"One
of
the
guitar's
needs
at
the
present
time
is
that
for
new
repertory,
neither
couched
in
well
established
idioms
nor
those
of
the
avant-garde,
against
which
public
taste
rebels
-
adventurous
and
interesting
but
not
unintelligible
or
pretentious!
Jovan
Pesec is well equipped to provide it."
John W. Duarte
jovan.pesec
momentum
„a.l.e.p.p.o“ - this concerto is based on clavichord suite.bwv437 by George Frederic Handel
and dedicated to the Syrian city of Aleppo and its inhabitants, who endured unfathomable
destruction and suffering
during the years of the war from 2012 to 2016.
There are versions for:
- piano.&.orchestra.&.synthesizer
- guitar.&.orchestra.&.synthesizer
- guitar.& strings.&.synthesizer
infos
18.04.2019
A taster of „lost.in.the.city“: https://youtu.be/Xrh98YfoZ0M
29.09.2019
Mak Grgic & Jovan Pesec
Mak Grgic performs Jovan Pesec at „Musikverein Vienna“:
sonata.EBOLA.reloaded: https://youtu.be/YmEBPt2jMOM
A taster of „g.h.e.t.t.o“: https://youtu.be/xfAz8gCCsuw
04.08.2019
31.01.2019
concerto.novajor
was recorded by studio.v4m.net in Vienna.
Please visit following playlists:
Youtube:
http://yt.vu/p/PLDvRxavSmHjllwU63lEcN6o80eRIi9iGT
SoundCLoud:
https://soundcloud.com/studiov4mnet/sets/concerto-novajor
Thank you!
The composition
concerto.novajor
of Jovan Pesec
represents in form, scope and content
a real rarity
in the guitar-literature.
It creates a mood,
that the listener allows,
to come to silence
and escape from our hectic times.
Graz, January 2019
Heinz Irmler
12.08.2020
A taster of „h.o.m.e.l.e.s.s“ with Gabriel Guillén:
https://youtu.be/d7koY8wKifs
28.07.2018
Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2019
Seehof in Rust and Musikverein in Vienna:
Alirio Diaz International Guitar Competition
14 April until 18 April 2019
With Anna Likhacheva ,Elena Papandreou, Oscar Ghiglia, Carlo Marchione,Thom
Kerstens, Senio Diaz, Gabriel Guillen, Jovan Pesec, Heinz Irmler, Fotis Koutsothodorus,
Eurostrings winners and more.
Keep in touch.
infos
29.03.2018
Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2018
Mac Grgic performed hommage.2.T by Jovan Pesec
Location Seehof/Rust/Austria
This was the first performance of hommage.2.T
An extremely modern but very witty paraphrase on "Lagrima" by Francisco
Tarrega. After various highs and lows, the composition ends with the
original version of F. Tarrega. An excellent interpretation of Mak Grgic,
acclaimed by the audience.
29.03.2018
Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2018
Niklas Johansen & Andra Roberto performed lost.in.the.city
composed by Jovan Pesec for guitarduo, voice & orchestra.
Conductor: Claus Eickhoff
Speaker: Oskar Marijan
Orchestra: Horizon Youth Orchestra
Location: Seehof/Rust/Austria
This concert is based on the poem „Lost in the city“ by Guanell Rodjerry Oristel. A immigrant, who emigrated
from Tahiti to the USA, wandered around New York City and was not able to manage for a long time. A very
topical problem in our Vienna today too!.
25.03.2018
Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2018
Oskar Marijan, Stefan Hackl & Richard Vaughan performed
love.of.nature composed by Richard Vaughan for flute, guitar & voice.
Flute: Oskar Marijan
Guitar: Stefan Hackl
Speaker: Richard Vaughan
Location: Seehof/Rust/Austria
A composition that has miraculously transferred the love of nature into music and was presented by the soloists
congenially. The audience liked it very much!
16.03.2018
Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2018
SHORTLIST - Composers Competition 2018
"Perpetuum Mobile" for Classical Guitar
We got 29 submissions from the following countries:
Germany, Russia, Iran, Chile, Spain, Venezuela, Italy, China, Argentina,
Austria, Israel, Columbia, Great Britain, Greek, Poland, Cyprus, Slovakia
and USA.
