The 2008-09 Concert Season

Free admission

Special event for the premiere performance of the finalists' works. At the end of the concert, the ALEA III Prize will be awarded by a distinguished panel of judges.

Works:

• Giovanni Bertelli | Im Anfange Ruhiges
• Josué Zamora | Difracción
• Jelle Tassyns | Stax I
• Kazutomo Yamamoto | Open Cluster
• Marios Joannou Elia | Apophis
• Timothy Ernest Johnson | Antyphony: Kasparov vs Deep Blue
• José Minguillón | Inesplicable

Soloists:

• Rebekah Alexander | Soprano

Theodore Antoniou | Conductor

Free admission

A concert including works of unusual instrumentation.

Works:

• Joshua Fineberg | Recueil de Pierre et de Sable
• Theodore Antoniou | Colors
• Donald Martino | Romanza
• Nikos Skalkottas | Octet
• Michalis Economou | Allilon
• Martin Amlin | Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano

Soloists:

• Yevgeny Kutik | Violin
• Martin Amlin | Piano
• Linda Toote | Flute

Michalis Economou | Conductor

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The many personalities of the piano: from the traditional performance, to piano and electronics, to extended techniques, to piano+, to music theater.

Works:

• Leon Kirchner | Piano Sonata
• Erwin Schulhoff | Sonata No. 1
• Mauricio Kagel | MM 51
• Theo Abazis | Dreaming
• Lorenda Ramou | Autobiography
• Stathis Gyftakis | Home Suite, Home
• Mark Wingate | Sombras
• Robert Cogan | Contexts/Memories: Version C for Two Pianos

Pianists:

• Janice Weber
• Donald Berman
• Rami Sarieddine
• Jon Sakata & Jung Mi Lee
• Lorenda Ramou

Free admission

New works for large ensemble by talented young composers from around the world, specially written for ALEA III.

Works:

• Brian Buch | USA
• Jean Francois Charles | France
• Phivos-Angelos Kollias | Greece
• Mary Montgomery Koppel | USA
• Michael Maganuco | USA
• John Muniz | USA
• Ilias Nikolaidis | Greece
• Tolga Tüzün | Turkey

Soloists:

• Alan Lenarcic | Tenor Saxophone

Theodore Antoniou | Conductor

Open Rehearsals to the Public:

Come to see how new music is prepared for performance. Both rehersals are held at 855 Commonwealth Avenue.

• Friday, March 20 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Room 171)
• Friday, March 20 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. (Room 167)

Free admission

ALEA III celebrates Yehudi Wyner, a great master, with an evening exclusively devoted to his music.

Yehudi Wyner:

• The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women
• Quartet
• Horntrio
• Passage

Soloists:

• Karyl Ryczek | Soprano
• Yehudi Wyner | Piano
• Jennifer Slowik | Oboe
• Laura Carter | Horn
• Krista Buckland Reisner | Violin
• Peter Sulski | Viola
• Leo Eguchi | Cello