Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Monday, 22.6.2026 [Festival Hall A] @institut.abeceda4303

Inštitut .abeceda Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
22.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall A

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12:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Aleksandra Woźniak – colloquium cordis
Crunch. – philanthropia
Scott Sanders – [in Just]
Marcin Molski – Sator
Aleksandra Naumovski Potisk – Rumeni fičko/The
(My Father’s) Old Yellow Car
Yinzhen Lyu – Fractured
SHIU Wai Yau – Shame on YOU!!! 面斥不雅

Performed by:
Weng Yu, voice; Luisa E. Vinuesa, flute; Eric Argüello,
clarinet; Fedor Rogin, horn; Darcy Gilkerson, cello;
Andrej Kos, accordeon; Ana Gorjanc, guitar; Georgiana
Grecu, piano; Melania Bertolo, piano; Jonas Evenstad,
percussion; Sebastian Lindland, percussion; Niki
Zohdi, conductor; Gonzalo J. López Muñoz, conductor

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14:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Monte Taylor – FLAMETHROWER
Luca Vaillancourt de Dios – The clouds remind me of home
Lize Briel – Running Through the Sleeve
Whitney Sheng — S'emerveiller
Daniel Alvarez Veizaga – Lignum
Vinicius Siqueira Baldaia – Apoptose e Reconstrução
Pranav Ranjit – Epitaph (in memoriam Christian Elliott)

Performed by:
Axelle Bruyne, violin; Yauheni Skrypnikau, viola; Jacob
Tesarczyk, cello; Ethan Blackburn, piano; Constanza
Ibarra Olalla, piano; Yajie Ye, conductor

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20:00 concert – .abeceda [New Music Ensemble]

Programme:
Klara Mlakar – Daphne an der Sonnenwende (Daphne at
the solstice)
Ingrid Saldaña – And Now… For Your Entertainment
Anonymous – “The Girl Who Never Died”
Vili Polajnar – Push in - Push out

Performed by .abeceda [New Music Ensemble]:
Sofija Zavratnik Kain, voice; Erazem Žganjar, recorder;
Neža Zupanc Gantar, flute; Elizabeta Tomac, violin;
Jules Monnier, viola; Nejc Grm, accordion; Urška
Rihtaršič, harp; Lara Oprešnik, piano; Aljoša Marko,
percussion; Tilen Draksler, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Monday, 22.6.2026 [Festival Hall A]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-23 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
22.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall A

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12:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Aleksandra Woźniak – colloquium cordis
Crunch. – philanthropia
Scott Sanders – [in Just]
Marcin Molski – Sator
Aleksandra Naumovski Potisk – Rumeni fičko/The
(My Father’s) Old Yellow Car
Yinzhen Lyu – Fractured
SHIU Wai Yau – Shame on YOU!!! 面斥不雅

Performed by:
Weng Yu, voice; Luisa E. Vinuesa, flute; Eric Argüello,
clarinet; Fedor Rogin, horn; Darcy Gilkerson, cello;
Andrej Kos, accordeon; Ana Gorjanc, guitar; Georgiana
Grecu, piano; Melania Bertolo, piano; Jonas Evenstad,
percussion; Sebastian Lindland, percussion; Niki
Zohdi, conductor; Gonzalo J. López Muñoz, conductor

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14:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Monte Taylor – FLAMETHROWER
Luca Vaillancourt de Dios – The clouds remind me of home
Lize Briel – Running Through the Sleeve
Whitney Sheng — S'emerveiller
Daniel Alvarez Veizaga – Lignum
Vinicius Siqueira Baldaia – Apoptose e Reconstrução
Pranav Ranjit – Epitaph (in memoriam Christian Elliott)

Performed by:
Axelle Bruyne, violin; Yauheni Skrypnikau, viola; Jacob
Tesarczyk, cello; Ethan Blackburn, piano; Constanza
Ibarra Olalla, piano; Yajie Ye, conductor

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20:00 concert – .abeceda [New Music Ensemble]

Programme:
Klara Mlakar – Daphne an der Sonnenwende (Daphne at
the solstice)
Ingrid Saldaña – And Now… For Your Entertainment
Anonymous – “The Girl Who Never Died”
Vili Polajnar – Push in - Push out

Performed by .abeceda [New Music Ensemble]:
Sofija Zavratnik Kain, voice; Erazem Žganjar, recorder;
Neža Zupanc Gantar, flute; Elizabeta Tomac, violin;
Jules Monnier, viola; Nejc Grm, accordion; Urška
Rihtaršič, harp; Lara Oprešnik, piano; Aljoša Marko,
percussion; Tilen Draksler, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Friday, 26.6.2026 [Festival Hall A]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-27 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
26.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall A

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18:00 concert – .abeceda [Percussion Quartet]

Program / Programme:
Ege Sayar – Belki de...
Lan Podletnik Ašič – 300€
Nejc Poljanec – Rožice po abecedi
Yemit Ledesma – Afroperuvian Landscapes
Maximiliano A. Soto Mayorga – Esquirlas flotando en la
noche

Performed by .abeceda [Percussion Quartet]:
Alenka Jezernik, percussion; Alexander Smith, percussion; Jonas Evenstad, percussion; Nežka Prosenjak, percussion; Niki Zohdi, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Friday , 26.6.2026 — [Festival Hall B]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-27 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
26.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall B

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12:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Andrei Maksimov – Kinat David
Zhuosheng Jin – Life is But a Dream
André Codeço – The Singular Set of Singularities of Each One
Jean Piero Díaz Ruiz – ANTÍFONA
David Acevedo – . . . and I’m so excited to play . . .
Cameron Monteath – on the way out
Alessio Meloni – STUFFED ANIMALS

Performed by:
Helena Mamić, voice; Andrei Maksimov, voice; Jana Rumpf, flute; Lize Briel, flute; Sam Alvarez, saxophone; Hui Han Lui, piano; Iván Zavala, percussion; Bridget Bourne, percussion; Giordano De Nisi, conductor

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15:00 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Frej Wedlund – Tracings
Hannah Lam – FLUX
Arthur Po Hang YUEN – Dàn_I.
Max Wanderman – Red Aurora
Delyth Maiya Field – As-Sonance
Daiwei Lu – Accross the Sandbanks
Elias Frisk – Outside In

Performed by:
Mo Levandier, voice; Gabriela Clelia Cuna, flute; Hana Žvagen, flute; Selene Salgado, bassoon; Gretchen Devereux, violin; Bohdan Doroshenko, violin; Jurij Mušič, guitar; Emma Baiguera, guitar; Yinzhen Liu, pipa

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 —Friday, 25.6.2026 — [Triglavska roža Bled Information Centre]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-27 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
25.6.2026 - Bled, Triglavska roža Bled Information Centre

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11:10–16:30 lectures – enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae

11:10-12:10 – Olga Krashenko
Improvisatory Method of Developing Process in Composing and Performing Practices through ‘Musical Holes’ and Synaesthesia

12:20-13:20 – Cornelia Zambila
The Space in-between and Composition as Fluid Musicking: from procedural scores to non-visual notation & sensory poetics

14:20-15:20 – Justin Wells
drink coffee and swear

15:30-16:30 – Ina Thomann
Temporal Worlds in Long-Duration Performative Sound Installations

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Thursday, 25.6.2026 — [Festival Hall B]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-26 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
25.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall B