"Congratulations to the members of the shortlist for their great
contributions to our contest!" on behalf of the jury:
Jovan Pesec, chairman of the Composers Competition
15.04.2017
Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2017
Richard Vaughan performs study.in.contionous.movement.
This was the winning composition of the
1.composers.competition
of the Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2017
This video was produced by studio.v4m.net, based on a recording of the
composition by the composer himself!
rust.perpetuo
1.composers.competition://winners
Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2017
Place 1
Richard Vaughan (Germany)
Place 2
Björnsosn Gulli (Iceland)
Place 3
Mora-Jiménez Jose (Netherland)
10.04.2017
Jovan Pesec Richard Vaughan Gabriel Guillén
09.03.2017
just.PIANO … with Hiroyo Masumura
Judith.P.Fischer on Facebook:
Die CD "just.PIANO", produziert vom Studio www.v4m.net ist
da. Hiroyo Masumura spielt darauf Beethoven, Chopin und
"pour.REMI" von Jovan Pesec. Ich durfte das Coverfoto der
jungen Pianistin machen.
25.03.2018
Internationales Gitarrenfestival Rust 2018
Sabine Thielman, Istvan Beke, Gabriel Guillen & Stefan Trifan
performed J.S.Bach concerto.bwv.1061 arranged by Jovan Pesec for
guitarquartet & strings.
Conductor: Claus Eickhoff
Strings: Horizon Youth Orchestra
Location: Seehof/Rust/Austria
The difficult task of transferring the concerto BWV 1061 for two harpsichords for guitar quartet was elegantly
solved by Jovan Pesec. Soloists, orchestra and conductor played a major role in making the concert a great
audience success.
15.10.2016
1st International Composors Competition Rust 2017
for classical guitar
Closing date: 28th February 2017
Subject: Composition of a piece for classical solo guitar (six
strings) of a length between 2 and 4 minutes’ duration that
can be described as an etude.
Description: The idea of the competition is to encourage a
range of 21st century responses to the genre of etudes.
Entries will be judged according to composers’ ability to take
on the challenge of writing a memorable, individual and truly
contemporary piece of etude in a genre that crosses so many
boundaries in music, with account also taken of skill in
writing for the guitar.
The competition is open to composers of all ages and
nationalities Only unpublished and previously unperformed
works may be submitted.
02.08.2018
Diesen Sonntag wird das "Burgenland von oben" bei der ORF Sendung "Erlebnis Österreich"
vorgestellt. Zu sehen sind die burgenländischen Kulturdenkmäler Schloss Esterházy, Burg
Forchtenstein & Schloss Lackenbach. Save the date 5. August um 16:30 Uhr
Noch vor dem Sommer lädt Judith.P.Fischer zu ihrer bevorstehenden Ausstellung, gemeinsam mit
Gottfried Ecker, ein:
pillow.talk
Mittwoch 5. August 2018 um 19 Uhr
Galerie Straihammer und Seidenschwann
Grünangergasse 8
1010 Wien
www.galerie-sunds.at
04.08.2018
06.08.2018
Transilvania International Guitar Festival
Gabriel Guillén posted on FACEBOOK:
„Getting ready for tonight's recital: Gabriel Guillen. We start at 19:30 at the Piarist Church on
University Street. Free entry. See you there!“
14.08.2018
01.09.2018
Composers Competition Rust 2019 was started.
More information at : www.composerscompetition-rust.info
01.09.2018
Impressions of the night of the museums in the Musée national d‘historie naturelle in Luxembourg.
Premiere of the composition "alien.lullaby" by Jovan Pesec for flute, guitar, marimbafon and piano with the
Ensemble ARS Nova Lux on October 14th, 2018 at 19:30 in the Musée national d‘historie naturelle.
Performers: Kae Shiraki, Victor Kraus, Maria Miteva and Josip Dragnić.
There is still no recording of the premiere. But an impression of the composition conveys the following video by
studio.v4m.net: https://youtu.be/tbVN03tx3UI *)
*) by synthesizer
vita
Born
in
the
Slovenian-speak-ing
part
of
Carinthia
(Austria),
Jovan
Pesec
studied
composition
and
piano
at
the
Carinthian
State
Conservatory
in
Klagenfurt/Austria.
