Vito Zuraj




Orchestral works

CHANGEOVER (2011) for instrumental groups and symphony orchestra Instrumentation: ensemble and orchestra Ensemble (19): 1(a.BassFl,Picc)-1(a.Eh)-2(1.TSax,a.Tubax-B,2.inB,a.Basskl-B,KbKl)-1(a.Kf) / 1(a.WTb-B)-1(1.inC,a.PiccTrinB, 2.inC,a.FlgHn-B)-1(BassPs)-0 / 2Sz-Pi-Key / 2-1-2-1 Orchestra (97): 4(3.+4.a.Picc)-4(4.a.Eh)-4(inB,4.a.Basskl.inB)-4(4.a.Kfg) / 6-4inC-4(1.u.2.Tps;3.TBps;4.BassPs)-1 / Timp-3Sz-2Hf / 16-14-12-10-8 Duration: 30 min First performance: 25th November 2011 Extended spaces - The 5th International Composition Seminar by The International Ensemble Modern Academy cresc... Biennial for Modern Music, Frankfurt-Rhine-Main hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ensemble Modern hr-Sinfonieorchester Conductor: Johannes Kalitzke
OVERGRIP (2010) Instrumentation: fl.picc.ob.cing.2cl.fg.cfg, 3.2.2.0, timp, 1perc, archi (10-10-6-6-4) Duration: 5 min First performance: 16th July 2010 Acanthes, Metz Arsenal, France Orchestre National de Lorraine Conductor: Jacques Mercier
TIEBREAK (2010) Instrumentation: 3 (3.picc)-2-c.ing-2cl-bcl-2-cfg, 4-3-3-1, timp, 4perc, pf, arp, archi (12-10-8-6-4) Duration: 15 min First performance: 14th May 2010 Festival Mouvement Saarbrücken Congresshalle Saarbrücken, Germany Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern Condustor: Tito Ceccherini
CONCERTO for alto saxophone (2006) Instrumentation: 2 (1-2 picc.)-1-c.ing-2 (2.cfg), 4-2-2-1, timp, 3perc, arp, alt.sax, archi (12-10-8-6-4) Duration: 12 min First performance: 5th July 2006 13th World Saxophone Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia Dejan Presicek, alto saxophone Slovenian Philharmonics Conductor: David Itkin
IN MEDIAS RES (2004) Instrumentation: 3 (1-3 picc)-2-cor.ing-2-cl.bas-2-cfg, 4-4-3-1, timp, 4perc, pf, cel, arp, org, archi (14-12-10-8-8) Duration: 20 min First performance: 13th February 2004 Subscription series of Slovenian Philharmonics Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenian Philharmonics Conductor: Marko Letonja
CHOPO MUERTO for soprano and orchestra (2002) Instrumentation: 3 (2+3 picc)-2-cor.ing-2-cl.bas-2-cfg, 4-3-3-1, timp, 4perc, pf, cel, soprano solo, 2arp, archi (16-14-12-10-8) Duration: 7 min
MUSICA DA CAMERA (2001) Instrumentation: 1-1-1-cl.bas-1, 1-1-1-0, 4perc, pf, sega cantante, archi (1-1-1-1-1) Duration: 17 min First performance: 17th April 2001, Maribor Composer's evening - awarded with "Preseren Prize" of University of Ljubljana Chamberensemble of the Maribor Philharmonics Matija Terlep, musical saw Conductor: Stefan Garkov
TANGO for flute and orchestra (2000) Instrumentation: 2-2-2-2, 2-2-1-0, timp, 1perc, arp, fl solo, archi (10-8-6-4-2) Duration: 6 min First performance: 12th June 2006, Ljubljana Slovenian Philharmonics Orchestra Matej Grahek, flute Conductor: George Pehlivanian
BURLESQUE (2000) Instrumentation: 2 (2.picc)-2-2-2, 2-2-1, timp, 2perc, archi (mind. 12-10-8-6-4) Duration: 12 min First performance: 12nd October 2000 Slovenian Radio Orchestra Conductor: Lior Shambadal
OVERTURE "TORKLJA" (1999) Instrumentation: 2 (2.picc)-2-2-2, 4-3-2-1, timp, cel, archi (mind. 12-10-8-6-4) Duration: 11 min First performance: 23rd November 1999, Maribor Maribor Philharmonics Conductor: Simon Robinson Other performances: Ljubljana 24th May 2001 Slovenian Philharmonics Conductor: Marko Letonja




