UNIVERSAL EDITION 125

Program

• Peter Leipold: Freies Geleit. Aria für Streichquartett (2025) - 6'
• Konstantia Gourzi: A song for peace op. 70 für Violine und Violoncello (2017) - 6'
• Satoru Ikeda: Dicotyledon für Streichquartett (2024) - 5'
• Dimos Stephanidis: Harlekin. Streichquartett (2025) - 8'
• Randa Kirshbaum: Oedipus-Suite. Streichquartett (2020) - 10'
• Xu Dong: Reverberating at Sunset. Streichquartett (2025) - 8'

Cast

• Chaos String Quartet: Quartett
• Susanne Schäffer: Violine
• Eszter Kruchió: Violine
• Sara Marzadori: Viola
• Bas Jongen: Violoncello

Founded in 1901 to break free from the dependence on German sheet music imports, Universal Edition helped shape the development of contemporary music from its base in Vienna. Thanks to prominent figures such as Emil Hertzka and Alfred Schlee, the publisher succeeded in including Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, Anton von Webern, Béla Bartók, Josef Matthias Hauer and Ernst Krenek in its catalogue, as well as, after the Second World War, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Beat Furrer, Arvo Pärt, Wolfgang Rihm and many others. However, for its anniversary, UE is not celebrating with its legendary back catalogue, but with world premieres and first performances from the most recent chapter in the publisher’s history.

Werke ausgewählt über den Call for Scores zum 125-jährigen Jubiläum der Universal Edition
Jury: Julia Ackermann, Martina Kalser-Gruber, Benedikt Lodes, Sarah Laila Standke

Produktion Institut für Österreichische Musikdokumentation und Universal Edition
Koproduktion Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Kooperation Wien Modern
Im Rahmen des Musiksalon der ÖNB