outHEAR New Music Week, symposium and masterclass for new music

The outHEAR New Music Week, founded in 2018, is an international symposium and composition master class, with the participation of Ensemble Klangforum Vienna and the Ensemble of the Performance Practice in Contemporary Music (PPCM) of the University of Music at Graz. The outHEAR Symposium and Master Class in composition is an intensive program of composition studies with individual lessons and mentoring, master classes, coaching, rehearsals, discussions and concerts.

Artists and Teachers

The festival programme includes distinguished teachers and artists such as:

Franck Bedrossian (Professor of Music Composition, Graz University)
Annesley Black (Professor of Music Composition, University of Graz)
Dimitri Papageorgiou (professor of composition, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Orestis Toufeksis (Professor of Music Theory, University of Graz)

Participation Klangforum Wien:
Miriam Overlach (harp)
Gerald Preinfalk (saxophones)
Dimitris Polyzoidis (viola)

Participants also include students from the postgraduate program in vocal and instrumental performance (PPCM) at the University of Graz:

Ana Caseiro (soprano)
Harald Hieronymus Hein (bass/baritone)
Dácil Guera (clarinet)
Maria Iaza (piano)
Szymon Kałużny (violin)
Daniel Dundus (saxophones

Program of Events:

International Symposium “Soundscapes of the Future: Music, Material, and Interdisciplinary Creativity (Dimitri Papageorgiou, chair) under the auspices of the Department of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with the support of the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Saturday 2 November 2024, 10:00-16:00
Sunday 3 and Monday 4 November 2024, 10:00-17:00

Classes and rehearsals at the Municipal Conservatory of Larissa (Open on request)

8-10 November: Concerts at the Municipal Conservatory of Larissa