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    HIGHLIGHTS
    OF 2017
    
    Elbphilharmonie
     Hamburg
    24th March 2017
    Stand up
    NDR Elbphilharmonie
      Orchester
    Juraj Valčuha
    
    Elbphilharmonie
     Hamburg
    10th April 2017
    Composer's portrait
    Ensemble Modern
    Vito Žuraj, conductor
    
    Berliner Philharmonie
    5th November 2017
    Alavò
    Orchester-Akademie der
      Berliner Philharmoniker
    Mojca Erdmann
    Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
    Stanley Dodds
    
    

 

 

 



 

Vito Žuraj was awarded the Claudio-Abbado-Kompositionpreis 2016.

 



EVENTS IN 2018

 

•   Kölner Philharmonie
    27th Juni 2018
    Contour for instrumental quintet (2012)
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
  

 

•   Theater Erfurt
    17th - world premiere - and 18th May 2018
    Drive, concert piece for percussion and orchestra (2016/2017)
    Philharmonic Orchestra of Theater Erfurt
    Samuel Bächli, conductor
  

 

•   Konzerthaus Wien
    7th May 2018
    Tension for ensemble (2018)
    Klangforum Wien
    Peter Rundel, conductor
  

 

•   Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
    27th April 2018 - world premiere
    Tension for ensemble (2018)
    Klangforum Wien
    Emilio Pomarico, conductor
  

 

•   Philharmonia Orchestra: Music of Today
    Royal Festival Hall, London
    15th April 2018
    Aftertouch for ensemble (2015)
    Quiet, please for three brass mouthpieces (2014)
    Ubuquity for soprano and ensemble (2015/2017) - world premiere of English version
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Nika Gorič, soprano
    Joana Mallwitz, conductor
  

 

•   Strange Attractors
    Vapaan taiteen tila, Helsinki
    7th April 2018
    Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Tristero Piano Trio
  

 

•   IEMA Frühjahrskonzert, HfMDK Frankfurt
    2nd March 2018
    Framed for ensemble (2011)
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
    Lautaro Mura, conductor
  

 

 



EVENTS IN 2017

•   Lucerne Festival
    26th November 2017
    Alavò for soprano, piano and instrumental groups (2017)
    Libretto by Patrick Hahn
    Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
    Rinnat Moriah, soprano
    Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
    Stanley Dodds, conductor
  

 

•   Philharmonie de Paris
    7th November 2017
    Alavò for soprano, piano and instrumental groups (2017)
    Libretto by Patrick Hahn
    Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
    Rinnat Moriah, soprano
    Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
    Stanley Dodds, conductor
  

 

•   Berliner Philharmonie
    5th November 2017 - world premiere
    Alavò for soprano, piano and instrumental groups (2017)
    Libretto by Patrick Hahn
    Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
    Rinnat Moriah, soprano
    Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano
    Stanley Dodds, conductor
  

 

•   Contempo Series Chicago
    27th October 2017
    Framed for ensemble (2011)
    Talea Ensemble
  

 

•   4th Slowind Spring 2017
    Slovenian Philharmonic, Ljubljana
    11th October 2017
    Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Takefu Ensemble
  

 

•   Royal College of Music London
    11th October 2017
    Quiet, please for three brass mouthpieces (2014)
    RCM Brass Ensemble
  

 

•   Warsaw Autumn, Poland
    17th September 2017
    Zgübleni for alto, ensemble and live electronics (2010/11)
    SWR ExperimentalStudio Freiburg
    Noa Frenkel, alto
    ensemble experimental
    Detlef Heusinger, conductor
    Sound projection: Michael Acker, Thomas Hummel, Dominik Kleinknecht
  

 

•   ARD International Music Competition 2017, Semifinals, Munich
    6th September 2017 - world premiere
    Interfret for guitar solo (2017)
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: Programme ARS, Slovenia: Music of our time
    1st August 2017
    i-Formation for two orchestras and two conductors (2016)
    Stand up for symphony orchestra (2017)
    La femme 100 têtes for soprano and double bass (2016)
    Ueaueoi for six male voices (2016)
  

 

