2013 INSTITUTE AND FESTIVAL FOR CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE PRESENTED BY MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC

Marc Ponthus, Founder and Director Pierre Boulez, Honorary Advisor
Performances June 23 – 26, 2013

IFCP Founder and Director Marc Ponthus (Photo: Margarita Jimeno)

NEW YORK (June 12, 2013)—Mannes College The New School for Music presents the 2013 INSTITUTE AND FESTIVAL FOR CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE (IFCP), June 17 - 26, with performances running June 23 - 26. Committed to deepening performers’ and audiences understanding of avant garde music from the 20th and 21st centuries, the IFCP presents workshops, master classes, lectures, symposia, and concerts featuring some of the genre’s most significant performers, composers, and thinkers.

This year’s IFCP features performances by clarinetist Allen Blustine, violinist Caroline Chin, flautist Susan Palma Nidel, pianist Marc Ponthus and violinist Rolf Schulte. Festival programming focuses on the wealth of modern repertoire for solo, unaccompanied instruments as well as for chamber ensemble. In addition, this year’s institute will also examine new directions in solo performance through the addition of video and text elements.

The IFCP is part of Mannes’s rich summer offerings, including the Beethoven Institute (May 30 - June 4), the New York Guitar Seminar (July 9 – 14), and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival (July 14 – 28).

FOR LISTINGS: INSTITUTE AND FESTIVAL FOR CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE

Sunday, June 23, 8:00 P.M.
Music by Elliott Carter, Mario Davidovsky, Linda Dusman, Outis, and Iannis Xenakis.
Performers: Allen Blustine, Caroline Chin, Susan Palma Nidel, Marc Ponthus, Rolf Schulte, IFCP Ensemble.
Location: Mannes Concert Hall, Mannes College, 150 W. 85th Street
Tickets: $20 at the door.
More info: Call 212-580-0210 x. 4884 or write [email protected]

Tuesday, June 25, 8:00 P.M.
Music by Elliott Carter
Performers: IFCP Institute participants.
Tickets: $20 at the door.
More info: Call 212-580-0210 x. 4884 or write [email protected]

Wednesday, June 26, 8:00 P.M.
Music by George Aperghis, Linda Dusman, Luciano Berio, Anton Webern, George Crumb, Heinz Holliger.
Performers: IFCP Institute participants.
Tickets: $20 at the door.
More info: Call 212-580-0210 x. 4884 or write [email protected]

Mannes College The New School for Music develops the next generation of classical musician/citizens by combining the music conservatory traditions with the cutting-edge advantage of being part of The New School, the nation's foremost progressive university. Founded in 1916, the Mannes formula for quality education has capitalized on its world-class faculty, location in the heart of the global arts capital, small class size, and a living tradition of rigor and depth that develops strong technique and great artistry. The Mannes ethos forms the basis of a vibrant community, whether you are a degree or diploma student in the College or Extension divisions, or a young person studying in Mannes Prep. In this second decade of the 21st century, when demands on artists are greater and more complex than ever, Mannes is committed to providing a wide range of exciting learning and knowledge building in partnership with its sister divisions of The New School, including one of the world's great design schools, Parsons The New School for Design; the liberal arts at Eugene Lang College; public policy, business, and civic engagement in The New School for Public Engagement; and cross disciplinary arts learning at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and The New School for Drama. For more information on Mannes and The New School visit www.newschool.edu/mannes.

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