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Chaya Czernowin

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Chaya Czernowin

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JANUARY

Heart Chamber / screening of a performance of the opera/January 8th /Czernowin days, Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

Manoalchadia / for 2 female voices and bass flute, NOISE ensemble and Stephanie Aston, Leslie Ann Leytham/January 8th /Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA, USA

Black Flowers / for solo electric guitar, Malte Höfig, Czernowin days/January 13th / Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

Adiantum Capillis Veneris II / Etudes in fragility for voice and breath, Laurine Moulin, Czernowin days/January 13th / Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

For Violin Solo / Valeria Sistos Moreno,Czernowin days/January 13th / Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

FardanceCLOSE / for solo piano, Haruka Ugaji,Czernowin days/January 13th / Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

Lovesong/ for Ensemble  (Fl, Ob, Basskl, Perc, Pno, Vl, Vla, Vlc), ARCO ensemble conducted by Kai Roerig, Czernowin days/January 13th / Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

Ayre: Towed through plumes, thicket, asphalt, sawdust & hazardous air I shall not forget the sound of/ for Ensemble (Fl, Cl, Pno, Perc, Vl, Vla, Vlc), ARCO ensemble conducted by Kai Roerig, Czernowin days/January 13th / Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

Irrational/ for Quartet, ARCO ensemble conducted by Kai Roerig,Czernowin days/January 13th / Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

Fast Darkness III: Moonwords/ for Ensemble (Fl, Cl, Pno, Vl, Vla, Vlc), ARCO ensemble conducted by Kai Roerig, Czernowin days/January 13th/ Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria

Radio Broadcast - Ezov for String Quartet, Arditti Quartet/January 11th,19:45/ Radio ORF, Austria

Black Flowers / for solo electric guitar, Samuel Toro Pérez, Transparent Sound 2026 /January 23rd / BMC, Bucharest, Hungary

FardanceCLOSE / Jan Gerdes performance/January 30th/ Solo Concert at Alte Schmiede Wien Musikwerkstatt , Wien, Austria

FEBRUARY

Fast Darkness III: Moonwords/ for Ensemble (Fl, Cl, Pno, Vl, Vla, Vlc), Ars Ad Hoc Ensemble/February 1st/ Serralves Museum / Oporto, Portugal

Manoalchadia / for 2 female voices and bass flute, Ensemble DAL NIENTE/ February 8th /Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN, USA

No! A lament for the innocent/ for 2 orchestras of 24 musicians each and  2 singers, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France— sopranos Keren Motseri and Sofia Jernberg  conducted by Alan Gilbert and Anna Sulkowska -Migori February 20 Maison de La Radio et de la Musique Auditorium Paris, France.

Radio Broadcast of a live performance - NO! ​(A lament for the innocent)/ for orchestra and 2 Voices, Live performance at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France Cond. Alan Gilbert, Sofia Jernberg, Keren Motseri February 20th/Radio France, France

FardanceCLOSE  for solo piano/ Fidan Aghayeva-Edler performance/February 28th/ Piano Marathon with female composers at Sonic Matter Festival, Z3, Zürich, Switzerland

MARCH

FardanceCLOSE / Jan Gerdes performance/March 3rd/ Solo Concert at Unerhörte Musik, Berlin, Germany

Fast Darkness III: Moonwords/ for Ensemble (Fl, Cl, Pno, Vl, Vla, Vlc), Modern art ensemble/March 8th/ Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany

Radio Broadcast - Seltene Erde for Double Bass and Ensemble, Maim II. The Memory of Water for Orchestra, Quintet of Soloists and Live Electronics, Fast Darkness II Freeze and Melt for Ensemble, Unforeseen Dusk: bones into wings for 6 amplified voices and orchestra ,NO! For Orchestra and 2 Singers and The Fabrication of Light for Ensemble, /March 8th/ Radio France, France

IMMATERIAL/ for 6 amplified voices, Neue Vocal Solisten/March 18th/Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany

Radio Broadcast - Wintersongs for Ensemble (International Contemporary Ensemble- cond. Steven Schick), Five Action Sketches for 2 Voices and Ensemble (Jeffrey Gavett, Kai Wessel, International Contemporary Ensemble, cond. Steven Schick)/March 18th/ Radio Beethoven, Chile

The Last Leaf / for solo Sopranino Saxophone, Yui Sakagoshi/Ensemble Orbis/March 21st/ Salle Paul Garcin, Lyon, France

