A concert for explorers! And a chance for the audience to experience newcomers to the scene. Recent conservatory graduates intensify their expertise in contemporary music at the International Ensemble Modern Academy. Here they present themselves as the IEMA Ensemble 2021/2022, joined for this concert by the young, Graz-based Schallfeld Ensemble. Apart from the compositional self-reflection “music box / selbstportrait mit ligeti und strawinsky (und messiaen ist auch dabei)” by Marko Nikodijević and the politically motivated piece “Workers Union” by Louis Andriessen, the programme features two world premieres by young composers from Russia/USA and Chile. Entitled “Reflections”, the evening offers a multitude of perspectives on the festival’s theme, “MeWe”.

Programm:

Elena Rykova: In the Presence of Absence (2022), Deutsche Erstaufführung
Zara Ali: Neues Werk (2023), UA
Marko Nikodijević: music box / selbstportrait mit ligeti und strawinsky (und messiaen ist auch dabei) (2000–01/2003/rev. 2006)
Louis Andriessen: Workers Union (1975)