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Welcome to summer semester 2026

The Department of Composition Studies and Music Production wishes all staff and students a good start to the semester.


ACHT (UA)
// Composition, commissioned by Sprachspiel. Biennale West 2026

@Alte Schieberkammer
(12.06., 15h)

©commons wikimedia/Adriaen Coorte (fl. 1683–1707)

A collective composition inspired by H. C. Artmann’s “Eight-Point Proclamation of the Poetic Act.” 

Composition:
Jakob HENNEKEN, Marija JOCIŪTE, Gabriel NEUMAIER, Jan-Eirik OLSEN & Angélica CASTELLÓ

Direction: Angélica CASTELLÓ

Students of the Certificate Program in Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (ELAK) of mdw.

MEET THE COMPOSER
// artist talk Rebecca SAUNDERS

@D0263
(12.06., 11h)

(C)Astrid Ackermann

As part of her residency with the Webern Ensemble Neue Musik at the mdw, Rebecca SAUNDERS will be the guest of honor for a public discussion and Q&A. Rebecca Saunders is one of the most prominent contemporary composers on the international scene. Her works are performed worldwide by leading ensembles, soloists, and festivals. In 2019, she was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. 

The event offers students and interested members of the public the opportunity to engage in conversation with Rebecca Saunders about her work, her creative process, compositional strategies, and current artistic projects.

The event is designed as an open Q&A session.
All interested parties are warmly welcome.

study concert: composition 2
// students of Julia PURGINA & Gerald RESCH

@Joseph-Haydn-Saal
(15.06., 18h)

(c)JV-midjourney

works by:
tba


study concert: media composition
// students of Ricardo TOVAR MATEUS

@Klangtheater
(20.06., 15-16h)

works by:
tba

study concert: electroacoustic composition
// students of Jorge SÁNCHEZ-CHIONG 

@Klangtheater
(20.06., 16-23h)

works by:
Yeison BUITRAGO-VARGAS, Samir EL-HIMER, Dominik FÖRTSCH, Noëmi HAFFNER, Vlada LYSENKO, Masao ONO, João PINTO, Matic PETEK, Doina-Cezara PROCOPCIUC, Nicolas URBAN, Vasilisa VARFOLOMEEVA, Anton VERTIPOLOKH, Timo WALLNA

film screening: media composition
// students of Judit VARGA

@Arthouse-Kino
(22.06., 18h)

(c)JV-midjourney

works by:
Georg KLÖPFER, Michael Johannes RICHTER, Frederik ABEL, David MARESCH, Noëmi HAFFNER, Wenyinan HE, Eunsoo HUR


study concert: piano

// students of Atousa SALEHI

@Karl-Öhlberger-Studio
(23.06., 18h30)

(c)Daniel Willinger
Students of Atousa SALEHI present their new programme.

study concert: piano

// students of Kaori NISHII

@Orchesterstudio
(26.06., 18h)

ELAK SUMMER CONCERT

// students of ELAK-programme

@Fassfabrik
(27.06., 18h)


Students of the Certificate Programme in Electroacoustic and Experimental Music (ELAK) present their new works.