November 9-11, 2024

November 9, 2024
7:30pm
Kunstraum Pillnitz
Wilhelm-Wolf-Str. 1b
Dresden, Germany

November 10, 2024
7:30pm
Morgner Archiv
Agricolastr. 25
Chemnitz, Germany

November 11, 2024
7:30pm
Grieg-Begegnungsstätte
Talstr. 10
Leipzig, Germany

The Sächsischer Musikbund presents a concert featuring the clarinet ensemble Trio BlattArt, with Ulrich Büsing, Aloisia Hurt, and David Wolf. The concert of mostly contemporary music from Saxony is entitled Zeitsprünge (Leaps of Time) and includes Stefan Hakenberg's  Weinblätter , three pieces written for clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet. Weinblätter was commissioned by the festival Musik-Collagen in Zwingenberg an der Bergstraße, Germany. Trio BlattArt premiered the piece there last year and in a number of concerts around the Rhein-Main region.

August 2024

YouTube: This month visual artist Víctor Martínez and Stefan Hakenberg have launched a new YouTube playlist  Hakenberg | Martínez  featuring interpretations of chamber music by Stefan Hakenberg meeting with new videos by Víctor Martínez. The two videos published first are:

(-)  Auflösen  presenting accordion player Stefanie Mirwald's interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Auflösen . Stefan Hippe, composer, accordion player, and music director of the Nuremberg Accordion Orchestra, writes about the piece, "The harmony and also the virtuoso solo passages convince me instantly. I also find the treatment of the hands intriguing and in terms of timbre, this certainly makes the composition even more attractive."

(-)  Timbro e dinamica  presenting saxophone player Roberto Favaro's interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's composition for tenor saxophone solo  Timbro e dinamica .

July 21, 2024

July 21, 2024
6pm
Gustav Mahler Saal
Kulturzentrum

Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy: The Gustav Mahler Music Weeks 2024 present a concert of the El Cimarrón Ensemble with the Blechzinnen and soprano Alexandra Lampert-Raschké conducted by Clemens Heil. The concert entitled Young Composers and Gustav Mahler in Toblach/Dobbiaco has been curated by Stefan Hakenberg and includes premieres of new compositions by composers from the EUREGIO Tirol/Alto Adige/Trentino and beyond. They all circle around aspects of Gustav Mahler's song  Liebst du um Schönheit  which itself will be presented in a new arrangement for soprano, guitar, and double bass by Stefan Hakenberg with Alexandra Lampert-Raschké, Christina Schorn-Mancinelli (guitar), and Arisa Yoshida (double bass).

May 16-19, 2024

May 16, 2024
5pm
Convocation Hall
University of Alberta
116 St. & 85 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta

May 18, 2024
7pm
artsPlace
950 8 Ave
Canmore, Alberta

May 19, 2024
5pm
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
Rosza Centre
University of Calgary
206 University Ct NW
Calgary, Alberta

The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta presents a concert curated by Stefan Hakenberg under the title Mahler in the Mountains. It offers a collective, creative reflection on Mahler's Symphony No. 3. To this end the program features instrumental works by Haruki Noda and Ramsey Sadaka, as well as a cycle of Summer related songs by Alma and Gustav Mahler, each in a new version by one of five composers from Alberta, Austria, and British Columbia. It includes Stefan Hakenberg's version of Gustav Mahler's  Ablösung im Sommer  for soprano and sinfonietta. The concert also features the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  States of Matter , five songs on texts by Marilyn Dumont, each related to a different movement of Mahler's symphony.

The concert will be presented by soprano Amelia Watkins, mezzo-soprano Justine Ledoux, and the newly established Wirth Sinfonietta Edmonton conducted by Petar Dundjerski.

May 4, 2024

May 4, 2024
10:30am
Musik- und Kunstschule
Holleneggerstraße 19
Deutschlandsberg
Austria

Deutschlandsberg, Austria: On the occasion of the 30th Piano Spring festival, Kulturkreis Deutschlandsberg presents a concert entitled Überraschungskonzert (Surprise Concert). Curated by Gerd Kühr, the concert includes a series of short chamber music compositions by nine composers, all of which are dedicated to Barbara Faulend-Klauser. One of the new works is Stefan Hakenberg's  Herbst  for solo voice. It is a setting of the poem by Elfriede Jelinek and will be sung by mezzo-soprano Michaela Selinger.

April 18, 2024

April 18, 2024
7:30pm
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Konzertsaal Wuppertal
Sedanstraße 15
42275 Wuppertal
Germany

Wuppertal, Germany: As part of her guest professorship at the Hochschule for Music and Dance Cologne, Annika Hinsche and students of the mandolin and other classes of instrumental and vocal music present a concert program entitled Music in Times of Crisis. It includes a cantata of music from Stefan Hakenberg's opera  The Amputation of Charlie Sharp , on a libretto by Philip Gourevitch. The opera was premiered in German in 2014 at the festival NOW! in Essen. The cantata Annika Hinsche has put together for this concert includes the World premieres of three movements from the suite for mandolin ensemble  Of Charlie's Amputation  and three of Charlie's arias from the opera. In this concert, the arias are sung for the first time in their original English versions by the baritone Leo Bögeholz Gründer.

September - November, 2023

September 24, 2023
4pm
(private concert)
Frankfurt, Germany

September 30, 2023
6pm
Bergkirche
Auf dem Berg 9-11
Zwingenberg an der Bergstraße, Germany

November 12, 2023
5pm
Barfüßer Kloster
Barfüßergasse 24, Grünberg, Germany

The clarinet ensemble Trio BlattArt, with Ulrich Büsing, Aloisia Hurt, and David Wolf, present concerts including the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  Weinblätter , three pieces written for clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet. Weinblätter was commissioned by the festival Musik-Collagen in Zwingenberg an der Bergstraße, Germany.

July 3, 2023

2pm
Ira Malaniuk Saal
KUG Reiterkaserne
Leonhardstr. 82

Graz, Austria: As part of her Bachelor's recital at Kunstuni Graz, mezzo-soprano Ana Vidmar, accompanied by pianist Rita Melem, presents the Austrian premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's Orfeos zweiter Schmerzensgesang from his  Vier Arien des Orfeo  on words by Patricia Anne Simpson and Ranieri de Calzabigi and set for piano by Stefan Hakenberg and Christian Reuter.

June 4, 2023

6pm
Martinskirche
Kirchstraße 8

Leinsweiler, Germany: The clarinet trio BlattArt, with Ulrich Büsing, Aloisia Hurt, and David Wolf, present a concert including the first movement, leicht beschwingt, of Stefan Hakenberg's  Weinblätter , three pieces written for clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet. Weinblätter was commissioned by the festival Musik-Collagen in Zwingenberg an der Bergstraße, Germany.

April 29, 2023

3pm
Conservatory of Music "Francesco Antonio Bonporti"
Via S. Giovanni Bosco, 4

Trento, Italy: The Conservatory of Music "Francesco Antonio Bonporti" presents a meeting with Stefan Hakenberg. It is part of the project Contemporaneamente - Bridges to the Music of Today conceived and coordinated by "Bonporti" professor of composition Fabio Cifariello Ciardi to foster the inclusion of students but also former students in the professional world of contemporary music composition.

February 9, 2023

8pm
Deutsches Museum
Forum
Augustinerhof 4

Nuremberg, Germany: In cooperation with Bridging Arts Nürnberg, Deutsches Museum presents a mini festival Das Erste Mal. In its second concert, students of cellist Kiara Konstantinou and others play Stefan Hakenberg's  Niemands Sturm . Four of the performing students have participated in the creation of the composition and premiered it in 2021 at Tafelhalle Nuremberg.

