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Quasars Ensemble

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Origin
  
Slovakia

Associated acts
  
Ivan Buffa (conductor)

Record label
  
Hevhetia

Years active
  
2008 (2008)––present

Website
  
quasarsensemble.com

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Members
  
Bojidara Kouzmanova, Diana Buffa, Attila Jankó

Albums
  
Contemporary Reflections, Neo-Classicisme

Genres
  
Classical music, Contemporary classical music

Awards
  
Crystal Wing Award for Music

Similar
  
Ilja Zeljenka, Vladimír Godár, Ľudovít Rajter, Ján Berky‑Mrenica, Darina Laščiaková

Quasars Ensemble, founded in 2008 in Slovakia is a professional musical ensemble focusing on classical and contemporary music.

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Quasars ensemble report


Career

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It is a guest at festivals in Slovakia (Bratislava Music Festival, Melos-Ethos, Viva Musica!) and abroad festivals such as Música Viva in Lisbon (Portugal), Arcus Temporum in Pannonhalma (Hungary), Warsaw Autumn Festival (Poland), Ostrava Days Festival (Czech Republic), etc.

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It has performed at Flagey in Brussels, Chamber Hall of NOSPR in Katowice, Budapest Music Center in Budapest and Gasteig in Munich.

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Quasars Ensemble was selected to take part in Darmstädter Ferienkurse in Germany and it has been the resident ensemble of the Kasárne/Kulturpark Cultural Center in Košice. Its concert cycle was an element in the European Capital of Culture 2013 and ISCM World Music Days 2013 projects in the city.

The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra hosted Quasars as its soloist performing Ivan Buffa's "Organismi".

Repertoire

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The repertoire consists of contemporary classical music as well as of the music of the past eras. It confronts the latest contemporary works with the structural principles of the foregone classical music. The orchestra's focus is on the introduction of rare and forgotten ensemble pieces, particularly by the Slovak authors.

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The ensemble performed concert works of some of contemporary music composers such as Bent Sørensen, Michael Jarrell, Kaija Saariaho and Toshio Hosokawa with composers themselves in attendance.

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Quasars Ensemble collaborated with artists like Camilla Hoitenga, Mario Caroli, Dalibor Karvay, Lionel Peintre, Sergej Kopčák, and Stephan Loges.

Members

Ivan Buffa is the artistic director of Quasars Ensemble, the Head of the Association of Slovak Composers and a member of various festival committees. He also teaches composition at The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.

Discography

Quasars Ensemble has a recording contract with Hevhetia Recording Company. Their album containing pieces by Schönberg, Albrecht and Hindemith, who are considered the founding fathers of the chamber symphony, was awarded with the Slovak artistic award Crystal Wing. Harmonie, a Czech music magazine, gave their recording of the works of Mahler, Debussy, Albrecht and Poulenc its "Editor's Choice" award and a six-star rating.

  • Ivan Parík – Solo Sonatas, Music Fund, (2016)
  • Néo-classicisme, Hevhetia, (2015)
  • Schönberg, Albrecht, Hindemith, Hevhetia, (2013)
  • Sergej Kopčák – Last Words, Music Centre, (2012)
  • Cantico delle Creature, Music Fund, (2011)
  • Debussy, Mahler, Albrecht, Poulenc, Hevhetia, (2011)
  • Contemporary Reflections, Hevhetia, (2011)
  • Vladimír Bokes – Chamber Music, Music Fund, (2009)
  • New Slovak Music For Piano, Hevhetia, (2006)
  • Songs

    Rapsodie Negre Op1 - III HonoluluQuasars Ensemble : Debussy - Poulenc - Mahler - Albrecht · 2012
    The Lady and the Lark : 1st MovementContemporary Reflections · 2011
    The Lady and the Lark: 2nd MovementContemporary Reflections · 2011

    References

    Quasars Ensemble Wikipedia