17th Uzeyir Hajibeyli Festival: Wolfgang Rüdiger

Chamber music concert

An event poster for the XVI International Music Festival in Uzeyir Hacıbəyli, Azerbaijan, from September 18 to 28, 2025. The poster features the festival dates and location at Beynəlxalq Muğam Mərkəzi, Baku. It lists a program of compositions by various composers, including Wolfgang Rüdiger, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Violeta Dinescu, Rainer Rubert, Gerhard Rühm, Nicolaus A. Huber, Melissa Vargas Franco, José Manuel Serrano, and Rüfət Xəlilov. The poster also includes multiple logos at the top, including the Heydər Əliyev Fond and the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture. There is a black-and-white photo of Wolfgang Rüdiger at the bottom right.

19 September 2025, 19:00
International Mugham Center

Concert Program:

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen — Treffpunkt (1968) for bassoon and tape, from the cycle “Aus den sieben Tagen. Compositions May 1968”.

  • Violeta Dinescu — Satya II (1981) for bassoon solo (for Wolfgang Rüdiger)

  • Rainer Rubbert — Capriccio (2008) for bassoon solo

  • Gerhard Rühm — atemgedicht, “breath poem” (1954) for everyone present

  • Nicolaus A. Huber — Mit Erinnerung (1996) for bassoon solo

  • Melissa Vargas Franco — Lágrimas de sol (2018), version for bassoon and instruments ad libitum

  • José Manuel Serrano — Ecos y cenizas (2025, world premiere) for bassoon and tape, dedicated to Antonelo da Caserta

  • Rufat Khalilov — Three Sarcastic Pieces (2024, world premiere) — for bassoon solo (for Wolfgang Rüdiger)

Soloist: Wolfgang Rüdiger (bassoon, Germany)

Free entry