February 8, 2023

2pm
Ira Malaniuk Saal
KUG Reiterkaserne
Leonhardstr. 82

Graz, Austria: As part of her Bachelor's recital at Kunstuni Graz, soprano Alessandra Djurdjević and pianist Svetlana Sokolova present the Austrian premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  Winter  on the poem by the same title by Elfriede Jelinek.

October 1, 2022

October 1, 2022
6pm
Bergkirche
Auf dem Berg 9-11

Zwingenberg an der Bergstraße, Germany: The festival Musik-Collagen present a concert of accordionist Stefanie Mirwald. During her concert she will play the World premiere of  Auflösen  by Stefan Hakenberg. Stefan Hippe, composer, accordion player, and music director of the Nuremberg Accordion Orchestra, writes, "I would like to congratulate Stefan Hakenberg on his piece. Auflösen is a beautiful title and a beautiful quest, which he has realized very imaginatively. The harmony and also the virtuoso solo passages convince me instantly. I also find the treatment of the hands intriguing and in terms of timbre, this certainly makes the composition even more attractive. Stefanie Mirwald will surely play the piece very well."

September 25, 2022

Sep 25, 2022
6pm
The Crystal Saloon
218 Front Street

Juneau, Alaska: The Crystal Saloon presents the American premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's vocal piece with movement and electronic score Searching and Knowing , expressing the journey through a breast magnetic imaging test. In her show, soprano, priest, coach, and survivor The Rev Dr Joyce Parry Moore creates healing images of Valkyries, playing children, and a shaman. Stefan Hakenberg set Parry-Moore’s poetry – influenced by Psalm 139 and the words of medieval mystic Dame Julian of Norwich – to vocal music, and composed the sounds recorded from an actual breast MRI into accompaniment, painting the inner experience of a woman’s search to knit herself back together with humour and grace.

August 26 - September 21, 2022

August 26, 2022
Wild Graces
Studio Garden Gallery
111 Nottingham Rd.
Deerfield
New Hampshire

September 15, 2022
3:15pm
Tufts University
Distler Performance Hall
20 Talbot Ave
Medford, Massachusetts

September 21, 2022
6pm
Japan Society of Boston
1 Financial Center
Boston,
Massachusetts

Elizabeth Reian Bennett, shakuhachi, appears in recitals including Stefan Hakenberg's compositions  Song of a Giant Tortoise  and  Song of a Japanese White-Eye  at the Annual Haiku Gathering in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and in Boston, Massachusetts at Tufts University's Distler Performance Hall and at the Japan Society of Boston. During the lockdowns due to the recent pandemic, Elizabeth Reian Bennett has home-recorded  Song of a Giant Tortoise and  Song of a Japanese White‑Eye for the YouTube channel  Distanced Soundings .

August 15-21, 2022

Aug 15-21, 2022
3:30pm
Edinburgh Fringe venue 21
C Aquila
Roman Eagle Lodge
2 Johnston Terrace

Edinburgh, Scotland: C Arts present the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's vocal piece with movement and electronic score Searching and Knowing , expressing the journey through a breast magnetic imaging test. Soprano, priest, coach, and survivor The Rev Dr Joyce Parry Moore joins Ariana Moore and Scout James to create healing images of Valkyries, playing children, a shaman. Stefan Hakenberg set Parry-Moore’s poetry – influenced by Psalm 139 and the words of medieval mystic Dame Julian of Norwich – to vocal music, and the sounds recorded from an actual breast MRI into accompaniment, painting the inner experience of a woman’s search to knit herself back together with humour and grace. Post-show discussion.

July 17, 2022

July 17, 2022
6pm
Gustav Mahler Auditorium
Kulturzentrum

Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy: The Gustav Mahler Music Weeks 2022 present a concert of the El Cimarrón Ensemble with the Blechzinnen, Alpine zither player Reinhilde Gamper, soprano Alexandra Lampert-Raschké and bass-baritone Robert Koller conducted by Clemens Heil. The concert entitled Young Composers and Gustav Mahler in Toblach/Dobbiaco was curated by Stefan Hakenberg and includes premieres of new compositions by composers from the EUREGIO Tirol/Alto Adige/Trentino and beyond. The program will also include the premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's arrangements of Gustav Mahler's Nicht Wiedersehen! and Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen .

May 29, 2022

May 29, 2022
3pm
The Green Room
Niehler Str. 104

Cologne, Germany: The Green Room presents an exhibition of works by Mutsumi Okada. During the finissage of the exhibition flutist Camilla Hoitenga plays Stefan Hakenberg's  In a Heartbeat .

since March 2022

YouTube: Continuation of the channel  Distanced Soundings  featuring home recorded interpretations of chamber music by Stefan Hakenberg meeting with paintings by Harald Klemm.

 Vol. 17  – presents bass-baritone Robert Koller's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's Vocalise from  The God Abandons Antony . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's paintings Beweinung, 1993 and warchild .

October 10, 2021

October 10, 2021
4pm
Diefenbachsaal
Gasthaus zum bunten Löwen)

Zwingenberg an der Bergstraße, Germany: The new festival Musik-Collagen presents a concert with ensemble Soli fan tutti. During the concert cellist Michael Veit and pianist Wiltrud Veit will play the World premiere of  Orfeo On My Mind  by Stefan Hakenberg.

September 26, 2021

September 26, 2021
11am
Foyer Großes Haus
Staatstheater Darmstadt

Darmstadt, Germany: Staatstheater Darmstadt presents a concert opening the season of Soli fan tutti. During the concert Michael Veit will play the World premiere of  Parallele Interferenzen  for cello solo by Stefan Hakenberg.

September 19, 2021

September 19, 2021
6pm
Bezirkliches Informationszentrum (BIZ)
Hellersdorfer Straße 159
12619 Berlin

Berlin, Germany: pyramidale presents a concert with soprano Irene Kurka and the sonic.art saxophone quartet. The program will include the World premiere of  Supersonic , a work in three movements Stefan Hakenberg has composed especially for sonic.art.

July 17, 2021

July 17, 2021
3pm and 7pm
Tafelhalle

Nuremberg, Germany: Bridging Arts presents Niemands Werkstatt. The staged workshop presentation includes pre-produced audio recordings of  Niemands Reise  and  Niemands Schatten , movements from the community opera with dance Niemands fantastische Reise. The recordings feature soloists Andromahi Raptis (soprano), Frances Pappas (mezzo-soprano), and George Humphreys (Baritone). The story, stage direction, and choreography are by Riikka Läser, stage design and costumes by Lena Scheerer and Michael Fritzsche. Also on stage: Konrad Rubin (signing actor)

June 29, 2021

June 29, 2021
8pm
ONLINE

Berlin, Germany: Unerhörte Musik presents the saxophone quartet sonic.art in a recital. Their program will include the World premiere of  Supersonic , a work in three movements Stefan Hakenberg has composed especially for sonic.art.

since December 2020

YouTube: Continuation of the channel  Distanced Soundings  featuring home recorded interpretations of chamber music by Stefan Hakenberg meeting with paintings by Harald Klemm.

 Vol. 14  – presents daegeum player Hong Yoo's interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Song of a Giant Tortoise . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's painting Lafcadio's Garden .

 Vol. 13  – presents e-guitar player Daniel Lippel's home recorded World premiere interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Niemands Glück . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's painting Aufgabe 1 .

 Vol. 12  – presents cellist Michael Veit and pianist Wiltrud Veit's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Orfeo On My Mind . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animation of Harald Klemm's painting Kranke Schwester 04 .

