Musinfo: Interpreters

Vassena Nadir

(22. 08. 1970)

Vassena Nadir
Via Calloni 9
CH-6900 Lugano (TI)
Svizzera

Tel: +41 (0)91 646 54 10

Genre: Classical Music

Professional activity: Composers, Interpreters

Biography

* 22. 08. 1970.

Nadir Vassena was born in Balerna (Switzerland). He studied composition in Milan under Bruno Zanolani and in Freiburg im Breisgau under Johannes Schöllhorn.
He has received numerous invitations to renowned festivals for new music and came away with many accolades, examples include the competition organised by the 'Westdeutschen Rundfunk' (West German Radio) in Cologne 1992, the Music Institute of the 'Hochschule der Künste' (School of Arts) in Berlin 1994 (first prize ex aequo), and the Mozart Competition in Salzburg 1997, he was also awarded the Christoph-Delz Foundation Prize.
Nadir Vassena was a scholar of the 'Akademie Schloss Solitude' in Stuttgart in 2000/2001, of the 'Denkmalschmiede Höfgen/Margarethen Foundation' in 2002, and a member of the Swiss Institute in Rome 2002/2003. He lectures in composition and analysis at the 'Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana' (music school) and has been a member of the board of directors there since 2004. Nadir Vassena, together with Mats Scheidegger, is director of the 'Tage für Neue Musik Zürich'.

Work list

Per una maschera (1991)

Instrumentation: for string quartet

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Nocturnes I - II - III (1993)

Instrumentation: for alto saxophon and piano

Can be performed separately (7', 6', 8').

Duration: 21' 00"

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Statua vivens (1994)

Instrumentation: for violin, violoncello and piano

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript

Animae (1994)

Instrumentation: for oboe solo

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

In den Zeiten deiner Entfernung (1994)

Instrumentation: for solo piano

Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript

Animae (1994/1995)

Instrumentation: for soprano saxophone

Duration: 8' 00"

Verlag Neue Musik

Köpenicker Strasse 175
D-10997 Berlin

Mysterium Lunae (1995)

Instrumentation: for solo mixed choir

Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript

In tempore belli (1995)

Instrumentation: for solo guitar

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Golem (1995-1996)

Instrumentation: for g alto flute and percussion (1 performer)

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

Totem (1996)

Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/pf/2perc/8.6.4.2)

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

Aleph (1996)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript

Study for a Figure in a Room (1996)

Instrumentation: for solo clarinet

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript

Figure in a Room (1996)

Instrumentation: for solo violin

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

Formulae (1995-1997)

Instrumentation: for flute and harpsichord

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

Amras-Turm Fragmente (1996-1997)

Instrumentation: for flute, oboe, violin, viola, violoncello, percussion and harp

I. hp/perc/vn.va.vc (1 or 2 performers)
II. ob/vc
III. fl/hp/va
IV. fl.ob/hp/vn.va.vc

Duration: 22' 00"
Manuscript

Correzione I (1997)

Instrumentation: for solo piano

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

Correzione II (1996)

Instrumentation: for flute, oboe, clarinet, english horn, bassoon

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

Correzione III (1997)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, piano, 2 percussionists

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Torso II (for a crouching nude) (1998)

Instrumentation: for violin and piano

Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript

Triptych - Crucifixion (1998)

Instrumentation: for solo violin, flute, clarinet, violoncello and piano

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

31 anatomie notturne (1998)

Instrumentation: for 4 saxophones

Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript

due sogni verdemare (1999)

Instrumentation: for solo choir (16 voices)

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

van (1999)

Instrumentation: for 3 female voices and ensemble

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

fuori era ancora la notte... (1999)

Instrumentation: for recitation, saxophone, horn, trombone, piano and percusiion

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript

Darkroom (1999)

Instrumentation: for six percussionists

Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript

French press (II) (1999)

Instrumentation: for saxophone, piano and percussion

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

"come perduto nel mare un bambino..." (1999)

Instrumentation: for flute solo

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

"come danze di pietra su corpi d'acqua" (2000)

Instrumentation: for ensemble (1.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/pf/2.1.1.1)

Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript

till långt in pa nåtten (2000)

Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/pf/2perc/8.6.4.2)

Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript

"i prigioneri del mare - gli occhi die prigionieri" (verso nuovi stati di passione) (2000)

Instrumentation: for six percussionists

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript

primo discorso eretico sulla leggerezza die chiodi (2000)

Instrumentation: for bass clarinet and guitar

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

11 fragili esercizi della notte (2000)

Instrumentation: for recorder solo

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

Messages from the Unseen World (2001)

Instrumentation: for saxophone quartet and orchestra

Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript

rivolto verso terra - rivolto verso il mare (2001)

Instrumentation: for viola and violoncello

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

Five Capricci Amorosi on an Atlantic Dance (2001)

Instrumentation: for violin and orchestra (2.1.2.1/1.1.1.0/acn.pf[=cel]/2perc/3.3.3.2.1)

Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript

Sailor's (and Siren's) Song (2001)

Instrumentation: for soprano, double choir and orchestra (0.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/2perc/0.2.2.2)

Texts: Nadir Vassena

Choir 1 (SSAATTBB minimum 16 voices)
Choir 1 (SSAATTBB minimum 32 voices)

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript

Four Macabre Dances (2001)

Instrumentation: for guitar and ensemble (rec.1.1.0/0.0.0.0/perc/pf/0.1.1.1)

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript

5 nodi grotteschi e crudeli (2001)

Instrumentation: for accordion and ensemble

Duration: 21' 00"
Manuscript

Four short studies for saxophone (2002)

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

macchine da guerra, fanti e cavalieri (2002)

Instrumentation: for flute, saxophone (or cl), guitar, percussion and two violoncelli (or va and vc)

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript

machine parlanti (2002)

Instrumentation: for clarinet, accordion and double-bass

Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript

luoghi d'infinito andare (2003)

Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion and piano

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

due luoghi nascosti (2004)

Instrumentation: for soprano, saxophone, percussion and harp

Texts: Sappho

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

leib.wache (2004)

Theatrical photograms in the form of a song

Instrumentation: for four voices (SCtMezBar) and chamber orchestra (2.0.3.0.sx/0.2.0.0/2perc/acn.pf/egtr/2.0.2.2.2)

Texts: Mascha Kurz

Duration: 40' 00"
Manuscript

(luoghi sospesi) (2004)

Instrumentation: for wind quintet (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn)

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript

schlaflos (2005)

Instrumentation: for actor, soprano, oboe, violoncello, piano and accordion

Texts: Mascha Kurz

Duration: 40' 00"
Manuscript

4 duetti (2003)

Instrumentation: for 2 saxophones

Duration: 3' 00"

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D'oltremare (2012)

Pflüger, Andreas: Tra qua e la (1979)
Vassena, Nadir: Nocturnes I - II - III (1993)
Brennan, John Wolf: Atanos, op. 103 (1993)
With more works of: Jacques Wildberger, Franco Cesarini

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