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17.30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Daniel H. Doce – bass panflute, prepared piano, countertenor, and violin (2025)
Sheriffs Swanson – Before you and after you
Elijah Harper – mi ken kama sin tawa sin ala anu seme
Samuel Gapp – Konstellationen I - VII (iter. 1 / Bled)
Samuel Long – Hribček
Beige Cowell – The Bear
J. Benjamín Falces Vaquer – El embrujo de tus ojos

Performed by:
Scott Sanders, voice; Gretchen Devereux, violin; Mariana Preda, panflute; Jurij Mušič, guitar; Constanza Ibarra Olalla, piano; Niki Zohdi, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Thursday, 25.6.2026 [Festival Hall A]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-25 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
25.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall A

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13:00 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Jacob Tesarczyk – SCreEchCZz
Tom Lachance – Que reste-t-il
Nahyun Kim – Tactical Empathy
Ethan Resnik – ADD
Dimitris Androniadis – Alone
Bridget Bourne – In Defence of Snoring
James Budinich – Re//fraction
Gero von Randow – Klytemnaistra

Performed by:
Helena Mamić, voice; Lize Briel, flute; Bridget Bourne, percussion; Gero von Randow, electronics; Oussama Mhanna, conductor

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15:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Sam Alvarez – had thought
Senay Uğurlu – ...unheard-of songs
Simon Waskow – Study 08_Voice Translation Process
Bine Mramor – Drunkard's dream
Simón Díaz – Tabula rasa
Arturo Sanhueza Orellana – Casi Centro
Matthew Monaco – Rock Paper Scissors
Finn O'Hare – Ply
August Christian Hübner – WEITERGEHEN, HIER GIBT ES NICHTS ZU SEHEN! (Move along, folks. Nothing to see here...)

Performed by:
Mo Levandier, voice; Hana Žvagen, flute; Bohdan Doroshenko, violin; Bine Mramor, accordion; Francesco Campora, piano; Etienne Haan, conductor

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20:00 concert – .abeceda [Flute Quartet]

Programme:
Maj Brinovec – Fliš
İmge Yağmur Tiryaki – Hemhâl
Ben Smith – death songs — dripping, pouring
Delara Navaey – CREATING A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE TOGETHER

Performed by .abeceda [Flute Quartet]:
Eva Arh, flute; Jana Rumpf, flute; Lara Šalamon, flute; Lucija Mikuž, flute

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 —Thursday, 25.6.2026 — [Triglavska roža Bled Information Centre]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-25 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
25.6.2026 - Bled, Triglavska roža Bled Information Centre

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Lectures – enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae

10:00-11:00 – Ariadna Ortega
Aesthetic and Experiential Investigations of Collage Structure in Experimental Music

11:10-12:10 – Empty Gods (aka Sean Lowry + Damien Melchiori)
GRACE: sonic extremities and the limits of interpretation

13:10-14:10 – Lorenzo Orsenigo
Artistic Hacking as transformative encounter. Interpretation, Collapse, and Relational Responsibility in Juta Pranulytė’s Meow-Mouth (2024)

14:20-15:20 – Phillip Matty
Timbral Simulacra: Acoustic Echoes of the Electronic

15:30-16:30 – Jonas Bless
Trascrizioni – Analysing, describing and applying Luciano Berio's approach to transcription

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Wednesday, 24.6.2026 — [Festival Hall B]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-25 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
24.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall B

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20.30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Gabo Champagne – II
Román González Escalera – Así nacen los disfraces
Heliä Mailiis Viirakivi – The First Whisper of Morning Despair
Brock Daumler – Xaminash
Edwin H. Ng – Night crickets chirping, truck engine roaring nearby
Bryndan Moondy – some vast contained
Jacob Frost – BONES

Performed by:
Annika Mikolajko-Osman, voice and rhythm bones; Heliä Mailiis Viirakivi, voice and flute; Lara Mršnik Čemažar, violin; Juan Pablo Trad Hasbun, double bass; Yinzhen Lyu, pipa; Arianna Pittino, piano; Anika Ariana Hernández Vera, piano; Andrea Sarahi, piano Gonzalo J. López Muñoz, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 —Wednesday, 24.6.2026 — [Bled Castle]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-24 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
24.6.2026 - Bled, Bled Castle
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11:30–13:00 – concert .abeceda [String Quartet]

Performers:
Anja Kralj, violin; Izabela Hace, violin; Domen Kužnar, viola; Urban Megušar, cello

Claudia Sofía Alvarez Cuba – Estudios sobre el tiempo III
Stephen de Filippo – are we just a fraught sequence of momentary alignments?
Alastair White – Prologue to Finnegans Wake
Anastasios Savvopoulos – La disparition

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Wednesday, 24.6.2026 [Festival Hall A]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-24 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
24.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall A

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14:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Luo Mengyong – The Afterglow Flickering, Above the Vestiges of Shell City
Henrik Erich Leonard Erdödy – 黄泉の国 (Yomi no kuni)
Włodzimierz Żukowski – in space where both lose their names
Sofus Preisel – Two Etudes in Representation in
Classical Music
Daniele Di Virgilio – Anatomia del delirio

Performed by:
Andrei Maksimov, voice; Ariadna Ortega Torres, cello; Gabriela Clelia Cuna, flute and piccolo; Patrick Vaughan, clarinet; Emma Baiguera, guitar; Benjamin Nylander, piano; Henrik Erich Leonard Erdödy, piano; Daniele Di Virgilio, conductor

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16:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Ming Yue – EREIGNIS AND ECHO
Juan S. Vassallo – transmutation – the birth of a poem
Matthew Osterholzer – Gaps and Cracks
Camila Guerrero – ABRACADABRA
Iulia Sinescu – Orpheus and Eurydice: Paths Unwritten
Majella Clarke – Sonic Interferometry for Alto Flute
and Amplified Conducting Baton

Performed by:
Andrei Maksimov, voice; Luisa E. Vinuesa, flute; Gabriela Clelia Cuna, flute; Heliä Mailiis Viirakivi, flute; Sam Alvarez, saxophone; Emma Baiguera, guitar; Hui Han Lui, piano; Amalia Castoldi, piano; Iván Zavala, percussion; Majella Clarke, conductor; Giordano De Nisi, conductor

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18:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Jack Frederick – alignment
Magdalena Białecka – Stereo
Eze P. Juncos – Tales from the Far South
Felix Römer – Hommage à György & Henri
Lias Asm – Language
Yugo Sano Mani – Dissoluções entre lamento e ludicidade
Daniele Delogu – FIGHTING FOR HAPPINESS

Performed by:
Helena Mamić, voice; Annika Mikolajko-Osman, voice; Majella Clarke, oboe and conductor; Selene Salgado, bassoon; Maksim Gal, saxophone; Amalia Castoldi, piano; Etienne Haan, conductor

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20:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Raphaëlle Aoun – and then, the sea spoke
Andrea Ruocco – North Songs
Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley – this wick left unlit
Gloria Xia – Good Hair, Bad Hair
Riles Walsh – The Unreal Ground
Oana A. Oltean – Licht[core] - Dreamscape
Coppélia LaRoche-Francoeur – Weighing the Crossing

Performed by:
Scott Sanders, voice; Gretchen Devereux, violin; Mariana Preda, panova panflute; Jurij Mušič, guitar; Constanza Ibarra Olalla, piano; Niki Zohdi, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 —Tuesday, 23.6.2026 [Festival Hall A]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-24 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
23.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall A