 2020 Holiday Edition  – presents Distanced Ensemble 2020 playing Stefan Hakenberg's  Montaged Soundings 2020 . The musical snippets with which this composition was created are from YouTube channel DISTANCED SOUNDINGS, Volumes 1 - 11, which were recorded in Boston, Gent, Graz, Gütersloh, New York, Nuremberg, Rabat, Southborough, Sylva, Venice, and Wiesen. The video features clips by Harald Klemm.

 Vol. 11  – presents pianist Paolo Notargiacomo's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Schafe Waschen . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of stills from Harald Klemm's video Dolly .

 Vol. 10  – presents for a second time on this channel shakuhachi player Elizabeth Reian Bennett's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Song of a Giant Tortoise . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's painting Schrebergarten .

November 28, 2020

November 28, 2020
5pm
ONLINE

YouTube: In a Web edition of Camino Contro Corrente Tara Venditti (mezzo-soprano), Dan Lippel (guitar), and performer Alexandros Kostas-Tousias present a version of Stefan Hakenberg's  The God Abandons Antony  that is owed to the fact that the musicians cannot come together due to current social distancing rules. Alexandros Kostas-Tousias recites Constantine Cavafy's poem in Greek live, via the Internet, from Athens. The solo performances of the first and the third movements will be replaced by the pre-produced Distanced Soundings videos of these pieces with the paintings by Harald Klemm. Camino Contro Corrente's Webcast includes an interview by Riccardo Vaglini with Alexandros Kostas-Tousias, Stefan Hakenberg, and Tara Venditti.

since September 2020

YouTube: Continuation of the channel  Distanced Soundings  featuring home recorded interpretations of chamber music by Stefan Hakenberg meeting with paintings by Harald Klemm.

 Vol. 7  – presents pianist Sanae Zanane's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's Sustainable Harmonies from  Two Piano Pieces . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's painting wave .

 Vol. 8  – presents cellist Kiara Konstantinou's and accordion player Oksana Martyniuk's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's Tragödie from  Philoxenie Paraphrasiert . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's painting Wer wird da sein? .

 Vol. 9  – presents Robert Schulz's interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Fünf Szenen für Vibrafon . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's paintings Summer Moves On , Spaziergang bei Nacht , Links oder rechts rum , Der Himmel war roter, oder ich sehe was, was Du nicht siehst , and Ballroom Outside .

September 9, 2020

September 9, 2020
12:30pm
Katharinenruine

Nuremberg, Germany: Bridging Arts presents cellist Kiara Konstantinou and accordionist Oksana Martyniuk in a recital. Their program will include the World premieres of two movements from Stefan Hakenberg's  Philoxenie paraphrasiert , Tragödie and Emphase.

August 30, 2020

August 30, 2020
8:30pm
Casa della Musica San Michele

Montaldeo, Italy: Casa della Musica San Michele, presents Camilla Hoitenga in a recital. Her program will include the Italian premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  In a Heartbeat .

The concert has also been streamed on the Internet and is available ONLINE.

August 30, 2020

August 30, 2020
5pm
ONLINE

YouTube: soprano Alexandra Lampert-Raschké and pianist Maciej Słapiński present a concert including the World premiere of a new song,  Winter , by Stefan Hakenberg on a text by Elfriede Jelinek.

since May 2020

YouTube: The new channel  Distanced Soundings  features home recorded interpretations of chamber music by Stefan Hakenberg meeting with paintings by Harald Klemm. Creating this channel has begun in April 2020 as a reaction to the lockdowns impacting lives everywhere.

The first video –  Vol. 1  – presents flutist Camilla Hoitenga's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  In a Heartbeat . In his video Harald Klemm uses his paintings Kleiner See (Sommermorgen) and  Kleiner See zur blauen Stunde . Both depict the same motive, a pond in Kochel am See in Bavaria. One of the paintings shows the pond in the light of day, the other one shows it by night. The paintings are dense and luminous and in the video Harald has moved the perspective and lighting very slowly and sparingly.

The second video –  Vol. 2  – presents shakuhachi player Elizabeth Reian Bennett's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Song of a Japanese White-Eye . In his video Harald Klemm uses his paintings Okyo's Schneekiefern (I+II) and Goyo-Matsu (I+III) – depicting bonsai trees – to create a calm flow of morphing images.

The third video –  Vol. 3  – presents bass clarinet Duo Stump-Linshalm's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Days , Book I. The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's paintings Flüchtiger Speicher II , F_G_B , Die Winter waren kälter , Topfpflanze , and Tanz underlining the different characters of the 5 short duo compositions.

 Vol. 4  – presents guitarist Fabian Hinsche's home recorded interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's  Singing a Lullaby for Ben . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's painting vom Fliegen träumen .

 Vol. 5  – presents guitarist Daniel Lippel's home recorded World premiere interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's Prelude from  The God Abandons Antony . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's painting Inside Out .

 Vol. 6  – presents mezzo-soprano Tara Venditti's home recorded World premiere interpretation of Stefan Hakenberg's Vocalise from  The God Abandons Antony . The video shows Lea Mayerhofer's animations of Harald Klemm's painting Gefallen .

November 23, 2019

November 23, 2019
3pm
Armadale Uniting Church
86A Kooyong Rd
Armadale

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Tarella Strings, Sonus Ensemble, Peter Hagen (harpsichord), and Johanna Selleck (conductor) now bring to the Port Phillip Bay area a concert that they first presented last year in Lismore, Victoria. The concert was commissioned by Mount Elephant Community Management as a contribution to the first edition of their Waking the Giants project – a creative exploration and interpretation of the Victorian volcanic plains.

The program includes Stefan Hakenberg's dectet  Magma Chambers . The composition expresses the unpredictable looming of eruptions from glowingly potent magma chambers under a dormant surface.

October 11, 2019

October 11, 2019
8:30pm
Fédération Oeuvres Laïques du Maroc
16 Rue Moussa Ben Noussair

Casablanca, Morocco: Under the title L'appel lointain des cerfs... shakuhachi master Elizabeth Reian Bennett presents a concert of shakuhachi music at the Théâtre de la F.O.L..

The program includes Stefan Hakenberg's compositions  Song of a Giant Tortoise  and  Song of a Japanese White-Eye  for shakuhachi solo.

September 20, 2019

September 20, 2019
7:30pm
Piano Building
Concert Hall
Central Conservatory of Music
Central Beijing

Beijing, China: Chinese Music Europe (CHIME) and the Chinese Music Research Institute of the Central Conservatory of Music present a concert of traditional Chinese instrumental music including Stefan Hakenberg's composition for three guzheng  Become Ocean . The performers are Xu Xinyi, Ding Xuechun and Shen Yijing.

The composition makes use of a number of virtuosic zheng techniques like tremolos, glissandi, bent notes, “flowing water,” etc.. The inner dynamic of the stream of musical ideas is created by a contrapuntal framework through the use of diverse canon techniques.

September 14, 2019

September 14, 2019
6pm
St. Stephen's Anglican Church
360 Church St.
Richmond

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: The Acacia Gold Wind Quintet presents a concert including Stefan Hakenberg's composition for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon  Lake Winds .

The piece was composed in support of the Lake Bolac Eel Festival and of composer Dindy Vaughan's community building activism. The Acacia Gold Wind Quintet has premiered Lake Winds at the festival last year.

April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019
7pm
Salle Bahnini
1, rue Ghandi

Rabat, Morocco: Elizabeth Reian Bennett, shakuhachi, presents a concert of shakuhachi and piano music as well as a concerto for ney, shakuhachi and orchestra combining music from Africa, Asia, and Europe.

The program includes the world premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Song of a Japanese White-Eye  for shakuhachi solo as well as the African premieres of  Song of a Giant Tortoise  - also for shakuhachi solo - and  Sustainable Harmonies from  Two Piano Pieces . The pianist is Sanae Zanane.