Chamber works

FRAMED (2011) Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, pno, perc, vn, vla, vc Duration: 10 min First performance: 24th September 2011 Royaumont - Voix Nouvelles concert series, France Ensemble Recherche Conductor: Geoffroy Jourdain
TOP SPIN (2011) Instrumentation: percussion trio Duration: 10 min First performance: 28th June 2011 Festival MainzMusik Hochschule für Musik Mainz, Germany Ensemble Modern
NET CORD (2010) Instrumentation: string ensemble (3-3-2-1-1) Duration: 10 min First performance: 3nd October 2010 Festival Unicum, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenian Philharmonics, Kozina Hall KOS Ensemble Conductor, Marko Hribernik
COURTNR2 (2010) Instrumentation: fl (picc, vocal), cl, tr, vno, vla, vc, 2perc, 2pno Duration: 10 min First performance: 27th September 2010 HfMDK Frankfurt am Main, Germany International Ensemble Modern Academy
DROPSHOT (2010) Instrumentation: 2 cor solo (2nd change to Wagnertuba), fl (picc), cl (bcl), tr, 2vno, vc, 2perc, 2pno Duration: 10 min First performance: 9th March 2010 HfMDK Frankfurt am Main, Germany Saar Berger and Sharon Polyak, French horns International Ensemble Modern Academy
DEUCE (2008) Instrumentation: t.sax, perc (mar, conga) Duration: 6 min First performance: 6th June 2008 Universit de Saint-Denis, Amphi X, Paris Pedro Bittencourt, Tenor saxophone Simone Beneventi, percussion
QUADRIPTICH (2008) Instrumentation: 1-1-1-1, 1-0-0-0, archi (1-1-1-1-1) Duration: 22 min First performance: 16th May 2008 Festival Uncum City Museum Ljubljana, Slovenia Cantus Ensemble Conductor: Berislav Sipus
REFLECTIONS (2007) Instrumentation: rec, fl, cl, hpschd, vno, vc Duration: 8 min First performance: 1st September 2007 International Takefu Festival, Japan Echizen-shi Bunka Center, Takefu Next Mushroom Promotion Ensemble, Duo Caput Toshiya Suzuki, recorder Conductor: Ken-chi Nakagawa
AIRPHONES (2007) Instrumentation: sop-sax, alt-sax, ten-sax, bar-sax Duration: 6 min First performance: 8th August 2007 Davos Festival, Switzerland Congresszentrum Davos Quatuor Osmose
OKTETT (2006) Instrumentation: ob, c.ing, cl, bcl, fg, cfg, 2cor Duration: 5 min First performance: 29th June 2007 Nachtklänge, Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Insel, Germany Members of Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe Conductor: Ulrich Wagner
RELIEF (2007) Instrumentation: ten-sax, c.ing, cor, tr, tr, vla, vc Duration: 6 min First performance: 3rd February 2007 ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany Ensemble for new music at the HfM Karlsruhe Marcus Weiss, Tenor Saxophone Conductor: Gerard Buquet
FRAGMENT (2006) Instrumentation: string quartet (1-1-1-1-0) Duration: 5 min First performance: 6th July 2006 Night of Slovene Composers Pretorian palace, Koper, Slovenia
NACHSPIEL zur Letzten Hoffnung (2005) Instrumentation: 1-1-bcl-1, 1-0-0-0, 1perc, archi (1-1-1-1-1) Duration: 3 min First performance: 27th May 2005 Kulturjahr der Zehn, closing concert Berliner Philharmonie, Kammersaal, Berlin, Germany Lepzig Sinfonietta Conductor: Johannes Harneit
CONCERTINO (2005) Instrumentation: cor solo, fl (picc), ob, bcl, fg Duration: 11 min First performance: 8th April 2005 Night of Slovene Composers Galery of Contemporary Art, Celje, Slovenia Andrej Zust, French horn Wind Quintet Ariart
WANT TO PRACTISE... (2003) Musical scene for two players Instrumentation: fl, cor Duration: 7 min First performance: 2nd October 2003, Ljubljana ISCM World Music Days 2003 in Slovenia Milena Peric, Bostjan Lipovsek
KONTRA (2002) Commissioned by International Music Festival "Musical September 2002", Maribor Instrumentation: cl, cor, 1perc, 2vni, vla, vc, cb Duration: 15 min First performance: 26th September 2002, Maribor Chamberensemble Musical September Conductor: Arvid Engegard Other performances: Dresden 23rd January 2003
CLOOP (2001) Instrumentation: fl.alt, sega cantante, 1perc Duration: 10 min First performance: 26th September 2001, Ljubljana First composerŽs evening in the National Assembly in Ljubljana, Slovenia Andreja Humar, Matija Terlep, Franci Krevh; Conductor: Stefan Garkov Other performances: Ljubljana 23rd April 2003
TANGO (2000) Instrumentation: fl, pf (auch Bearbeitung für cl, vno, vc) Duration: 6 min 30 sec First performance: Ljubljana, 7th March 2000 Elena Hribernik, Marko Hribernik Other performances: Maribor 17th April 2001; Ljubljana 8th May 2000, 29th September 2000, 14th March 2001, 26th September 2001, 10th February 2002, 10th March 2002; 31st March 2003, 5th May 2003; Velenje 29th August 2001; Rogaska Slatina 25th August 2000, 12nd July 2002; Race 29th December 2002; Dresden 12nd December 2001; Salzburg 4th June 2002; Luzern 27th January 2003
SPACE ECHOES (1999) Instrumentation: 5perc, fl, gong, synthesizer Duration: 11 min 30 sec First performance: 4th May 1999, Ljubljana Percussion group SToP, Andreja Humar, Tomaz Pacnik Conductor: Stefan Garkov Other performances: Maribor 19th January 2000, 17th April 2001; Ljubljana 17th October 2000, 12nd December 2000, 26th January 2001 (unofficial performance), 14th March 2001
WIND QUINTET "IN STILE ORIENTALE" (1998) Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, fg, cor Duration: 11 min First performance: 25th May 1999, Ljubljana Andreja Humar, Manca Globokar, Tadej Kenig, Arpad Piri Balasz, Neza Gruden Other performances: Maribor 17th April 2001 (Ariart); Ljubljana 24th October 2000 (Slowind)