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12:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Guillermo Bocanegra – Rjodenie Pesni (mini opera for
chamber ensemble)
Ana Maria Oancea – Hamlet?
Melika M. Fitzhugh – Unterdrückten Wutausbrüchen
Julian Maple-Oliveira – Fractal Fauna
Gene Otto – Glass, Meltwater
D L Chappell – Democracy Manifest

Performed by:
Biraj Barkakaty, voice; Melika M. Fitzhugh, voice; Guillermo Bocanegra, guitar; Matej Berlot, guitar; Rodrigo Roces Nuño, piano; Maj Brinovec, conductor

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14:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Ana Beyron – Coelacanthus fossils
J. Firewalker Schmitt – The Only Mirror
Eileen Mc Loughlin – Dreamtides
Eda Er – La Confluence
Fernando Egido Busevin – Humanity as a Sensory System
Ján Števuliak – pigeon sat on a railing, watched me
being a girl
Yiğit Can Eyüboğlu – A Fable of Now

Performed by:
Annika Mikolajko-Osman, voice and rhythm bones; Heliä Mailiis Viirakivi, voice and flute; Lara Mršnik Čemažar, violin; Juan Pablo Trad Hasbun, double bass; Yinzhen Lyu, pipa; Anika Ariana Hernández Vera, piano; Gonzalo J. López Muñoz, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Tuesday, 23.6.2026 — [Festival Hall B]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-24 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
23.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall B

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13:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Nikita Menkov – Magic Circle
Austin Franklin – In the Space Between
Andrea Sarahi – 100°C
Damian Magrean – Liliowe - songs without words
Andrzej Arsenicz – Residual
Aleks Pilmanis – I Think of You in Strange Places
Majd Khaled – Jarss

Performed by:

Hana Žvagen, flute; Majella Clarke, oboe and conductor; Selene Salgado, bassoon; Maksim Gal, saxophone; Bohdan Doroshenko, violin; Bine Mramor, accordion; Amalia Castoldi, piano; Francesco Campora, piano; Andrea Sarahi, piano; Damian Magrean, piano; Etienne Haan, conductor

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15:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Austeclínio Lopes de Farias – On shaping the rough and clumsy stone (Do moldar da bruta e desengonçada pedra)
Ian Chung – Lost in the Dark Woods
Gustavo Arima – Antithesis
Evan Fein – Allopatria
Yiding WANG – Operating Mode II: The Overloading
Elia Perinu – Brulicano già gridi d'un vento nuovo

Performed by:
Axelle Bruyne, violin; Yauheni Skrypnikau, viola; Jacob Tesarczyk, cello; Ethan Blackburn, piano; Constanza Ibarra Olalla, piano; Yajie Ye, conductor; Majella Clarke, conductor

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17:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Jurij Mušič – Write to me/Piši draga v Ameriko
Matteo Maria Salvo – Walking in the air
Darcy Gilkerson – Frictions
Marko Vesić – gree[n]-t/hing.s
Angela Elizabeth Slater – The Troy Game
Alex Jimenez Ruanova – El cajón secreto

Performed by:
Weng Yu, voice; Darcy Gilkerson, cello; Andrej Kos, accordeon; Ana Gorjanc, guitar; Georgiana Grecu, piano; Jonas Evenstad, percussion; Niki Zohdi, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 —Tuesday, 23.6.2026 — [Triglavska roža Bled Information Centre]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-24 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
23.6.2026 - Bled, Triglavska roža Bled Information Centre

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10:00–16:30 lectures – enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae

10:00-11:00 – Jacob Canet-Gibson (online lecture + live Q&A) — Nnnoootttaaatttiiiooonnn

11:10-12:10 – Jaco Meyer (online lecture + live Q&A) — Resisting Superficial Transposition in Contemporary and Conceptual Compositions: A Portfolio of Mirrors

12:20-13:20 – Gabriel Lucian Roman (online lecture + live Q&A) — Multi-modal Analytical Approaches in Modern Guitar Phrasing

14:20-15:20 – Megan Jeanne Gette (online lecture + live Q&A) — The Middle: Tendencies of Abstraction

15:30-16:30 – Molly Zackary — Repetitive Media and its Axis With Artistic Repetitive Devices

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Monday, 22.6.2026 — [Festival Hall B]

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-23 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
22.6.2026 - Bled, Festival Hall B

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13:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Gagi Sikharulashvili – Skathári
Andrés Poveda Herrera – Changing Bells
Kristina Hutchinson – Rain on the Sea
Leonardo Falaschi – TAROK
Benjamin Nylander – A Whim
Giordano De Nisi – Two poems of W. Stevens
Mark Reid Bulatović – varjo, varjo

Performed by:
Biraj Barkakaty, voice; Guillermo Bocanegra, guitar;
Matej Berlot, guitar; Rodrigo Roces Nuño, piano; Maj
Brinovec, conductor; Giordano De Nisi, conductor

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15:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
You Ruitao – AlxndƎЯ
Juraj Marko Žerovnik – Flicker
Michael Essl – Ka!
Kylan Hillman – An Anthem of Belonging
Edward Clijsen – Phi, 𝜑
Manuel Loayza – Velo Gris
Brian D. York – The Passing

Performed by:
Ariadna Ortega Torres, cello; Gabriela Clelia Cuna,
flute; Patrick Vaughan, clarinet; Emma Baiguera,
guitar; Benjamin Nylander, piano; Daniele Di Virgilio,
conductor

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17:30 concert – precept.concept.percept

Programme:
Arianna Pittino – breathe, move, focus, repeat
Clare Larsen – Trapped
Eduardo Nuñez Cosco – Perpetuo
Teemu Heinonen – Parallels and Perpendiculars
AJ Francisco – My Aerolite Above
Julio César de la Cruz Torres – Memories of a Place I
Don ́t Know
Pedro Gabriel – Qntt n.2

Performed by:
Luisa E. Vinuesa, flute; Eric Argüello, clarinet;
Fedor Rogin, horn; Melania Bertolo, piano; Sebastian
Lindland, percussion; Gonzalo J. López Muñoz, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Triglavska roža Bled Information Centre, Ljubljana — 22.6.2026

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-22 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
22.6.2026 - Bled, Triglavska roža Bled Information Centre
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11:00–17:40 lectures – enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae

11:10 Majella Clarke – Expanding the Practice of Conducting through Technologies for New Musical Aesthetics

12:20 Simon Waskow – La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles: Constellations of Music and Thought

15:30 Paweł Siek – A River of Sound: Generative Proportion ∞

16:40 Angelina Tarlovskaia – Bias and Perception in Music Listening: AI-generated vs Human-composed music

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Cukrarna, Ljubljana — 20.6.2026

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-21 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
Cukrarna, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU

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19:00 – .abeceda [New Music Academy] – .abeceda [New Music Ensemble]

Programme: Teemu Heinonen – Luis Miguel Delgado – Mustafa Eren Arin – Francesco Sgambati – Artur Szczepkowski – Tan Tiag Yi – Prokhor Protasoff – Jiaying Zhou – Nicole Balsirow – Adam Beiter

Performed by .abeceda [New Music Ensemble]: Sofija Zavratnik Kain, voice; Leonarda Kavedžić, voice; Erazem Žganjar, recorder; Neža Zupanc Gantar, flute; Elizabeta Tomac, violin; Jules Monnier, viola; Urban Megušar, cello; Nejc Grm, accordion; Urška Rihtaršič, harp; Lara Oprešnik, piano; Aljoša Marko, percussion; Tilen Draksler, conductor

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Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026 — Cukrarna, Ljubljana — 19.6.2026

Inštitut .abeceda 2026-06-20 | Bled Contemporary Music Week 2026
Cukrarna, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU

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19:00 – .abeceda [New Music Academy] – .abeceda [String Quartet]

Programme: Wajdi Abou Diab – Gagi Sikharulashvili – Hangzhong Lian – André Droga – Holly Gowland – Kristina Hutchinson – Rafik Harrington – Samreet Juneja

Performed by .abeceda [String Quartet]: Anja Kralj, violin; Timotej Willewaldt, violin; Domen Kužnar, viola; Urban Megušar, cello; Tilen Draksler, conductor

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[organon] XLVII. — Maksim Gal-Šehić

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-11-11 | [organon] XLVII. — Maksim Gal-Šehić

10. 10. 2025

Instrumentalist Maksim Gal-Šehić v pogovoru z Urbanom Megušarjem.