 Song of a Giant Tortoise was premiered in 2012 by Elizabeth Brown at an Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music concert at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, Two Piano Pieces 2006 in Auke Bay, Alaska by Alexander Tutunov. The piano piece was commissioned by the Pacific Rim Forum for a conference on Energy and Environment.

March 2, 2019

March 2, 2019
11:09am (EST)
CBC

CBC Radio, Canada: The radio show This Is My Music with Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe presents lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar) with their CD recording of the Greek traditional song  Δεν ειν αυγη  in a version by Stefan Hakenberg.

November 2, 2018

November 2, 2018
7:30pm
Auditorium Davide Liani
Piazza S. Valentino, 12

Camino al Tagliamento, Italy: Festival Camino Contro Corrente 2018 presents a concert with pianist Paolo Notargiacomo. The program includes Stefan Hakenberg's  Schafe Waschen , composed in 2001 for a concert dedicated to Hans Werner Henze on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

October 20, 2018

October 20, 2018
7pm
Theater im Palais
Kunstuni Graz
Leonhardstraße 19

Graz, Austria: Tara Venditti (mezzo-soprano) and Dan Lippel (guitar) present a concert to mark the beginning of Tara Venditti's voice professorship at the Kunstuni Graz.
The program includes Stefan Hakenberg's version of the Greek traditional song  Δεν ειν αυγη .

October 13, 2018

October 13, 2018
Lismore Community Centre

Lismore, Victoria, Australia: As a part of its Waking the Giants project – a creative exploration and interpretation of the Victorian volcanic plains and its giant scoria cones – Mount Elephant Community Management presents a concert featuring the Tarella String Quartet, the Sonus Wind Quintet, Peter Hagen (harpsichord), and Johanna Selleck (conductor). The program includes the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's new dectet  Magma Chambers .

September 30, 2018

September 30, 2018
2pm
Montsalvat
7 Hillcrest Ave.
Eltham, Victoria

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: The Melbourne Composers' League presents a concert featuring the Acacia Gold Wind Quintet conducted by Peter Neville. The program includes Stefan Hakenberg's composition for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon  Lake Winds . The piece was composed in support of the Lake Bolac Eel Festival and of composer Dindy Vaughan's deeply rooted community building activism. The Acacia Gold Wind Quintet has premiered Lake Winds at the Lake Bolac Eel Festival last March.

July 29, 2018

July 29, 2018
11:15am
Universidade de Aveiro
Campus Universitário de Santiago
Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro, Portugal: As part of their meeting Flute: Hands On Research 2018, IMPAR (Initiatives Meetings and Publications on Artistic Research) presents Camilla Hoitenga in a lecture recital Contemporary Performance Practice – An Introduction. Her program will include the Portuguese premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  In a Heartbeat .

 In a Heartbeat was premiered just a couple of months ago by David Gruber at Alte Schmiede in Hallein, Austria.

July 20, 2018

July 20, 2018
7:30pm
Marienkirche
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 8
Berlin-Mitte

Berlin, Germany: Marienkirche presents a charity concert featuring the Bundespolizeiorchester Berlin with its music director Gerd Herklotz. The program includes Stefan Hakenberg's composition for symphonic wind ensemble  A Gentle Giant .

May 27, 2018

May 27, 2018
4pm
Katholische Akademie Schwerte
Bergerhofweg 24

Schwerte, Germany: Katholische Akademie Schwerte presents an exhibition of works by Yala Juchmann. The opening of the exhibition features flutist Camilla Hoitenga playing the German premieres of Stefan Hakenberg's  Song of a Giant Tortoise  and  In a Heartbeat .

 Song of a Giant Tortoise was originally written for daegum as part of the score for Theo Lipfert's documentary short film  Invasion of the Giant Tortoises and premiered independently of the movie, in a version for shakuhachi, by Elizabeth Brown at Northeastern University in Boston in 2012. Camilla Hoitenga plays the composition on a traditional Western transverse flute.  In a Heartbeat was premiered just a month ago by David Gruber at Alte Schmiede in Hallein, Austria.

April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018
7:30pm
Katholisches Pfarramt St. Martin
Steinbruchweg 19A

Rückersdorf, Germany: Musik in Scheune und Kapelle presents a concert with lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar) including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη .
These songs are also available on CD through lagrimosa beltà, amazon, iTunes, or at the Salzburg Festival Shop.

April 21, 2018

April 21, 2018
7:30pm
Pernerinsel
Alte Schmiede
across from
Mauttorpromenade 7

Hallein, Austria: The Halleiner Kulturverein Sudhaus presents Stefan Hakenberg's chamber opera  The Egg Musher  (libretto by Michael Kerstan) with the El Cimarron Ensemble and bass baritone Nicholas Isherwood conducted by Stefan Hakenberg and stage directed by Michael Kerstan.
For previous media coverage of  The Egg Musher , which the press labeled "first climate opera," you can go to the Reviews Page.

The evening will also include an introductory conversation between the composer and the librettist, as well as El Cimarron Ensemble's David Gruber playing the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  In a Heartbeat  for flute solo.

April 20, 2018

April 20, 2018
7:30pm
Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche
Zossener Str. 65
Kreuzberg

Berlin, Germany: The protestant congregation Ev. Kirchengemeinde Heilig Kreuz-Passion presents a charity concert featuring the Bundespolizeiorchester Berlin with its music director Gerd Herklotz. The program includes the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's composition for symphonic wind ensemble  A Gentle Giant .

The proceeds of this concert will go to support the Projekt Gitschiner Str. 15, a unique education center for homeless or poor adults with courses in a variety of visual arts and music, including for instance the gospel choir Different Voices of Berlin who compose some of their songs themselves.

March 25, 2018

March 25, 2018
12:45pm
Boathouse
Lake Bolac

Lake Bolac, Victoria, Australia: The grass roots Lake Bolac Eel Festival presents a concert featuring the Acacia Gold Wind Quintet from Melbourne. The program includes the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's new composition for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon  Lake Winds . The piece was composed in support of the Lake Bolac Eel Festival and of composer Dindy Vaughan's deeply rooted community building activism. It was conceived acknowledging the Djabwurrung as the traditional custodians of the land where the Festival is held as an offer of sincere respect for elders past, present, and emerging.

February 19, 2018

February 19, 2018
7:30pm
Akademie für Tonkunst
Petersen-Saal
Ludwigshöhstr. 120

Darmstadt, Germany: The opening concert of the festival Zeitströme at the Darmstadt Academy for Musical Arts features the AsianArt Ensemble presenting a program including Stefan Hakenberg's  Zerrende Geister . This composition was originally written for clarinet, cello, and piano and premiered in 1994 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the New Millennium Ensemble. The version presented in this concert was set for violin, viola, cello, double bass, daegum, kayagum, and koto in 2015. The performance will be conducted by Il‑Ryun Chung.

November 3, 2017

November 3, 2017
8pm
Stadttheater Rüsselsheim

Rüsselsheim, Germany: Visual artist Inge Besgen presents the 11th edition of her community based concert series Lebenslinien.
The jazz quartet Common Ground with Matthias Akeo Nowak (bass), Sebastian Gille (tenor saxophone), Achim Kaufmann (piano), and Bill Elgart (drums) will premiere Rüsselsheimer Portraits by Stefan Hakenberg. The compositions are based on character essays on four citizens of Rüsselsheim by psychoanalyst Brigitte Pahlke.
More about the event in this article by Stephan Dudek from the newspaper Main-Spitze.

March 12, 2017

March 12, 2017
4:30pm
Bürgerhaus Süd

Recklinghausen, Germany: During his concert Zum ersten Mal, pianist Rainer Maria Klaas presents the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  60 cm , a piano sonata in four movements.

