precept.concept.percept RESIDENCY PROGRAM
As participant performer or conductor, you will:
- Join a one-year residency program and specialize in contemporary music performance.
- Gain professional experience and references through performing at an international festival and receive a professional live recording of your performance (video and audio).
- Gain hands-on experience rehearsing and performing in an ensemble format during the on-site week at the .abeceda Contemporary Music Festival.
- Collaborate interactively with fellow performers and composers throughout the year.
- Work directly with composers to gain insight into the creative process and actively shape the development of new works.
- Present your musical practice and research while optimizing your performance techniques through monthly online sessions.
- Expand your skills by studying various notation techniques and enhancing your contemporary performance practice.
- Attend lectures, symposia and concerts during the festival week while networking with guest composers, performers and residency participants from around the world.
Information on newly composed works:
- Newly composed works by participating composers will be performed by the ensemble in residency, consisting of performers and conductors who apply to the program.
- Performers will receive scores by August 31.
- Reading sessions will take place during Stage II. (September – November 2026) of the workshop in online sessions. These sessions are dedicated to providing feedback to composers, proposing optimisations, and addressing logistical and practical questions related to the works.
- As a performer, you are expected to be present for the rehearsal week, which will take place from January 6 – 11, prior to the festival. Rehearsals will be held daily.
- During the festival, you will perform approximately 10–15 newly composed works. The final number depends on the number of composer applicants and will be communicated to participating performers once the application process is concluded.