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Rino Murakami (Preis an der Venedig Biennale 2022)
Rino Murakami (Preis an der Venedig Biennale 2022)
ZfGM Festival 2022 (Lin Liao, Dir.)
ZfGM Festival 2022 (Lin Liao, Dir.)
G. Cobo Garcia (Finalist des „Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2023")
G. Cobo Garcia (Finalist des „Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2023")
Jazz/Komposition Projekt 2022
Jazz/Komposition Projekt 2022
Lisa Fornhammar (Gegenwartsmusik Gesang)
Lisa Fornhammar (Gegenwartsmusik Gesang)
M. Foresi (Kompositionspreis des „Impuls“-Festivals für Neue Musik Sachsen Anhalt 2022)
M. Foresi (Kompositionspreis des „Impuls“-Festivals für Neue Musik Sachsen Anhalt 2022)
Ensemble Contemporary Insights
Ensemble Contemporary Insights
Pablo Olabarría (Kammermusik Gegenwartsmusik)
Pablo Olabarría (Kammermusik Gegenwartsmusik)
Konzert des Kultursalons 2022 (Prof. Boßler, