The international student ensemble VENI ACADEMY presented the results of a week-long creative residency as part of the fifteenth edition of the project, which took place at the Faculty of Music Arts in Banská Bystrica. The concert featured works by key figures of experimental and contemporary music – including one world premiere.
Concert Program:
Zbygniew Rudziński – Studium na C (1964) – 5’
Robert Kurdybacha – Not Yet (2024, world premiere) – 10’
Cornelius Cardew – Treatise (selection, 1963–67) – 10’
Yoko Ono – Piece for Nam June Paik No.1 – Water (1964) – 3’
Yoko Ono – Water Talk (1967) – 2’
Terry Riley – In C (1964) – 30’
Performers:
Júlia Deák (HU) – flute, saxophone
Ronald Šebesta (SK) – tutor, clarinet
Andrej Bednár, Peter Horvát (SK) – clarinets
Ema Turzová (SK) – saxophone
Pavol Uhrík (SK) – guitar
Roman Levčík (SK) – electric guitar
Benjamín Ružbarský (SK) – accordion
Marek Sirotiar, Renáta Šillerová (SK) – piano
Tibor Feledi (SK) – tutor, synthesizer
David Danel (CZ), Robert Kurdybacha (PL) – tutors, violin
Hanna Grozik, Monika Szalkowska, Wiktoria Zahorska (PL) – violin
Péter Tornyai (HU) – tutor, viola
Tibor Feledi, Robert Kurdybacha, Daniel Matej – conductors
Daniel Matej – artistic director
Juraj Beráts – executive director
🎧 About VENI ACADEMY
Since 2010, VENI ACADEMY has served as an educational platform for young musicians interested in contemporary and experimental music. Each edition concludes with a public concert that showcases the results of intensive creative work, workshops, and interpretation of so-called open-form compositions.
🎶 This concert was part of the series “(NEW) MUSIC AT THE CROSSROADS,” which brings contemporary music into various venues around Banská Bystrica.
🟦 The project was supported from public funds by the Slovak Arts Council.
With the support of SOZA and a financial contribution from the Music Fund.
Organizer: Učiteľské kolégium
Co-organizers: ISCM – Slovak Section, Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica
Partners: City of Banská Bystrica, Hudobný život, Opera Slovakia
