Alexandra
Karastoyanova-Hermentin SHLIKERMAN
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(mica Austria)
"... an opulent pleasure of sound" - as described by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" on the composer, who was awarded the Austrian State Prize "Outstanding Artist Award - Musik 2013" by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, for her composition "Elimo"
© Stefanie Luger
Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin´s orchestra work
ist nominated for the
RYCHENBERG COMPETITION 2018-2020
In June 2018 the Musikkollegium Winterthur launched an international composition contest in collaboration with the Fotomuseum Winterthur. A total of 191 composers from over 30 countries applied for the competition. The jury, chaired by the Swiss composer Alfred Zimmerlin, nominated 10 works.The Rychenberg Competition will award prizes worth a total of CHF 100,000.
T A R S I S for Orchestra
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Dir. Pierre-Alain Monot
RYCHENBERG COMPETITION
New Focus Recordings 2019 New York
"kastena for violin and cello &
"Mari MAMO" for violin, flute and percussion
Katinka Klejn, Ayano Kataoka, Conor Nelson
Works by Mario Davidovsky, Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Martin Bresnick, George Walker, Du Yun
"...The refined and enigmatic music of Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin figures heavily in Bird as Prophet, comprising almost half of the record’s entire length and adding an important dimension to Bowlin’s explorations of tradition versus the new and uncharted..." -Daniel Schreiner, 11.27.19, I Care If You Liste
"The haunting work begins with a cello drone over which Bowlin plays a dramatic cadenza that is full of heart-wrenching imagery. -Mike Telin, Cleveland Classical
As Bird as Prophet’s possibly most ambitious statement, Mari Mamo carries a poignant reverence for the Bulgarian singing tradition, yet squarely within Karastoyanova-Hermentin’s unique musical world."
-Daniel Schreiner, I Care If You Listen
Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin receives for her
work 
the Austrian State Prize "Outstanding Artist Award - Musik 2013" of the
Austrian Federal Chancellery, as a reward of her excellent compositions work, given to one musician nationwide and awarded by the Federal Minister Dr. Claudia Schmied.
"Mit “Elimo“ hat Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin Musik geschaffen, für die zutrifft, was die Dichterin Ingeborg Bachmann für die Poesie eingefordert hat: "Scharf von Erkenntnis und bitter von Sehnsucht"
(Dr. Dr. Gerhard Gensch, Donau Universität Krems)
comissioned by ASPEKTE SALZBURG
ASPEKTE FESTIVAL/ first performance (6. märz 2021 *), OSTERFESTIVAL TIROL/7 april 2020 - abgesagt Corona-Maßnamen **, IMAGO DEI, KREMS /12. juni 2021**
ensemble PHACE * LARS MLEKUSCH (cond) **NACHO DE PAZ (COND)
| "Scarlatti Aria" for piano
performed by Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin
W. A. MOZART Piano Concerto Kv 491 c-minor
Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin
(solo & cadences)
«PHACE | Le Marteau sans maître: Ensemble» 2017
World premiere of "LETREI" for ensemble
commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and ensemble PHACE
Simeon Pironkoff (cond)
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Festival ULTRASCHALL Berlin |
17.01.2020 | HEIMATHAFEN NEUKÖLN
Peter Sigl (vc) & Nora Skuta (piano)
Works by: Manuela Kerer, Olga Neuwirth, Clara Iannotta, Aleksandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Margareta Ferek-Petric, Vasilikí Krimitzá, Sofia Gubaidulina, Elena Mendoza
Stiftung Mozarteum|1. Dezember 2018 | Großer Saal Mozarteum,
Festival "DIALOGE"Salzburg
for violin & violoncello
ensemble oenm Salzburg
Peter Sigl (vc), Per Rundberg (pno)
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"ANNÄHERUNG"
for Orchestra
Comissioned by the Government of the Province Salzburg presented in the “Viva!Mozart” exhibition in Salzburg celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday.
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg (recorded by labels "Oehms" & Sony)
Johannes Kalitzke (cond)
„DIE MUSIK SELBST IST KONKRET GENUG.“ – ALEXANDRA KARASTOYANOVA-HERMENTIN IM MICA-INTERVIEW
"Sie ist Jury-Mitglied mehrerer internationaler Kompositions- und Klavierwettbewerbe, war 2013 Mentorin für Komposition beim damaligen BMUKK (heute BKA) und ihre Musik ist mit mehreren Preisen ausgezeichnet. Ihre Werke fordern Höchstleistungen von ihren Interpret*innen, doch diese fordert sie auch von sich. Ihre Musik lässt sich weder der traditionellen noch der zeitgenössischen Sparte zuordnen und ist in höchstem Maße eines: virtuos. " Mit ALEXANDRA KARASTOYANOVA-HERMENTIN sprach Sylvia Wendrock.
Das ganze Interview ist hier zu lesen.
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEW WORK for ensemble
comissioned by the Aspekte Festival Salzburg, opening concert
Salzburg, March 6th, 2022
NEW WORK for piano and chamber orchestra
comissioned by the Tiroler Kammerorchester InnStrumenti
Innsbruck, June 2022
STREICHQUARTETT (2021)
first performance
comissioned by the Stadler Quartett
Frank Stadler/vn, Izso Bajusz/vn, Predrag Katanic/vla, Florian Simma/vc
- FP: october 27th , Alte Schmiede, Wien
- Festival WØD-Weinberg, Salzburg, december 5th 2021
supported by:pported
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the 43. performance of KASTENA for violin and violoncello
ZAGROS Ensemble, Musikkitalo, Helsinki
September 19th, 2021
Premiere of
HOMMAGE AN SCARLATTI (2021) for violoncello solo
Festival "Warshau Autumn" (Poland) & Austrian Culture Forum Warshau
Tomasz Skweres (Vc)
listen to the translation of the Austrian Culture Forum Warshau hier
30. October 2021 (postponed - April 2022)
HOMMAGE AN SCARLATTI
Cafe "Korb" , Vienna
Tomasz Skweres (Vc)
© by Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin 2021