Anton Lukoszevieze

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Anton Lukoszevieze

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Born 31.10 .65

Cello studies at the Royal College of Music, London (1985-89), Dip. RCM (Perf/Teach.), with Michael Evans and Master Classes with William Pleeth. Contemporary music performance studies with Oliver Knussen at the Britten-Pears School (1992 & 1994).

Composers who have written for him are Gerhard Stäbler, Michael Parsons, Kunsu Shim, Christopher Fox, Geir Johnson, Philip Corner, Larry Polansky, Laurence Crane, Paul Rhys and Ross Lorraine. In 1999-2000 James Clarke, Helmut Oehring and Michael Parsons are composing new works for him and the composer Richard Ayres is writing a new work commissioned by Stichting Prime Foundation, Groningen, Holland for cello and inter-active CD-Rom to be premiered in 2000.

Anton Lukoszevieze is founder and Director of the ensemble Apartment House. Since its formation in 1995 Apartment House has rapidly established itself as the leading British exponent of avant-garde and experimental music from around the World. Its performances in the UK, USA and Germany have included many premieres of music by a wide variety of contemporary composers.

Richard Ayres is composing a new work for him commissioned by Stichting Prime Foundation, Groningen, Holland for cello and inter-active CD-Rom. Currently embarking on a film project with the film maker Jayne Parker for an Arts Council Tour, December 2000 of works by Helmut Oehring, Volker Heyn, John Cage and Morton Feldman.

Solo performances in 2000 will be in Germany (EARport), Danish Radio (Musica Nova), Ely Chapel, Cambridge. Norway (Ultima Festival), London and Chicago, USA.

In October 2000 he will be directing string workshops for the Ultima Festival, Oslo, Norway. He will also record a solo cello CD of music by Christopher Fox for the Metier label in October 2000.

Guest Music Director for 2 concerts of experimental music for the new ensemble Porto 2001 in Portugal (February 2001). Co-Director for Scrap/Schrott Event, EARPort, Duisburg, Germany, 2002. Regular cellist with MusikFabrik NRW.

Anton Lukoszevieze is also founder and Director of the ensemble Apartment House. Since its formation in 1995 Apartment House has rapidly established itself as the leading British exponent of avant-garde and experimental music from around the World. Its performances in the UK, USA, Denmark and Germany have included many premieres of music by a wide variety of contemporary composers.

He is also a Frog Peak Artist, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.

News

Anton Lukoszevieze and Apartment House's new address from 8th December will be :

Middleton House
8 South Green
Mattishall
Norfolk NR20 3JT

Tel/Fax - 01362 850848
Mobile - 0781 841 0322
Email apartment.house@ukgateway.net

Also Please Note !
6th December 20.00 Spacex Gallery, 45 Preston Street, Exeter.
To celebrate the opening of the exhibition FOXFIRE EINS by Jayne Parker
Anton Lukoszevieze will perform the world premiere of INNER for solo cello
by Christopher Fox (SW Arts Commission)

7 December 2000 - 20 January 2001
FOXFIRE EINS - JAYNE PARKER Exhibition.
Spacex will launch the tour of three new single screen 16mm films co-
comissioned with Film and Video Umbrella. The films continue Parker's
exploration of the relationship between music, film and the body. Although
at the forefront of artist film-makers now reaching new audiences through
television, this will be the first solo touring exhibition of Parker's work.
Cellist Anton Lukoszevieze performs in each of the three films. One is a
document of Lukoszevieze playing Helmut Oehring's FoxFire Eins, the 
second, a more personal film centred around the cello and featuring Blues 
in B-flat, a composition by Volker Heyn, and the third with the composition 
Projection 1 by Morton Feldman. The three films complement each other, 
concerned as they are with music and its relationship to film structures as 
well as, respectively, communication, the body and space. A retrospective 
publication, produced by Spacex, will accompany the tour, with essays by 
A.L Rees, Anthony Howells and Joan Key. Touring to the John Hansard 
Gallery, Southampton in January 2001 and additional venues. www.spacex.co.uk
A Co-commission with Film and Video Umbrella funded by the National Touring
Programme of the Arts Council of England. Publication produced by Spacex and
funded by the Arts Council of England.

