Arditti String Quartet 2010

Wolfgang Rihm and Arditti String Quartet in residence at Kingston University

Kingston University welcomed the world-renowned Arditti String Quartet and the distinguished composer Wolfgang Rihm, for a residency in the Department of Music, School of Performance and Screen Studies.

In association with Total Immersion: Wolfgang Rihm, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's celebration of the music of Wolfgang Rihm, featuring concerts, film and talks.

With the generous support of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation.

Composition workshops

8 March 2010, 11am-6pm at Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill campus
9 March 2010, 11am-6pm at Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill campus
10 March 2010, 11am-2pm at Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill campus

Map and directions to the Kingston Hill campus.

The Arditti Quartet led three days of workshops for early-career composers selected from the Kingston University International Call for New Work:

Mark Bowden	Black Yew, White Cloud
David Breeze	Five Paragraphs for string quartet
Nirmali Fenn	Winged Links
Mateu Malondra Flaquer	Una Isla de Granito
Victor Ibarra	Crossing Lines
Manuela Meier	String Quartet no. 1 - ‘parapente, achillea’
Diana Soh	(Ro)ob(ta)ject(tions)
Mihyun Woo	The Play of Light

Plus two new works by postgraduate students at Kingston University:

Stace Constantinou	String Quartet no. 2
Glen Rowlan	Prisma

Research symposium on the music of Wolfgang Rihm, in the presence of the composer

10 March 2010, 5pm-8pm at Institute of Musical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Convenor	Dr Paul Archbold (Kingston)
Chair	Dr Alastair Williams (Keele)
Speakers	Prof. Amanda Glauert (Kingston), Dr Jane Manning (Kingston), Dr Bjorn Heile (Sussex), Lucas Fels (Arditti Quartet)