WNMD 2025 · CONCERT 27
Other Shores / Outros horizontes
07-06-2025 · 21h30
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
Lisbon
Entradas por ordem de chegada - Entries available on a first come, first served basis
Ana Pereira (cred: David Pereira)
QUARTETO DE CORDAS
SOLISTAS DA METROPOLITANA
Ana Pereira, José Pereira · violins
Joana Cipriano · viola
Nuno Abreu · cello
LEEVI RÄSÄNEN (Finland, 1997) YCA
the two childhoods (2022), 12’
ISCM Finnish Section submission
SAMUEL HONG YU LEUNG (Hong-Kong, 1999) YCA
Variations (2023), 5’
ISCM Hong Kong Section submission
LIU RUI (China, 1989)
The other shore flower (2021), 11’
ISCM Nanning Section submission
TSU-YAO YANG (Taiwan, 1991) YCA
Bleu II (2020), 9’
ISCM Taipei Section submission
MARIANA VIEIRA (Portugal, 1997) YCA
String Quartet No. 1 (2023), 9’
YCA · ISCM Young Composers Award candidate
with the support of
[ENG]
The closing concert of the World New Music Days festival takes place at the Jerónimos Monastery, with the performance of works by very young composers, all of them born after 1989, showing that contemporary music creation has a future. Four of the works presented are candidates for the YCA (Young Composers Award), including pieces by composers from Hong Kong, Finland, Taiwan and a work by Portuguese composer Mariana Vieira, her Quartet No. 1.
This programme brings together artists from geographically distant territories who, nevertheless, share a commitment to transforming the world towards greater sustainability and mutual understanding among peoples — because through music, we open new horizons.
This concert is performed by the hands of masters: outstanding soloists from the Metropolitana Orchestra of Lisbon, equally at home within the orchestral setting, as soloists, or in the rich and collaborative realm of chamber music. In this context, they embody through music the core theme of this festival: “Thirst for Change”.
[PT]
O concerto de encerramento do festival World New Music Days tem lugar no Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, com a interpretação de obras de compositoras e compositores muito jovens, todos eles nascidos depois de 1989, mostrando bem que a criação musical contemporânea tem futuro. Quatro das obras apresentadas são candidatas ao prémio YCA (Young Composers Award), incluindo peças de compositores de Hong-Kong, Finlândia, Taiwan e uma obra da compositora portuguesa Mariana Vieira, o seu Quarteto n.º 1.
Este programa, reúne artistas originários de territórios geograficamente afastados mas porventura empenhados em transformar o mundo no sentido da sua sustentabilidade e do entendimento entre os povos, porque através da música abrimos novos horizontes!
Este concerto é interpretado pelas mãos de mestres, solistas ímpares da Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, habituados a trabalhar tanto no seio da orquestra como enquanto solistas ou ainda no rico e colaborativo labor da música de câmara, e que aqui consubstanciam na música a temática subjacente deste festival: “Sede de Mudança”.
PROGRAMME NOTES
SAMUEL HONG YU LEUNG (Hong-Kong, 1999) YCA
Variations (2023)
ISCM Hong Kong Section submission
— As Cantonese is a tonal language, different tones will convey different meanings. The piece employs the nine tones of the dialect as a recurring “theme”.
LEEVI RÄSÄNEN (Finland, 1997) YCA
the two childhoods (2022)
ISCM Finnish Section submission
— the two childhoods emerges from a personal need to heal, driven by the enduring repercussions of school violence, where ordinary words turned into weapons. Initially, I believed it had endowed me with resilience, a common trauma coping mechanism. Yet, I recognized that I had only managed by suppressing the painful memories. This composition grapples with the fragmented recollection of my past, mirroring the challenge of comprehending it. Employing a folk-like melody from a choir conductor hailing from my hometown, I re-establish a connection to my roots, on my terms.
LIU RUI (China, 1989)
The other shore flower (2021)
ISCM Nanning Section submission
— Higan flower, the flowers bloom on the other side. You can't see the leaves when the flowers are in bloom, and you can't see the flowers when there are leaves. Flowers and leaves do not meet each other.
MARIANA VIEIRA (Portugal, 1997) YCA
String Quartet No. 1 (2023)
— The initial idea came from the variation of a straightforward element – a crescendo and sudden break. I set myself this challenge because it was a recurring difficulty of mine – the ability to generate new material from pre-existing ideas rather than consistently generating utterly new material. In addition, I can mention that, at the time, I listened a lot to the string quartets of György Ligeti, Alberto Posadas, Helmut Lachenmann and Stefano Gervasoni, who were references in the composition of the piece. Besides, I was interested in exploring the idiomatic potentialities of the string quartet composition. Unlike, for example, an ensemble, where very different timbres co-exist, in the string quartet, there is a very specific timbral homogeneity. One can avoid this homogeneity by using extended techniques and amplification, for example, but in my case, I was more interested in affirming and exploring this homogeneity.
TSU-YAO YANG (Taiwan, 1991) YCA
Bleu II (2020)
ISCM Taipei Section submission
— The inspiration comes from the large painting, Bleu II, by Joan Miró in 1961. The painting features abstract symbols, such as lines and black dots, which emphasize the color palette of Miró's dreamland – Blue. In this artwork, Miró transformed contemporary painting techniques into a pure poetic expression. I attempted to reinterpret this non-abstract, poetic movement, which can be understood by anyone from a simple perspective, and translated it into the language of music through sonic elements.