.abeceda [New Music Academy] III.

 

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PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS AND IDEAS PROGRAMME

[November 2026 – June 2027]

 

Develop a composition from a philosophical question, concept, or argument. Make thought materially operative through sound, time, notation, embodiment, and performance rather than illustrating an external thematic premise.

 

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DATES

 

November 16, 17, 2026: Online seminars

January 1, 2026: Score and/or other materials submission

June 14–18, 2027: 5-day intensive rehearsal period

June 19–25, 2027: Premieres at Bled Contemporary Music Week

 

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ABOUT THE RESIDENCY

 

The .abeceda [New Music Academy] programme invites composers to create works through engagement with philosophical concepts and questions. Concepts do not function as themes for illustration, but as generative propositions whose consequences unfold through compositional decisions.

 

Each composer articulates one conceptual proposition and translates it into a work for one formation: solo, string quartet, chamber ensemble, symphony orchestra, or choir. Online exchange examines how an idea can organise material, form, temporality, notation, listening, and embodied performance. Rehearsal tests how those operations become perceptible, coherent, and productive in sound.

 

Through composition, analysis, rehearsal, reflection, and public presentation, the programme strengthens composers’ capacity to make philosophical thought operative in sound. Each composer leaves with a premiered work, professional documentation, refined artistic methods, and lasting collaborative relationships.