Recordings

• Philip Corner -- Soloist Piece on CD for Resonance magazine, LMC, December, 1998
• Christopher Fox -- Complete Cello Music, Metier, 2001 release.
• Rebecca Saunders Portrait CD -- WDR Production, ensemble MusikFabrik
• Peter Eötvös -- Intervalles Interieurs -- Hessische Rundfunk CD Production, ensemble MusikFabrik.

Performance Reviews/Interviews

• The Musical Times, October 1997, Bath International Festival Xenakis Event.
• Tempo Magazine, December 1998 - Anton Lukoszevieze Solo Cello Concert, King's College, London
• NRZ, Germany, June 1998 - Anton Lukoszevieze - Ein Portrait Recital
• Corriere Adriatico, October 1998, Musica 2000 Festival.
• Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar radio interview, Vermont, USA - October 1998
• SWR Baden-Baden, 22.3.99 interview with Max Nyffeler.
• Rheinische Post, 21.9.99 -- Solo Concert Düsseldorfer Altstadt Herbst Festival
• Chicago Reader, 4th June, 2000

Articles by Anton Lukoszevieze

• Philip Corner; an Introduction - Different Strokes - Philip Corner talks to Anton Lukoszevieze, Resonance magazine, LMC, December, 1998.
• Gerhard Stäbler - Krusten/Crusts for Paul Attinello's book Open Works of Gerhard Stäbler.

Performance Work -- Solo Cello

• Sonorities Festival, Belfast -- 1996
• Bath International Festival, Xenakis Weekend -- 1997
• South Bank Centre, London, SPNM Art & Music Event -- 1997
• Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, Testing the System & Patterns of Connection (1996/97)
• KORE Ensemble Launch Concert, Montréal, Canada, 1997
• Solo Recital, King's College, University of London, 1998
• Music Marathon III & IV, 'Aktive Musik', Essen, Germany -- 1998
• Cassandra -- Musik, Dance & Theatre, Duisberg, Germany -- 1998
• Portrait Recital, Three Two Festival, Greenwich House, NYC, New York, USA --1998
• Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA -- 1998
• Frog Peak Artist concert series, Main Street Museum, Hartford, Vermont, USA -- 1998
• Musica 2000, Ancona, Italy -- 1998
• Dal Niente (with John Tilbury, piano), London -- 1998
• Another Reality by Christopher Fox (with Mieko Kanno, violin) Seldown Gallery, Poole & Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival -- 1998
• Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar radio show (+ interview), USA -- 1998
• 'EarMarks' -- Lehmbruck Museum, Dusiberg, Germany, May 16th, 1999
• 'LandMarks' -- Essen, Germany, September 4th, 1999
• 'Evenings of New Music', Bratislava, Slovakia (Apartment House) -- June 8th,1999
• BBC Radio 3 Hear & Now broadcast, July 23rd -- 1999
• Düsseldorfer Altstadt Herbst Festival, Germany -- September 19th, 1999
• Düsseldorf -- Peter Eötvös Two Poems to Polly (Première) Eötvös Portrait, Musikfabrik NRW, Tonhalle, September 28th, 1999
• Helmut Oehring FoxFire Eins -- 'natriumpentothal' -- BBC Radio 3 Hear & Now broadcast -- October 19th, 1999

Ensemble Work

• Apartment House
• MusikFabrik NRW, Düsseldorf
• Kammerensemble Neue Musik, Berlin
• Ensemble Noamnesia, Chicago
• Aktive Musik, Duisburg
• Almeida Opera Ensemble
• The New Music Players
• Music/Projects, London
• Kore Ensemble, Montréal

Grant Awards

• The Britten-Pears Foundation, The Holst Foundation, The Hinrichsen Foundation, The Goethe Institut, The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation, The British Council, The Arts Council of England, South West Arts and Stichting Prime Foundation, Holland.

