Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble
Simone Mancuso, director

THE SWISS PROJECT
Gregorio Di Trapani, percussion soloist
Katzin Concert Hall I November 15th 2015 I 2:30pm
Program
Gary Berger (b.1967)
SPIN (1999) Arizona Premiere
solo percussion and electronics
Alexandros Fragiskatos, percussion

Jody Rockmaker (b.1961)
BIG CATS (2015) World Premiere
for cello, horn, trombone, electric guitar
Luciana Gallo, cello
Juli Smith, horn
Emily Rozansky, trombone
Max Greenwald, electric guitar

Felix Baumann (b.1961)
UNZUHAUSE (1997)
Arizona Premiere
Solo sax
Ryan C. Lemoine, sax

Burkhard Kinzler (b.1963)
PANTA REI (1998) Arizona Premiere
for electric guitar, cello, sax, piano and percussion
Max Greenwald, electric guitar
Luciana Gallo, cello
Ryan C. Lemoine, sax
Dongfang Zhang, piano
Alexandros Fragiskatos, percussion

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Mathias Steinauer (b.1959)
SOTT' ACQUA op. 17.3 (1999) Arizona Premiere
for sax, horn, trombone, percussion, piano and a solo instrument ad libitum
version with amplified stones and percussion
Soloist: Gregorio di Trapani
Ryan C. Lemoine, sax
Juli Smith, horn
Emily Rozansky, trombone
Alexandros Fragiskatos, percussion
Dongfang Zhang, piano

Nadir Vassena (b.1970)
MUTE MATERIE (2014)
Arizona Premiere
Ryan C. Lemoine, sax

Benjamin Lang (b.1976)
HEARTH OF NEOLITHIC ORKNEY (2015) World Premiere
for sax, horn, trombone, piano, percussion, electric guitar and cello
Ryan C. Lemoine, sax
Juli Smith, horn
Emily Rozansky, trombone
Dongfang Zhang, piano
Alexandros Fragiskatos, percussion
Max Greenwald, electric guitar
Luciana Gallo, cello

Mathias Steinauer was born in Basie in 1959. He studied the piano,
composition (with Robert Suter and Roland Moser) and music theory at the
Basie Music Academy. From 1986 to 1988 he studied composition with Gyorgy
Kurtag in Budapest. Since 1986 he has been a professor for music theory,
courses for New Music and composition at the Zurich University oft he Arts. He
has had performances and given lectures at music academies and festivals in
many European countries, as well in Azerbaidjan, Canada, China, Brazil, the
USA and Japan. In 2004, he was the Artistic Director of the ISCM World New
Music Days in Switzerland, entiteled ,,trans_it". In 2011 his first opera ,,Keyner
nit'.' has had performances at Lucerne and Zurich. See also:
www.mathiassteinauer.com

Benjamin Lang was born in 1976 and studied Composition (with Adriana Holszky,
Johannes Schallhorn and Michael Edwards) and Music Theory and Conducting in
Rostock, Salzburg, Hannover, Lugano, Bremen and Edinburgh. He taught Composition
and Music Theory at the Universities of Music in Hannover, Bremen, Rostock and at
the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrock and the University LOneburg. In 2008 he
became lecturer in Composition, Composition Teaching Methods and Music Theory.
Today he is professor for composition and music theory at the University of Arts Zurich.
His compositions have been premiered performed at several festivals.
Gregorio Di Trapani, after gaining his diploma in percussion instruments and
completing the Liceo Psicopedagogico in Italy he pursued his studies at the
Conservatorio della Svizzera ltaliana, the George Enescu National University in Bucharest and the Ferienkurse tor neue Musik, Darmstadt. He has participated as soloist or
with various ensembles in festivals in Switzerland, Germany, Brazil, Venezuela,
Vietnam, Indonesia, Romania, Russia, France and Italy. He has collaborated with a
number of cultural centres including Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Radio della Svizzera
ltaliana, Tchaikovsky Auditorium, Moscow, Goethe lnstitut, Freiburg, and ARTE
television. He teaches rhythmic analysis at the Conservatorio della Svizzera ltaliana
and percussion in the Scuola di musica moderna, Lugano.
He has recorded with Martha Argerich (Deutsch Grammophone, EMI), Paolo Fresu .

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