On November 16 and 17, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will be performing Ana Sokolović’s Concerto for Orchestra. It’s the first time she’ll be working with the TSO and conductor Gustavo Gimeno.
Interview with Ludwig van Toronto
Ana Sokolović is one of six composers invited to participate in the EarShot Readings program as a mentor. This American Composers Orchestra project offers young composers professional collaborations with orchestras across America. This edition took place for the first time in Canada with the National Arts Centre Orchestra on October 28 and 29.
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The film version of the opera Svadba has been awarded the Prix Digital Opera Awards in the Artistic Creation category. The winners were announced on December 4 at a ceremony at OPERA America’s National Opera Center in New York.
Many thanks to all those who took part in this adventure, including Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Philadelphia.
To celebrate, Svadba will be broadcast free of charge on Boston Lyric Opera’s YouTube channel until February 2024. Watch it on blo.org/svadba
Boston Lyric Opera’s film version of the opera Svadba has been nominated for Opera America’s Excellence in Digital Opera Awards in the Artistic Creation category. The winner will be announced on December 4 at a ceremony at OPERA America’s National Opera Center (New York).
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4 short operas created as part of the Pocket Opera project can be discovered at the “Constructions opératiques” exhibition this September. The exhibition is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between Ana Sokolović, professor in the Faculty of Music and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Opera Creation with Olivier Asselin, professor in the Department of Art History and Film Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and Marie-Josèphe Vallée, professor in the School of Design in the Faculty of Environmental Design, and several partners such as the Opéra de Montréal and the Society for Arts and Technology.
September 5 to 23 at Galerie de l’Université de Montréal (salle B)
Vernissage: Thursday, September 7, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Curator: Marie-Josèphe Vallée
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Ana Sokolovic’s music will be performed many times in the first half of 2023.
In January, a collaboration with Hélène Blackburn and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein gives birth to the ballet Coppélia X Machina.
Performances of Nine Proverbs (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra), Commedia dell’arte (Ensemble Prisme, Quatuor Bozzini), Vez (The Happenstancers, Natasha Brofksy), Chant (Violaine Melançon and Meagan Milatz), Shower Song (Duo AIRS and Marina Thibeault), Evta (Isabella D’Éloize Perron), and And I need a room… (Turning Point Ensemble) also punctuated the first half of the year.
On the premiere side, the piece Melita is presented by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Rafael Payare while Automne à Montréal (tribute to Ligeti) is premiered in the United Kingdom.
Concerning its academic activity, the Canada Research Chair in Opera Creation directed by Ana Sokolović also presents several events within the framework of the MNM festival and at Orford Musique in particular.
The opera Svabda continues to tour with dates in Ljubljana, New York, and Belgrade, the city of birth of the composer.
Ana Sokolović was composer-in-Residence at Civitella Ranieri (Italy) this summer. This international residency program allows its fellows to pursue their work and exchange ideas with other visual artists, writers, and composers in a unique and inspiring setting.
The composer worked on her next works:
– Melita, presented by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in April 2023.
– Coppélia X Machina, premiered in February 2023 by the Deutsche Oper am Rhein with choreography by Hélène Blackburn.
Ana Sokolović is appointed as new Artistic Director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ). She succeeds Walter Boudreau, who has held the position since 1988.
The composer takes the lead of one of the foremost organizations dedicated to contemporary music.
She will officially take up her duties on July 1 after a transition period with Boudreau.
See the video clip presenting his nomination.
More info about SMCQ.
The movie version of Svadba is now available. Produced with Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Philadelphia. Infos and ticketing.
Ana Sokolović has just been awarded the first Chair dedicated to opera research and creation. She thus becomes the reference in opera in the country. This is a logical continuation of the opera creation course, which has existed for several years at the Université de Montréal and which has enabled her to establish alliances with other faculties and organizations outside the campus.
Find out all about the new Chair. (in French)