On April 11 and 12, 2025, the fourth .abeceda. Contemporary Music Festival will take place at Cukrarna Gallery. The two-day festival will feature four evening concerts, pre-concert discussions and two roundtables that will look into the future of contemporary (classical) music practice.
On April 11 and 12, 2025, the fourth .abeceda. Contemporary Music Festival will take place at Cukrarna. The two-day festival will feature four evening concerts presenting works by resident composers, as well as compositions created within the precept.concept.percept. composition workshop. The festival programme, which allows featured composers to direct their own artistic and stylistic vision, is complemented by pre-concert discussions and two roundtables that will look into the future of contemporary (classical) music practice.
PROGRAMME
Friday, April 11, 2025
16.00 – [.norma _ inovacijski center] — round table discussion Invention and Development of Slovenian Classical Music: Perspective 2030–2040
*the roundtable discussion will be held in Slovenian
Urška Rihtaršič, moderator
18.30 – [Verso Doxa] – pre-concert gathering with composers and performers
Brina Kren, moderator
19.00 – .abeceda [new music ensemble]
*selected works by the participants of the precept.concept.percept programme
Yang Haoyuan – Schizzo III (2024)
Eileen Mc Loughlin – Nocturnal Awakening (2024) _ first performance
Aleksandra Woźniak – Dimensions of Dialogue (2024) _ first performance
Mieke J Doezema – Rock Fever (2024)
Francesco Sgambati – Memoire (2024)
Caio Csizmar – Bystanders at Half (2024) _ first performance
Aaron Zimmer – Seven Limbs of a Putrid God (2024) _ first performance
20.15 – .abeceda [new music ensemble]
Opus II. _ composition for infra.norma.meta [Dré A. Hočevar, 2025]
Saturday, April 12, 2025
16.00 – [.norma _ inovacijski center] — round table discussion
Art as Invention in Disciplinary Music Practices: Perspective 2030–2040
*the roundtable discussion will be held in Slovenian
Brina Kren, moderator
18.30 – [Verso Doxa] – pre-concert talk
Brina Kren, moderator
19.00 – .abeceda [new music ensemble]
Trinity Hlynn Prater – Anthropodermic Bibliopegy γ: 外 丹 (2024–25) _ first performance
Zachary Bell – Septet–Love and Darkness Remain (2024)
Pedro Pascoali – Arqueogênese (2024) _ first performance
Juwon Lim – Arrhythmia (2024) _ first performance
Julianna Hinton – breach in the levee of the lower ninth ward (2024) _ first performance
Lasha Kharkhelauri – Beyond (2024) _ first performance
20.15 – .abeceda [new music ensemble]
Maximiliano Soto Mayorga – KUURUUPU (2024)
Alastair White – Music Against – (2022)
Darcy Copeland – WOLF (2023/25)
Sean Quinn – copse (2024)
The festival is organized by the .abeceda Institute in collaboration with Cukrarna Gallery/MGML. The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, and the Vič-Rudnik Music School.