November 22 and 27, 2016

November 22, 2016
4pm
Keller Hall
University of New Mexico

November 27, 2016
10:30am
chatter
Las Puertas
1512 1st Street NW

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Mezzo-soprano Tara Venditti, the Viola Miller Endowed Quartet of the University of New Mexico, and their music director and pianist Kristin Ditlow present – as a World premiere – a combination of Stefan Hakenberg's  Vier Arien des Orfeo , the  Gesänge für Orfeo , and a new piano solo piece  Versuch und Scheitern . These compositions are versions of music from the opera with dance  Schau nicht zurück, Orfeo!  with an original score by Stefan Hakenberg incorporating music by Christoph Willibald Gluck and high school students from Nuremberg, Germany, set for mezzo-soprano, chorus and piano by Christian Reuter and Stefan Hakenberg.

November 16, 2016

November 16, 2016
8pm
Konzerthaus Berlin
Werner-Otto-Saal
Am Gendarmenmarkt 2
Berlin-Mitte

Berlin, Germany: The AsianArt Ensemble presents focused XVI - Deutsche Komponisten, a concert including the European premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  Sir Donald  for kayagum, changgu, and baroque cello.

September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016
6pm
Asia Society Texas
1370 Southmore Blvd.

Houston, Texas: The Asia Society Texas presents Performing Asia: IIIZ+ in Concert , a concert including the Texan premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's five musical montages of traditional East Asian zither and changgu compositions  Three Zithers and a Pair of Scissors  for Japanese koto, Korean kayagum and changgu, and for Chinese guzheng.

September 14, 2016

September 14, 2016
8:15pm
Katharinensaal

Nuremberg, Germany: The Internationales Kammermusikfestival Nürnberg presents Penelope – Musik und Lesung, a concert with lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar) including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη .
These songs are also available on CD through lagrimosa beltà, amazon, iTunes, or at the Salzburg Festival Shop.

September 12, 2016

September 12, 2016
8pm
Spectrum
121 Ludlow St #2
NY 10002

New York, New York: Spectrum presents Vocal Acrobatics, a concert with Frauke Aulbert (voice) and Brian DuFord (guitar) including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη . This is the first performance of the songs in the US.

September 10, 2016

September 10, 2016
Wild Graces
Studio Garden Gallery
111 Nottingham Rd.
Deerfield
New Hampshire

Deerfield, New Hampshire: As part of its 3rd Annual Haiku Gathering, the Studio Garden Gallery Wild Graces presents a concert featuring Elizabeth Reian Bennett, shakuhachi, including Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Song of a Giant Tortoise .  Song of a Giant Tortoise was premiered in Boston in 2012 by Elizabeth Brown at Northeastern University.

September 9, 2016

September 9, 2016
8pm
Christophorushaus
Herdweg 122

Darmstadt, Germany: The Evangelische Südostgemeinde Darmstadt presents a recital with mezzo-soprano Tara Venditti and pianist Kristin Ditlow including Stefan Hakenberg's solo piano piece  Schafe Waschen  and the World premiere of the complete set of  Vier Arien des Orfeo . The arias stem from the opera with dance  Schau nicht zurück, Orfeo!  with an original score by Stefan Hakenberg incorporating music by Christoph Willibald Gluck and are set for mezzo-soprano and piano by Christian Reuter and Stefan Hakenberg. Schafe Waschen was composed in 2001 for a concert dedicated to Hans Werner Henze on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

August 11, 2016

August 11, 2016
8pm
Monash University
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Music Auditorium
55 Scenic Boulevard
Clayton
Victoria

Melbourne, Australia: The Sonic.Art Saxophone Quartet present a concert at Monash University including the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's brief greeting card to the composers at the Sir Zelman Cowan School of Music  Gale Force Group Portrait .

July 3, 2016

July 3, 2016
6pm
Christianskirche am Kloppstockplatz

Hamburg, Germany: altonale18 presents a concert with Frauke Aulbert (voice) and Gisbert Watty (guitar) including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη . In July and August 2015 Frauke Aulbert and Gisbert Watty presented these two Greek songs for the first time in Sydney and Melbourne.

June 26, 2016

June 26, 2016
8pm
Elisabeth-Kirche
Invalidenstr. 3

Berlin, Germany: The Ensemble UnitedBerlin presents a concert commemorating Hans Werner Henze on his 90th birthday including the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  To Sovereign Thames Allied  for voice and sinfonietta – settings of two poems from The River Duddon by William Wordsworth.
The soloist will be Matthias Bauer, who will also play the double bass part, and the performance will be conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

April 10, 2016

April 10, 2016
7:30pm
Keltenmuseum

Hallein, Austria: The Internationales Halleiner Gitarrenfestival presents a concert with lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar) including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη .
These songs are also available on CD through lagrimosa beltà, amazon, or iTunes.

April 3, 2016

April 3, 2016
11am
Musikschule der Stadt Mönchengladbach
Carl-Orff Saal
Lüpertzender Str. 83

Mönchengladbach, Germany: Hermann Große-Schware celebrates his 85th birthday with a concert including Stefan Hakenberg's  Pink Slush  for string quartet and drum set played by teachers of the Musikschule der Stadt Mönchengladbach, Harald Stöpfgeshoff and Kerstin Weuthen violins, Rüdiger Blömer viola, Susanne Ostermann cello, and Robert Hurasky drums. Pink Slush was premiered in 2009 in Mönchengladbach by the Vitus Quartet and Ralf Baumann on drums during a concert dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Ensemblia new music festival.

December 11, 2015

December 11, 2015
9pm
Museo del Novecento

Florence, Italy: GAMO (Gruppo Aperto Musica Oggi) International Festival presents a concert with Frauke Aulbert (voice) and Gisbert Watty (guitar) including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη  as well as the European premiere of the original song on the poem  Ιθάκη  by Constantine P. Cavafy. In July and August 2015 Frauke Aulbert and Gisbert Watty presented these three Greek songs in Sydney and Melbourne.

August 4, September 6, October 2, and November 14, 2015

August 4, 2015
8:15pm
Oberste Stadtkirche
Piepenstockstr. 29
Iserlohn, Germany

September 6, 2015
8:30pm
Archaeological Museum
Kavala, Greece

October 2, 2015
7pm
Session Hall
PKP Station
105 Piłsudskiego Street
Wrocław, Poland

November 14, 2015
8pm
Tafelhalle
Äussere Sulzbacher Str. 62
Nürnberg, Germany

lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar) present concerts including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη  at 24. Internationales Gitarren Symposion in Iserlohn, Germany, at “Yiannis A. Papaioannou” International Music Festival in Kavala, Greece, at XVIII Wrocławski Festiwal Gitarowy GITARA+ in Wrocław, Poland, and at 20. Nürnberger Gitarrennacht in Nürnberg, Germany.

July 29 and 30, and August 1, 2015

July 29, 2015
6pm
Goethe Institut Sydney
Sydney
New South Wales

July 30, 2015
1pm
Playhouse Theatre
University of Western Sydney
Sydney
New South Wales

August 1, 2015
8pm
Monash University
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Music Auditorium
55 Scenic Boulevard
Melbourne
Victoria

Australia: Frauke Aulbert (voice) and Gisbert Watty (guitar) present concerts including Australian premieres of Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη  as well as the World premiere of a new original song on the poem  Ιθάκη  by Constantine P. Cavafy.
In August Stefan Hakenberg will be in residence at Melbourne's Monash University and also give a lecture at Melbourne University.

July 17 and 20, 2015

July 17, 2015
8pm
National Gugak Center
Seocho-dong 2364
Seocho-gu

July 20, 2015
8pm
Artists' House
Dongsoong-dong 1-130
Jongno-gu

Seoul, South Korea: IIIZ+ present concerts at the National Gugak Center and The House Concert. The concert programs includes the Korean premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's five musical montages of traditional East Asian zither compositions  Three Zithers and a Pair of Scissors  for Japanese koto, Korean kayagum and changgu, and for Chinese guzheng.