•   Sala São Paulo, Brasil
    10th July 2017
    Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
    Ensemble Modern
    Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
  

 

•   Festival Campos do Jordão, Brasil
    8th July 2017
    Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
    Ensemble Modern
    Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
  

 

•   SWR Studio Freiburg, Schlossbergsaal
    24th June 2017
    Time-out for guitar and live-electronics (2017)
    SWR ExperimentalStudio Freiburg
    Klara Tomljanovič, guitar
    Joachim Haas and Vito Žuraj, sound direction
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: NDR Kultur Soirée
    18th June 2017
    NDR das Neue Werk: Composer's Portait in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
  

 

•   Imago Sloveniæ
    Congress Square, Ljubljana
    14th June 2017
    Tango for flute and orchestra (2000)
    Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra
    Robert Pogorilić, flute
  

 

•   Bürgerhaus Wilhelmsburg
    Trio Catch Ohrknacker
    11th June 2017
    Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Australian National Academy of Music
    9th June 2017
    Warm-up for French horn and percussion (2012)
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: WDR3-Konzert
    31st May 2017
    Zgübleni for alto, ensemble and live electronics (2010/11)
  

 

•   Ljubljana Castle, Slovenia
    28th, 29th & 30th May 2017 - world premiere
    Time-out for guitar and live-electronics (2017)
    SWR ExperimentalStudio Freiburg
    Klara Tomljanovič, guitar
    Joachim Haas and Vito Žuraj, sound direction
  

 

•   ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall
    Stefam Dohr: Fanfare & Fantasies
    2tth May 2017
    Quiet, please for three brass mouthpieces (2014)
    Stefan Dohr and ANAM Musicians
  

 

•   Hamburg, Rolf-Liebermann-Studio
    NDR das neue werk
    24th May 2017
    Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Tiroler Landeskonservatorium, Innsbruck
    17th May 2017
    Contour for woodwind quintet (2012)
    Ensemble Windkraft
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: NDR Kultur
    8th May 2017
    Stand up for symphony orchestra (2017)
  

 

•   Achtbrücken Köln
    1st May 2017
    Zgübleni for alto, ensemble and live electronics (2010/11)
    SWR ExperimentalStudio Freiburg
    Noa Frenkel, alto
    ensemble experimental
    Detlef Heusinger, conductor
    Sound projection: Michael Acker, Thomas Hummel, Dominik Kleinknecht
  

 

•   Zagreb Biennale
    24th April 2017
    Contour for instrumental quintet (2012)
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Klangbrücken 2017, Hannover
    20th April 2017
    Quiet, please for three brass mouthpieces (2014)
    Ensemble Schwerpunkt
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: SWR2 JetztMusik
    19th April 2017
    Etouffée for prepared piano (2016)
    Marija Skender, piano
  

 

•   Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
    Composer's portrait - NDR das neue werk
    10th April 2017
    Warm-up for French horn and percussion (2012)
    Schub’rdy G’rdy for soprano, percussion, accordion and piano (2014)
    Contour for woodwind quintet (2012)
    Aftertouch for ensemble (2015)
    La femme 100 têtes for soprano and double bass (2016)
    Top Spin for percussion trio (2011)
    Ensemble Modern
    Rinnat Moriah, soprano
    Paul Cannon, double bass
    Vito Žuraj, conductor
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: France Musique
    5th April 2017
    Ubuquité for soprano and ensemble (2015/2016)
  

 

•   Fundación BBVA Bilbao
    28th March 2017
    Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Ensemble Recherche
  

 

•   Rače Castle, Slovenia
    26th March 2017
    Scratch for string quartet (2012)
    String quartet Dissonance
  

 

•   Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
    24th March 2017
    Stand up for symphony orchestra (2017)
    NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
    Juraj Valčuha, conductor
  

 

•   Kieler Schloss
    23rd March 2017 - world premiere
    Stand up for symphony orchestra (2017)
    NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
    Juraj Valčuha, conductor
  

 

•   Künstlerhaus Salzburg
    30th January 2017
    Quiet, please for three brass mouthpieces (2014)
    Trio Savasa
  

 

