As the recipient of the CEC
ArtsLink Fellowship Award, Ivan spent six weeks in the USA
during October and November. His residency was hosted by
Sonic Crossroads
and the Music Department of Texas A&M University at College
Station, Texas. Ivan held numerous workshops and presentations
at both Texas A&M and Moores School of Music at Houston
University.
One of the high points of Ivan’s residency was a concert held in Bryan,
Texas on November 6, 2009. Besides
Pebbles,
Five haiku after Bashô (played on the organ by the
author) and
Marittimo (Bethany Lawrence, oboe, Alex Hlavinka,
piano, Texas A&M String Orchestra with Paul Sikes, conductor),
the evening devoted to Ivan’s music entailed two premieres:
Lamento for alto flute and organ (Mariana Gariazzo and Ivan) and
I’m still working on it
for piano and organ (played by Kathryn Woodard and Ivan).
Bethany Lawrence and Alex Hlavinka were soloists again on a different
performance of
Marittimo for oboe, piano and string orchestra. The
concert was held at the Moores School of Music in Houston on
November 10, with the Moores String Orchestra and Jaemy Loeb,
conductor.
Ivan’s new piece for cello and piano
Canto de la ave rapiega was premiered on November 6,
2009 in Pula, at the concert held during the Music Review of the
Croatian Society of Composers. Performers were Petra Kušan
and Danijel Detoni.
The
American premiere of Ivan's
Pastir
dobri for
women's choir and piano was held in San Antonio, Texas, on
October 24, with Texas A&M Women's Chorus and Jess Wade, conductor.
Splithesis ensemble with Hari Zlodre, conductor, held their fourth concert on
October 6, 2009 in Split. Ivan’s
A thousand pines, one Moon
for piano and chamber ensemble was premiered with the author
playing the piano part. The recording of the piece can be heard
here.
American pianist Kathryn Woodard recorded Ivan’s solo piano piece
Sotto voce. It appears on her CD
Journeys,
issued by the Sonic
Crossroads label.
Ana Benić, flute, Sanja Milić, oboe, Ivan Bratoš, piano and Oleg Goursky,
double bass, performed Ivan’s
Pebbles at the
Splithesis concert on February 25, 2009 in the Croatian
National Theatre in Split. You can listen to this piece
here.