April 8, 2015

April 8, 2015
8pm
Konzerthaus Berlin
Werner-Otto-Saal
Am Gendarmenmarkt 2
Berlin-Mitte

Berlin, Germany: The AsianArt Ensemble presents a concert including the World premiere of a new original version of Stefan Hakenberg's  Zerrende Geister . This composition was originally written for clarinet, cello, and piano and premiered in 1994 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the New Millennium Ensemble from New York. The new version presented in this concert is set for violin, viola, cello, double bass, daegum, kayagum, and koto. The performance will be conducted by Il‑Ryun Chung.

March 4, 2015

March 4, 2015
7:30pm
Essl Museum
An der Donau-Au 1

Klosterneuburg bei Wien, Austria: Soprano Julia Mihály presents her solo recital entitled [trigger me] 2.0 at the Essl Museum. The program includes the Austrian premiere of her concert version of Stefan Hakenberg's dance piece for soprano and electronics  Searching and Knowing  on a libretto by the Rev. Joyce Parry Moore, reflecting the Rev. Mrs. Parry Moore's personal experience as a breast cancer survivor. The electronic track uses snippets of recordings of an MRI sequence and Rev. Parry Moore's voice.
Stefan Hakenberg has written a detailed description of his compositional process composing Searching and Knowing under the title Ways to a New Identity.

February 10, 2015

Available from:
lagrimosa beltà
amazon
iTunes

lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar) release their new CD including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη .

Februar 6, 2015

February 6, 2015
7:30pm
Akademie für Tonkunst
Großer Saal
Ludwigshöhstr. 120

Darmstadt, Germany: The Darmstadt Academy for Musical Arts Tage für Neue Musik presents a concert with recorder player Johannes Fischer and koto player Naoko Kikuchi including Stefan Hakenberg's  Antares . A life recording of the European premiere of Antares with Johannes Fischer and Naoko Kikuchi in Darmstadt in 2010 is available on this Web site, here. Antares was originally composed for Marco Lienhard (shakuhachi) and Ryuko Mizutani (koto), who premiered the composition in 2008 in Brookline, Massachusetts.

December 4, 2014

November 4, 2014
8:30pm
Scuola di Musica "G. Verdi"

Prato, Italy: Frauke Aulbert (voice) and Gisbert Watty (guitar) present a concert including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη .

November 2, 2014

November 2, 2014
3pm
UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein
Areal C [Kokerei]
Salzlager [C88]
Arendahls Wiese
tickets

Essen, Germany: As a world premiere, the festival NOW! together with Landesmusikrat NRW, Stiftung Zollverein, and Jugendzupforchester NRW present a concert performance of  The Amputation of Charlie Sharp , an opera with music by Stefan Hakenberg and a libretto by Philip Gourevitch. The opera will be sung in Olaf Matthias Roth's German version. Christian de Witt conducts an ensemble of soloists, actors, and an extended mandolin orchestra. - Preview in the Darmstädter Echo newspaper.

November 1, 2014

November 1, 2014
9:30pm
Auditorio Davide Liani

Camino al Tagliamento, Italy: The Festival Camino Contro Corrente 2014 presents a concert with Frauke Aulbert (voice) and Gisbert Watty (guitar) including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη . - Festival flyer

October 30, 2014

October 30, 2014
8pm
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts: Alea III presents  Days  by Stefan Hakenberg with Diane Heffner (bass clarinet) and Janet Underhill (bassoon).

June 10, 2014

June 10, 2014
8:30pm
Unerhörte Musik im BKA
Mehringdamm 34
Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany

Berlin, Germany: Soprano Julia Mihály presents her solo recital entitled [trigger me] 2.0.
The program includes her concert version of Stefan Hakenberg's dance piece for soprano and electronics  Searching and Knowing  on a libretto by the Rev. Joyce Parry Moore, reflecting the Rev. Mrs. Parry Moore's personal experience as a breast cancer survivor. The electronic track uses snippets of recordings of an MRI sequence and Rev. Parry Moore's voice.
Stefan Hakenberg has written a detailed description of his compositional process composing Searching and Knowing under the title Ways to a New Identity.

June 4, 2014

June 4, 2014
12:12am (Central European Time)

Bayern2 Radio, Germany: Bavarian Radio's channel 2 presents its show Concerto bavarese including its own recording of the World premiere performance of Stefan Hakenberg's  Extensive Counterpoints and Loops  with the Nürnberger Akkordeonorchester under its music director Stefan Hippe.

February 14 and 18, and March 1, 2014

February 14, 2014
7:30pm
Akademie für Tonkunst
Großer Saal
Ludwigshöhstr. 120
Darmstadt, Germany

February 18, 2014
8pm
Instituto Cervantes
Staufenstr. 1
Frankfurt, Germany

March 1, 2014
8pm
Christianskirche am Kloppstockplatz
Hamburg, Germany

Soprano Julia Mihály presents her solo recital entitled [trigger me] 2.0 in Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Hamburg (Program flyer), and Berlin. The program includes her concert version of Stefan Hakenberg's dance piece for soprano and electronics  Searching and Knowing  on a libretto by the Rev. Joyce Parry Moore, reflecting the Rev. Mrs. Parry Moore's personal experience as a breast cancer survivor. The electronic track uses snippets of recordings of an MRI sequence and Rev. Parry Moore's voice.
Stefan Hakenberg has written a detailed description of his compositional process composing Searching and Knowing under the title Ways to a New Identity.

December 13, 2013

December 13, 2013
7:30pm
Akademie für Tonkunst
Großer Saal
Ludwigshöhstr. 120

Darmstadt, Germany: The Academy for Musical Arts presents Ensemble Phorminx in a concert including Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Emergence  played by Thomas Löffler on bass clarinet and Bernd Mallasch, percussion. The acclaimed Ensemble Phorminx presents the music of Stefan Hakenberg regularly. Ensemble Phorminx's interpretation of Cube for cello, bass clarinet, and percussion has been released on the CD Of Time and Place.

December 7, 2013

December 7, 2013
7:30pm
L'espace
24 TrangTien

Hanoi, Vietnam: The Hanoi New Music Festival presents Hanoi Ensemble and The Six Tones in a concert including the Asian premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  Anchorage Dances . Hanoi Ensemble performs the composition with Le Thu Huong (flute), Nguyen Thanh Thuy (dan tranh), Stefan Östersjö (mandolin), Ngo Dang Khoa (double bass), and Don Mai Huong (percussion)

November 27, 2013

November 27, 2013
7pm
Bessunger Kirche
Am Kapellberg 2

Darmstadt, Germany: Tara Venditti (mezzo-soprano) and Dan Lippel (guitar) present a concert including Stefan Hakenberg's version of the Greek traditional song  Δεν ειν αυγη .

October 5 and November 9 and 26, 2013

October 5, 2013
8pm
Schloss Leopoldskron
Leopoldskronstraße 56-58
Salzburg, Austria

November 9, 2013
8pm
St. John's Anglican Church
154 Somerset Street West
Ottawa, Ontario

November 26, 2013
8pm
The Croatian Music Institute
Hrvatski glazbeni zavod
Gundulićeva 6a
Zagreb, Croatia

lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar) present concerts including Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη  in Salzburg, Ottawa, and at Zagreb's Guitarra Viva | Festival.

