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Vassena Nadir

(22. 08. 1970)

Vassena Nadir
Via Calloni 9
CH-6900 Lugano (TI)
Svizzera

Tel: +41 (0)91 646 54 10

 

Genre: Classical Music
Professional activity: Composers, Interpreters
Biography
* 22. 08. 1970.

Nadir Vassena was born in Balerna (Switzerland). He studied composition in Milan under Bruno Zanolani and in Freiburg im Breisgau under Johannes Schöllhorn.
He has received numerous invitations to renowned festivals for new music and came away with many accolades, examples include the competition organised by the 'Westdeutschen Rundfunk' (West German Radio) in Cologne 1992, the Music Institute of the 'Hochschule der Künste' (School of Arts) in Berlin 1994 (first prize ex aequo), and the Mozart Competition in Salzburg 1997, he was also awarded the Christoph-Delz Foundation Prize.
Nadir Vassena was a scholar of the 'Akademie Schloss Solitude' in Stuttgart in 2000/2001, of the 'Denkmalschmiede Höfgen/Margarethen Foundation' in 2002, and a member of the Swiss Institute in Rome 2002/2003. He lectures in composition and analysis at the 'Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana' (music school) and has been a member of the board of directors there since 2004. Nadir Vassena, together with Mats Scheidegger, is director of the 'Tage für Neue Musik Zürich'.


Work list

Per una maschera (1991)

Instrumentation: for string quartet

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Nocturnes I - II - III (1993)

Instrumentation: for alto saxophon and piano

Can be performed separately (7', 6', 8').

Duration: 21' 00"
Bärenreiter Verlag Basel/Kassel
Neuweilerstr. 15
CH-4015 Basel
Schweiz
www.baerenreiter.com
Statua vivens (1994)

Instrumentation: for violin, violoncello and piano

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript
Animae (1994)

Instrumentation: for oboe solo

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
In den Zeiten deiner Entfernung (1994)

Instrumentation: for solo piano

Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Animae (1994/1995)

Instrumentation: for soprano saxophone

Duration: 8' 00"
Verlag Neue Musik
Köpenicker Strasse 175
D-10997 Berlin
Mysterium Lunae (1995)

Instrumentation: for solo mixed choir

Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript
In tempore belli (1995)

Instrumentation: for solo guitar

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Golem (1995-1996)

Instrumentation: for g alto flute and percussion (1 performer)

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Totem (1996)

Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/pf/2perc/8.6.4.2)

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript
Aleph (1996)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Study for a Figure in a Room (1996)

Instrumentation: for solo clarinet

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript
Figure in a Room (1996)

Instrumentation: for solo violin

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Formulae (1995-1997)

Instrumentation: for flute and harpsichord

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Amras-Turm Fragmente (1996-1997)

Instrumentation: for flute, oboe, violin, viola, violoncello, percussion and harp

I. hp/perc/vn.va.vc (1 or 2 performers)
II. ob/vc
III. fl/hp/va
IV. fl.ob/hp/vn.va.vc

Duration: 22' 00"
Manuscript
Correzione I (1997)

Instrumentation: for solo piano

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
Correzione II (1996)

Instrumentation: for flute, oboe, clarinet, english horn, bassoon

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Correzione III (1997)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, piano, 2 percussionists

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Torso II (for a crouching nude) (1998)

Instrumentation: for violin and piano

Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript
Triptych - Crucifixion (1998)

Instrumentation: for solo violin, flute, clarinet, violoncello and piano

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript
31 anatomie notturne (1998)

Instrumentation: for 4 saxophones

Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript
due sogni verdemare (1999)

Instrumentation: for solo choir (16 voices)

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript
van (1999)

Instrumentation: for 3 female voices and ensemble

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript
fuori era ancora la notte... (1999)

Instrumentation: for recitation, saxophone, horn, trombone, piano and percusiion

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
Darkroom (1999)

Instrumentation: for six percussionists

Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript
French press (II) (1999)

Instrumentation: for saxophone, piano and percussion

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
"come perduto nel mare un bambino..." (1999)

Instrumentation: for flute solo

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript
"come danze di pietra su corpi d'acqua" (2000)

Instrumentation: for ensemble (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/pf/2.1.1.1)

Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
till långt in pa nåtten (2000)

Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/pf/2perc/8.6.4.2)

Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript
"i prigioneri del mare - gli occhi die prigionieri" (verso nuovi stati di passione) (2000)

Instrumentation: for six percussionists

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
primo discorso eretico sulla leggerezza die chiodi (2000)

