December 1st 2024, MUSIC AND GENDER IN LUXEMBOURG features Tatsiana Zelianko

I am very proud to announce that MUGI is featuring my work and biography on their website.

I invite you to get to know more about what the important work that they produce to promote the female musicians and composers in Luxembourg, by reading this brief intro and connecting to their website. Enjoy the discovery.

MUSIC AND GENDER IN LUXEMBOURG

The project, jointly initiated by the University of Luxembourg and CID | Fraen an Gender, aims to research music history from a gender perspective. In cooperation with the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (Hfmt) and the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, who are in charge of the project MUGI (Musik und Gender im Internet), as well as with the Centre national de l’Audiovisuel and the Centre national de Littérature, we:

• create digital collections on women musicians in Luxembourg,
• provide material from various public and private archives in order to make it internationally accessible,
• create new archives and hold oral history interviews with female musicians,
• research this data and publish the outcomes,
• present the results in a multimedia form on the portal MuGi.lu and
• initiate pedagogical projects and new musical performances.

For more information, visit https://history.uni.lu/mugilu/.

December 1st 2024 – Round table and Träume recital at Helen Buchholtz – 14:45

The Helen Buchholtz Salon is the perfect place to meet female composers from past and current times. The hostess of the Salon, Helen Buchholtz (1877-1953) was one of the first women in Luxembourg to devote her life exclusively to musical creation.

During a round table, chaired by radio 100.7, Tatsiana Zelianko and Nigji Sanges will explore the challenges, opportunities and innovations that have marked the progress of women in the field of musical composition. Through a dynamic dialogue between past and present, this discussion will highlight the remarkable achievements of female composers from past and present times, while examining prospects for the future of musical composition.

The day will end with the new recital Träume, conceived and performed by German soprano Gerlinde Sämann and pianist Claude Weber, which will include compositions by Tatsiana Zelianko among other dreamlike works.

More info here

November 24th 2024 – Piano Recital at Helen Buchholtz – 17:00

A piano recital by Béatrice Rauchs (piano professor at the Conservatory of Music of the City of Luxembourg) with music pieces by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Helen Buchholtz, Tatsiana Zelianko and Nigji Sanges.

Three of my new preludes will be played for the first time for this recital.

November 23rd 2024 – 13:00 – 13:30 – Philharmonie – Grand Auditorium

4 Piano pieces by John Cage, Morton Feldman and Tatsiana Zelianko

A great performance from the 4 pianists, Léna Kollmeier, Louise Kollmeier, Kae Shiraki and Sabine Meyer.
The scenery was made of 6 pianos setup as a flower

Chains were used on the cords to generate specific sounds as a tribute to Kronos

more information in the collaboration section

November 20th 2024 – 20:00-22:00

Piano recital for 4 hands, with Annie Kraus and Lynn Orazi

Musics by Clara Schumann, Marie Jaëll, Helen Buchholtz, Amy Beach, Germaine Tailleferre and No Time Anymore composed by Tatsiana Zelianko decidacted to Annie and Lynn.

In this piece, a ball is thrown in the piano. The ball represents the shot – the heavy spherical ball – at shot put. This element is a tribute to the olympics games of 2024 in Paris.
It represents the heavy weighted troubles that we are trying to throw away, to get rid of, but that come back.
The sphere is also an allegory of the planet Earth that we are silently letting down, until it hits the ground, here the strings of the piano, and generated a thunderous noise.
The noise is a complaint, is the complaint of the planet, thrown by us humans, when it reaches the ultimate point of failure.
The noise hurts as much as we hurt the Earth.
This piece founds its source, its inspiration in the recent news.
It is polythematic, with the Summer Olympics on a hand and the climate change on the other hand.
In my piece we collect the ball and restart. This represents the 3 catastrophes that the Earth survived with the Asteroid hitting the planet and eradicating the dinosaurs, the second being the industrial and post industrial era, exhausting the resources of the planet, generating that poisoning pollution, the third and ultimate being ahead of us if we don’t act.
The pianist says 3 times no time anymore, as for every catastrophe, every cataclysm, when noticed, it is too late to reverse the course of action, to stop the journey leading to the end of the know world.
The ball is also the heavy spherical ball at shot put.
Each athlete is entitled to 6 attempts. instead of measuring the distance at which the shot is put, the measurement is made by the thunderous sound generated when hitting the strings.
While the athlete heavily expires when throwing the shot, and very often shouts, it is replaced by the pianist voice no time anymore we are burning the score, with the same necessity as the athlete when putting. The score can be understood as the partition of course, but as well as the mark that the athletes reach.
The piece is polystylistic. It is inspired by and mixes the characteristics of the ancient music, namely the madrigals of Gesualdo, the neoclassical music and the tango.
The aim is to mix these styles to create a balanced mix, using the best of the bread of these universes.