•   Philharmonie de Paris
    21st January 2017 - world premiere
    Ubuquité for soprano and ensemble (2015/2016)
    Libretto by Alexander Stockinger, French translation by Bernard Banoun
    Hélène Fauchère, soprano
    Ensemble Intercontemporain
    Matthias Pintscher, conductor
  

 

 



EVENTS IN 2016

 

•   Overgrip for symphony orchestra (2010)
    Theater Erfurt, subscription concerts
    22nd & 23rd December 2016
    Philharmonic Orchestra of Theater Erfurt
    Joana Mallwitz, conductor
  

 

•   Top Spin for percussion trio (2011)
    Deutschlandfunk Köln, Kammermusiksaal
    30th Anniversary of Edition Zeitgenössische Musik
    10th December 2016
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Tango for flute and orchestra (2000)
    Theater Erfurt, subscription concerts
    27th & 28th October 2016
    Philharmonic Orchestra of Theater Erfurt
    Joana Mallwitz, conductor
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Morat-Institut Freiburg
    20th October 2016
    Ensemble Recherche
  

 

•   La femme 100 têtes for soprano and double bass (2016)
    Libretto by Patrick Hahn
    Pharos Art Foundation, Cyprus
    9th October 2016
    Hélène Fauchère, soprano
    Uli Fussenegger, double bass
  

 

•   Ueaueoi for six male voices (2016)
    Musikprotokoll Graz, Austria
    8th October 2016 - world premiere
    Vokalensemble Nova
    Colin Mason, conductor
  

 

•   Quiet, please for three brass mouthpieces (2014)
  
•   Changeover for instrumental groups and orchestra (2011)
  
•   Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
    Musikprotokoll Graz, Austria
    7th October 2016
    Helmut List Halle, Graz
    Klangforum Wien
    RSO Wien
    Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Le festival Musica, Strasbourg
    2nd October 2016
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: Deutschlandradio Kultur
    20th September 2016
    i-Formation for two orchestras and two conductors
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Klangspuren Schwaz, Austria
    17th September 2016
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: NDR Kultur
    14th September 2016
    Die fünf Schritte der Kreativität
  

 

•   i-Formation for two orchestras and two conductors (2016)
    30th Anniversary of Kölner Philharmonie
    14th September 2016 - world premiere
    Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
    WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conducted by François-Xavier Roth and Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  

   

•   Burlesque for symphony orchestra (2000)
    Festival Ljubljana, Slovenia
    26th July 2016
    The Mediterranean Youth Orchestra
    Marko Letonja, conductor
  

 

•   Burlesque for symphony orchestra (2000)
    Marseille, France
    21st July 2016
    The Mediterranean Youth Orchestra
    Marko Letonja, conductor
  

 

•   Burlesque for symphony orchestra (2000)
    Festival Aix-en-Provence, France
    20th July 2016
    The Mediterranean Youth Orchestra
    Marko Letonja, conductor
  

 

•   La femme 100 têtes for soprano and double bass (2016)
    Libretto by Patrick Hahn
    Format Raisins / Cumulus Paris, La Charité-sur-Loire
    9th July 2016
    Hélène Fauchère, soprano
    Uli Fussenegger, double bass
  

 

•   Hawk-eye, concerto for French horn and orchestra (2014)
    Konzerthaus Berlin, subscription concerts
    30th June, 1st & 2nd July 2016
    Konzerthausorchester Berlin
    Saar Berger, French horn
    Simone Young, conductor
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: WDR 3 Studio Neue Musik
    19th June 2016
    Fired-up for ensemble (2013)
  

 

•   Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (2006/2009)
    Union Hall, Maribor, Slovenia
    10th June 2016
    Symphony Orchestra SNG Maribor
    Joże Kotar, clarinet
    Marko Letonja, conductor
  

 

•   Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
    Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    9th June 2016
    Ensemble Modern
    Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires
    Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor
  

 

•   Tango for violin and piano (2000)
    Teatro Argentino de La Plata
    5th June 2016
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Overgrip for symphony orchestra (2010)
    Slovenian Philharmonic, Ljubljana
    1st June 2016
    Slovenian Philharmonic
    Simon Krečič, conductor
  

