Berlin Fellowship 2018 — Music

Vita

Mithatcan Öcal is freelance composer and improviser. Founding member of the Istanbul Composers Collective.

Fellowships, Grants (selection)

Censored (2017) for actress, three singers and ensemble

Premiere: 27 Oct 2017 / Klangforum Heidelberg, Walter Nussbaum, conductor

Universitat Heidelberg

30 mins

Belt of Sympathies (2016) for 15 performer

Premiere: 27 Sept 2016 / Collegium Novum Zürich, Emilio Pomarico, conductor

Tonhalle Zürich

30 mins

Pera Berbange / Arpeggio Ante Lucem (2014) for 14 instruments

Premiere: 20 March 2015 / Lemanic Modern Ensemble, William Blank, conductor

Archipel Festival, Geneva

20 mins

A Little Horror Music (2014) for recorders and Paetzolds

Premiere: 27 May 2014 / Prime Recorder Ensemble, Antonio Politano, conductor

Unerhörte Musik Berlin

10 mins

Parachesis II (2013) for piano

Premiere: 24 March 2013, Ian Pace; piano / London Ear Festival

8 mins

Les Paroles Autour de La Musique (2013) for baritone and ensemble of six musicians

Premiere: 2 Sept 2013 / Benjamin Alunni and Namascae Lemanic Modern Ensemble

Voix Nouvelles Royaumont, near Paris

8 mins

Parachesis (2012) for clarinet

Premiere: 12 Sept 2014 / Oleg Tanstov; clarinet

Tchaikovsky City, Russia

8 mins

Üngüjin / Hommage a Xenakis (2011–12) for 12 musicians

Premiere: 17 May 2013 / Nieuw Ensemble, Jussi Jaatinen; conductor

Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

12 mins

Şıvgın (2010) for 10 musicians

Premiere: 12 Nov 2014 / Court-Circuit Ensemble, Julien Leroy, conductor

ISCM New Music Days, Wroclaw

10 mins