Solo works

BEST-OF-FIVE (2011) five etudes for organ solo Duration: 12 min
CMRLJ (2011) Instrumentation: piano solo Duration: 3 min First performance: 6th June 2011 Centro San Fedele Milano, Italy Maria Grazia Bellocchio, piano
THE FRENCH OPEN (2010) Instrumentation: French horn solo Duration: 5 min First performance: 30th June 2010 International Ensemble Modern Academy Composer's portrait Saar Berger, French horn
MOUVEMENT (2007) Instrumentation: organ solo Duration: 5 min First performance: 23rd October 2007 2. Internationales Düsseldorfer Orgelfestival Church of St Franziskus-Xaverus, Düsseldorf, Germany Torsten Laux, organ
CADENZA PER CORNO (2002) Instrumentation: French horn solo Duration: 4 min 30 sec First performance: 26th September 2002, Maribor International Music Festival "Musical September 2002" Radovan Vlatkovic Other performances: Dresden 23rd January 2003, Ljubljana 23rd April 2003
RUÉE (2002/2010) Instrumentation: clarinet solo Duration: 10 min First performance: 24th July 2002, Lugano (Switzerand) International Music Festival Ticino Musica 2002 Fausto Ghiazza Other performances: Dresden 4th May 2003, 14 May 2003; Hamburg 5th Mya 2003




Vocal works

ZUR FREUDE (2010) for children's choir and brass quintet Duration: 2 min First performance: 8th May 2010 31. International Children's Choir festival Halle Marktplatz, Halle, germany Adolf Fredriks Girl's Choir Brass Quintett Pfeiferstuhl Music Conductor: Vito Zuraj
TRILOGUS (2008) Instrumentation: 3 sopranos Duration: 5 min First performance: 13th August 2008 26th Festival Radovljica St Peter's Church, Radovljica, Slovenia Trio Mediaeval
VOCALISE (2006) Instrumentation, soprano, viola da gamba, harpsichord Duration: 4 min First performance: 21st August 2006 24th Festival Radovljica Church of St Kancian, Kranj, Slovenia Musica Cubicularis
SPRICH AUCH DU (2006) for mixed choir (SATB) on a poem by Paul Celan Duration: 6 min First performance: 5th November 2006 Tenso Days Berlin Radialsystem V, Berlin, Germany RIAS Kammerchor Conductor: James Wood
THE CAT for soprano and piano (2004) on a poem by Svetlana Makarovic Duration: 5 min First performance: 29th May 2004 Pfingstwerkstatt Neue Musik Rheinsberg, Germany Teja Saksida, sopran Vito Zuraj, Piano Other performances: Berlin 2nd June 2004
O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM (2001) for mixed choir Duration: 4 min
MEMENTO MORI for soprano and piano (2000) on a poem by France Preseren Duration: 5 min 30 sec First performance: 29th September 2000, Ljubljana Teja Saksida, Vito Zuraj Other performances: Maribor 17th April 2001; Ljubljana 11th December 2000, 26th September 2001; Dresden 13rd May 2002, 9th November 2002




