You can experience soundwalks in different parts of Luxembourg with Catherine Kontz and SL Grange this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday @slgrange.bsky.social @catherinekontz.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/kontz-grange...

Rencontres luxembourgeoises 🇱🇺 à #Montréal avec @martinedennewald.bsky.social co-directrice du Festival TransAmériques, @catherinekontz.bsky.social compositrice et directrice art. du Festival Rainy Days à la Philharmonie Luxembourg et Jerome Konen, directeur du Kinneksbond, Centre Culturel Mamer

Lovely first walks of Wou d’Uelzecht - Stad today with @slgrange.bsky.social . Thank you to those who came to launch it into the world! catherinekontzslgrange.bandcamp.com

Wou d’Uelzecht - Stad by Catherine Kontz & SL Grange is available! Follow the river Alzette through Grund, Clausen and Pfaffenthal. A sensory experience highlighting the unique soundscape of the river and stories and connecting it through artistic response to its historical significance/location.

@slgrange and I are marking the launch of our new soundwalk as part of LUGA: Wou d'Uelzecht - Stad, with 3 Launch Walks. As spaces are limited, 5€ tickets are available (see Linktree below). 2 hours/ 2.7km. Bring your family and headphones. LU, EN, FR, DE Sun 11.05, 10.00 & 14.00 Mon 12.05, 18.30

Many Composers Edition composers are inspired by walking. Whether it’s exploring environments or walking as an artistic practice, Rishin Singh provides an overview of Walking works in our catalogue! whatsnew.composersedition.com/contemporary...

I had a fun chat with Rishin Singh about tickling orchestral bears and about my piece for the Orchestre de Chambre de Luxembourg. whatsnew.composersedition.com/ocl-premiere...

My new piece for orchestra will be performed at the Orchestre de Chambre de Luxembourg’s 50th anniversary concert at Philharmonie Luxembourg on 15th May. Looking forward! Tickets available now. www.ocl.lu

Listen in to a conversation between Catherine Kontz and Pit Brosius on the Hanner den Téin podcast! @catherinekontz.bsky.social www.opus.radio/show/Hanner-...

Catherine Kontz’s solo clarinet piece ‘Tortoise’ will be premiered at De Klengen Maarnicher Festival in Luxembourg on Friday! @catherinekontz.bsky.social [photo © Tony Whitehead] whatsnew.composersedition.com/kontz-premie...

Ech war um Radio 100.7 vir iwwert daat neit Klarniettesteck vum Klengen Maarnicher Festival an Internationaler Klarinettenkompetitioun d’nächst Woch. Mat den Deckelsmouken dobai! www.opus.radio/news/Tortois...

Irene Kurka’s interview with Catherine Kontz is now available to listen to at the Neue Musik Leben podcast! @catherinekontz.bsky.social neuemusikleben.podigee.io/246-neue-epi...

Such fun with Polenta Polenta Polenta! At Philharmonie Luxembourg last week! With dream team: Pitt Simon Etienne Halsdorf Die Schurken Catherine Kontz composition Larisa Faber directing, text, concept Josie Dale-Jones assisting directing Marco Godinho stage design, costume design

CoMA Singers, directed by Janet Oates, will premiere Catherine Kontz’s ‘Cocktail Hour’ at The Brady Centre, London on Wednesday! [photo © Chris Adams] @catherinekontz.bsky.social @comanewmusic.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/kontz-premie...

Catherine Kontz’s ‘Polenta Polenta Polenta’ musical for young audiences premieres at Philharmonie Luxembourg this Friday! Written and directed by Larisa Faber @catherinekontz.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/kontz-polent...

Featuring Mary Bellamy, Rubens Askenar, Erika Fox, Susannah Self, Alison Willis, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Brian Inglis, Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Tonia Ko, Jane Stanley, & Richard Whalley @angelascomposer.bsky.social @catherinekontz.bsky.social @marc-yeats.bsky.social @emilydoolittle.bsky.social

Slowly but surely the music is coming together for Wou d'Uelzecht - Stad . Once again I'm tracing my own family history. with @slgrange.bsky.social

Long week of teaching and meetings with a sprinkling of composing. Highlight of the week: spotting PJ Harvey while having a coffee with Claire Barthelemy who had fast reflexes and snapped the next album cover… good to be in London!

Mood of the day - words on A A Hundred and One #frenchforcartridge directed by Dorna Shahabeddin Aslanzadeh youtu.be/COaRmfe5F9k

Listening to Blur always reminds me why I came to London in ‘98 and why I still like it here. Instant mood-booster. #parklife

I’m giving a talk in Cambridge tomorrow www.mus.cam.ac.uk/events/compo...

RIP Marianne Faithfull - featured here in my score Cahiers Trouvés inspired by the Nouvelle Vague films - crying a river here (Made in U. S. A./ Godard)

The beginnings of Polenta Polenta Polenta! A brilliant few days with Die Schurken, Pitt Simon, Etienne Halsdorf, Josie Dale-Jones and Marco Godinho for this new collaboration with Larisa Faber. Aimed at 4-8 year olds and everyone who is young at heart! #PhilharmonieLuxembourg

Irena Portenko performed Kontz’s ‘Murmuration’ at Carnegie Hall last month in a concert by Vox Feminarum: a new organisation addressing gender disparity in classical music and musical theater. Read about Vox Feminarum here: @catherinekontz.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/catherine-ko...

From the source of the Alzette to the confluence with the Sauer - 2021-2025 - S.L. Grange and I have been following this river and its stories for more than four years. Starting with Wou d’Uelzecht - Esch as part of Esch22, continuing now in Lux-City as part of LUGA, and in Mersch and Ettelbruck.

Pianist Cathy Krier talks about our various collaborations in this new podcast. In Luxembourgish.

So many moments from #rainydays I will carry with me. Here are a few of my favourites.

The #rainydays officially started tonight! Thank you Zashiki Warashi and the team of Medea for opening the festival with a bang. Thank you also to the Théâtre des Capucins for collaborating with the Philharmonie Luxembourg for this extraordinary evening of extreme total theatre!

How durational pieces unlock catharsis: Benjamin Poore situates @catherinekontz.bsky.social's "12HOURS”—premiering on Thursday—among a history of durational pieces with the power to move van-magazine.com/mag/duration...

I will be live on Radio ARA at 17.00 Luxembourg time to talk about rainy days. Tune in www.radioara.org/show/ara-bis...

one more sleep! #rainydays

12Hours for voice and electronics will premiere this Thursday at #rainydays @rosiemiddleton.bsky.social Can’t wait! www.rainydays.lu

It’s almost time for #rainydays at Philharmonie Luxembourg. Do you have your daypasses yet? Some days are now sold out. 20-24th November 2024! Can’t wait! More information on www.rainydays.lu