Book launch & signing of the last "Edition Modern" CD release. Also launch of the book dedicated to musical notation "On the Metamorphosis of the Musical Text. Book 1". Complete scores by Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram, with an introduction by Philip Clark and Jean Ballard Terepka, an afterword by Ana-Maria Avram and a text by Iancu Dumitrescu.

“ Dumitrescu’s music  is spectral, electroacoustic, but above all it is a coherent totality grounded in a different conception. Of all living composers, Dumitrescu is the one who has most exploded sound. Dumitrescu's work is a negation, from the depths, of everything in contemporary music symptomatic of distraction, of banalisation, and of a radical loss of purpose. His music is not a new convolution in the knot of modern music, but an unravelling of the curse. (...) One of the first pieces I heard was “Pierres Sacrées”;  I was very struck - as were many other people - by the sound of this music. It seemed quite unlike the usual sound of contemporary composed music. It had far more distortion, noise and violence. There seemed to be a shift away from stable fundamental frequencies, and a greater emphasis on the unstable aspects of sound...”    
Tim HODGKINSON -  RESONANCE - London
 
Avram's music is particularly remarkable because of the very real warmth with which she imbues each of her pieces. Whether composing a solo work which she herself performs, or a piece for electronics, pre-recorded tape, and an entire chamber ensemble, Avram has a brilliant flair for the dramatic paired with a sense of subtlety that lends great contrast and excitement to each moment of each of her works. (...) These clips included here are just a few examples of the already deep contributions Avram has made, to the world of New Music” .  WFMU Radio Station
 
Dumitrescu & Avram are performing with the Hyperion Ensemble at Heimathafen Neukölln the 2nd December, see here for more info.