Electronic works

ZGÜBLENI (2010/11) based on Slovenian folksongs from Prlekija region Instrumentation: mezzosoprano, fl, cl, vla, vc, perc, live electronics Duration: 7 min First performance: 22th May 2011 Tage der Neuen Musik 2011, Würzburg Hochschule für Musik, Theter Bibrastra§e, Germany Noa Frenkel, alto ensemble experimental Conductor: Detlef Heusinger Sound projection: Gregorio Karman, Joachim Haas, Thomas Hummel
FLUCTUS (2009) for 8-channel-electronics Duration: 10 min First performance: 22nd January 2009 ZKM Kubus, Karlsruhe, Germany
ODTRG (2008) for 8-channel-electronics Duration: 7 min 31 sec First performance: 18th January 2008 ZKM Kubus, Karlsruhe, Germany
CROSSCOURT (2008) Instrumentation: fl (picc), bcl, ten-sax, tr, vno, vc, perc, koto, keyb; multichannel electronics Duration: 11 min First performance: 2nd October 2008 Quantensprnge ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany ZKM Kubus, Karlsruhe International Ensemble Modern Academy
iSLIDER (2007) for 8-channel-electronics Duration: 6 min 41 sec First performance: 9th January 2007 ZKM Kubus, Karlsruhe, Germany
PERPETUUM (2006) Instrumentation: organ and stereo-electronics Duration: 10 min First performance: 18th April 2006 Concert Atelier by the Society of Slovene Composers Slovenian Philharmonics, Kozina Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia Tomaz Sevsek, organ and electronics
PEGAM&LAMBERGAR (2005) Instrumentation: mixed choir (SATB), organ, 4-channel-electronics Duration: 12 min
PIANOFONICS (2002) for piano and interactive electronic sounds (quadro, directed by Max/MSP Software) Duration: 12 min First performance: 28th January 2003, Dresden Live broacast concert (DeutschlandRadio Berlin), stereo Vito Zuraj Other performances: Ljubljana 14th April 2003 (quadro), 26th November 2003 (stereo); Dresden 14th May 2003 (stereo), 16th June 2003 (quadro); Lugano 28th July 2003 (stereo); Berlin 3rd September 2003 (stereo); Darmstadt 20th August 2004 (quadro)

Orchestral works

CHANGEOVER (2011)

OVERGRIP (2010)

TIEBREAK (2010)

CONCERTO for alto saxophone (2006)

IN MEDIAS RES (2004)

CHOPO MUERTO for soprano and orchestra (2002)

MUSICA DA CAMERA (2001)

TANGO for flute and orchestra (2000)

BURLESQUE (2000)

OVERTURE "TORKLJA" (1999)

Chamber works

FRAMED (2011)

TOP SPIN (2011)

NET CORD (2010)

COURTNR2 (2010)

DROPSHOT (2010)

DEUCE (2008)

QUADRIPTICH (2008)

REFLECTIONS (2007)

AIRPHONES (2007)

OKTETT (2006)

RELIEF (2007)

FRAGMENT (2006)

NACHSPIEL zur Letzten Hoffnung (2005)

CONCERTINO (2005)

WANT TO PRACTISE... (2003)

KONTRA (2002)

CLOOP (2001)

TANGO (2000)

SPACE ECHOES (1999)

WIND QUINTET "IN STILE ORIENTALE" (1998)

Solo works

BEST-OF-FIVE (2011)

CMRLJ (2011)

THE FRENCH OPEN (2010)

MOUVEMENT (2007)

CADENZA PER CORNO (2002)

RUÉE (2002/2010)

Vocal works

ZUR FREUDE (2010)

TRILOGUS (2008)

VOCALISE (2006)

SPRICH AUCH DU (2006)

THE CAT for soprano and piano (2004)

O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM (2001)

MEMENTO MORI for soprano and piano (2000)

Electronic works

ZGÜBLENI (2010/11)

FLUCTUS (2009)

ODTRG (2008)

CROSSCOURT (2008)

iSLIDER (2007)

PERPETUUM (2006)

PEGAM&LAMBERGAR (2005)

PIANOFONICS (2002)