Maksim Gal, rojen 2. 11. 2005 v Novem mestu, je svojo glasbeno pot začel pri šestih letih v Glasbeni šoli Grosuplje na kljunasti flavti v razredu Vaska Dokuzova. Dve leti kasneje je šolanje nadaljeval na klasičnem saksofonu pod mentorstvom Andreja Tomažina. Pri njem je uspešno zaključil šest razredov in se med tem udeleževal mnogih mednarodnih in državnih tekmovanj kot so Temsig, »Woodwind and Brass« v Varaždinu, Svirel, »Takmičenje drvenih duvača« v Požarevcu in Emona.
Leta 2020 je svoje šolanje nadaljeval na Konservatoriju za glasbo in balet Ljubljana v razredu prof. Jana Gričarja. V prvem letniku se je udeležil dveh mednarodnih spletnih tekmovanj, »Saxiana junior« in »Pamus flow«, ter osvojil dve zlati priznanji. Decembra 2021 je bil zmagovalec mednarodnega tekmovanja v Varaždinu in dobitnik avdicije za solo s simfoničnim orkestrom KGBL. Marca 2022 se je udeležil državnega tekmovanja Temsig, kjer je prejel zlato priznanje in tretjo nagrado.
Med poletjem leta 2022 je bil eden izmed tekmovalcev televizijskega programa Virtuosos V4+ v Budimpešti, kjer je s strani Placida Dominga prejel posebno nagrado. Začetek leta 2023 je zmagal na tekmovanju Emona in postal prejemnik Škerjančeve nagrade za izjemne uspehe pri umetniškem uveljavljanju šole. Konec leta 2023 se je udeležil tekmovanja v okviru »Alpen classica saxfest« v Brixnu in prejel 2. nagrado. Maja 2024 je maturiral in opravil sprejemne preizkuse na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani in bil sprejet v razred red. prof. Mihe Rogine. Tam se izobražuje od oktobra 2024. Njegovo zadnje tekmovanje je bilo Temsig, marca 2025, kjer je prejel zlato plaketo, 3. nagrado in posebno priznanje za najboljšo izvedbo obvezne skladbe.
Sedaj začenja 2. letnik študija na Akademiji. Svoje glasbeno znanje redno izpopolnjuje na seminarjih pri svetovno priznanih profesorjih kot so Claude Delangle, Matjaž Drevenšek, Vincent David, Simon Diricq, Nicolas Arsenijević, Michael Krenn, Nikita Zimin, Xavier Larsson in drugi.

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[organon] XLVI. — Lara Mršnik Čemažar

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-11-06 | [organon] XLVI. — Lara Mršnik Čemažar

4. 10. 2025

Instrumentalistka Lara Mršnik Čemažar v pogovoru z Urbanom Megušarjem.

Lara Mršnik Čemažar je začela s študijem violine pri petih letih v Glasbenem centru Edgar Willems v Ljubljani v Sloveniji, kasneje pa je nadaljevala šolanje na Konservatoriju za glasbo in balet v Ljubljani. Leta 2023 je bila sprejeta na Šolo umetnosti Univerze v Severni Karolini v ZDA, kjer trenutno študira pri prof. Idi Bieler.

Lara se je udeležila solističnih mojstrskih tečajev v Sloveniji, Italiji, Nemčiji in Združenih državah Amerike pri prof. Idi Bieler, Žigi Branku, Emiliu Percanu, Axlu Straussu in Dmitriju Berlinskem; poleti 2024 in 2025 se je udeležila mojstrskih tečajev na Mednarodni akademiji za komorno glasbo v Ochsenhausnu v Nemčiji. Poleg študija klasične glasbe se je pogosto udeležila delavnic violine pri mentorjih Bojanu Cvetrežniku, Barji Drnovšek in Wouterju Vandenabeeleju, kjer se je učila igrati ljudsko glasbo iz različnih delov sveta, glasbene improvizacije in sodelovala na številnih javnih nastopih.

Na številnih državnih in mednarodnih glasbenih tekmovanjih, kot so TEMSIG, Svirel, Oskar Rieding in Concorso Musicale Palmanova, je prejela najvišje nagrade. V letih 2019 in 2020 se je Lara uvrstila na prvo mesto v mladinski kategoriji na mednarodnem glasbenem tekmovanju Grand Prize Virtuoso na Dunaju v Avstriji in v Bonnu v Nemčiji ter bila povabljena, da kot solistka nastopi v Musikvereinu na Dunaju in v Beethovnovi hiši v Bonnu. Leta 2021 je imela samostojni recital v Slovenski filharmoniji v Ljubljani. Leta 2025 se je uvrstila na prvo mesto na tekmovanju Petter Perret Young Talent Search in bo marca 2025 nastopila kot solistka s Simfoničnim orkestrom Winston Salem. Je prejemnica druge nagrade na mednarodnem glasbenem tekmovanju American Virtuoso.

Med drugim Lara dela na svojem samostojnem znanstvenem in umetniškem Projektu Spomin, ki se osredotoča na pomoč ljudem z demenco skozi glasbo.

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[synopsis] XLIV. — Julienne K. Tsang

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-29 | [synopsis] XLIV. — Julienne K. Tsang

11. 10. 2025

Skladateljica in instrumentalistka Julienne K. Tsang v pogovoru z Nežo Zupanc Gantar. / Composer and instrumentalist Julienne K. Tsang in conversation with Neža Zupanc Gantar.

What has non-stop anime daydreams, an ear for musical momentum, a penchant for girl-bossing, and also maybe two(2) thumbs? It’s Julienne K. Tsang!
Self-acclaimed “Creator of Stuff”, Julienne simply cannot choose a single artistic discipline to dive into. From their arsenal of musical motifs to their shonen-action fight sequences, Tsang weaves never ending narratives into the ever changing mediums they choose.

Musically, their style is described as “chameleon-like”. The breadth of their style ranges from cute singer-songwriter tunes to lush neo-classical pieces to ear ringing EDM. Though they often collaborate with filmmakers and animators, Tsang has also written music for established ensembles such as Sputter Box, Hypotenuse Trio, Ensemble Decipher, and Coda Brass. Delving deeper into the depths of theater, Tsang has has spent the past few years writing a full length musical (On a Loop) and an operetta (Opera[ting] Systems//Art[ificial] Songs)
According to the State University of New York at Fredonia, Tsang graduated with a BM in Music Composition and a BA in Music-Entrepreneurship with a minor in Accounting which is a fancy way of saying they went to college to goof off.