September 30, 2013

September 30, 2013
6:30pm
Akademie für Tonkunst
Großer Saal
Ludwigshöhstr. 120

Darmstadt, Germany: During a concert of the series Lehrerkonzerte at the Darmstadt Academy for Musical Arts pianist Sabine Simon presents Stefan Hakenberg's  Schafe Waschen . Schafe Waschen was composed in 2001 for a concert dedicated to Hans Werner Henze on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

August 1 and 2, 2013

August 1, 2013
1:10pm
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Building 68
Monash University
Clayton

August 2, 2013
8pm
Richmond Uniting Church
304-314 Church Street
Richmond

Melbourne, Victoria (Australia): During two concerts mezzo-soprano Tara Venditti and pianist Siegmund Watty present the World premieres of the arias Arie im Elysium and Orfeos zweiter Schmerzensgesang from Stefan Hakenberg's  Vier Arien des Orfeo . The Vier Arien des Orfeo are versions of arias from the opera with dance  Schau nicht zurück, Orfeo!  with an original score by Stefan Hakenberg incorporating music by Christoph Willibald Gluck set for piano and mezzo-soprano by Christian Reuter and Stefan Hakenberg.
Stefan Hakenberg will also present this opera with dance in a lecture during his residency at Monash University. It was commissioned for and premiered during the International Gluck Opera Festival at Staatstheater Nuremberg (Germany) in 2010.

June 29, 2013

June 29, 2013
12:12am (Central European Time)

Bayern2 Radio, Germany: Bavarian Radio's channel 2 presents its show Concerto bavarese including its own recording of the World premiere performance of Stefan Hakenberg's  Extensive Counterpoints and Loops  with the Nürnberger Akkordeonorchester under its music director Stefan Hippe.

April 10, 2013

April 10, 2013
8pm
Distler Performance Hall
Granoff Music Center
Tufts University
20 Talbot Avenue

Somerville, Massachusetts: The Tufts University Department of Music presents its Tufts Composers Spring Forum: The Newest of the New, a concert of assorted works by Tufts composers and guests, featuring Elizabeth Reian Bennett, shakuhachi, in Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Song of a Giant Tortoise .  Song of a Giant Tortoise was premiered in Boston just a few months ago by Elizabeth Brown at Northeastern University.

March 14, 2013

March 14, 2013
7:05pm (Central European Time)
BR-Klassik

BR-Klassik Radio, Germany: The radio show Passagen presents its recording of a concert in Fürth, Germany on March 1, 2013, featuring lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar). The concert includes Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  and  Δεν ειν αυγη .

March 10, 2013

March 10, 2013
10:40am
Beethovenhaus
Kammermusiksaal

Bonn, Germany: During the second, state wide round of the German music competition Jugend Musiziert a student quintet from the Folkwang Musikschule der Stadt Essen will present Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Bezifferte Kreuze . The ensemble is coached by Theresia Norpoth-Weber. Bezifferte Kreuze is a slow and solemn composition based on Stefan Hakenberg's music for the award winning film Solving for X by Theo Lipfert. In this program Bezifferte Kreuze will be flanked by the first and third movements of the Piano Quintet in A major (D 667) by Franz Schubert also known as the Trout Quintet.

March 2, 2013

March 2, 2013
8pm
Klangbrücke
Kurhausstr. 2

Aachen, Germany: The Society for Contemporary Music presents Ensemble Phorminx in a concert entitled Give me Excess of it. The concert includes Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Emergence  played by Thomas Löffler on bass clarinet and Bernd Mallasch, percussion. The acclaimed Ensemble Phorminx presents the music of Stefan Hakenberg regularly. Last they played his composition Cube for cello, bass clarinet, and percussion in Darmstadt and Tübingen. Ensemble Phorminx's interpretation of Cube has been released on the CD Of Time and Place.

March 1, 2013

March 1, 2013
8pm
Kulturforum Fürth

Fürth, Germany: Bavarian Radio's show Passagen presents in concert lagrimosa beltà (Frances Pappas, mezzo-soprano and Laura Young, guitar). The program includes Stefan Hakenberg's versions of the Greek traditional songs  Μεσ Του Αιγαιου  (European premiere) and  Δεν ειν αυγη  (German premiere).
The concert will be broadcast on March 14, 2013 at 7:05pm (Central European Time) on BR-Klassik Radio.

February 15, 2013

February 15, 2013
7:30pm
Akademie für Tonkunst
Großer Saal
Ludwigshöhstr. 120

Darmstadt, Germany: This evening of the Days of New Music at the Darmstadt Academy for Musical Arts features MENEM, the new music ensemble of the Public Music School in Darmstadt. As part of the concert Jadwiga Frej will present the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Cathedral  for electric violin alone.

February 3, 2013

February 3, 2013
4pm
Hancock Meeting House

Hancock, New Hampshire: The Music on Norway Pond concert series presents the BeatCity Art Ensemble. The concert will include Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Emergence  performed by William Kirkley on bass clarinet and percussionist Robert Schulz. Emergence was premiered in 1994 in The Netherlands by Duo Contemporain. However, Robert Schulz has been the first to play Emergence in America presenting it on both coasts since 2005. A recording of Robert Schulz playing Emergence together with bass clarinetist Diane Heffner can be found on the Audio page of this web site.

January 27, 2013

January 27, 2013
after 4pm
Aula der Folkwang Musikschule der Stadt Essen
Thea-Leymann-Straße 23

Essen, Germany: During the first round of the German music competition Jugend Musiziert at the Folkwang Musikschule der Stadt Essen a student quintet will present the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's composition  Bezifferte Kreuze . The ensemble is coached by Theresia Norpoth-Weber. Bezifferte Kreuze is a slow and solemn composition based on Stefan Hakenberg's music for the award winning film Solving for X by Theo Lipfert. In this program Bezifferte Kreuze will be flanked by the first and third movements of the Piano Quintet in A major (D 667) by Franz Schubert also known as the Trout Quintet.

November 17, 2012

November 17, 2012
8pm
Küçük Salon
Ahmet Adnan Saygun Sanat Merkezi
Mithatpaşa Caddesi 1087

Izmir, Turkey: IIIZ+ presents a concert at the Ahmet Adnan Saygun Sanat Merkezi. The concert program includes the Turkish premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's five musical montages of traditional East Asian zither compositions  Three Zithers and a Pair of Scissors  for Japanese koto, Korean kayagum and changgu, and for Chinese guzheng.

November 4, 2012

November 4, 2012
3pm
Distler Performance Hall
Granoff Music Center
Tufts University

Somerville, Massachusetts: The Sunday at Tufts-Community Concert Series presents percussionist Robert Schulz with a recital program including  Emergence  by Stefan Hakenberg. William Kirkley will play the bass clarinet part. Emergence was premiered in 1994 in The Netherlands by Duo Contemporain. However, Robert Schulz has been the first to play Emergence in America presenting it on both coasts since 2005. A recording of Robert Schulz playing Emergence together with bass clarinetist Diane Heffner can be found on the Audio page of this web site.

October 28, 2012

October 28, 2012
5:15pm
Cinema 21
616 NW 21st Ave

Portland, Oregon: The Portland Humanist Film Festival presents the premiere screening in America of  Solving for X , a film by Theo Lipfert with an original score composed for instruments and midi controlled samplers by Stefan Hakenberg and recorded in Darmstadt, Germany with Mareike Niemz (viola), Yen-Ting Liu (cello), Eran Borovich (contrabass), Marieke Franssen (flute), Agnieszka Koprowska-Born (percussion), Erika Leroux (piano), and Clemens Heil (cond.).

Solving for X is a feature-length documentary about the quantitative approach to human rights data. The film documents the work of Dr. Patrick Ball, leader of the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group. Based in Silicon Valley, Ball and his team travel the world helping human rights supporters apply sophisticated computer analysis to human rights events. Three examples of this quantitative approach are explored in the film: in Kosovo, Guatemala, and Liberia. In each case, Ball and his team use complex tools to answer a simple question: who did what to whom.

