Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
wittener tage für neue kammermusik witten day new chamber music music festival contemporary chamber music jointly organised town witten ruhr area broadcasting station westdeutscher rundfunk wdr concert take place weekend end april early may concentrate world premiere smallscale work broadcast worldwide via european broadcasting union composer robert ruthenfranz founded wittener musiktage world war ii festival held irregular interval became annual event wdr took running festival received present name wilfried brennecke wdr responsible programming focussing composer portrait concert since introducing composer country behind iron curtain friedrich goldmann györgy kurtág since harry vogt also wdr directed program widened festival variety chamber music including sound installation improvisation aspect music theatre among others ensemble recherche freiburg klangforum wien arditti string quartet ensemble modern regular performer recently ascolta musikfabrik ensemble also taken part starting ensemble recherche began commissioning ongoing series short nomine composition festival dedicated harry vogt collectively titled witten nomine broken consort book composer contributed piece series included brian ferneyhough georg friedrich haas toshio hosokawa györgy kurtág claussteffen mahnkopf gérard pesson robert hp platz rolf riehm wolfgang rihm salvatore sciarrino matthias pintscher han zender walter zimmermann festival event european capital culture ruhrgebiet called ruhr featured composer matthias pintscher jörg widmann student han werner henze composer included beat furrer founded ensemble klangforum wien year enno poppe salvatore sciarrino bernhard lang friedrich cerha festival compared donaueschinger musiktage goetheinstitut state importance westdeutscher rundfunk wdr staunchly supported contemporary music playing leading role wittener tage für neue kammermusik probably important contemporary music festival donaueschingen focus small formation witten thrives high standard composition interpretation festival pioneered major development history musical genre including renaissance string quartet would conceivable without advocacy wittener tage für neue kammermusik website