 

•   Contour for woodwind quintet (2012)
    Beijing Modern Music Festival
    Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing
    26th May 2016
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Radio broadcast: RTVE Programación de Radio Clásica
    8th May 2016
    Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
  

 

•   Contour for instrumental quintet (2012)
    Plug Festival Glasgow
    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Stevenson Hall
    6th May 2016
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Moonballs for woodwind quintet and ensemble (2015)
    SWR Ars Nova, Rottweil
    Kunststiftung Erich Hauser
    29th April 2016
    Slowind woodwind quintet
    Ensemble Contrechamps
    Michael Wendeberg, conductor
  

 

•   Tiebreak for symphony orchestra (2010)
    5th Symphonic Concert SNG Maribor
    Union Hall, Maribor, Slovenia
    21st April 2016
    Symphony Orchestra SNG Maribor
    Benjamin Ellin, conductor
  

 

•   Etouffée for prepared piano (2016)
    Movimentos Wolfsburg
    17th April 2016 - world premiere
    Marija Skender, piano
  

 

•   Contour for woodwind quintet (2012)
    Philharmonie de Paris
    Amphithéâtre - Cité de la musique - Philharmonie 2
    16th April 2016
    Ensemble Intercontemporain
  

 

•   Insideout for two voices and ensemble (2013)
    Philharmonie de Paris
    Grande Salle - Philharmonie 1
    9th April 2016
    Yeree Suh, soprano
    Jarrett Ott, baritone
    Ensemble Intercontemporain
    Matthias Pintscher, conductor
  

 

•   La femme 100 têtes for soprano and double bass (2016)
    Libretto by Patrick Hahn
    Archipel Genéve
    13th March 2016 - world premiere
    Hélène Fauchère, soprano
    Uli Fussenegger, double bass
  

 

•   Matrix for Disklavier and electronics (2013)
    Archipel Genéve
    13th March 2016
    Vito Žuraj, live-electronics
  

 

•   Top Spin for percussion trio (2011)
    Alte Oper Frankfurt
    Ensemble Modern: Fokus Sport
    10th March 2016
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

 



EVENTS IN 2015

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Hamburg, Greatest Hits Festival, Kampnagel
    20th November 2015
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Contour for wind quintet (2012)
    Narodni dom Maribor, Chamber series, Slovenia
    18th November 2015
    Slowind woodwind quintet
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Badenweiler Musiktage
    14th November 2015
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Colomiers, France
    6th November 2015
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Moonballs for woodwind quintet and ensemble (2015)
    Studio Ernest-Ansermet, Genève
    27th October 2015
    Slowind woodwind quintet
    Ensemble Contrechamps
    Michael Wendeberg, conductor
  

 

•   Moonballs for woodwind quintet and ensemble (2015)
    Slowind Festival - Finale concert
    Slovenian Philharmonic, Grand Hall, Ljubljana
    25th October 2015 - world premiere
    Slowind woodwind quintet
    Ensemble Contrechamps
    Michael Wendeberg, conductor
  

 

•   Round-robin for accordion and electronics (2014)
    Slowind Festival - Electronics II concert
    Slovenian Philharmonic, Marjan Kozina Hall, Ljubljana
    23rd October 2015
    Luka Juhart, accordion
    Studio for electroacoustic music at the Academy of Arts Berlin
    Gregorio García Karman, sound direction
  

 

•   Recitativi per voce alta e cimbalo cromatico (2012)
    Slowind Festival - Claviers concert
    Slovenian Philharmonic, Marjan Kozina Hall, Ljubljana
    20th October 2015
    Marisol Montalvo, soprano
    Johannes Keller, cimbalo cromatico
  

 

•   Schub’rdy G’rdy for soprano, percussion, accordion and piano (2014)
    Libretto by Patrick Hahn
    Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart
    19th October 2015
    Alessia Park, soprano
    Lucas Gérin, percussion
    Stefan Hussong, accordion
    Robert Bärwald, piano
  

 

