MICROFEST 2023

The international conference dedicated to microtonal music.
Two days full of presentations, discussions, and performances.

Find out more here: https://microintervalinstitute.wordpress.com/

Festival takes place at Academy of Performing arts in Prague.

MicroFest is financially supported by the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) and OSA - FB @Ochrannysvazautorsky, IG @ochranny_svaz_autorsky
The 1/6 tone harmonium is kindly provided by České muzeum hudby.

CONFERENCE:
28th and 29th April 2023, Respirium HAMU,
10:00 - 15:45

schedule:
Friday, April 28
10:00 - welcome speech
10:10 - 11:00 Robert Hasegawa (keynote)
Topic: Temperament and Tolerance in Microtonal Music
11:05 - 11:50 Lubomír Spurný
Topic: Six Observations on the Performance of Hába`s Microtonal Music
11:50 - 12:35 Nikola Komatović
Topic: Hába's Legacy: The Impact of the Prague Conservatory Avant-Garde on Serbian Composition Students
12:35 - 13:40 lunch break
13:45 - 14:30 Ian Mikyska
Topic: In and Out: Composing for the Sixth-tone Harmonium
14:35 - 15:25 Iva Oplištilová
Topic: Microtonality in Theory of Composition - Bridges, Intersections
15:30-16.00 general discussion

Saturday, April 29
10:00 opening
10:10 - 11:00 Marc Sabat (keynote)
Topic: Chords, Melodies: a Look at Harmony by Numbers
11:05 - 11:50 Juhani Vesikkala
Topic: Features of 12-EDO Chords that Enable a Spectral-timbral Listening
11:50 - 12:35 Idin Samimi Mofakham
Topic: Rational Intonation Approach to Persian Music
12:35 - 13:40 lunch break
13:45 - 14:30 Matej Sloboda
Topic: Microtonal Music from the Composer's and Performer's Point of View
14:35 - 15:25 Lukáš Vendl
Topic: Clavicymbalum Universale Again in Prague
15:30-16.00 general discussion

The conference will be held in English

CONCERTS:
Our concerts are closely connected with the conference themes, they show the use of instruments and different types of work with microintervals.

PROGRAM:
28th April 2023, 19:30, Galerie HAMU
Daniel Costello (USA) - horn
Miroslav Beinhauer (CZ) - ⅙ tone harmonium
Ben Richter: Silurian Cipher, for horn in F with voice and objects (world premiere)
Sonia Rodríguez González: Antima, for solo horn (world premiere)
Gulia Monducci: Azimuth
Máté Balogh: Horn Speech 2023 (world premiere)
Marjan Chalangar: 10th day, for solo horn (world premiere)
Miroslav Srnka: Coronae
Phoebe Frampton: Spectral Hues (world premiere)
INTERVAL
Alois Hába: Six Compositions for Sixth-tone Harmonium, op. 37
Jack Langdon: the harvest manual (world premiere)
Ian Mikyska: Interstices (world premiere)

29th April 2023 19:30, Galerie HAMU
EnsembleSpectrum (SK)
Matej Sloboda - conductor, artistic director

PROGRAM
Gabriel José Bolaños Chamorro: Tessellations
James Peter Falzone: 8 Choose 4: Prime Harmonics II
Marcin Piotr Łopacki: Perpendicular Universes, op. 80
Liisa Hirsch: Glides
Marc Sabat: Divide

EXTRA PROGRAM: meet us at concert in Czech Music Information Centre on 27th April!

Performers: Land's Air + Prague Quiet Music Collective
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Mezinárodní dvoudenní konference s průvodními koncerty, věnována mikrointervalové hudbě. Nabízí dva dny plné přednášek, diskuzí a koncertních vystoupení.

Více čtěte zde: https://microintervalinstitute.wordpress.com/ .

Festival se koná na HAMU v Praze. Konference probíhá v angličtině.

MicroFest je finančně podpořen Hudební a taneční fakultou Akademie múzických umění v Praze a OSA - FB @Ochrannysvazautorsky, IG @ochranny_svaz_autorsky.
Za zapůjčení 1/6 tónového harmonia děkujeme Českému muzeu hudby.