NOVEMBER 6TH 2024 – 18:30-19:00

CINE MOMENTS showcase the guest composers of the Helen Buchholtz Salon and their works from a different perspective.
The work of Tatsiana, one of the guest composers, was documented by filmmaker Anne Schiltz.
In the summer of 2018, Tatsiana was the guest of honour at the “Musiciennes à Ouessant” festival. It was an opportunity for her to review her career and find inspiration for new challenges. The film “Itinérances” shows beautiful excerpts from her work and the incomparable atmosphere of this unique women’s festival. Film from the NAC archive.

More info and free booking by clicking the image

NOVEMBER 6TH 2024 – 20:00-22:00

This CINE MOMENT will be followed by the Red Shoes Concert.
Red Shoes will present the magnificent piano trios of Clara Schumann and Rebecca Clarke as well as two contemporary trios by guest composers. At that occasion, across the music played, you will hear rhe Trio “Lento riflessivo” by Tatsiana.

More info and booking by clicking the image

Le Salon de Helen Buchholtz 2024 builds on the success of its first edition in 2022 on the occasion of Esch2022 – European Capital of Culture.

From 6th November to 1st December 2024, the Bridderhaus in Esch-sur-Alzette will once again be the convivial and intimate setting – designed this year by Christian Mosar – for the meeting of lovers of the emotion of vocal recitals and the intimacy of chamber music.

With two guest composers, the public will have the opportunity to appreciate the diversity of their repertoire and the depth of their artistic expression. Their works will be showcased in several concerts during which listeners will have the opportunity to explore the unique musical worlds of Tatsiana Zelianko and Nigji Sanges, while providing a platform for the two composers to share their creative vision with a wide audience.

The program and every possible information can be found at https://www.bridderhaus.lu/

Full program is available by clicking the image.

Looking forward to welcoming you there,

Sincerely,

Tatsiana

On this video, Un Songe Austral is brilliantly played by United Instrument of Lucilin, and Annick Schadeck is executing her fantastic choreography. The integration is so homogenous that the music supports the dance as well as the dance supports the music.

Music: Tatsiana Zelianko (LU) Un songe austral (2021) – 15’ Commissioned by United Instruments of Lucilin

Performed by United Instruments of Lucilin: André Pons-Valdès, Winnie Cheng, violins Winnie Cheng, violins Wan-Ru Cheng, viola Ingrid Schoenlaub, cello

Performance and choreography: Annick Schadeck

A few more words about the initiative:

The new series of music videos produced by United Instruments of Lucilin to discover, explore and share contemporary music. With INTERSECTIONS, United Instruments of Lucilin offers a glimpse of the vitality and diversity of the contemporary music scene. From minimalist compositions to experimental works, from electronic sounds to daring improvisations: each video in this series gives access to a composer’s work and opens a door to his or her universe.

On November 23rd 2024, my latest composition Kronos will be played at the Grand Auditorium of the Philharmonie of Luxembourg.

The composition is for four pianos, and Kronos will be played together with John Cage and Morton Feldman compositions.

It will be interpreted by Léna Kollmeier, Louise Kollmeier, Kae Shiraki and Sabine Weyer.

If that sounds like something you might enjoy, you can head here to secure your tickets and get ready for a memorable musical moment.

Who wears the pants in Luxembourg operetta?

Organized by MuGi.lu (Music and Genre in Luxembourg, uni.lu) in cooperation with the Wiltz choirs

Choir: Oh, would we swim freely all over the water! Anywhere else than at the swimming pool

Trio: MUMM SÉIS, PROCHMATES, HEXENTOMMES: Once upon a time there was a gunner

Duo: KäTTéI, MUMM SéIS: Mimi, you can’t direct me. It’s lucky to have a husband

Solo: HEXENTOMMES: I am a great master sorcerer

Choir: Here’s another fun way to go jogging. No. 2-5 by Mumm Séis

June 29, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
Wiltz Castle, Knights’ Hall