Duo Gelland & 113 Composers

Eminent European ensemble, Duo Gelland, has turned an 18th-century concept into a driving force of contemporary exploration. Their passionate, profound, and playful interpretations have earned them the Annual German Record Critics' Award 2008, Swedish Nutida Sound 2011, and Fanfare Yearbook 2001. They revive forgotten gems with historically-inspired insight, and in close collaboration with composers, bring new scores to life - nearly 200 premieres - while frequently performing work by composers such as Giorgio Netti, Bernd Franke, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Samuel Adler, James Dillon, Bruno Maderna, and Luigi Nono. Duo Gelland has premiered and performed duos and double concerti in the Berliner Philharmonie (both halls), Konzertverein Wien, Grünewaldsalen Stockholm, and Tand onhalle Zürich. They are guest lecturers at Musikhochschule Leipzig and were artists-in-residence in Strömsund for almost 10 years. They have been in residence throughout Minneapolis and Duluth on a yearly basis, working with student composers and musicians, as well as children in inner-city schools.

113, a collection of composers and performers of new music, curates concerts, seminars, and master classes. Through ambitious programming, community building, and educational outreach, 113 provides a platform for musicians pursuing bold, personalized artistic visions, and helps them to transmit those visions, unfettered by university politics, market pressures, or established conventions, as directly and honestly as possible to audiences. Since its inception in 2012, 113 has presented over sixty world premieres and worked with composers and performers such as Richard Barrett, Anthony Cheung, Chaya Czernowin, James Dillon, Julio Estrada, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Pisaro, Collect/Project, Duo Gelland, Ensemble Dal Niente, Fonema Consort, The Gregorian Singers, Marcelo Rilla, Bill Solomon, the Strains New Music Ensemble, and Milana Zaric, as well as dozens of local musicians of the highest caliber.  Our 2018-19 season programs include the Twin Cities International New Music Festival, concerts, residencies, and opera screenings by internationally-acclaimed composers and musicians such as Chaya Czernowin, Helmut Lachenmann, György Ligeti, the TAK Ensemble, and the Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, and works created during our 2018 educational residency by the students of Folwell School Performing Arts Magnet.