From 14^th through 19^th of March 2016 in Lviv will take place the Fifth International Master Classes of New Music COURSE.

COURSE are the first annual international master classes for young composers in Ukraine, dedicated to stimulating creative activity within the community of Ukrainian musicians as well as to help young composers establish new creative contacts with their colleagues from other countries. Founded in 2012, COURSE have become one of the leading master classes of new music in Eastern Europe. During the first four years of COURSE's existence, 33 young composers from Germany, Latvia, Greece, South Korea, Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine participated in the master classes, as well as two young Ukrainian musicologists. Ten composers from Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine taught at COURSE.

This year COURSE is taking place for the fifth time in Ukraine and for the first time in Lviv. Five young composers from Ukraine (Hanna Kopiika, Nazar Skrypnyk, Anna Stoyanova, Mykola Khshanovskyi and Bohdana Chepeliuk) and one composer from Italy (Caterina Di Cecca) will be attending classes by three renowned composers from Europe who were invited to Lviv to teach at COURSE: Elżbieta Sikora (Poland/France), Jörg Birkenkötter (Germany) and Klaus Lang (Austria). Events of several different formats will allow young composers to present their work as well as to gain unique experience of intellectual exchange with the invited teachers and consultations with the musicians of Ensemble Nostri Temporis. At the end of the master classes the participants will be able to hear the premieres of their works performed by Ensemble Nostri Temporis on March 19^th in S. Lyudkevych Concert Hall (Lviv Philharmonic Society) and on March 21^st in Goethe-Institut Hall (Kyiv). Additionally, the best participant will be commissioned by the organizers to compose a work for ensemble to be performed on the XXII Contrasts International Contemporary Music Festival which will take place in Autumn this year in Lviv.

The master classes will take place in Lviv Philharmonic Society. Along with individual classes with teachers, that will be only accessible to the participants of the master classes, there will be several events open to anyone.

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SCHEDULE OF OPEN EVENTS

Monday 14^th of March 2016

Chamber Concert Hall

11:00-16:00 Presentations by participating composers

19:00-20:30 Lecture by Elżbieta Sikora/PL-FR: Pieces for instrument and electronics and my theory and practice of hidden freedom of time in pre-recorded electronic part

Tuesday 15^th of March 2016

Chamber Concert Hall

19:00-20:30 Lecture by Jörg Birkenkötter/DE: “Why Tristan?” - thoughts about (my) composing

Wednesday 16^th of March 2016

Chamber Concert Hall

19:00-20:30 Lecture by Klaus Lang/AT: The fat time and the thin time

Thursday 17^th of March 2016

Chamber Concert Hall

10:00-17:00 Ensemble Nostri Temporis. Consultations

Friday 18^th of March 2016

Chamber Concert Hall

10:00-18:00 Ensemble Nostri Temporis. Rehearsals

19:00-20:30 Seminar for all COURSE participants

Saturday 19^th of March 2016

Chamber Concert Hall

09:00-13:00 Ensemble Nostri Temporis. Rehearsals

S. Lyudkevych Concert Hall

18:00

Ensemble Nostri Temporis. Concert

Pieces by COURSE participants

/tickets available at Lviv Philharmonic ticket office/

SPECIAL EVENT IN KYIV

Monday 21^st of March 2016

Goethe-Institut Hall (12/4 Voloska St.)

19:00

Ensemble Nostri Temporis. Concert

Pieces by COURSE participants

/free admission/

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LOCATIONS

in Lviv: Lviv Philharmonic Society (7 Tchaikovsky St.)

in Kyiv: Goethe-Institut in Ukraine (12/4 Voloska St.)

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Organizer: Lviv Philharmonic Society [ http://www.philharmonia.lviv.ua/ ]

Co-organizer: Goethe-Institut in Ukraine [ www.goethe.de/ukraine ]

In cooperation with Ensemble Nostri Temporis [ http://entmusic.org/ ]

Partners:

Instytut Polski w Kijowie [ http://www.polinst.kiev.ua/ ]

OeAD-Kooperationsbüro Lviv [ https://www.oead.at/lemberg ]

Österreichisches Kulturforum Kiew [ http://www.kulturforum-kiew.org/de/ ]

Art Association “Dzyga” [ http://dzyga.com/ ]

National Composers' Union of Ukraine, Lviv Branch

Media support:

Ukrainian Musical Newspaper

Ukrainian Radio [ http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/ ]

Bulgarian National Radio, Hristo Botev Channel [ http://bnr.bg/hristobotev ]

Radio SKOVORODA [ http://www.radioskovoroda.com/ ]

Art Formation Collegium Musicum [ http://collegiummusicum.com.ua/ ]

Internet media:

CHERNOZEM [ http://chernozem.info/ ]

Cultprostir [ http://cultprostir.ua/uk ]

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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE

Bohdan Sehin - artistic director [ bohdansehin@yahoo.com / +38(066) 741 96 86 ]

Coordinators:

Oleksii Shmurak [ alexeyshmurak@gmail.com / +38(093) 490 17 39 ]

Yuriy Bulka [ setthemfree@privacyrequired.com / +38(093) 098 35 86 ]

Myroslav Trofymuk - PR manager [ trofym_friedenruf@yahoo.de ]

Ilona Tamilina - press officer [ xcvb@ukr.net / +38(097) 232 97 84 ]

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Detailed information available on the official web page of the master classes http://imcnmcourse.wix.com/course2016