Radio Broadcast- Fast Darkness III: Moonwords/ for Ensemble (Fl, Cl, Pno, Vl, Vla, Vlc), International Contemporary Ensemble (cond. Clement Power) /March 20th/ Zeit-Tone Extended, Radio ORF, Austria

Radio Broadcast- The Last Leaf for solo Oboe, arranged by Susanne Fröhlich for Helder Evo Tenor Recorder with integrated volume pedal/March 21st/ Deutschlandfunk, Germany

Radio Broadcast - The divine thawing of the core for 6 Flutes, 6 Oboes, 6 Trumpets, 6 Trombones, Tuba, Piano, Percussion and 3 Cellos, Claire Chase,Talea Ensemble Cond. James Baker /March 26th, 00.05h/ Deutschlandfunk,Germany

NO! ​A lament for the innocent for orchestra and 2 Voices, ORF RSO Wien Cond. by Maxime Pascal, Sofia Jernberg and Keren Motseri/March 27th/ Große Saal Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

fardanceCLOSE for piano, Fidan  Aghayeva-Edler /March 28/ Claustre Casa de la Cultura  Alzira, Spain

Radio Broadcast - NO! ​(A lament for the innocent) for orchestra and 2 Voices, ORF RSO Wien (Cond. by Maxime Pascal), Sofia Jernberg and Keren Motseri/March 31tst/ Ö1 Radio, Austria

APRIL

IMMATERIAL for 6 amplified voices, Neue Vocal Solisten/April 1st/ University at Buffalo, Concert Hall Lippes, Buffalo, NY, USA 

FardanceCLOSE  for solo piano/ Fidan Aghayeva-Edler performance/April 1st/ Piano Marathon with female composers at SoXXI 2026, Casa de Cultura Ca Don José, Vila de Canals, Spain

The Last Leaf for solo Soprano Saxophone,Don-Paul Kahl (saxophone and arrangement) , /April 10th/ Arizona Academy, Tucson, Arizona, USA

The Last Leaf for solo Soprano Saxophone,Don-Paul Kahl (saxophone and arrangement) , /April 11th/ University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

FardanceCLOSE / Jan Gerdes performance/April 15th/ Solo Concert at Morgner Archiv, Chemitz, Germany

FardanceCLOSE / Jan Gerdes performance/April 16th/ / Solo Concert at Grieg Begegnungsstätte, Leipzig, Germany

The Last Leaf for solo Soprano Saxophone,Don-Paul Kahl (saxophone and arrangement)  /April 16th/University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, Kansas City, Missouri, Arizona, USA

FardanceCLOSE / Jan Gerdes performance/April 17th/ / Solo Concert at Kunstraum Pillnitz, Dresden, Germany

POETICA, for Solo percussion, percussion quartet, voice, prerecorded strings and electronics / Steve Schick, Red Fish Blue Fish, Catinblack, Jacob Sundstrom, Douglas Osmun, Laude Vocal Ensemble/April 17th/ Monday Evening Concerts, Zipper Hall at the Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA, USA

The Last Leaf for solo Soprano Saxophone,Don-Paul Kahl (saxophone and arrangement) /April 19th/ ⁠Harvard University , Cambridge, Massachusetts,USA

Seltene Erde: alchimia communicationis for Ensemble and solo Double Bass, Evan Hulbert and Klangforum Wien (cond. Elena Schwarz)/April 24th/ Saalbau-Wittener Tage für Neue Kammer Musik, Witten, Germany

World Premiere - The Redheaded Man”…and then I realized that I am the world, but the world is not me” Musiktheater piece, Ensemble Handwerk ,Sound Direction:Julio Zúñiga /April 25th and 26th/Werkstadt- Wittener Tage für Neue Kammer Musik, Witten, Germany

The Last Leaf for solo Soprano Saxophone,Don-Paul Kahl (saxophone and arrangement) , /April 25th/ ⁠Nazareth College, Rochester, NY, USA

Shu Hai practices javelin for Voice and Electronics, Noa Frenkel/SWR Experimentalstudio /April 26th/Saalbau-Wittener Tage für Neue Kammer Musik, Witten, Germany

Ezov (Ysop) for String Quartet, Quatuor Diotima/April 26th/ Saalbau-Wittener Tage für Neue Kammer Musik, Witten, Germany