Julienne has studied under Dr. Rob Deemer, Dr. Andrew Martin Smith, Dr. Paul Coleman, and Jamie Leigh Sampson.

www.juliennektsang.com

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[synopsis] XLIII. — Veronika Reutz Drobnić

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-22 | [synopsis] XLIII. — Veronika Reutz Drobnić

29. 9. 2025

Skladateljica Veronika Reutz Drobnić v pogovoru z Nežo Zupanc Gantar. / Composer Veronika Reutz Drobnić in conversation with Neža Zupanc Gantar.

Veronika Reutz Drobnić is a distinguished composer and performer of contemporary music, recognized for her experimental work with non-traditional and visual scores, as well as compositions that incorporate pre-existing materials. Her performances often integrate improvisation and performative elements, creating a unique and engaging artistic experience.

She began her studies at the Music Academy in Zagreb, then completed her Bachelor’s degree at HDMK Stuttgart, studying under Martin Schüttler, Jennifer Walshe, and Joanna Bailie. Veronika continued her education with a Master’s degree at HfM Karlsruhe, learning from Markus Hechtle and Wolfgang Rihm, and furthered her training at Kunitachi College of Music with Motoharu Kawashima. Currently, she is pursuing her doctorate at ZHdK Zürich and HfM Karlsruhe, supervised by Marlon Schumacher and Rama Gottfried.

Veronika’s works have been performed internationally at esteemed festivals, including IMPULS (Germany), Suntory Hall Summer (Japan), Music Biennale Zagreb (Croatia), Oak Bay Festival (Canada), and Agorà Forum & Sounds (Italy). Her innovative contributions have been recognized through numerous scholarships and grants such as the BW Stipendium, ZONTA stipend for women in music, GdF grant, PROMOS grant, and the Deutschlandstipendium. She has also won several major prizes, including awards from the Suntory Hall Composition Competition (Japan), Oak Bay Competition (Canada), Salastina Prize (USA), Female Affairs Residency and Composition Prize, and the SWR Orchestral Composition Workshop.

veronikareutz.com

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[organon] XLV. — Ariel Vei Atanasovski

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-20 | [organon] XLV. — Ariel Vei Atanasovski

26. 9. 2025

Instrumentalist Ariel Vei Atanasovski v pogovoru z Urbanom Megušarjem.

Violončelist Ariel Vei Atanasovski, rojen 30. junija 2002 v Mariboru, je svojo srednješolsko glasbeno izobrazbo pridobil na Zasebni univerzi »Gustav Mahler« v Celovcu pri prof. Igorju Mitroviču ter na Konservatoriju za glasbo in balet Maribor pri prof. Nikolaju Sajku. Študij je nadaljeval na Univerzi za glasbo in upodabljajočo umetnost v Gradcu v razredu Johannesa Krebsa,
kjer je septembra 2025 diplomiral z odliko. Magistrski študij trenutno nadaljuje na Conservatorium van Amsterdam pri svetovno priznanem violončelistu in pedagogu Pietru Wispelweyu.

Že od zgodnjega otroštva je aktiven na različnih glasbenih področjih in se lahko pohvali s številnimi uspehi na tekmovanjih. Svojo koncertno dejavnost je posebej izkazal kot solist s Simfoničnim orkestrom SNG Maribor na letnem koncertu Humanitarnega Soroptimist kluba Maribor leta 2024, kjer je kot solist izvedel Dvořákov koncert za violončelo in orkester v h-molu. Kot član klavirskega tria À Chanter, skupaj z violinistko Zalo Frangež in pianistko Klaro Lužnik, pod mentorstvom priznanega komornega glasbenika in pedagoga Chia Chouja, je izvedel recitale v Ljubljani, Mariboru, Celju, Radovljici ter avstrijskem Gradcu. Kot solist je nastopil tudi v ansamblu očeta
Vaska Atanasovskega na odrih Narodnega doma Maribor, SNG Drama Ljubljana ter Linhartove dvorane Cankarjevega doma v Ljubljani.

Leta 2022 je v okviru projekta Duo Atanasovski, skupaj s svojim očetom Vaskom Atanasovskim in mednarodno priznanimi domačimi glasbeniki, posnel album svoje avtorske glasbe, ki so ga predstavili na številnih koncertnih odrih po Sloveniji.

Udeležil se je številnih mojstrskih tečajev in seminarjev pri priznanih profesorjih in violončelistih, med njimi so bili Pieter Wispelwey, Julian Steckel, Thomas Carroll, Giovanni Gnocchi, Miloš
Mlejnik in Jaka Stadler.

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[studio za sodobno kompozicijo] – IDEA LIX. – Jernej Bedekovič

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-19 | [studio za sodobno kompozicijo] – IDEA LIX. – Jernej Bedekovič

18. 10. 2025

Skladatelj in instrumentalist Jernej Bedekovič v pogovoru z Brino Kren.

Jernej Bedekovič (1998), magister akademski glasbenik pianist in skladatelj, je začel svojo glasbeno pot na Glasbeni šoli Slavka Osterca Ljutomer, nadaljeval na umetniški gimnaziji na Konservatoriju za glasbo in balet Maribor. Na Akademiji za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani je v letu 2022 končal magistrski študij klavirja pod mentorstvom prof. Tatjane Ognjanovič, v letu 2023 diplomski študij kompozicije in glasbene teorije pod mentorstvom prof. Uroša Rojka in v letu 2025 magistrski študij kompozicije in glasbene teorije pod mentorstvom prof. Vita Žuraja. Po končanem študiju klavirja je našel zaposlitev na Glasbeni šoli Celje in I. Gimnaziji v Celju.

Prve avtorske skladbe je začel pisati v času srednje šole. Od takrat je imel izvedbe svojih skladb na Slavnostnem koncertu komponistov Konservatorija za glasbo in balet Maribor v Dvorani Union v Mariboru (2016), Janus Festivalu v Minoritski cerkvi v Mariboru (2016), Slavnostnem koncertu komponistov Konservatorija za glasbo in balet Maribor v Kazinski dvorani SNG Maribor (2017), Skladateljskem večeru v dvorani Glasbene šole Murska Sobota (2019), Poletnem festivalu UL AG Solo e da camare 2021: NOČNE BLODNJE, Skladateljskem večeru Mladi mladim v Kosovelovi dvorni Cankarjevega doma v sodelovanju z Glasbeno mladino ljubljansko (2022), Koncertnem ciklu Glasbene matice Ljubljana na Koncertu samospevov ob slovenskem kulturnem prazniku (2023), na koncertu Eolski zvoki festivala 2. dnevi sodobne glasbe UL AG (2024), koncertu Komornega godalnega orkestra Slovenske filharmonije Slike z vzhoda cikla Sozvočje svetov XXIV v Narodni galeriji v Ljubljani (2024), koncertu Ensemble Recherche v Kazinski dvorani SNG Maribor in v Dvorani Julija Betetta Akademije za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani (2024) in na festivalu 'minuta za opero v Viteški dvorani Križank v Ljubljani v organizaciji Kulturno umetniškega društva Cona 8 v sodelovanju s Festival Ljubljana (2025). V letu 2022 se je udeležil tekmovanja spevSLAM, kjer je prejel nagrado za naročilo novih samospevov obetavnemu mlademu skladatelju.

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[synopsis] XLII. — Burçe Karaca

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-15 | [synopsis] XLII. — Burçe Karaca

20. 9. 2025

Skladateljica in instrumentalistka Burçe Karaca v pogovoru z Nežo Zupanc Gantar. / Composer and Instrumentalist Burçe Karaca in conversation with Neža Zupanc Gantar.

