precept.concept.percept XII – open call for composers and performers for residency run by Slovenian .abeceda [new music ensemble]

There is an open call for composers and performers for a residency programme for 2025. The precept.concept.percept residency focuses on a collaborative creative process where performers and composers work closely together to prepare for a performance at the fifth .abeceda Contemporary Music Festival (Bled, Slovenia, EU). Composers present, optimize, theorize, and develop new works, while performers form an ensemble to refine their practice and premiere these compositions.

This represents a year-long collaboration with monthly online workshops from February to May 2025, a week’s workshop in Bled, Slovenia in June 2025 with a performance at the fifth .abeceda Contemporary Music Festival in Bled. Then monthly online workshops from September to November 2025 with presentations by participant composers and performers focused on in-depth analysis and reflection.

The video shows Claudia Sofía Alvarez Cuba’s Gritos silentes performed by .abeceda [new music ensemble]. The residency is run .abeceda [new music ensemble], which composer Alastair White has worked with over the past few years as composer-in-residence

Applications need to take place before 25 January 2025, further information at the website.