•   Contour for wind quintet (2012)
    Slowind Festival - Vortex temporum concert
    Slovenian Philharmonic, Grand Hall, Ljubljana
    19th October 2015
    Slowind woodwind quintet
  

 

•   Recitativi per voce alta e cimbalo cromatico (2012)
    Concert series of the Rače Castle, Slovenia
    18th October 2015
    Marisol Montalvo, soprano
    Johannes Keller, cimbalo cromatico
  

 

•   Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
    Festival Internacional Cervantino, Teatro Juarez, Guanajuato, Mexico
    13th October 2015
    Ensemble Modern
    Franck Ollu, conductor
  

 

•   Round-robin for accordion and electronics (2014)
    University for Music Trossingen, Concert Hall, Germany
    7th October 2015
    Luka Juhart, accordion
    Wolfgang Mittermaier, sound direction
  

 

•   Hawk-eye, concerto for French horn and orchestra (2014)
    ISCM World Music Days 2015, Slovenia, Ljubljana
    Cankarjev dom, Gallus Hall, Ljubljana
    2nd October 2015
    Slovenian Philharmonic
    Saar Berger, French horn
    TaeJung Lee, conductor
  

 

•   Silhouette for accordion solo (2012)
    ISCM World Music Days 2015, Slovenia, Ljubljana
    Concert Hall of the Society of Slovenian Composers
    2nd October 2015
    Luka Juhart, accordion
  

 

•   Re-slide for trombone and ensemble (2012)
    Music Academy Krakow, Poland
    25th September 2015
    EWCM Ensemble
    Stephen Menotti, trombone
    Rüdiger Bohn, conductor
  

 

•   Re-slide for trombone and ensemble (2012)
    Warsaw Autumn, Poland
    Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio
    24th September 2015
    EWCM Ensemble
    Stephen Menotti, trombone
    Rüdiger Bohn, conductor
  

 

•   Re-slide for trombone and ensemble (2012)
    Kunstmuseum Kolumba, Cologne
    22nd September 2015
    EWCM Ensemble
    Stephen Menotti, trombone
    Rüdiger Bohn, conductor
  

 

•   Fired-up for ensemble (2013)
    Konzerthaus Wien
    21st September 2015
    Klangforum Wien
    Baldur Brönnimann, conductor
  

 

•   Matrix for Disklavier and electronics (2013)
    Foundation Royaumont
    21st June 2015
    Vito Žuraj, live-electronics
  

 

•   Contour for wind quintet (2012)
    Villa Romana concert series, Florence, Italy
    13th June 2015
    Slowind woodwind quintet
  

 

•   Čmrlj for piano solo (2011)
    Slovenian Radio, Studio 14, Ljubljana
    3rd June 2015
    Marija Skender, piano
  

 

•   Quiet, please for three brass mouthpieces (2014)
    klang - Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival
    Teater Republique, Festival Stage, Copenhagen
    1st June 2015
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Čmrlj for piano solo (2011)
    Concert series of the Rače Castle, Slovenia
    31st May 2015
    Marija Skender, piano
  

 

•   Top Spin for percussion trio (2011)
    NDR das neue werk, Music Box 1: Diskrete Maschinen
    Hamburg, Rolf-Liebermann-Studio
    30th May 2015
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Top Spin for percussion trio (2011)
    Open rehearsal with Ensemble Modern
    Haus der Deutschen Ensemble Akademie, Frankfurt
    27th May 2015
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Tango for ensemble (2000/2015)
    Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
    21st May 2015
    Ensemble El Perro Andaluz
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    SWR Ars Nova Edenkoben
    16th May 2015
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Hamburg, Christianskirche, Forum Neue Musik
    10th May 2015
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Aftertouch for ensemble (2015)
    Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
    26th April 2015 - world premiere
    oenm . österreichisches ensemble für neue musik
    Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
  

 

•   Deuce for saxophone and percussion (2008)
    Hörlabor KRAM Stuttgart, Theaterhaus P1
    25th April 2015
    Nikola Lutz, saxophone
  

 