NO! ​(A lament for the innocent) for Ensemble, Soprano and Electronics/ WDR Sinfonieorchester (cond. Yalda Zamani), Sofia Jernberg/April 26th/Saalbau-Wittener Tage für Neue Kammer Musik, Witten, Germany

Live Radio Broadcast - NO! ​(A lament for the innocent) for Ensemble, Soprano and Electronics/ WDR Sinfonieorchester (cond. Yalda Zamani), Sofia Jernberg, Shu Hai practices javelin for Voice and Electronics, Noa Frenkel/SWR Experimentalstudio, Ezov (Ysop) for String Quartet, Quatuor Diotima + Interview/April 26th/ WDR 3, Germany

Radio Broadcast - The Redheaded Man”…and then I realized that I am the world, but the world is not me” Musiktheater piece, Ensemble Handwerk ,Sound Direction:Julio Zúñiga / April 26th/ WDR 3, Germany

MAY

World Premiere - Undersongs for Saxophone quartet, SIGMA Project/May 2nd// Resis Festival, A Coruña, Spain, 

Fast Darkness III: Moonwords/ for Ensemble (Fl, Cl, Pno, Vl, Vla, Vlc), ÉRMA Ensemble (cond. Yorgos Ziavras),/May 11th// Kölner Philarmonie, Cologne, Germany

Seltene Erde: alchimia communicationis for Ensemble and solo Double Bass, Evan Hulbert, Grupo Enigma, Asier Puga, “La Revolución és una Eztétyka”/May 11th/ Auditorio de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Irrational for Quartet, 113 Composers Collective + Fonema Consort/May 29th// “Fürstliche Rubine”, The Check Out, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Irrational for Quartet, 113 Composers Collective + Fonema Consort/May 31st/ “Fürstliche Rubine”, Chicago, IL, USA

JUNE

Knights of the Strange for amplified ensemble, Students of the MDV cond. Clement Power /June 10th/ REAKTOR, Vienna, Austria

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

Undersongs for Saxophone quartet, SIGMA Project/(Date TBD)/ El Contemporaneo Festival, Gran Canaria, Spain 

Undersongs for Saxophone quartet, SIGMA Project/Date TBD)/ Tenerife, Spain 

The Redheaded Man”…and then I realized that I am the world, but the world is not me” Musiktheater piece, Ensemble Handwerk/September 11th/ Cologne, Germany

OCTOBER 

NOVEMBER

Fast Darkness III: Moonwords/ for Ensemble (Fl, Cl, Pno, Vl, Vla, Vlc) - The Last Leaf for solo oboe - Ayre: Towed through plumes, thicket, asphalt, sawdust & hazardous air I shall not forget the sound of/ for Ensemble (Fl, Cl, Pno, Perc, Vl, Vla, Vlc) - FardanceCLOSE for solo piano - Ina for bass flute, six recorded flutes (tape) - Lovesong/ for Ensemble  (Fl, Ob, Basskl, Perc, Pno, Vl, Vla, Vlc)/ Ensemble Recherche/ November 13th/ w e i t ! neue musik weingarten festival, PH Aula, Weingarten, Germany

The Redheaded Man”…and then I realized that I am the world, but the world is not me” Musiktheater piece, Ensemble Handwerk/November 13th/ w e i t ! neue musik weingarten festival, PH Aula, Weingarten, Germany

Undersongs for Saxophone quartet, SIGMA Project /November 14th/ w e i t ! neue musik weingarten festival, PH Aula, Weingarten, Germany

Birds for Chamber Orchestra, Moths of hunger and awe for chamber orchestra and violin solo, Ilya Gringolts, Bas Wiegers conducting, Münchener Kammerorchester/ November 14th/ w e i t ! neue musik weingarten festival, KuKo, Weingarten, Germany

Aneah for String Quartet, First String Quartet for String Quartet, Ezov for String Quartet, Arditti Quartet /November 15th/w e i t ! neue musik weingarten festival, PH Aula, Weingarten, Germany

World Premiere - Reopen for 24 Voices and Guitar quartet/ SWR Vokalensemble + Aleph Gitarrenquartett/ /November 15th/w e i t ! neue musik weingarten festival, PH Aula, Weingarten, Germany


 

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Chaya Czernowin

A site about  composer Chaya Czernowin. Extensive Biographical information, as well as information about the work, full work list  with some listening examples,  and links to some recent scores.  Also information about recent activity and performances.