Amelia Cuni

Major Dhrupad Music Concerts in India. 1984–1996

  • Dhrupad Samaroh, Festival, Vrindavan
  • Dhrupad Mela, Festival, Varanasi
  • Dadar-Matunga Music Circle, Mumbai
  • Nehru Centre, Mumbai
  • India International Centre, New Delhi
  • Music Academy, Chennai

Major Dhrupad Music Concerts from 1992:

  • Parampara Festival, Haus der Culturen der Welt. Berlin (D).
  • Released on LP, Black Truffle 2021.
  • Tarang Festival, Haus der Culturen der Welt. Berlin (D).
  • Bode Museum, Berlin (D).
  • Schauspielhaus, Berlin (D).
  • Tagore Centre–Indian Embassy, Berlin (D).
  • Gasteig, Munich (D).
  • Festival of Women Composers between Asia and Europe, Villa Stück, Munich (D).
  • Alte Oper, Frankfurt (D).
  • International Symposium "Teaching Musics of the World", Musik Akademie, Basel
  • Teatro Comunale, Chiasso (I).
  • WOMAD Global Spirit Festival, Barbican Centre, London (UK).
  • Union Chapel Islington, London (UK).
  • Purcell Room, London (UK).
  • King’s Place, London (UK).
  • Women in Music, Festival, Chard (F).
  • Maison de l’Inde, Paris (F).
  • Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice (I).
  • Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome (I).
  • Radial System, Berlin (D).
  • Conference of the Society for Music Research, University, Göttingen (D).
  • RASA, Dhrupad Festival in Holland, Utrecht (NL).

Major Concerts with Other Musical Projects. From 1992:

Danza D’Amore, with an Indian Music, Baroque ensemble and a dancer:

  • Summer School Festival of Music, Dartington (GB).
  • Fondazione Teatro La Fenice, Venice (I).
  • Autunno Musicale, Festival, Como (I).
  • È Vento e Suono, Festival, Teatro Rossini, Pesaro (I).
  • Udine Estate, Festival, Udine (I).
  • Early Music, Festival, Cusiano (I).
  • Sacred Music Festival, Pordenone (I).
  • Etnofestival, San Marino (RSM).
  • Aspekte Indisher Musik, Passionskirche, Berlin (D).

UK tour, with Francis Silkstone and his ensemble Sounds Bazaar, Terry Riley on piano, 1999:

  • London
  • Rainbow over Bath, Bath
  • Norfolk & Norwich, Festival
  • Contemporary Music Festival, Oxford

Il Sogno di Dolasilla with W. Durand, P. Schütze and R. Tombesi. Produced by A. Cuni, inspired by an ancient legend of the Alps, in Ladin:

  • Arte Sella, 2000. Trento (I).
  • Festival Suoni del Mondo, 2002. Riva del Garda (I).

Asthayama–Song of Hours, multimedia performance conceived with Werner Durand. Co-produced by Podewil and ZKM. Major concerts:

  • Podewil, Berlin (D).
  • ZKM, 2000. Karlsruhe (D).
  • Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2000. London (UK).
  • Tropen Museum, 2001. London (UK).
  • Düsseldorfer Altstadt Herbst, Tanzhaus NRW, 2002. Düsseldorf (D).
  • Akademie der Künste, 2003. Berlin (D).
  • De Ijsbreker, 2003. Amsterdam (NL).
  • Other Minds Festival, Yerba Buena Theatre, 2004. San Francisco (USA).
  • Stimmenfestival, 2005. Basel (CH).
  • Serralves Modern Arts Museum, 2006. Porto (P).
  • Burghof, 2007. Lörrach (D).

Re/Orientation and Ancient Traditions and New Trends in Indo-European Music with minimalist Werner Durand and his self-built wind instruments.