•   Overhead for string orchestra (2014)
    Zagreb Biennial 2015, Hrvatski glazbeni zavod
    20th April 2015
    Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Paris, Maison Heinrich Heine
    19th April 2015
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Schub’rdy G’rdy for soprano, percussion, accordion and piano (2014)
    Libretto by Patrick Hahn
    Movimentos Wolfsburg
    12th April 2015 - world premiere
    Alessia Park, soprano
    Simon Klavžar, percussion
    Stefan Hussong, accordion
    Annika Treutler, piano
  

 

•   Framed for ensemble (2011)
    IEMA Frühjahrskonzerte, HfMDK Frankfurt
    28th March 2015
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
    Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
  

 

•   Framed for ensemble (2011)
    Quantensprünge XX, ZKM Karlsruhe
    21st March 2015
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
    Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor
  

 

•   Changeover for instrumental groups and orchestra (2011)
  
•   Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
    Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra, Subscription series concert
    Cankarjev dom Ljubljana, Gallus hall, Slovenia
    13th March 2015
    Ensemble Modern
    Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra
    Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
  

 

•   Restrung for ensemble (2012)
    Cankarjav dom Ljubljana, Linhart hall, Slovenia
    Concert cycle Predihano
    10th March 2015
    Ensemble Modern
    Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
  

 

•   Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
    Alte Oper Frankfurt
    9th March 2015
    Ensemble Modern
    Johannes Kalitzke, conductor
  

 

•   Hawk-eye, concerto for French horn and orchestra (2014)
    BBC Hear and Now, City Halls, Glasgow
    28th February 2015 - UK premiere
    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    Saar Berger, French horn
    Matthias Pintscher, conductor
  

 

•   Top Spin for percussion trio (2011)
    Die große Nacht der Villa Massimo im Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin
    19th February 2015
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Chrysanthemum for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2014)
    Ultraschall Berlin, Radio Berlin Brandenburg, Kleiner Sendesaal
    25th January 2015 - world premiere
    Trio Catch
  

 

•   Framed for ensemble (2011/2014)
    Mario Merz Prize, concert of finalists, Torino, Italy
    29th January 2015
    Ensemble de sono futura
    Conducted by Willy Merz
  

 

•   Quiet, please for three brass mouthpieces (2014)
    Cankarjav dom Ljubljana, Club, Slovenia
    Concert cycle Predihano
    10th January 2015 - world premiere
    Trio Savasa
  

 

 



EVENTS IN 2014

 

•   Runaround for brass quartet and instrumental groups (2014)
    Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
    3rd December 2014 - world premiere
    Ensemble Modern
    Franck Ollu, conductor
  

 

•   Fired-up for ensemble (2013)
    Wien, urbo kune - Konstellation 5
    15th November 2014
    Klangforum Wien
    Sylvain Cambreling, conductor
  

 

•   Top Spin for percussion trio (2011)
    Stara elektrarna Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Music theatre performance "Pisarna"
    11th November 2014
    SToP percusion group
  

 

•   Deuce for lupophone and percussion (2008/2014)
  
•   Warm-up for French horn and percussion (2012)
  
•   Top Spin for percussion trio (2011)
    Composer's portrait at the Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo, Italy
    23rd October 2014
    Ensemble Modern
  

 

•   Round-robin for accordion and electronics (2014)
    Academy of Arts Berlin, Festival "Schwindel der Wirklichkeit"
    22nd October 2014 - world premiere
    Teodoro Anzellotti, accordion
    Gregorio García Karman, sound direction
  

 

•   Overhead for string orchestra (2014)
    Celje, Celjski dom, Slovenia
    7th October 2015
    Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra
  

 

•   Overhead for string orchestra (2014)
    National Gallery Ljubljana, Slovenia
    30th September 2014 - world premiere
    Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra
  

 

•   Want to practise... for flute and French horn (2003)
    Kempten Chamber Music Festival
    25th September 2014
    Júlia Gállego, flute
    Hervé Joulain, French horn
  

 

•   Deuce for bass clarinet and percussion (2008)
    Festival junger Talente Offenbach
    21st September 2014
    Chiara Percivati, bass clarinet (IEMA)
    Galdric Subirana, percussion (IEMA)
  