Burçe Karaca is a Turkish composer and performer whose work bridges tradition and modernity. She first studied flute at Bilkent University’s Faculty of Music and Performing Arts during her high school years. She then graduated with honours from Başkent University State Conservatory, completing double majors in Music Theory and Piano.
Karaca has taken part in numerous concerts and festivals, both as a pianist and a composer. Her piece Storm Medley, a modern reimagining of Anatolian musical heritage, was released by Leiter Verlag on World Piano Day, March 28, as part of a compilation album featuring ten composers and pianists from around the globe. As a soloist and composer, she has also performed with the MAKSAD Orchestra at the International Marmaris Culture and Arts Festival. In June 2024, her orchestral work Kybele Suite received its world premiere at the Mostly Modern Festival in New York.
These diverse experiences have expanded her artistic vision and encouraged her to adopt innovative approaches in her music. Her works often integrate Anatolian motifs with contemporary compositional techniques, creating a distinctive sound world that resonates with both local and international audiences.
Karaca is currently pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in Composition at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, where she continues her studies under Prof. Dr. Onur Özmen.

youtube.com/@burcekaraca

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[organon] XLIV. — Aljoša Marko

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-13 | [organon] XLIV. — Aljoša Marko

26. 9. 2025

Instrumentalist Aljoša Marko v pogovoru z Urbanom Megušarjem.

Aljoša Marko (2003, Maribor) je slovenski tolkalec z ozadjem v klasični in jazz glasbi. Deluje in študira na Dunaju, kjer od leta 2022 obiskuje Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) pri Univ. Prof. Nebojši Jovanu Živkoviću. Kot solist in komorni glasbenik je nastopil na festivalu Wien Modern ter v dunajskem Musikvereinu v okviru projekta Jeunesse. Na Dunaju sodeluje v različnih zasedbah, med drugim z Ensemble Kontrapunkte, Beethoven Philharmonie Baden in Ensemble 20. Jahrhundert, ter je član Schlagwerk Wien Ensemble pod umetniškim vodstvom prof. Živkovića.

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[studio za sodobno kompozicijo] – IDEA LVIII. – Tomaž Bajželj

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-10 | [studio za sodobno kompozicijo] – IDEA LVIII. – Tomaž Bajželj

9. 10. 2025

Skladatelj Tomaž Bajželj v pogovoru z Brino Kren.

Tomaž Bajželj, rojen leta 1979 v Kranju, je študiral kompozicijo in glasbeno pedagogiko na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani. Sledil je podiplomski in kasneje mojstrski študij na Univerzi za glasbo Carl Maria von Weber v Dresdnu. V začetnem obdobju se je osredotočal predvsem na vokalno instrumentalna dela po naročilih slovenskih in nemških zborov, kmalu pa so začela prevladovati instrumentalna dela s poudarkom na raziskovanju interdisciplinarnih izraznih tehnik. Njegova dela so našla pot na slovenske festivale: Radovljica, Ljubljana, Slowind in tudi v širši evropski prostor: Randspiele Berlin, Fritz-Geißler in Dresden, Ziel-1-Kunst Wien. Sodeloval je s priznanimi slovenskimi in evropskimi komornimi glasbeniki ter s Simfoničnim orkestrom Radia Slovenije. Koncert za kontrabas in godalni orkester po naročilu Fundacije Ernsta Simensa je nastal v sodelovanju z Godalnim orkestrom Slovenske filharmonije. Živi kot svobodni umetnik v Berlinu.

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[synopsis] XLI. — Matteo Rigotti

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-08 | [synopsis] XLI. — Matteo Rigotti

16. 9. 2025

Skladatelj in instrumentalist Matteo Rigotti v pogovoru z Nežo Zupanc Gantar. / Composer and Instrumentalist Matteo Rigotti in conversation with Neža Zupanc Gantar.

Eclectic musician, he composes, plays, teaches.He has always tried to combine a multifaceted activity that was not linked exclusively to the aspect of instrumentalist, remaining deliberately far from commonplaces and circles often associated with guitar.He owes his training to Mariano Andreolli.His career has always developed through two channels, that of concertism and that of composition, inseparable from each other. He took the certificate in guitar at the Conservatory of Trento and then he received the Degree in Classical Guitar with a specialization in Chamber Music with full marks at the same conservatory. Meeting Nadir Vassena was crucial, with whom first he studied at the Master of Advanced Studies in Music Composition at the Musikhochschule in Lugano in Switzerland and then at the Master of Arts in Music Composition and Theory. In that course he perfected also orchestration with Giovanni Verrando and electronic techniques with Sylviane Sapir and graduated with full marks. He is currently attending a post graduate master's degree in composition at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart in Marco Stroppa's class. His musical research uses the timbre as a fundamental element with the consequent interest in electronic music as one of the means to manipulate the sound. In his music, he uses unconventional forms of graphic scores not to undermine music theory, but to free sound from rigid structures, deepen communication, and reinvent what a score can be. It's not just about dismantling tradition, but about redefining music as a living, open experience.

www.matteorigotti.com

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[synopsis] XXXIX. — Mattia Aisemberg-Pham

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-08 | [synopsis] XXXIX. — Mattia Aisemberg-Pham

26. 8. 2025

Skladatelji in instrumentalist Mattia Aisemberg-Pham v pogovoru z Nežo Zupanc Gantar. / Composer and Instrumentalist Mattia Aisemberg-Pham in conversation with Neža Zupanc Gantar.

Mattia Aisemberg-Pham is a Berlin-based composer and pianist. He completed his musical education at the University of the Arts Berlin, where he studied classical piano with Lucas Blondeel and instrumental pedagogy. He later pursued composition and music theory under the guidance of Manolis Vlitakis and Tom Rojo Poller. Currently, he is expanding his studies through an Erasmus semester at the CNSMD Lyon, working with Aurélien Dumont.
In his music Mattia Aisemberg-Pham focuses on texture, color, materiality and corporality. His work is driven by a search for intimate and intense timbral and harmonic combinations, alongside a deep reflection on form and perception. Increasingly, his compositions incorporate elements from other art forms such as literature, film or dance. Recent works have included collaborations with visual artists and dancers.
In 2022, his piece Les mots dans la gorge earned him the federal prize at the composition competition Jugend Komponiert. Building on this achievement, he was commissioned in 2023 to compose a solo piece for the Re-sonanz new music festival in Brandenburg and was awarded residencies by the Schloss Wiepersdorf Cultural Foundation and the Centre Dürrenmatt in Neuchâtel. In 2024, he was commissioned to compose an ensemble piece for the Mehrlicht!Musik Festival in Berlin and presented collaborative video and electronic music works at exhibitions throughout the year in venues such as Kunsthaus Mitte and Aktionshaus Berlin. The following year, 2025, began with a commission to compose an ensemble piece for the Empreintes festival in Lyon, as well as for the abeceda festival in Bled, Slovenia and the Divertimento Ensemble as part of the IDEA international workshop for young composers.

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[organon] XLIII. — Martin Pinter

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-06 | [organon] XLIII. — Martin Pinter

18. 9. 2025

Instrumentalist Martin Pinter v pogovoru z Urbanom Megušarjem.

