Symposium
outHEAR New Music Week
2-4th November 2024
Chair: Dimitri Papageorgiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Organising committee:
Dimitri Papageorgiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Orestis Toufektsis, Univeristy of Music & Performing Arts Graz
Keynote Speaker: prof. Annesley Black (Univeristy of Music & Performing Arts Graz)
"Soundscapes of the Future: Music, Material, and Interdisciplinary Creativity"
Under the auspices of the Department of Music Studies
With the support of the Research Committee
of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The symposium "Soundscape of the Future: outHEAR New Music Week is a dynamic platform for exploring the evolving intersections of sound, form and creativity in contemporary music. The three-day event, hosted under the auspices of the Department of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, aims to promote the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between established composers and composers at the early stage of their careers, offering a space for innovative dialogue on the future of music creation in a rapidly changing artistic landscape. The symposium focuses on the relationship between sound and material, embracing a wide range of creative approaches - from the transformation of found objects into musical expression to the role of silence and space in composition, highlighting the complex relationship between form and creativity in music today.
The variety of topics reflects the symposium's aim to bridge theoretical, compositional and interpretive perspectives, ultimately contributing to a deeper understanding of the way contemporary music evolves beyond cultural, technological and conceptual boundaries. Bringing together composers from different countries and cultural backgrounds, the symposium provides a critical platform for discussing the artistic, pedagogical and technical challenges of the future, encouraging a progressive vision of music composition and interdisciplinary creativity. Through this rich exchange, the symposium promotes not only the development of new ideas but also the cultivation of a community that values both experimentation and the profound potential of music as a material and conceptual art form.
Soundscapes of the Future: Music, Material, and Interdisciplinary Creativity
Schedule
Nov 2
10:30 | WELCOME & COFFEE
11:00 | Annesley Black keynote speaker
Circular networks: situation - sound- structure
12:30 | LUNCH BREAK
13:30 | Jean-Patrick Besingrand
Silence and Other Absences. Composing with Empty Spaces
14:00 | Vasiliki Kourti-Papamoustou
Pedagogical aspects of new music composition
14:30 | Jing Wang
From From Found Objects to Music
15:00 | BREAK
15:30 | Xiaofeng Jiang
Frame of Sounds: Spaces Shaped by Sounds
16:00 | Dongsun Shin
The Richness of Expression: Where Creativity and Individuality Begin form and material
Nov 3
10:30 | Dimitri Papageorgiou
Dialogues Beyond Borders: Transcultural Approaches in My Recent
12:00 | LUNCH BREAK
13:00 | Sohui Jeong
MULTI-CONTEXTUALIZED MUSIC
13:30 | Luca Bardelle
Essence, necessity, dialogue, simplification
14:00 | Carolina Cerezo Dávila
Syntax models in phrasing and material generation
14:30 | BREAK
15:00 | Alessandro Massobrio
Notes on prescriptive notation
15:30 | Rotem Eylam
Continuity vs discontinuity through sound and form
16:00 | Gabriel Fynsk
When Does Music Happen?
Nov 4
10:30 | Orestis Toufektsis
Teleology and dramaturgy in the shaping of formal structures
12:00 | Alina Mukhametrakhimova
Multimedia and timbres in the works of A. Khubeev
12:30 | LUNCH BREAK
13:30 | Emanuele Savagnone
lacrime e fiamme
14:00 | Thanakarn Schofield
Recantation - Retracing the Enigmatic Processes and Sonic Deconstruction of My Compositional Writing
14:30 | BREAK
15:00 | Eunhye Joo
What Inspires My Musical Interest?
15:30 | Orestis Papaioannou
Utility of Hybrid Voice in the Opera
"The Fall of the House of Commons"
16:00 | Cyril Molesti
From block to point form and material
under the auspices of Austrian Embassy Athens