Solo Performances 1998/99

• 23rd March, King's College, London
  • James Clarke - Independence
  • Michael Oesterle - An Acronym On Memories (UK Prem)
  • Kunsu Shim - Before (Prem)
  • Gerhard Stäbler - Krusten/Crusts (Prem)
  • Klaus K. Hübler - Opus Breve (UK Prem)
  • George Brecht - Solo for Cello/Exit
  • Helmut Oehring - FoxFire Eins -- 'natriumpentothal' (UK Prem)
  • Ross Lorraine - Movements & Acts (Prem)
• October 4th Musica 2000, Ancona, Italy
  • Iannis Xenakis - Kottos
  • James Clarke - Independence
  • Helmut Oehring - FoxFire Eins -- 'natriumpentothal'
  • Philip Corner - Soloist Piece
  • Kunsu Shim - Before
  • Christopher Fox - Straight Lines in Broken Times ³
  • Gerhard Stäbler - Krusten/Crusts
  • Laurence Crane - Cello Piece for Michael Parsons
• 28th October Vaughn Recital, Dartmouth College, USA
  • Gerhard Stäbler - Krusten/Crusts
  • Christian Wolff - Exercise 17
  • Michael Parsons - Talea
  • James Tenney - Cellogram
  • Kunsu Shim - Before
  • Cornelius Cardew - Octet '61
  • Philip Corner - Soloist Piece
  • Laurence Crane - Cello Piece for Michael Parsons
• 29th October, Frog Peak Series, Main Street Museum , Hartford, Vermont, USA
  • Gerhard Stäbler - Krusten/Crusts
  • Christian Wolff - Exercise 17
  • Michael Parsons - Talea
  • James Tenney - Cellogram
  • Kunsu Shim - Before
  • Cornelius Cardew - Octet '61
  • Philip Corner - Gamelan SPKL
  • Laurence Crane - Cello Piece for Michael Parsons
• 'Earmarks', Duisberg, Germany 16th May (2 performances)
  • John Cage - Radio Music (1956)
  • Michael Oesterle - An Acronym On Memories (1992)
  • Christopher Fox - Chant Suspendu (1998)
  • James Clarke - Independence (1988)
  • Cornelius Cardew - Octet '61
  • Kunsu Shim - Before (1998)
  • James Tenney - Cellogram (1971)
  • Morton Feldman - Projection I (1951)
  • Gerhard Stäbler - Krusten/Crusts (1998)
  • Philip Corner - gamelan The Gold Stone (1985)
  • Domenico Gabrielli - Ricercare 6 & 7 (1689)
• BBC Radio 3 Hear & Now, 23rd July
  • James Clarke - Independence
  • Christopher Fox - chant suspendu
• 'Landmarks', Essen, Germany, 4th September
  • Domenico Gabrielli - Ricercare 6 & 7
• Bow Arts, The Nunnery, London, 16th September
  • Christian Wolff - Exercise 17
  • Philip Corner - gamelan The Gold Stone
  • Michael Parsons - Talea 3
  • Morton Feldman - Projection I
  • Michael Oesterle - An Acronym on Memories
  • Cornelius Cardew - Octet '61
  • Kunsu Shim - Before
  • Christopher Fox - chant suspendu
• Düsseldorf, AltStadt Herbst Festival, Germany 19th September
  • James Clarke - Independence
  • Christopher Fox - chant suspendu
  • Michael Oesterle - An Acronym on Memories
  • Volker Heyn - Blues in B-flat
  • Cornelius Cardew - Octet '61
  • Philip Corner - Soloist Piece, gamelan The Gold Stone
  • Michael Parsons - Talea³ (Premiere)
  • Helmut Oehring - FoxFire Eins -- 'natriumpentothal'
• Düsseldorf -- Peter Eotvös Portrait, Musikfabrik NRW, Tonhalle, 28th September
  • Peter Eötvös - Two Poems to Polly (Premiere)
• London, Maida Vale, Studio 1, BBC Invitation Concert, 19th October
  • Helmut Oehring - FoxFire Eins 'natriumpentothal'

