As a sign of appreciation for and support of contemporary art, the European Forum Alpbach continues to commission the composition of a new piece of music every year, which premieres at the opening of the Forum. This year’s composition bears the signature of the composer, conductor and musician Joanna Wozny. Trio Amos will perform the piece. The work “sAmo for flute, accordion and cello” was composed in 2014. The title forms an anagram of the name of the trio, but at the same time the word samo refers remotely to its Polish meaning self, for oneself, alone.
The strictly rhythmic and exact structure of the opening, in which short, strong tones predominate, is gradually broken down over the course of the piece and replaced by long held notes. However, these fall apart time and again, or melt away, so to say, creating the effect of a constantly moving, unsettled sound.
Flautist, Vienna
| | Sylvie Lacroix lives in Vienna as a freelance flautist, performing principally as a soloist and chamber musician. The focus of her work lies in contemporary music; in this context, she regularly cooperates with composers, frequently giving premieres of their new pieces. She is member of Trio Amos and ensemble PHACE. Several years ago, she began to work on compositions of her own, writing a number of chamber music for several instrumental combinations, some of them with electronics.An accomplished transverse flute player as well, she played with Concentus Musicus under Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1985-1991), in the Summer 2005 at the Salzburger Festspielen Produktion of Mozarts 'Mitridate' with Marc Minkovski´s 'les musiciens du louvre', 2009 Wiener Festwochen "Ensemble Mattäus "Jean Christophe Spinozi. She is currently a member of "il concerto viennese" and performed with this ensemble J.S Bach ´s music for solo flute at the festival Styriarte. |
Cellist, Vienna
| 1978-1982 | Architectural studies, Vienna University of Technology |
| 1983-1990 | Cello studies, University of Music in Graz and Vienna |
| 1990 | Master of art, University of Music, Graz |
| 1993 | Co-founder of ensemble polwechsel |
| 1998 | Artist in residence podewil, Berlin |
| Release of the first solo CD 'Violoncello' |
| 2001 | Co-founder of Trio Amos |
| 2005 | Donaueschinger Musiktage premiere of Bernhard Lang s Double/Schatten as soloist together with Dimitrios Polisoides and the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden under Sylvain Cambreling |
| 2006 | Artist in residence at Tesla Berlin |
| 2008 | Guest of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programm |
| Sound installation resonant cuts Singuhr-Hörgalerie Berlin |
| 2011 | Sound installation antiphon Stein Llangraum Krems |
| 2014 | Artist in residence electric Orpheus Academy |
Accordeonist, Vienna
| | Krassimir Sterev wurde in Bulgarien geboren, wo er im Musikgymnasium von Plovdiv seine musikalische Ausbildung begann. Dann setzte er sein Studium an der Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Graz fort. Sterev war Stipendiat am Königlichen Däischen Musikkonservatorium, wo er auch die Solistenklasse als Akkordeonist abschloss. Seine musikalische Entwicklung wurde maßgeblich durch Lehrer wie Mogens Ellegaard, James Crabb und Georg Schulz beeinflusst. |
| | Krassimir Sterev ist sowohl als Solist, Kammermusiker als auch in Ensembles und Orchestern international tätigund weltweit auf vielen renommierten Festivals zu Gast. Nicht zuletzt wirkt er auch in zahlreichen Theater- und Tanzproduktionen sowie Projekten, die speziell fürKinder entwickelt werden, mit. |
| | Seit 2003 ist Krassimir Sterev Mitglied des Klangforum Wien. Ebenso arbeitete er aber auch mit den Wiener Philharmonikern (unter Pierre Boulez und Daniel Barenboim), dem London Philharmonia Orchestra, dem RSO Wien, dem Ensemble Kontrapunkte, der musikFabrik und dem Ensemble Phace zusammen und ist Teil des Trio Amos. Besonderes Augenmerk legt Krassimir Sterev auf die Entwicklung des Repertoires für Akkordeon. Viele Komponisten schrieben für ihn bereits neue Werke (u. a. Bernhard Lang, Pierluigi Billone, Bernhard Gander, Olga Neuwirth, Aureliano Cattaneo), die er zur Uraufführung brachte. |
Composer, Graz
| 1992-1999 | Studies in philosophy, Katowice |
| 1996-2003 | Studies in composition and music theory with Gerd Kühr and Beat Furrer, graduation with honours, Kunstuniversität Graz |
| 2002-2003 | Additional studies in composition with Younghi Pagh-Paan |
| since 2003 | Freelance composer, Graz |
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