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10th birthday of Ensemble Resonabilis


Ensemble Resonabilis
Photo: Mait Jüriado

On November 10 at 6 pm, ensemble Resonabilis will celebrate its 10th birthday with a concert in Tallinn Writers’ House. Program consists of two premieres and works from the ensemble's present and past repertoire:

Kristjan Kõrver Florete flores (2002)
Antti Auvinen Allusion Fragments (2003)
Age Veeroos Recitative (2006)
Eugene Birman I Awoke and There Were No Walls to Shield Me from the Moonlight (2011)
Malle Maltis A Match for mezzo soprano and cello (2012, premiere)
Arash Yazdani Intermodulation (2012, premiere)

Contemporary music ensemble Resonabilis was founded in 2002 by Tarmo Johannes and Kristi Mühling. The central instrument in ensemble is Estonian kannel – plucked chromatic string instrument, that is complemented by voice, flute, cello and other instruments if needed. Resonabilis often collaborates with composers – most of works in ensemble’s repertoire have been written specially for them by composers like Margo Kõlar, Märt-Matis Lill, Kristjan Kõrver, Tatjana Kozlova, Age Hirv, Ülo Krigul, Helena Tulve, Malle Maltis, Daan Manneke (Holland), David Helbich (Germany) and Antti Auvinen (Finland). Ensemble has released two CD-s (2009, 2012).

Ensemble Resonabilis: Kristi Mühling (kannel), Iris Oja (voice), Tarmo Johannes (flute) and Aare Tammesalu (cello).

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