Seda Röder

Listening to Istanbul…

Seda Röder — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:10:13 +0000

As many of you know, right now I am working on a CD and concert project: “Listening to Istanbul”. For this project I have commissioned six piano works by the most talented Turkish composers of our time. I will record this excellent music in June 2010, and perform the pieces in a series of concerts in Turkey, Europe and the US starting in July.

If you would like to learn more about “Listening to Istanbul” here is a video in which I introduce the project. To stay informed about the upcoming CD and the concerts simply sign up for my newsletter or visit us on http://www.newmusicistanbul.com!

This video and many other videos about the project are also available on Listening to Istanbul Website, and on Youtube.

Thanks for watching!

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]

Watch Hans Tutschku’s “Winternacht”

Seda Röder — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:36:24 +0000

Hi Everyone,

if you missed the HYDRA concert on December 11, here you can watch the video of our performance (with Sam Solomon on percussion). Even if this video cannot capture the effect of the electronics with 32 loudspeakers I guess it will still stimulate your appetite for the next HYDRA series. I hope you enjoy the video of Winternacht as much as we enjoyed performing it! Let us know what you think!

Best,
Seda

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]

Blackbox #006: HYDRA in a Winter Night

sedaroeder.com — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:27:40 +0000

Those who are familiar with the Blackbox series will remember the composer Hans Tutschku. Today I would like to dedicate another episode to Hans and his work. Actually to two of his works: one of them is a compositional achievement: a piano, percussion, and live-electronics work Winternacht (Winter Night), which I will perform together with the percussionist Sam Solomon on Friday.

The other one is an extraordinary contribution to the electro-acoustic music scene in North America: Hydra. Hydra is a so to speak loudspeaker orchestra specially designed for the performance of electro-acoustic music.

The concerts will take place at Paine Hall at Harvard University, on December 10 and 11 starting at 8pm, there will also be a late night concert on December 10 at 10.30pm with a large scale electro-acoustic work by Francois Bayle.

Our performance will take place during the Friday concert. Hope to see many of you there!

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Blackbox 005: Fuchs vs. Brahms – 1 : 1

sedaroeder.com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:23:28 +0000

Robert Fuchs and Johannes Brahms

As you all know in this podcast series I usually talk about contemporary music, but this time I would like to focus on music that is new not in the sense that it was composed recently, but that is new because it is still undiscovered for the wider public: the piano sonata op. 88 in g-minor by Robert Fuchs.

Fuchs was a contemporary of Brahms and in today’s episode I compare two pieces by these two composers.

Please leave me a comment if you like the podcast!

Best wishes,
– Seda

Update: Video and Images of AMREF Benefit Concert

sedaroeder.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:28:34 +0000

“Thank you all for coming out to Killian Hall yesterday night! I hope you enjoyed listening to the concert as much as I enjoyed playing it for you! I also wanted to thank you for your generous contibutions to the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) which will help improve health care for many communities across the African continent.”
– Seda

Video of Sound Check –Hans Tutschku: Zellen Linien

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Seda plays Benefit Concert for AMREF

sedaroeder.com — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:39:33 +0000

You’re cordially invited to a special music event in Cambridge on September 25. Noted MIT piano instructor and Harvard Fellow Seda Röder will give a benefit concert at MIT’s Killian Hall focusing on contemporary German piano music.

The concert will explore the nexus between tradition and innovation. Ms. Röder will introduce each work of the program, which includes pieces by the following distinguished composers:

Alban Berg
Hans Werner Henze
Helmut Lachenmann
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Hans Tutschku

The final piece of the program, Hans Tutschku’s Zellen Linien, brings together “man and machine.” By adding computer-generated sounds to the live performance of the pianist, the audience will be able to experience a unique soundscape moving through a three-dimensional listening space.

Details

Where: Killian Hall. MIT
Rm. 14W-111, MIT Hayden Library Bldg, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
For a map click here
When: September 25, 2009 @ 8pm
Suggested donation is $10

Pre-concert podcasts and free recordings of the works are available on http://www.sedaroeder.com/MIT.

Blackbox #004: My Chamber Music Partner is a Computer!

Seda Röder — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:44:10 +0000

Welcome to the fourth episode of Blackbox. This episode of Blackbox will introduce a composition that employs not only solo piano but also live-electronics: Zellen-Linien (Cells and Lines), composed by one of the most important electronic music composers of our time: Hans Tutschku. I will particularly focus on one fascinating aspect of this composition which is the interaction between computer and performer, and how this interaction affects the aural outcome of each performance.

Here is the full recording of the piece from my performance at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival:

If you would like to listen to a live performance of Zellen-Linien, you are kindly invited to my upcoming performance at MIT’s Kilian Hall on September 25, at 8pm.

I am looking forward to seeing you there, and as always please let me know if you have any comments on this podcast either by simply emailing me at seda@sedaroeder.com or using the comments field below.

– Seda

Backstage at Incubus Concert

Seda Röder — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:23:43 +0000

Hey everyone!

Yesterday, my friend Mike Einziger from Harvard, invited me to the Incubus show at the Comcast Center in Boston! It was a great show! Here are some images of me and the band from the backstage area! I hope you enjoy them!

– Seda

That’s me and Mike Einziger before the show:

Picture of Mike “Veritas” Einziger in action:

With band manager Steve and DJ Chris Kilmore, who used a ring modulator!! :

With Mike after the show:

The next episode of Blackbox…

Seda Röder — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:02:00 +0000

… will be about Hans Tutschku’s Zellen-Linien which is a piece for piano and live-electronics. You can listen to my live recording of Zellen-Linien at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival here.

If you have any particular questions about this piece, please post them here by using the comments field below, or email me directly at seda@sedaroeder.com, and I will then try to address your questions in my upcoming podcast.

I am looking forward to your input:-)
- Seda

Blackbox #003: How Méandres meanders

sedaroeder.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:51:06 +0000

The third episode of Blackbox is on Bert van Herck’s piano piece Méandres. The main focus of this episode lies on the question of how the composer transforms a musical idea that seems secondary at first into an important supporting pillar of his work. Of course, you will also find out how all of this relates to the title of Bert’s piece (and of this episode).

As always the podcast contains many musical examples as well as a full recording of my performance of the piece.

I am looking forward to receiving any feedback or questions from you. Please post your comments below or email me directly at seda@sedaroeder.com

Have fun!

– Seda

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