October 7, 2012

October 7, 2012
2pm
Shillman Hall
Northeastern University
115 Forsyth Street

Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Koto Academy presents the Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music #14 including the World premiere of  Song of a Giant Tortoise  by Stefan Hakenberg for shakuhachi player Elizabeth Brown. This is Stefan Hakenberg's first composition for shakuhachi alone but the fifth composition of his that has its premiere at this annual concert event organized by composer Takashi Koto in Boston. This year's concert is sponsored by the World Languages Center and Asian Studies at Northeastern University. (concert flyer)

October 5 and 6, 2012

October 5, 2012
11am

October 5, 2012
7pm

October 6, 2012
11am

October 6, 2012
7pm

Franconian International School
Marie-Curie-Str. 2

Erlangen, Germany: The Akademie :der steg and Franconian International School present the dance theater show What Moves Me.
The music to the event includes and is based on the theme song  What Moves Me  by Stefan Hakenberg. The text is by Frances Pappas who will also sing the song in the show together with the school's chorus and accompanied by pianist Zoran Imširović.

Composer and music teacher Andrea La Rose and her music students at FIS sign for all arrangements and variations of the song during the show which is choreographed by Riikka Läser and Ivo Bärtsch. The performance is part of the International Chamber Music Festival Nuremberg and marks the opening of a new school building including a fully operational theater at FIS.

Carola Beer has interviewed Stefan Hakenberg on the occasion of his participation in this year's festival for the festival newsletter.

September 16, 2012

September 16, 2012
3pm
Weststadthalle

Essen, Germany: The JugendZupfOrchester NRW under its music director Christian de Witt presents a concert including a version arranged by Christian de Witt of  Madame Ching , originally scored by Stefan Hakenberg for kayagum quartet. The concert is the opening of the 2012/13 edition of Haste Töne, the composition project with schools in North Rhine-Westphalia organized by the NRW Kultursekretariat Wuppertal.

September 14, 2012

September 14, 2012
8pm
1. OG der Kongresshalle
Reichsparteitagsgelände

Nuremberg, Germany: The Internationales Kammermusikfestival Nürnberg presents a staged concert of vocal works Mal hier mal dort - zwischen Liebe und Hass including the World premiere of the bilingual song cycle  Von Blättern und Blumen  by Stefan Hakenberg on Romani poems by Nedjo Osman and the German translations by Mirjana and Klaus Wittmann.

The songs will be performed by mezzo-soprano Frances Pappas, reciter Nedjo Osman, and violist Mareike Niemz. Nina Kühner will produce the show on a set by Hanna Zimmermann.

Carola Beer has interviewed Stefan Hakenberg on the occasion of his participation in this year's festival for the festival newsletter.

July 15 and 18, 2012

July 15, 2012
8pm
Hamilton International Guitar Festival
Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts
126 James St. S
Hamilton, Ontario

July 18, 2012
8pm
St. John's Anglican Church
154 Somerset St. W
Ottawa, Ontario

June 15, 2012

June 15, 2012
12:12am (Central European Time)

Bayern2 Radio, Germany: Bavarian Radio's channel 2 presents its show Concerto bavarese including its own production of Stefan Hakenberg's  Der Nachmittag eines Gärtners  with Liu Jing (erhu), Volker Blumenthaler (cello), Jeremias Schwarzer (recorder), Claudia Buder (accordion), Jocelyn Clark (kayagum), and Slawomir Mscisz (marimba). Conductor is Stefan Hakenberg.

May 28, 2012

May 28, 2012
8pm
Kulturzentrum Bessunger Knabenschule
Ludwigshöhstr. 42

Darmstadt, Germany: The Darmstädter Bigband led by Peter Linhart presents a concert including a new arrangement by Stefan Hakenberg of his  Mexican Polka . Stefan Hakenberg had previously arranged the Mexican Polka - itself a version of the second movement of his symphony for youth orchestra Give and Take  - for the BundesJazzorchester and the percussion group Splash under Niels Klein for the European Capital of Culture Ruhr.2010 Europas Junger Klang concert series featuring his music. (flyer for download)

May 27 and 28, 2012

May 27, 2012
9:30am
and
May 28, 2012
2:30pm

Prospector Hotel Theater

Park City, Utah: The Park City Film Music Festival presents the premiere screening of  From The Mekong To Montana , a film by Theo Lipfert with an original score composed for acoustic and electric guitars by Stefan Hakenberg and recorded in Darmstadt, Germany by guitar player Jan Jansohn.

From The Mekong to Montana traces one effect of the Vietnam War on an American woman. Diane Steffan married her college sweetheart in 1970. More than ten years later her husband suddenly developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from his service during the war. Their life together crashed into the chaos of violence and alcoholism, which eventually claimed his life. Fifteen years after her husband's death, Diane visits Vietnam to see for herself the country that changed her life (Facebook page).

May 26, 2012

May 26, 2012
5pm (Mountain Time)
MontanaPBS

KUSM, MontanaPBS presents  From The Mekong To Montana , a film by Theo Lipfert with an original score composed for acoustic and electric guitars by Stefan Hakenberg and recorded in Darmstadt, Germany by guitar player Jan Jansohn.

From The Mekong to Montana traces one effect of the Vietnam War on an American woman. Diane Steffan married her college sweetheart in 1970. More than ten years later her husband suddenly developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from his service during the war. Their life together crashed into the chaos of violence and alcoholism, which eventually claimed his life. Fifteen years after her husband's death, Diane visits Vietnam to see for herself the country that changed her life (Facebook Page).

May 13, 2012

May 13, 2012
8pm
Galeria Lunar
Kötnerholzweg 51

Hannover, Germany: Soprano Julia Mihály presents a concert at Galeria Lunar to mark the finissage of the exhibition Funkausstellung by sound installation artist Pit Noack. The concert includes the World premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's dance piece for soprano and electronics  Searching and Knowing  on a libretto by the Rev. Joyce Parry Moore.

Julia Mihály will present  Searching and Knowing  using the setup of Pit Noack's sound installation controlling it by means of a Max-patch that she has programmed herself for this show. Rev. Parry Moore's libretto is a reflection of her experience as a breast cancer survivor. The electronic track uses snippets of recordings of an MRI sequence and Rev. Parry Moore's voice.

February 12, 2012

February 12, 2012
3pm
Museum für asiatische Kunst Berlin-Dahlem
Lansstr. 8

Berlin, Germany: In the 5th edition of its concert series "focused", AsianArt Ensemble presents an afternoon dedicated to Japan inspired music. The program features the European premiere of Stefan Hakenberg's  Jet-Black and Silver . This composition was originally written for shakuhachi and koto but in this concert it will be interpreted on a daegum for the first time. The player is Hong Yoo who will be joined by koto player Naoko Kikuchi.

January 8, 2012

January 8, 2012
11pm (Mountain Time)
MontanaPBS

KUSM, MontanaPBS presents  From The Mekong To Montana , a film by Theo Lipfert with an original score composed for acoustic and electric guitars by Stefan Hakenberg and recorded in Darmstadt, Germany by guitar player Jan Jansohn.

From The Mekong to Montana traces one effect of the Vietnam War on an American woman. Diane Steffan married her college sweetheart in 1970. More than ten years later her husband suddenly developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from his service during the war. Their life together crashed into the chaos of violence and alcoholism, which eventually claimed his life. Fifteen years after her husband's death, Diane visits Vietnam to see for herself the country that changed her life (Facebook Page).

January 3, 2012

January 3, 2012
6pm
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Conservatory
Beşiktaş

Istanbul, Turkey: The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Conservatory as part of its Composer's Portrait lecture series presents Stefan Hakenberg.