Solo Performances 2000

• February 17th Poole Arts Centre LunchTime Series
  • Laurence Crane - Cello Piece for Michael Parsons (UK Premiere)
  • Tim Parkinson - Untitled (Premiere)
• February 27th/28th Musica Nova, Danish Radio, Copenhagen & AUT Arhus -- Denmark (Apartment House)
  • Ross Lorraine - Movements & Acts (1998)
  • Christopher Fox - chant suspendu (1998)
  • Cornelius Cardew - Octet '61
• March 18th, EARPort, Duisburg
  • Gerhard Stäbler - Krusten/Crusts (1998)
  • Johann Sebastien Bach - Sarabande BWV 1008 (1720)
  • Philip Corner - gamelan The Gold Stone (1986)
  • Kunsu Shim - Before (1998)
  • Christopher Fox - Straight Lines in Broken Times³
• April 1st Ely Cathedral Chapel (Diet Saley Installation opening ) in association with Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge
  • Christopher Fox - Straight Lines in Broken Times³
  • Johann Sebastien - Bach Sarabande BWV 1008
  • Christopher Fox - chant suspendu
  • James Tenney - Cellogram
  • Malcolm Goldstein - Sounding the Fragility of Line *UK Premiere
• April 28th Conway Hall London
  • John Cage - 59-1/2 seconds for a string player
  • Ornette Coleman - Trinity*
  • Amnon Wolman - Dangerous Bend**
  • Alvin Lucier - Music for cello and one or more amplified vases*
  • Phill Niblock - Summing II*
  • Malcolm Goldstein - gentle rain preceding mushrooms*

  *UK Premiere ** premiere

• May 13th, Langenburg, Germany Festival "Art in LA"/Art and Sound
  • Gerhard Stäbler - kalt-erhitzt
  • Abgesang auf 113 Flügel (Requiem for 113 Grand Pianos)
• June 3rd NorthWestern University, Chicago, Sound 2000 Festival, Chicago
  Concert I
  • John Cage - 59-1/2 seconds for a string player
  • Christopher Fox - chant suspendu (US Prem) (cello/tape)
  • Amnon Wolman - Dangerous Bend (US Prem) (cello/tape)
  • John Cage - 59-1/2 seconds for a string player
  • Philip Corner - gamelan The Gold Stone (1986)
  • Ornette Coleman - Trinity
  • John Cage - 59-1/2 seconds for a string player
  • Helmut Oehring - FoxFire Eins -- natriumpentothal (US Prem) (amplified)
  Concert II
  • Phill Niblock - Summing II (cello/tape)
  • Malcolm Goldstein - gentle rain preceding mushrooms (in memoriam JC) (cello/voice + tape of rain)
• June 10th at Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA
  • Mathias Spahlinger Vier Stücke, 128 Erfüllte Augenblicke
  • Ensemble Noamnesia
• June 11th, Hot House
  • Ensemble Noamnesia with Chicago improvisers Kevin Drumm, Ernst Long, Jeb Bishop and TV POW play works by Cornelius Cardew (large ensemble version of "Treatise", directed by Art Lange), John Cage ("Concert for Piano and Orchestra") and Gene Coleman ("Klavierraum" for piano and 9 instruments).
• June 23rd, Pump House Series, Aldeburgh Festival
  • Helmut Oehring - FoxFire Eins -- 'natriumpentothal'
  • Volker Heyn -- Blues in B-Flat
  • Morton Feldman - Durations II
• July 3rd, Electronic Arts Forum, City University, London
  • Amnon Wolman - Dangerous Bend
  • Christopher Fox - chant suspendu
• 15th September, MusikFabrik, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin
  • Giacinto Scelsi Riti : I Funerali di Carlo Magno (Solo Cello and 2 percussion) & Aitsi (String quartet No.5).
• December 6th, Spacex Gallery, Exeter
  • FoxFire Eins -- a film installation by Jayne Parker -- A Tri-Portrait of Anton Lukoszevieze, Music by Helmut Oehring, Volker Heyn & Morton Feldman (Commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain)
• 14th December, The Warehouse, London
  • Richard Ayres - No. 34 for cello and interactive CD-Rom (Premiere)
• February 2001, Stichting Prime Foundation Holland Tour
  • Richard Ayres - No. 34 for cello and interactive CD-Rom
• March 2001, Electric Spring Festival, Huddersfield
  • Stockhausen -- Solo for melody instrument & feedback
  • Gunter Steinke -- Arcades (UK Premiere)
  • Philip Corner -- Microtonal Memories (UK Premiere)