Major concerts:

  • Teatro Sociale, 2012. Bergamo (I).
  • Music Gallery, 2010. Toronto (CDN).
  • Interpretation Series/World Music Institute, 2006. New York (USA).
  • CNMAT–University, Berkeley. Berkeley (USA).
  • New Music–VOX Festival, 2004. Vancouver (CDN).
  • LEM Festival, 2003. Barcelona (E).
  • Berlin in Hong Kong, Festival, 2000. Hong Kong (HK).
  • La Alternativa, International Festival, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (E).
  • Podewil, Berlin (D).
  • Institut Unzeit, Berlin (D).
  • Die Küche, Berlin (D).
  • MusikSalon–Ethnologisches Museum Dahlem. Berlin (D).
  • Tagore Centre–Indian Embassy, Berlin (D).
  • DASA Museum, Dortmund (D).
  • Musikinstrumente Museum, Leipzig (D).
  • Intro–in situ, Maastricht (NL).
  • Link, Bologna (I).
  • Itinerari Folk Festival, Trento (I).
  • Teatro MIELA. Trieste (I).
  • Voz de Mulher, Festival, Aveiro (P).

Other Musical Projects and Collaborations:

Rebis, by Fernando Grillo for Amelia Cuni, double bass and tabla, 1989. Perugia (I).

Todo Canto, by Chico Mello for Amelia Cuni, soprano, piano and tabla. Major concerts:

  • Schauspielhaus, 1996. Berlin (D). Released on CD, 2012.
  • Musikakademie, 1996. Rheinsberg (D).
  • Banco do Brazil, 2002. Rio de Janeiro (BR).

Song Book Complete by John Cage, 1970.

With the New Music Vocal Ensemble Die Maulwerker: Theatre, 2001. Bielefeld (D).

Metall, by Roland Pfrengle for Amelia Cuni, gong, tam-tam, computer. 1999–2002:

  • Folkwang Hochschule, Festival Ex Machina, 2002. Essen (D).
  • Presented as part of the performance AN SICH – Bilder/Stille (Pfrengle, 2002)
  • co-produced by Hebbel Theatre and Maerzmusik/Berliner Festspiele, 2003. Berlin (D).

Trying Orpheus, music-theatre conceived and produced by Francis Silkstone, directed by Richard Cuming, with Indian contemporary dancer Astad Deboo:

  • University, 2002. Winchester (UK).
  • Flores, by and with Maria de Alvear for Amelia Cuni, trumpet and new music ensemble Musikfabrik, produced by Deutschland Radio.
  • Forum Neue Musik, 2003. Cologne (D).
  • Gran Sol, by and with Maria de Alvear for Amelia Cuni with cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, produced by Other Minds Festival.
  • Yerba Buena Center, 2005. San Francisco (USA).
  • Raga d’Oltreoceano with Terry Riley. Concerts, 2005–6:
  • Contempo Festival, Montefalco (I).
  • Contemporanea, Udine (I).
  • Centro d’Arte, Padova (I).

Solo 58 (18 Microtonal Ragas) from Song Books, John Cage, 1970 with Werner Durand, Federico Sanesi, Ray Kaczynski. Self-produced together with various European festivals:

  • Maerzmusik/Berliner Festspiele, premiere, 2006. Berlin (D).
  • Expozice nové hudby – Brno (CZ).
  • Musicadhoy – Madrid (E).
  • Autumn Festival – Budapest (H).
  • Casa da Música – Porto (P).
  • Voix Nouvelles Fondation Royaumont, Royaumont (F).
  • Handelsbeurs – Gent (BE).
  • Ultima, Festival, Oslo (N).
  • Stavanger (N).
  • Biennale Musica, Venice (I).
  • Other Minds – Berkeley (USA).
  • Red Cat Theatre/CalArts – Los Angeles (USA).
  • Aterforum Festival – Ferrara (I).
  • Rec-Festival, Reggio Emilia (I).
  • Ankunft neue Musik, Festival. Hauptbahnhof, Berlin (D).

