01.09.2023 – 03.09.2023
from 10:00 at the “Boris Georgiev” City Art Gallery
The Symposium and concerts in its frames are supported by the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes, Sofia
The Varna Summer International Music Festival will host for the fifth time an academic symposium with the participation of renowned scholars and composers from Austria, Germany, Spain and Bulgaria. The main subject of this three-day event is the music of Spain, whereby the visiting lecturers will present their scholarly research situated within the broad topics of “Spanish Baroque Music”, “Nationalism and Universalism in the Music of Spain”, and “Identity and Developments”. As in previous editions of this academic exchange, the symposium’s academic moderator will be Prof. Dr. Hartmut Krones (University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna), whereby Dr. Petya Tsvetanova from the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” Sofia will provide the interlingual moderation. The symposium will continue with its intermedial structure through the inclusion of live performances of pieces by composers discussed in the presentations.
After the academic discussions in each morning of the three days of the event, from 19:00 evening concerts focused on the music of Spain will be held, with the participation of ensemble “Armonica Stanza”, instrumental ensemble of Cantabria “ENSEIC”, as well as chamber ensembles performing pieces by Pablo Sarasate, Enrique Granados, and Joaquin Turina. The third day of the symposium (03.09.2023) will also feature a matinee concert by the pianist Luis Lladó, who will perform pieces by Antonio Soler, Isaak Albéniz, Manuel de Falla, Tomás Marco and Jesús Torres. Additional information regarding the programme of concerts in relation to the symposium can be found here.
As part of the programme accompanying the symposium, a workshop facilitated by representatives of the European Festival Association, Maher Namur and Rarita Zbranca. The goal of the workshop is to consider and jointly discuss the connection of festival makers around the arts in the wider cultural-political ecosystem, as well as to enable further information-exchange between members of the association.
The symposium is open for attendance by the general public, whereby we ask interested guests to register on the following webpage. Presentations within the symposium will be delivered in German, the moderation will be conducted in Bulgarian/English/German.
Programme
01.09.2023
10:00 – 13:00 (“Boris Georgiev” City Art Gallery)
Thematic focus of presentations: Spanish Baroque Music
● 10:00 – 10:20: Official opening by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Krones (University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna) and Dr. Petya Tsvetanova (National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov”, Sofia)
● 10:20 – 10:30: Musical illustrations
● 10:30 – 10:55: Dr. Karl Rudolf (former Director of the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome, Section Madrid) – “Reflections on Spain’s three cultures in view of the music”
● 10:55 – 11:20: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Krones (University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna) – “Stylistic Elements of the Spanish Renaissance Music”
● 11:20 – 11:30: Musical illustrations
● 11:30 – 11:50: Coffee break
● 11:50 – 12:15: Dr. Antonio Ezquerro-Esteban (Spanish National Research Council) – “The Hispanic Musical Baroque: Reasons to think about”
● 12:15 – 13:00: Discussion between presenters and symposium guests
Performances between the presentations:
Pieces by the Spanish Baroque repertoire performed by the “Armonica Stanza” ensemble
● Juan Hidalgo (1614 – 1685) – PEINANDOSE ESTAVA UN OLMO
● José Marín (1618 – 1699) – OJOS PUES ME DESDEÑAIS
● Martin y Coll (1650 – 1734) – CANARIOS
● Juan Hidalgo – TROMPICABALAS AMOR
02.09.2023
10:00 – 13:00, 19:00 (“Boris Georgiev” City Art Gallery)
Thematic focus of presentations: Nationalism versus Universalism in the Music of Spain
● 10:00 – 10:10: Opening remarks for day two
● 10:10 – 10:20: Musical illustrations
● 10:20 – 10:45: Tomás Marco (Composer) – “Nationalism versus internationalism in the Music of Spain”
● 10:45 – 11:10: Prof. Dr. Helmut Loos (University of Leipzig) – “Nationalism versus Universalism in the European musical history”
● 11:10 – 11:30: Coffee break
● 11:30 – 11:55: Prof. Dr. Rainer Bischof (Composer) – “Spain, my love”
● 11:55 – 12:20: Prof. Dr. Paloma Ortiz-de-Urbina (University of Alcalá, Madrid) – “The reception of Wagner in Spain: The Madrid Case”
● 12:20 – 13:00: Discussion between presenters and symposium guests
Performances between the presentations:
Musical illustrations by the Instrumental ensemble of Cantabria “ENSEIC”
● Felipe Pedrell (1841 – 1922) – Nocturne-Trio op. 55
● Ernesto Halffter (1905 – 1989) – Hommage a Adolfo Salazar
● Tomás Marco (1968) – Rubayats (Selection)
03.09.2023
10:00 – 14:00, 12:00, 19:00 (“Boris Georgiev” City Art Gallery)
Thematic focus of presentations: Nationalism in the music of Spain. Identity and Movements
● 10:00 – 10:10: Opening remarks for day three
● 10:10 – 10:35: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Krones (University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna) – “On Neoclassicism in Spain, with focus on the Manuel de Falla‘s ‘Concierto para clavicémbalo’”
● 10:35 – 11:00: Prof. Dr. Helmut Loos (University of Leipzig) – “The influence of Franz Liszt on Spanish piano music”
● 11:00 – 11:20: Coffee break
● 11:20 – 11:45: Dr. Luciano González Sarmiento (Composer and Musicologist) – “Reflections on musical nationalism in Spain: Identity and Movement”
● 12:00 – 13:00: Matinee concert
● 13:15 – 14:00: Discussion between presenters and symposium guests
