maribor 2012, European Capital of Culture, Union Hall, Slovenia
  30th March 2012 - premier performance
  Luka Juhart, accordion
  

   

  Next performances by Luka Juhart:

   

  Muziek Biennale Niederrhein
  30th September 2012
  Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Netherlands
  

   

  Sound Explicit 2012
  4th October 2012
  Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  

 

•         Warm-up for French horn and percussion (2012) Slovenian Philharmonics, Kozina Hall, Ljubljana
  13th March 2012 - premier performance
  Saar Berger, French horn
  Franci Krevh, Matevż Bajde, percussion
  Conducted by Steven Loy
  

 

 



 

Events in 2011

 

•         Changeover for instrumental groups and symphony orchestra (2011) Extended spaces - The 5th International Composition Seminar by Ensemble Modern
  cresc... Biennial for Modern Music, Frankfurt-Rhine-Main
  25th November 2011 - premier performance
  hr-Sendesaal Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  Ensemble Modern
  hr-Sinfonieorchester
  Conducted by Johannes Kalitzke
  

 

•         Framed for ensemble (2011) Royaumont - Voix Nouvelles concert series, France
  24th September 2011 - premier performance
  Ensemble Recherche
  Conducted by Geoffroy Jourdain
  

 

•         Top Spin for percussion trio (2011) Festival MainzMusik
  28th June 2011 - premier performance
  Hochschule für Musik Mainz, Roter Saal, Germany
  Ensemble Modern
  

 

•         Ĉmrlj for piano solo (2011) Project for Premio San Fedele Milano
  6th June 2011 - premier performance
  Auditorium San Fedele, Milano
  Maria Grazia Bellocchio, piano
  

 

•         Zgübleni for alto, ensemble and live electronics (2010/11) Sunday, 22th May 2011 - premier performance
  Tage der Neuen Musik 2011, Würzburg
  Hochschule für Musik, Theter Bibrastrasse, Germany
  Noa Frenkel, alto
  ensemble experimental
  Conducted by Detlef Heusinger
  Sound projection: Gregorio Karman, Joachim Haas, Thomas Hummel
  
  Next performances:
  
  Wednesday, 25th May 2010
  Ars Nova, Rottweil
  Erich-Hauer-Stiftung, Germany
  
  Sunday, 29th May 2010
  Matrix11, EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO Akademie Freiburg
  Freiburg, SWR Freiburg, Germany
  Concert Mehrklang/matrix
  

 

•         Tiebreak for large symphony orchestra (2010) Tuesday, 5th April 2011, 7:30 p.m.
  Slovenian Music Days, Ljubljana
  Slovenian Philharmonic, The Marjan Kozina Hall
  The RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
  Conducted by Marino Formenti
  

 

 



 

Events in 2010

 

•         Deuce for Tenor saxophone and percussion (2008) Wednesday, 10th November 2010, 10:00 p.m.
  ARD-Hörspieltage
  Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany
  Ensemble TEMA
  

 

•         Net Cord for string ensemble (2010) Sunday, 3rd October 2010, 11:00 a.m. - premier performance
  Festival UNICUM
  Slovenian Philharmonic, Kozina Hall, Ljubljana
  KOS Ensemble
  Conducted by Marko Hribernik
  

 

•         CourtNr2 for ensemble (2010) Monday, 27th September 2010, 7:30 p.m. - premier performance
  HfMDK Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  International Ensemble Modern Academy
  
  Saturday, 2nd October 2010, 8:00 p.m.
  Festival Quantensprünge XI
  ZKM Karlsruhe Kubus, Germany
  International Ensemble Modern Academy
  

 

•         Overgrip for symphony orchestra (2010) Friday, 16th July 2010 - premier performance
  Acanthes 2010, Arsenal Metz, France
  Orchestre National de Lorraine
  Conducted by Jacques Mercier
  

 

•         Composer's portrait - Vito Žuraj: Pulse Train at the International Ensemble Modern Academy
  Wednesday, 30th June 2010, 7:30 p.m.
  Haus der Deutschen Ensemble Akademie, Dachsaal, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  ---
  Deuce for Tenor saxophone and percussion
  Fluctus for electronics
  The Cat for soprano and piano
  iSlider for electronics
  Vocalise for soprano and piano
  The French open for horn solo - premier performance
  Odtrg for electronics
  ---
  International Ensemble Modern Academy with guests

 

•         Tiebreak for large symphony orchestra (2010) Friday, 14th May 2010, 8:00 p.m. - premier performance
  Congresshalle Saarbrücken, Germany; Großer Saal
  Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
  Conducted by Tito Ceccherini
  Live radio broadcast on SR 2 Kulturradio and Radio France

 

•         Dropshot for two French horns solo and ensemble (2010) Tuesday, 9th March 2010, 7:30 p.m. - premier performance
  HfMDK Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  International Ensemble Modern Academy
  
  Friday, 12th March 2010, 8:00 p.m.
  Festival Quantensprünge XI
  ZKM Karlsruhe Kubus, Germany
  International Ensemble Modern Academy
  Saar Berger and Sharon Polyak, French horns