Critics

Tempo Magazine Review – Nicolas Hodges, December 1998

Anton Lukoszevieze: solo cello recital
23/3/98 Great Hall, King's College, London

Cellist Anton Lukoszevieze's recital in the Great Hall of King's College last March featured no less than three world premières, all of works written especially for Lukoszevieze. It included music of both great complexity and great simplicity, explicitly political music, apolitical music, and performances which were pure theatre (with no musical use of the instrument whatsoever - two pieces by George Brecht). Lukoszevieze's most immediately remarkable gift is to be able to present a concert of such wide range with such commitment and clarity: at every point it was transparently clear that the music was being presented in a balanced and sympathetic way.

For James Clarke's Independence the cello is tuned in scordatura throughout, while the writing is rich with quarter-tones. The bizarrely shifted ground which results immediately puts one off balance. Beyond this, the music continuously struggles to escape the open strings, while always being dragged back by the frequent use of open-string drones. Kunsu Shim's Before could not be more different. This was the world première and was a performance of immaculate poise. A short, whispering piece of ritualistic power, it succeeded in drawing the listener in with its disembodied sounds, so unlike a cello as to be mesmeric. Another world première was that of Gerhard Stäbler's Krusten/Crusts. The piece uses severely restricted means both instrumentally and musically but with great elemental energy - the cellist is required to play only the outer strings, bowing from underneath the strings, with musical material which was constricted to microtones within a tritone - and the resulting tension was remarkable in this performance, as well as disconcerting.

Abundant tension was also apparent in Klaus K. Hübler's Opus Breve. A work of astonishing complexity and difficulty, this was given two performances of great precision and commitment. The fractured, stuttering energy was akin to a violent centrifugal force constantly being pulled in.

Ross Lorraine's Movements and Acts - yet another world première - is an abstract work with echoes of both the American post-war and of the Kagel of the early string quartets. Using various unusual items to 'play' the instrument, the piece progresses in isolated episodes (the order decided by the performer during performance), each being not a short individual sound or gesture, but a long sound, often oscillating, and changing gradually - very imaginatively done, with a precise sense of theatre.

Unfortunately the remaining three pieces in the concert were all weaker than the earlier ones. However, what unified the recital was the even-handed treatment given all the pieces by Lukoszevieze. It is remarkable for a single performer to be able to display such understanding and sympathy with such a wide range of material, and I look forward to his turning his hand to still more areas of contemporary music.

Rheinische Post 21.9.99 (Germany)

Anton Lukoszevieze ist ein Virtuose auf dem Cello, der sich der Neuen Musik verschrieben hat und avantgardistische Partituren mit grosser Leichtigkeit spielt.

Corriere Adriatico 15.10.98 (Italy)

An unconventional performer, Lukoszevieze employs an astonishing range of techniques.

NRZ 30.6.98 (Germany)

Ein Portrait-Recital des Londener Cellisten Anton Lukoszevieze gehörte dabei zu den Höhepunkten des Abends. Zwischen changierende Klängen von Paul Rhys, einem mit analytischen Verstand interptierten Ricercare von Domenico Gabrielli und einem skurrilen opus von Gerhard Stäbler (Krusten 1997) pendelte die Skala seines sensiblen, vielseitigen Ausdrucksvermögen.

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