 

•   Quadriptych for ensemble (2008)
    Klangspuren Schwaz, Innsbruck, Austria
    14th September 2014 - Austrian premiere
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
    Conducted by Brad Lubman
  

 

•   Matrix for Disklavier and electronics (2013)
    47th International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt
    14th August 2014
    Vito Žuraj, live-electronics
  

 

•   Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (2006/2009)
    Slokar Academy Ljubljana
    Grand hotel Union Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    2nd August 2014
    Ljubljana International Orchestra
    Joże Kotar, clarinet
    Conducted by Uroš Lajovic
  

 

•   Matrix for Disklavier and electronics (2013)
    Viitasaari Time of Music, Finland
    3rd July 2014
    Vito Žuraj, live-electronics
  

 

•   Fired-up for ensemble (2013)
    Manifeste Paris
    20th June 2014 - French premiere
    Centre Pompidou
    Klangforum Wien
    Conducted by Emilio Pomarico
  

 

•   Fluctus, iSlider und Odtrg for multichannel electronics (2007-2009)
    Summer Festival at Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo, Italy
    19th June 2014
  

 

•   Fluctus, iSlider und Odtrg for multichannel electronics (2007-2009)
    ROTATIONS concert, ZKM Karlsruhe
    25th June 2014
  

 

•   Insideout for two voices and ensemble (2013)
    CONTACT! at the Biennial: Beyond Recall
    29th&31th May 2014 - US premiere
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
    Agnes Gund Garden Lobby
    New York Philharmonic
    Conducted by Matthias Pintscher
  

 

•   Crosscourt for ensemble and electronics (2008)
    Nutshuis, Den Haag
    30th May 2014 - Dutch premiere
    Bastra Ensemble
    Conducted by Larysa Bauge
  

 

•   Scratch for string quartet (2012)
    Carpe Artem Concert Series SNG Maribor, Slovenia
    27th May 2014 - Slovenian premiere
    Miladin Batalovic, Maja Peternel, violins
    Ana Trnjar, viola
    Nikolaj Sajko, violoncello
  

 

•   Tango for flute and piano (2000)
    10th Slovenian Flute Festival Zagorje
    17th May 2014
    Elena Hribernik, flute
    Marko Hribernik, piano
  

 

•   Deuce for saxophone and percussion (2008)
    Concert Atelier DSS Ljubljana, Slovenia
    10th April 2014
    Oskar Laznik, saxophone
    Simon Klavžar, percussion
  

 

•   Relief for flute and ensemble (2007/2013)
    HfMDK Frankfurt am Main
    21st March 2014 - world premiere
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
  

 

•   Hawk-eye, concerto for French horn and orchestra (2014)
    Slovenian Philharmonic Subscription Series
    Cankarjev dom, Gallus Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    27th - world premiere - and 28th February 2014
    Slovenian Philharmonic
    Saar Berger, French horn
    Conducted by Matthias Pintscher
  

 

•   Übürall for soprano and ensemble (2013)
    Kölner Philharmonie
    1st february 2014
    Hélène Fauchère, soprano
    Ensemble Modern
    Conducted by Beat Furrer
  

 

 

 



EVENTS IN 2013

 

•   Deuce for tenor saxophone and percussion (2008)
    Le Pantographe, Moutier
    7th December 2013 - Swiss premiere
    neuverBand
  

 

•   Deuce for tenor saxophone and percussion (2008)
    Gare du Nord, Basel
    9th December 2013
    neuverBand
  

 

•   Deuce for tenor saxophone and percussion (2008)
    Cafe ONO, Bern
    12th December 213
    neuverBand
  

 

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

 

•   Contour for ensemble (2012/2013)
    ZeitGenuss Karlsruhe
    26th October 2013 - premier performance
    CampusOne Karlsruhe
    Ensemble TEMA
  

 

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

 

•   Fired-up for ensemble (2013)
    Festival Musikprotokoll Graz
    4th October 2013
    Klangforum Wien
    Conducted by Jean-Michaël Lavoie
  

 