Other Collaborations:

BORN OF SIX with Catherine Christer Hennix and W. Durand:

  • NK, 2013. Berlin (D).
  • Released on CD. Important Records, 2013.

Songs-coro, based on Luciano Berio’s Coro. With members of the Berliner Philharmonie, 2010. Berlin (D).

As part of “Unterwegs IV” with readings by Roger Willemsen,

Kammermusiksaal/Philharmonie, 2012. Berlin (D).

Gramophone Saraswati by and with A. Cuni, W. Durand, commissioned by New Music Festival, MaerzMusik/Berliner Festspiele, with Futurist Intonarumori Orchestra, reconstruction of L. Russolo’s intonarumori, founded by Performa, New York.

Conducted by Luciano Chessa:

  • World premiere, Radial System, 2011. Berlin (D).
  • Under the title HMN, adaptation presented at New Music Festival, 2013. Ostrava (CZ).

Blues Dhikr al-Salam (Blues al-Maqam), participation and collaboration with minimalist composer Catherine Christer Hennix and the Chora(s)san Time Court Mirage ensemble. Concerts:

  • Grimm Museum, 2011. Kassel (D). Released on CD Important Records/Sonic Acts, 2012.
  • ClubTransMediale, 2012. Berlin (D).
  • Sonic Acts, 2012. Amsterdam (NL).

With W. Durand and early music singer Maria Jonas, conceived a performance based on ragas in dialogue with the music of Hildegard von Bingen. Concerts:

  • KlangZeit Festival, 2008. Münster (D).
  • Imago Dei Festival, Klangraum, 2010. Krems (A).
  • Festival, Basilica S. Vitale, 2012. Ravenna (I).

Presented with M. Jonas and her vocal ensemble “Ars Choralis Coeln” at Medieval Music Festival, 2011. Montalbane (D). Released on CD, Talaton Records, 2012. Strasbourg (F).

In the field of new and experimental music, she has also collaborated with international artists: David Moss, Rajesh Mehta, Roberto Paci Dalò, Zeitblom, and theatre director Giancarlo Cauteruccio.

With composer Alessandro Bosetti; voice, text and electronics. Performance: West Germany, 2013. Berlin (D).

With David Toop, Paul Schütze and Toshinori Kondo. Concert: Impakt Festival, 1997. Utrecht (NL).

Concert with electronic music by various composers: ZKM (Centre for Arts and Media Technology), Karlsruhe (D).

In duo with Paul Schütze; electronics: Sampling Rage Festival, Podewil, 1999. Berlin (D).

Trialogo, Italian tour. A project by Israeli composer and guitarist Yuval Avital, with Sainkho Namtchylak, Bob Rutman, Omar Bandinu, Joe Legwabe. Summer 2009 (I).

Collaboration with Asian Underground music pioneer Talvin Singh, concerts with traditional and modern compositions:

  • King’s Place, 2012. London (UK).
  • Haus der Culturen der Welt, 2013. Berlin (D).

With the group Tonalien: Werner Durand, self-built wind instruments; Robin Hayward, microtonal tuba; Hilary Jeffery, trombone. Concerts:

  • Schwaz, 2015 (A).
  • Sonic Acts Festival, 2015. Amsterdam (NL).
  • Released on LP, Telemark, 2017.
  • Labor Sonor, Kule, 2015. Berlin (D).
Zeitblom & Amelia performing at Lange Nacht der Museen (Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2003)
Zeitblom & Amelia performing at Lange Nacht der Museen (Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2003)
Ashtayama, Conceptualism, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (by Henning Schossig, 2003)
Ashtayama, Conceptualism, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (by Henning Schossig, 2003)
Parampara — Holi, with Ramkumar & Vidur Mallick (HKW, Berlin, 1992)
Parampara — Holi, with Ramkumar & Vidur Mallick, HKW, Berlin (by R. Beeche, 1992)