On September 9 at 7.30 pm, Ensemble U: (Merje Roomere, Levi-Danel Mägila, Tarmo Johannes, Taavi Kerikmäe and Vambola Krigul) will open its new season with concert at Tallinn Kanuti Guild Hall. The program consists of Child of Tree and Theatre Piece by John Cage, Stones by Christian Wolff and December by Earle Brown.
The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City. The poets, painters, composers, dancers, and musicians often drew inspiration from Surrealism and the contemporary avant-garde art movements, in particular action painting, abstract expressionism, Jazz, improvisational theater, experimental music, and the interaction of friends in the New York City art world’s vanguard circle.
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Ensemble U: was founded in 2002 by Tarmo Johannes and Taavi Kerikmäe. The members of the ensemble are outstanding young musicians. The first full concert took place in October 2003 at the International Contemporary Music Festival NYYD 2003 in Tallinn. |
Since then U: has been performing in numerous festivals of contemporary music in Estonia (Pärnu Contemporary Music Days, Estonian Music Days, International Contemporary Music Festival NYYD, St. John’s Church Festival in Tartu, Autumn Festival of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) and abroad (Finland, Rumenia). Next to masterworks of the present day’s most noted composers, Ensemble U: pays a lot of attention to performing experimental and improvisational music. The ensemble works actively to broaden the idea of different types of scores as sources of music (graphical scores, video, text etc.). The ensemble has also been responsible for commissioning new music from Estonian and foreign composers: Toivo Tulev, Mari Vihmand, Tatjana Kozlova, Märt-Matis Lill, Tauno Aints and Andres Lõo (Estonia), Roméo Monteiro (France), Antti Auvinen, Kimmo Kuitunen (Finland).
Agnes Toomla