At
the
same
time,
he
taught
himself
to
play
the
guitar.
Subsequently,
he
took
part
in
master
classes
with
Heinz
Irmler
and
Konrad
Ragossnig
.
Alongside
his
musical
training,
Jovan
Pesec
also
studied
industrial
and
pro-cess
engineering at the Technical University of Graz, obtaining both a degree and doctorate.
While
working
for
industrial
companies,
he
turned
his
attention
to
composing,
focusing
initially
on
algorithmic music, the classical guitar, song, flute, cello, orchestra etc. …
Whereas
the.legend.of.novajor
,
m.a.n.d.r.a.g.o.r.a
,
moon.rain
,
twi.light
,
etc.
display
a
neo-romantic
style
of
composition,
other
compositions
by
Jovan
Pesec,
including
zarkos.cry
,
alien.lullaby
,
v.i.r.u.s
,
mare.lunare
,
alira.soy,
the.milky.way
,
einsteins.umbrella.lost.in.space
,
hommage.2.T
,
and
cat.fight
,
gilmaranua
and
the.crab.nebula
,
break
new
ground
by
means
of
the
interaction
between
computer-
aided
composition
techniques
(fractal
and
genetic
algorithms),
traditional
harmonics
and
creative
experi-mentation
with
the
guitar.
In
2002-2003,
Jovan
Pesec,
together
with
the
German
guitar
maker
Frank-Peter
Dietrich,
designed
the
Jovaluna
,
a
double-choired
quart
guitar,
mainly
built
with
Western
wood
and
tuned
to
the
primal
tone
of
the
moon
(420.837
Hz).
For
this
instrument,
Pesec
wrote
a
series
of
original
compositions
dealing
with
the
moon
–
alira.soy,
mare.lunare
and
the.game
–
and
transcribed
3 Sonatas
by Domenico Scarlatti, all of which were compiled under the title:
die.geschichte.der.jovaluna
(the.story.of.jovaluna)
Jovan
Pesec
composed
also
a
lot
of
concertos
for
Flute
and
Flute
&
orchestra,
e.g.
R.E.T.R.O
performed with Oskar Marijan (flute) & Ruhrstadt Orchester under Claus Eickhoff.
© by Judith.P.Fischer
They said, "You have a blue guitar,
You do not play things as they are."
The man replied, "Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar."
by Wallace Stevens
“The composition the.story.of.the.jovaluna of
Jovan Pesec represents in form, scope and
content a real rarity in the guitar-literature. It
creates a mood, that the listener allows, to
come to silence and escape from our hectic
times.“..
Heinz Irmler
“As far as I know, v.i.r.u.s is the first composition for guitar, which
was completely produced on the basis of a genetic code.Each of the
six mutuations forms a individual microcosmfor itself, that combine
the macrocosm of theHIV virus with the inexhaustible possibilities of
the guitar. With this composition a door to a new composition
technology for guitar was opened. With Jovan Pesec, member of
the Board of the international Gitarrefestival Rust and Chairman of
the composition competition, I have a long-standing, successful
collaboration. A selection of joint projects can be found here.“
Gabriel Guillén
“The Concerto for Violoncello in C major (Hob.viib/1)
was written between 1761 and 1765, Unpublished, it
remained hidden until 1961, when it was discovered in
Prague’s National Library. It seems to have been written
for Joseph Weigl, a cellist in Prince Esterházy’s
orchestra. To judge by the dazzling figurations of the
first movement, he must have been a virtuoso. It
perhaps suggests the late Baroque rather than the
mature mastery of the Classical sonata form which
Haydn later achieved, though one of its outstanding characteristics is the inventiveness which the
composer displayed throughout his life. Of its suitability for transcription to the guitar there can be
no doubt. Jovan Pesec’s version, done for the Venezuelan guitarist Gabriel Guillén, sounds as if it
had been written for the guitar. It makes a valuable contribution to the guitar repertoire.“
Colin Cooper
"One of the guitar's needs at the present time is that
for new repertory, neither couched in well established
idioms nor those of the avant-garde, against which
public taste rebels - adventurous and interesting but
not unintelligible or pretentious! Jovan Pesec is well
equipped to provide it".
