Project 2 - Fire Is Catching / SUA
The second collaboration project of Rent-A-Composer was realized by the Sua Trio (Mariana Hernández - violin, Juliette Cürlis - violoncello and Itxaso Etxeberria - piano) and the composer Nina Deuse.
A new composition was created for the fiery Sua Trio, it premiered on 17th september 2023 at Kulturkreis Hösel, Oktogon, Ratingen-Hösel, Germany.
Information to the new composition:
The new work SUA for violin, cello and piano was inspired by the name and nature of the all-female Sua Trio: Sua is Basque and means fire.
The central themes of this project were: fire and female power!
The structure and construction of the composition SUA is inspired by the complex development of gender equality, there are elements that move forward and backward in time, also simultaneously and in several interdependent layers. In the middle of the circa seven-minute trio composition there is a large mirror axis. However, this reflection is anything but perfect as there are a number of distortions. There are stumbling blocks, hurdles and regressions, and yet things continue to move forward.
This new work for trio is based on a contemporary fusion of hip hop grooves and abstracted soca, rumba and samba rhythms. Particular importance is attached to teamwork, because the melodies and rhythms are only created through perfectly coordinated, spirited interaction - so fiery that a small fire truck was installed.
Sua Trio – 2 plus 2 equals 3!
Compositions by Mélanie Bonis, Lili Boulanger, Rebecca Clarke and Nina Deuse (premiere).
17th september 2023
Kulturkreis Hösel, Oktogon
Bahnhofstr. 71
40883 Ratingen-Hösel
More information to the concert / concert reviews (available only in german):
Kulturkreis: Außergewöhnliches Konzert im Oktogon (Lintorfer Internetzeitung)
Ungewöhnliches Trio spielt ungewöhnliche Klänge (Rheinische Post)
More information to the Sua trio: "Sua Trio – 2 und 2 ergeben 3!" (Kulturkreis Hösel)
Performance video on YouTube:
Coming soon
Score download:
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Project 1 - Designer suit / BOOM GEAR
The pilot project of Rent-A-Composer is a collaboration of the Christian Benning Percussion Group and the composer Nina Deuse.
The result of this collaboration was a new composition for the virtuosic ensemble from Munich, premiered by its members Christian Benning, Patrick Stapleton, Felix Kolb, Marcel Morikawa und Godwin Schmid.
Information to the new composition:
BOOM GEAR, the new work for percussion quintet, was created by the concept of a musical designer suit, or a custom-made ‘super suit’ (‘no cape!’). This composition was fitted individually to the artistic concept of the ensemble, their instruments, the set-up and repertoire.
An outstanding characteristic of the Christian Benning Percussion Group is their well-atuned playing, so special attention during the compositional process was brought to the concept of teamwork.
BOOM GEAR carries the principle of interaction to the extremes: All voices are strongly interlocked, no voice can function on its own, and the multiformed melodies and grooves generate only by playing together perfectly.
Flexibility and mobilty are also strenghts of the CBPG, resulting in all compositional elements being in constant movement between voices, players and instruments.
In stylistic regards BOOM GEAR fusions contemporary composition techniques, material from art music (e.g. György Ligeti, Olivier Messiaen) and elements of popular music (e.g. hip hop grooves, electronic dance music). Additionally, several self-created composition techniques were used.
BEAThoven - A concert by the Christian Benning Percussion Group
Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Nebojša Jovan Zivkovi, Thierry de Mey, John Cage, Chick Corea, Nina Deuse (premiere).
22nd March 2023, 07:30 pm
Graf-Zeppelin-Haus / Ludwig-Dürr-Saal
Olgastraße 20
88045 Friedrichshafen, Germany
Concert review (available only in german):
Musik im Zeichen des Rhythmus in Friedrichshafen (23.03.23, schwaebische.de)
Score video on YouTube:
BOOM GEAR - Score Video
Score download:
BOOM GEAR - Website Nina Deuse, download section