Instrumentation: for bass clarinet and guitar

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
11 fragili esercizi della notte (2000)

Instrumentation: for recorder solo

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Messages from the Unseen World (2001)

Instrumentation: for saxophone quartet and orchestra

Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript
rivolto verso terra - rivolto verso il mare (2001)

Instrumentation: for viola and violoncello

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Five Capricci Amorosi on an Atlantic Dance (2001)

Instrumentation: for violin and orchestra (2.1.2.1/1.1.1.0/acn.pf[=cel]/2perc/3.3.3.2.1)

Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript
Sailor's (and Siren's) Song (2001)

Instrumentation: for soprano, double choir and orchestra (0.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/2perc/0.2.2.2)

Texts: Nadir Vassena

Choir 1 (SSAATTBB minimum 16 voices)
Choir 1 (SSAATTBB minimum 32 voices)

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
Four Macabre Dances (2001)

Instrumentation: for guitar and ensemble (rec.1.1.0/0.0.0.0/perc/pf/0.1.1.1)

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
5 nodi grotteschi e crudeli (2001)

Instrumentation: for accordion and ensemble

Duration: 21' 00"
Manuscript
Four short studies for saxophone (2002)

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
macchine da guerra, fanti e cavalieri (2002)

Instrumentation: for flute, saxophone (or cl), guitar, percussion and two violoncelli (or va and vc)

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
machine parlanti (2002)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, accordion and double-bass

Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript
luoghi d'infinito andare (2003)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion and piano

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
due luoghi nascosti (2004)

Instrumentation: for soprano, saxophone, percussion and harp

Texts: Sappho

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
leib.wache (2004)
Theatrical photograms in the form of a song

Instrumentation: for four voices (SCtMezBar) and chamber orchestra (2.0.3.0.sx/0.2.0.0/2perc/acn.pf/egtr/2.0.2.2.2)

Texts: Mascha Kurz

Duration: 40' 00"
Manuscript
(luoghi sospesi) (2004)

Instrumentation: for wind quintet (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn)

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
schlaflos (2005)

Instrumentation: for actor, soprano, oboe, violoncello, piano and accordion

Texts: Mascha Kurz

Duration: 40' 00"
Manuscript
4 duetti (2003)

Instrumentation: for 2 saxophones

Duration: 3' 00"
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D'oltremare (2012)

Instrumentation: für Viola und kleines Orchester

Duration: 15' 30"
Manuscript
Discography
ARTE Quartett (Grammont Porträt Nr. MGB CTS-M 95, 2005)
Interpreters:
ARTE Quartett
Works:
Vassena, Nadir: 31 anatomie notturne (1998)
Gubler, Rico: Loud-Speakers (Easy listening version) (1999/2005)
Berger, Gary: bitmap (2001)
Meier, Hans-Jürg: nodo (2002-2004)
Stauder, Andréas: Figures blocs chemins (2003)
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Keller - Steinbrecher: musica riservata (Grammont Portrait/ Musikszene Schweiz Nr. MGB CTS-M 85, 2003)
Interpreters:
Keller, Heinrich
Works:
Wettstein, Peter: Sieben Miniaturen (1974)
Vassena, Nadir: Formulae (1995-1997)
Mäder, Urban: en suite (1997)
Langlotz, Lukas: Facetten (1997)
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Minuties (1998)
Zimmerlin, Alfred: Anderer Ort (1998)
With more works of: Rudolf Kelterborn, Jia Guoping, Wang Peng
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Ensemble Oggimusica - Irène Schweizer (Altri Suoni Nr. 054, 1999)
Works:
Steinauer, Mathias: Sott'acqua, op. 17.3 (1999)
Zimmerlin, Alfred: Oggi - Movendo (1999)
Vassena, Nadir: fuori era ancora la notte... (1999)
With more works of: Irène Schweizer, Alessandro Solbiati, Mathias Gloor
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Contemporary Music for Alto Saxophone (Jecklin Edition Nr. JS 302-2, 1994)
Interpreters:
Dratva, Tomas
Works:
Pflüger, Andreas: Tra qua e la (1979)
Vassena, Nadir: Nocturnes I - II - III (1993)
Brennan, John Wolf: Atanos, op. 103 (1993)
With more works of: Jacques Wildberger, Franco Cesarini
Bibliography
Baldassare, Antonio: Komponieren als produktives Scheitern. Der Tessiner Komponist Nadir Vassena, in: Dissonanz 68 (2001) [Internet]


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