John W. Duarte
reviews
Under the direction of Jovan Pesec, the composition
competition of the International Guitar Festival at Rust gives
the opportunity for composers for the guitar of any age and
nationality to share their work in a competitive and yet
supportive culture.
As a highly regarded composer himself, Jovan knows that
talent from wherever it comes needs to be nurtured. The
publication of all the works entered for all participants who
take part, gives every competitor the opportunity to learn
from their fellow artists and to develop their own skills.
Richard Vaughan
„A man of many talents,
Jovan Pesec composed „sonata.p.04“
(hommage.a.domenico.scarlatti) based on „hebb“ and „k.011“
in September of 2007. The work is dedicated to me and forms
part of his “project.gim://fractal.music”.
It is a homage to Domenico Scarlatti
and is based in part on
my last name and the Sonata K 011 of Scarlatti.“
Bernard Hebb
„R.E.T.R.O is my personal favorite of Jovan
Pesecs compositions. It is written in such an
atypical manner that I couldn’t play it by
intuition. While rehearsing the piece I went
through various emotional stages. At the
beginning it was truly infuriating, as the only
way to learn the piece was trial and error. Still,
after all the practice, the final product was more
than worth it.“
Oskar Marijan
The beautiful work "pour.remi" by Jovan Pesec
is a lovesong, not only to hear longing and
sweet melody, but also to remember deep
melancholy moments. With the sweetness
and melancholy comes the memory of Remi,
the young girlfriend of the composer, who died
in early childhood of polio. The piece was
written for a composition contest, and I was
allowed to perform it for the recording.
Fortunately, our cooperation was the result of
the production of the CD "just.piano!" On this
record you can also hear the Moonlight Sonata
of Beethoven and four short works by Chopin.
Hiroyo Masumura vial Mail
Für Jovan Pesec ist kein Auftrag
unmöglich, sei es z.B. die Komposition
"Quokoo!" für zwei Gitarren und Flöte
anlässlich einer Kuckucksuhren-
Ausstellung in der Schwerter St. Viktor-
Kirche oder das Arrangement des
Bachschen Cembalo-Doppelkonzerts für
vier Gitarren und Orchester zur Eröffnung
des Internationalen Gitarrenfestivals Rust
2018! Und immer ist das Ergebnis
klanglich überaus ansprechend.
Mach Dich noch auf einiges gefasst,
Jovan!
Sabine Thielmann, Gitarre - vial Mail
Der Komponist Jovan Pesec betraute mich mit dem Dirigat zweier
jüngerer Werke, dem Konzert „R.E.T.R.O“ für Flöte und Orchester (2016)
als Erstaufführung in Deutschland anlässlich des 25-jährigen Bestehens
des Ruhrstadt Orchesters Schwerte in 2017 und dem Konzert
„lost.in.the.city“ für Stimme, 2 Gitarren, Streicher, Syndizier u. drone
(2017) zur Uraufführung im Abschlusskonzert des Internationalen
Gitarrenfestivals in Rust (Österreich) in 2018.
Beide Werke, so unterschiedlich sie sind, wirken nach:
- R.E.T.R.O, im barocken Stil, aber in origineller zeitgemäßer Tonsprache,
lebt von der Spannung zwischen Kantilene und Virtuosität. Viel Applaus
ist dem Stück sicher.
- lost.in.the.city, nach einem Text von Guanel Rodjerry Oristel, ist ganz
und gar Ausdruck unserer Zeit. Die Verlorenheit zumal als Fremder in der
heutigen Großstadt. Keine Ansprache, Ignoranz, Gleichgültigkeit, heimatlose Einsamkeit, kein Happy
End sondern Schrei aus der Not. Musik, die fasziniert in der Betroffenheit. Eine Herausforderung für
Dirigent und Musiker.
Beide Werke sind eine Bereicherung der Konzertliteratur. Dem Komponisten danke ich für das
Vertrauen, das er in meine Leitung gesetzt hat.
Wir planen „lost.in.the.city“ als deutsche Erstaufführung in der Spielzeit 2019 des Ruhrstadt
Orchesters.
Danke und Anerkennung dem Komponisten Jovan Pesec.
Möge ihm sein Schaffensdrang noch lange erhalten bleiben.
