April 13-21, 2026

oUTHEAR nEW MUSIC WEEK sYMPOSIUM & mASTERCLASS

5th EDITION, 13-21 April 2026

Ensembles in Residence:

KLANGFORUM & PPCM GRAZ

Faculty

Mark Andre | Annesley Black |

Dimitri Papageorgiou | Orestis Toufektsis

Piano Automaton

Winfried Ritsch

CATEGORY A

Mixed quartet

a) mezzo soprano | clarinets | violin | viola

b) flutes | trumpet(Bb)/flügelhorn | trombone | percussion

CATEGORY B

Solo: violin | viola | flute | trumpet(Bb)/flügelhorn

CATEGORY C

Solo with live electronics: m. soprano |

clarinets | trombone | percussion

CATEGORY D

Solo: Piano automaton

CATEGORY E

Reading Session for mixed quartet

The outHEAR New Music Week Symposium and Master Class is an intensive curriculum in composition. Our Composer Fellows work closely with the world-class performers of the Ensemble Klangforum Wien, the performers of the PPCM Graz (Performance Practice in Contemporary Music, and distinguished faculty in one-on-one lessons and mentoring, masterclasses, coaching, rehearsals, discussions, and performances.

Co-organized by the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz and the Department of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. It is under the auspices of the Austrian Embassy in Athens, Greece.

The outHear New Music Week was initiated by Christos Lenoutsos, Dimitri Papageorgiou, Orestis Toufektsis and Dimitris Polisoidis.