Martin Pinter se je rodil 16. 6. 1999 v Celju, kjer je tudi odraščal. Svoje glasbeno izobraževanje je začel pri šestih letih na Glasbeni šoli Celje, kjer se je učil tolkala pri Matevžu Zaveršniku. Šolanje je nadaljeval na Glasbeni gimnaziji Celje, kjer je med letoma 2014 in 2018 študiral v razredu mag. art. Boruta Pinterja. Po opravljeni maturi leta 2018 je opravil sprejemni izpit in bil sprejet na Akademijo za glasbo v Ljubljani, kjer je leta 2021 diplomiral in leta 2024 zaključil magistrski študij. V študijskem letu 2020/21 je v okviru programa Erasmus+ študiral na Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt v Weimarju v Nemčiji pri prof. Markusu Leosonu. Poleg tega je študiral tudi na Akademiji za glasbo v Budimpešti (Zeneakadémia) pri prof. Szabolcsu Jooju in Bencetu
Majorju. Leta 2022 in 2023 je bil član Mediterranean Youth Orchestra (Festival Aix-en-Provence, Duncan Ward). Leta 2023 je sodeloval tudi v rezidenci komorne glasbe na Festivalu Aix-en-Provence pod mentorstvom Kirila Gersteina, Stefana Dohrja in Noaha Bendix-Balgleyja. Martin je snemal in nastopal z London Symphony Orchestra, Balthasar Neumann Choir &
Orchestra, Slovensko filharmonijo, Simfoničnim orkestrom RTV Slovenija, Orkestrom SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana, SNG Maribor, Hrvaškim narodnim gledališčem Ivana pl. Zajca na Reki, Orkestrom Slovenske vojske, Philharmonie Salzburg in drugimi. Od leta 2024 je zaposlen kot tolkalec v Policijskem orkestru Republike Slovenije.Od leta 2025 je del Balthasar NOVA ansambla za staro glasbo.

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[synopsis] XL. — Darlene Neyra Leon

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-10-01 | [synopsis] XL. — Darlene Neyra Leon

9. 9. 2025

Skladateljica in instrumentalistka Darlene Neyra Leon v pogovoru z Nežo Zupanc Gantar. / Composer and Instrumentalist Darlene Neyra Leon in conversation with Neža Zupanc Gantar.

Darlene Neyra Leon is a composer born in Lima, Peru, where she is currently studying for a bachelor's degree in composition at the National University of Music (Ex-National Conservatory of Music) with Benjamin Bonilla, with whom she began her private composition studies in 2018. Since she was a child and teenager, she enjoyed imagining herself surrounded by books and music. Years later, it is the verb and action and all the places her imagination takes her that drive her need to compose. She is currently continuing her private studies in composition with Marius Díaz.
She is co-founder of Retama, a collective of female composers, the first collective of female composers in Peru.
Her music has been performed in Germany, Slovenia, Mexico and Peru. She was composer in residence for the .abeceda's contemporary music festival in June 2025. She is currently working on an upcoming commission for the KNM Berlin ensemble together with Retama – Colectivo de compositoras.

youtube.com/@darleneneyraleoncomposer/videos

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[organon] XLII. — Metod Tomac

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-09-30 | [organon] XLII. — Metod Tomac

16. 9. 2025

Instrumentalist Metod Tomac v pogovoru z Urbanom Megušarjem

Metod Tomac se je rodil leta 1968 v Piranu, kjer je začel svojo glasbeno pot na piranski glasbeni šoli v razredu prof. Umberta Radojkovića. Kot solist in član trobilnega kvinteta je v tistem času prejel številne nagrade in priznanja v okviru tedanje Jugoslavije. Ob tem je bil tudi trdno vpet v piransko kulturo kot član pihalnega orkestra, tamburaškega ansambla in folklorne skupine ter kot sodelavec pri organizaciji Piranskih glasbenih večerov. Študij glasbe je nadaljeval na Akademiji za glasbo v Ljubljani pri prof. Jožetu Faloutu in se zatem izpopolnjeval še v Firencah pri Vinku Globokarju. Istočasno je bil sprejet tudi v Orkester Slovenske filharmonije, čigar član je že več kot tri desetletja.

Leta 1994 je s kolegi ustanovil Pihalni kvintet Slowind, ki se je razvil v enega najprepoznavnejših tovrstnih ansamblov v Evropi. Krstno je izvedel več kot 100 glasbenih del slovenskih in tujih avtorjev, koncertiral na najpomembnejših festivalih za sodobno glasbo v Evropi, Ameriki in na Japonskem (Bienale Bern, Klangspuren Innsbruck, ORF Dunaj, New Music Concerts Toronto, Takefu festival ...) ter komorno muziciral s številnimi umetniki največjega umetniškega formata (Heinz Holliger, Aleksandar Madžar, Alexander Lonquich, Vinko Globokar, Saar Berger, Andrej Žust, Lukas Klansky ...).Ob tem je 20 let soustvarjal Festival Slowind, osrednji dogodek za sodobno glasbo pri nas v minulih desetletjih, ki je občinstvu sistematično predstavljal glasbo 20. in 21. stoletja (Varese, Carter, Takemicu, Globokar, Hosokava ...) in pripeljal na naše odre najprestižnejše izvajalce tega področja (R. Aitken, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Contrechamps, Jack Quartet ...).Za svoje delo je prejel Župančičevo nagrado (1999), nagrado Prešernovega sklada (2003), Bettetovo nagrado (2013) ter za pedagoško delovanje Škerjančevo nagrado (2000). Na povabilo Avditorija Portorož - Portorose od leta 2020 programski vodja Piranskih glasbenih večerov.

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[organon] XLI. — Anja Clift

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-09-30 | [organon] XLI. — Anja Clift

16. 9. 2025

Instrumentalistka Anja Clift v pogovoru z Urbanom Megušarjem.

Anja Clift (r. Brezavšček) je slovenska flavtistka, ki se specializira na področju sodobne glasbe. Leta 2013 je v Baslu soustanovila ansambel neuverBand, od leta 2022 pa je stalna članica enega izmed vodilnih evropskih ansamblov za sodobno glasbo, ansambla Recherche v Freiburgu. Redno sodeluje tudi v ansamblu Neofonía in je bila članica ansambla TaG v Winterthurju.

V različnih zasedbah je nastopila na številnih koncertnih odrih, kot so Wiener Konzerthaus, Elbfilharmonie, Pierre Boulez Saal, Tonhalle Zürich ali Cankarjev dom in na mednarodnih festivalih, med njimi Acht Brücken, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Festival Musica Strasbourg, Eclat, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Milano Musica, Archipel v Ženevi in Svetovni glasbeni dnevi.

V Ljubljani je zaključila študij na Srednji glasbeni in baletni šoli pri prof. Mateju Grahku, na Akademiji za glasbo pri Karolini Šantl Zupan ter vzporedno tudi študij muzikologije na Filozofski fakulteti. Po zaključenem specializiranem magistrskem študiju interpretacije sodobne glasbe na Visoki šoli za glasbo v Baslu je nadaljevala študij na Visoki šoli umetnosti v Bernu pri prof. Martinu Fahlenbocku.

Od septembra 2024 je Anja Clift profesorica flavte in sodobne glasbe na Visoki šoli umetnosti v Bernu, vodi pa tudi mojstrske tečaje sodobnih tehnik na flavti in komorne glasbe.

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[studio za sodobno kompozicijo] – IDEA LVII. – Corrado Rojac

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-09-05 | [studio za sodobno kompozicijo] – IDEA LVII. – Corrado Rojac

16. 8. 2025

Skladatelj in instrumentalist Corrado Rojac v pogovoru z Brino Kren.