Claus Eickhoff vial Mail
Der Titel der Arbeit „Cascade“, eine Kunst-am-Bau
Arbeit, die ich 2004 für die Handelsakademie in
Korneuburg gestaltete, ist gleichzeitig das Thema des
Werkes. Das Wort Cascade bedeutet Wasserfall.
Hand in Hand mit der optischen Umsetzung, den
Wasserfall in seiner sinnlichen Fülle darzustellen,
komponierte Jovan Pesec dazu eine Klangflut aus
computergenerierten Tönen und Klängen, die langsam
anschwellen und die Assoziation zu fließendem Wasser,
Wasserfall, Wasserstrudel, Wasserrauschen,
Wellenklängen assoziiert.
Die Komposition, die bei der feierlichen Eröffnung den
Besucherinnen und Besuchern der Schule zu Gehör
gebracht wurde, erfüllte das Atrium des (in dem die
Cascade zu sehen ist) mit klanglicher Fülle - eigenständig und innovativ.
So kann die Musik in der Folge auch ohne optische Cascade gehört und gespielt werden, weil vor
dem inneren Auge ganz automatisch das Bild eines Wasserfalles entsteht. Ein Klangbild, das seine
Gültigkeit nicht verliert.
Judith P. Fischer, 2018
c.a.s.c.a.d.e by Jovan Pesec
Jovan Pesec started an amazing composition
competition, which gives amazing composers
from all over the world the precious opportunity
to share their works with other musicians. Jovan
is an amazing composer and musician himself,
his creation and brilliant idea for this
phenomenal platform for others should be
greatly appreciated. He is also a great teacher,
who bring about and guided Oskar Marijan, his
sun and a great flutist, in the path of becoming a
virtuoso musician.
James Chiang vial Mail
Jovan Pesec is a composer of
wit and charm. Nowadays,
when the art of composing is
full of philosophy and
oppressive weight, there are
glimpses of natural musicality
out there. Johann’s music
evokes such effortlessness.
Whether composing or
through-composing, he plays
with musical material as if it
was the most easy thing to do.
When learning his piece,
Hommage 2 T, the music
flowed through my fingers from the first touch. The piece was funny, musical and
joyful. Thus, I look forward to seeing Johann’s opus grow prosperously and hope
there will be more of his works for me to learn!
Mak Grgic
Mit Jovan Pesec verbindet mich
eine langjährige künstlerische
Zusammenarebeit im Zuge deren
ich nicht nur Bekanntschaft mit
seinen außergewöhnlichen
Kompositionen, basierend auf
Genmaterial oder
Sternenkonstellationen, machen
sondern auch ein für mich neues
und faszinierendes
Gitarreninstrument, nämlich die
von Jovan entworfene Jovaluna
(sic!) kennenlernen durfte.
Erfolgreiche Konzerte mit
ebendiesem Instrument, meisterhaft interpretiert von Heinz Irmler, ebenso wie mit Jovans
begeisternden Bearbeitungen diverser Instrumentalkonzerte für Gitarre waren und sind die äußerst
kreativen Früchte dieser Zusammenarbeit..
Georg Kugi, 2018
Wir haben gestern bei der Nacht der
Museen in Luxemburg das Stück
„alien.lullaby“ von Jovan Pesec bei der
Ausstellung „Otherworlds“ im
Naturhistorischen Museum gespielt. Der
Klang war himmlisch. Die Wahl der
Instrumente bei diesem Stück ist sehr
gut überlegt! Die schallenden Wellen des
Vibraphons mischen sich beruhigend
und gleichzeitig geheimnisvoll mit dem
Klang der Flöte in der tiefen Lage und
lassen die Gitarre, in monotonen
Achteln, Einen in ein Land der Träume
entführen. Die Harmonien des Klaviers
erden die Stimmung und runden den
Zauber ab.Bei der Kulisse der
Ausstellung hat dieses Stück eine
unglaublich überirdische Atmosphäre
geschaffen. Danke, lieber Jovan!
Maria Miteva, 2018
gallery
Joseph Haydn Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra in C Major HobVIIb/1
gabriel.guillén & hungarian.philharmonic.orchestra
conductor:georg.kugi
arranger:jovan.pesec
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