•   Matrix for Disklavier and electronics (2013)
    Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht
    7th September 2013 - premier performance
    Museum Speelklok
    Vito Žuraj, live-electronics
  

 

•   Insideout for two voices and ensemble (2013)
    Salzburger Festspiele 2013
    24th August 2013 - premier performance
    Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
    Mojca Erdmann, soprano; Dietrich Henschel, baritone
    Conducted by Matthias Pintscher
  

 

•   Scratch for string quartet (2012)
    Time of Music 2013 Viitasaari
    5th July 2013
    Parish Hall
    Sonar Quartett
  

 

•   Orlando.Das Schloss. Opera in one act for voices, mixed choir, electronics and orchestra (2012/2013)
    Libretto by Alexander Stockinger
    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
  

 

•   Deuce for bass clarinet and percussion (2008)
    University of Victoria, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
    British Columbia, Canada
    12th April 2013
    Talea Ensemble
  

 

•   Changeover for instrumental groups and 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
    Daniel 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
  

 

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

 

•   Scratch for string quartet (2012)
    Milano Musica 2012
    Project for Premio San Fedele Milano
    15th October 2012
    Auditorium San Fedele, Milano
    Quartetto Prometeo
  

 

•   Re-slide for trombone 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
    Conducted by Ulrich Wagner
  

 

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

 

•   Silhouette for accordion solo (2012)
    Muziek Biennale Niederrhein
    30th September 2012
    Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Netherlands
    Luka Juhart, accordion
  

 

•   Silhouette for accordion solo (2012)
    Sound Explicit 2012
    4th October 2012
    Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Luka Juhart, accordion
  

 

•   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 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
  

 

•   Čmrlj 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)
    Tage der Neuen Musik 2011, Würzburg
    Sunday, 22th May 2011 - premier performance
    Hochschule für Musik, Theter Bibrastrasse, Germany
    Noa Frenkel, alto
    ensemble experimental
    Conducted by Detlef Heusinger
    Sound projection: Gregorio Karman, Joachim Haas, Thomas Hummel
  

 

•   Zgübleni for alto, ensemble and live electronics (2010/11)
    Ars Nova, Rottweil
    Erich-Hauer-Stiftung, Germany
    Wednesday, 25th May 2010
    Noa Frenkel, alto
    ensemble experimental
    Conducted by Detlef Heusinger
    Sound projection: Gregorio Karman, Joachim Haas, Thomas Hummel
  

 

•   Zgübleni for alto, ensemble and live electronics (2010/11)
    Matrix11, EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO Akademie Freiburg
    Freiburg, SWR Freiburg, Germany
    Sunday, 29th May 2010
    Noa Frenkel, alto
    ensemble experimental
    Conducted by Detlef Heusinger
    Sound projection: Gregorio Karman, Joachim Haas, Thomas Hummel
  

 

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

 

 



EVENTS IN 2010

 

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

 

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

 

•   CourtNr2 for ensemble (2010)
    HfMDK Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Monday, 27th September 2010, 7:30 p.m. - premier performance
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
  

 

•   CourtNr2 for ensemble (2010)
    Festival Quantensprünge XI
    ZKM Karlsruhe Kubus, Germany
    Saturday, 2nd October 2010, 8:00 p.m.
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
  

 

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

 

•   Composer's portrait - Vito Žuraj: Pulse Train at the International Ensemble Modern Academy
    Haus der Deutschen Ensemble Akademie, Dachsaal, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Wednesday, 30th June 2010, 7:30 p.m.
    ---
    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 symphony orchestra (2010)
    Congresshalle Saarbrücken, Germany; Großer Saal
    Friday, 14th May 2010, 8:00 p.m. - premier performance
    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)
    HfMDK Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Tuesday, 9th March 2010, 7:30 p.m. - premier performance
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
    Saar Berger and Sharon Polyak, French horns
  

 

•   Dropshot for two French horns solo and ensemble (2010)
    Festival Quantensprünge XI
    ZKM Karlsruhe Kubus, Germany
    Friday, 12th March 2010, 8:00 p.m.
    International Ensemble Modern Academy
    Saar Berger and Sharon Polyak, French horns