Corrado Rojac, zamejski Slovenec iz Trsta, je študiral kompozicijo v Trstu pri Giampaolu Coralu in na
Konservatoriju v Milanu z Alessandrom Solbiatijem, kjer je diplomiral leta 2005. Sicer je diplomiral tudi iz harmonike, klavirja in violončela. Udejstvuje se kot harmonikar (kot solist je nastopil na znameniti ameriški univerzi Harvard v Bostonu in na sloviti italijanski Akademiji Chigiani v Sieni), pa tudi kot skladatelj. Izpopolnjeval se je pri znanih skladateljih, kakršni so De Pablo, Durieux, Francesconi, Corghi in Fedele. Po diplomi mu je štipendija konservatorija v Milanu omogočila tečaj z Joshuo Finebergom na znameniti Francoski Akademiji v Rimu.

Njegove skladbe so izvajali priznani glasbeniki, kakršna sta slovenska ansambla MD7 in Slowind, ali pa italijanska skupina Musica d’insieme iz Milana, Ex Novo Ensemble iz Benetk ter norveški ansambel Bit20, in sicer na pomembnih mednarodnih festivalih, kakršni so salzburški Aspekte, romunski New music week Bucarest, tržaški Trieste Prima, ljubljanski Unicum in rimski Nuova Consonanza; njegov pihalni kvintet Clichés je bil izveden na Svetovnih Dnevih Glasbe.

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[studio za sodobno kompozicijo] – IDEA LVI. – Neville Hall

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-08-29 | [studio za sodobno kompozicijo] – IDEA LVI. – Neville Hall

20. 5. 2025

Skladatelj Neville Hall v pogovoru z Brino Kren.

Neville Hall (roj. 1962, Wellington, Nova Zelandija) je študiral kompozicijo na Univerzi v Aucklandu pri Johnu Rimmerju in Johnu Elmslyju. Študij je nadaljeval v Evropi na mojstrskih tečajih pri Francu Donatoniju, Witoldu Lutoslawskem, Brianu Ferneyhoughu in Gerardu Griseyu. Od leta 1993 živi v Sloveniji kot svobodni skladatelj. Njegovo glasbo so na številnih koncertih in festivalih po vsem svetu izvajali mnogi ansambli, med drugim Orkester Slovenske filharmonije, Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija, Slowind, Neofonia, Trio Tempestoso, Novozelandski godalni kvartet, Moskovski ansambel za sodobno glasbo, Komorni ansambel Hwa Eum (Južna Koreja), Ensemble Australysis (Avstralija), Ensemble ICTUS (Belgija) in Klangforum Wien (Avstrija). Bil je umetniški vodja Festivala Slowind 2005, v sklopu katerega so leta 2010 izvedli njegov portretni koncert s ciklom Canto 2 za solo pihala in pihalni kvintet. Trikrat je zastopal Novo Zelandijo na Svetovnih glasbenih dnevih ISCM, in sicer na Dunaju (2013), v južnokorejskem Tongyeongu (2016) in Pekingu (2018). Neville Hall je za svoje delo prejel številne nagrade, med drugim častno omembo na 16. mednarodnem natečaju Luigi Russolo (1994) in posebno priporočilo na Rostrumu skladateljev UNESCO (2001). V letih 2021 in 2022 je bil finalist novozelandskega natečaja SOUNZ Contemporary Award za najboljšo novo skladbo.

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[organon] XL. – Manca Dornik

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-08-27 | [organon] XL. – Manca Dornik

18. 8. 2025

Instrumentalistka Manca Dornik v pogovoru z Urbanom Megušarjem.

Manca Dornik (r. 1995) je slovenska harmonikarka, ki deluje v Nemčiji. Študirala je na Akademiji Sibelius pri prof. Mattiju Rantanenu (Bachelor in Master študij, poleg tega tudi komorna igra, orkestrsko dirigiranje in elektronska glasba) ter se specializirala za sodobno glasbo na FHNW v Baslu in na Kraljevi danski glasbeni akademiji v Köbenhavnu, kjer je zaključila s posebnimi pohvalami in nagradami.

Kot solistka in komorna glasbenica je nastopila po vsej Evropi ter sodelovala z orkestri, kot so Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija, Filharmonia Śląska, Slovaška sinfonietta Žilina in Jeaner Philharmonie, pod vodstvom dirigentov, kot so En Shao, Marc Tardue in Yi-Chen Lin. Je nagrajenka številnih mednarodnih tekmovanj, med drugim Prešernove nagrade (2015) ter Kranichstein Stipendiumpreis (2018) v Darmstadtu za »izjemno in globoko navdihujočo igro«.

Posveča se sodobni glasbi, v okviru katere je krstno izvedla že več kot 80 novih del ter sodelovala z uglednimi skladatelji, kot so Sofia Gubaidulina, Toshio Hosokawa, Clara Iannotta in Francesco Filidei. Redno nastopa na pomembnih festivalih, med drugim na Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Donaueschingen Musiktage, ECLAT v Stuttgartu in Musica Nova Helsinki. Je članica več ansamblov, med drugim Korvat auki, Nyky Ensemble, UMUU, HISS Quartet ter dua press.any.key s flavtistko Phoebe Bognar. Sodeluje tudi v duu z violončelistko Emo Grčman.

Poleg poustvarjanja deluje tudi kot dirigentka in pedagoginja. Leta 2024 je bila imenovana za profesorico harmonike na Konservatoriju v Rostocku, kjer razvija raziskovalno delo na področju sodobnih izvajalskih praks ter interdisciplinarnih pristopov v glasbi poleg poučevanja harmonike.

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[synopsis] XXXVIII. — Daniel Lee Chappell

Inštitut .abeceda 2025-08-27 | [synopsis] XXXVIII. — Daniel Lee Chappell

19. 8. 2025

Skladatelj in instrumentalist Daniel Lee Chappell v pogovoru z Nežo Zupanc Gantar. / Composer and Instrumentalist Daniel Lee Chappell in conversation with Neža Zupanc Gantar.

Daniel Lee Chappell is a British composer and pianist, whose work has featured across the UK andEurope. He was awarded the Robert McFadzean Whyte scholarship to the Royal College of Music, completing an MMus in Composition under Kenneth Hesketh. He previously studied at theUniversity of Manchester, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.He was appointed composer-in-residence with the Kettner Society in 2023.His concert-music has been performed by Institute .abeceda, Berkeley Ensemble, Psappha, and Quator Tana, and frequently explores notions freedom and constraint within systems, patterns, and process. He has also written a number of stage works, including the collaborative chamber-opera ‘Clavigo’ for the Peter Eötvös Foundation, performed in Budapest and Berlin in 2024;‘The Grape’(2021), a chamber-opera collaboration with Rennik-Jan Neggers for Opera Orchestra NationalMontpellier, which won a Kaznui New Music Generation Prize; ‘Liturgie’, an interdisciplinary ballet created with SpectraEnsemble, which premiered at Tete-a-Tete in 2017and was highlighted as part of the Natalia Goncharova retrospective at the Tate Modern in 2018; and work with the CohanCollective at Pavilion Dance Southwest from 2018-19.Upcoming work includes composing music for director Peter Treherne’s community multimedia project ‘The Matter of Britain’,and an exploring the art-song/lieder genre. He is also in demand as a pianist and repetiteur, with recent performances at the Lanzarote Opera Festival and DramaticVoices Lieder Festival in 2024,is performing as part of the ASaiL Collective at Handel and Hendrix House, and will be on tour with Forbear theatre throughout 2025.

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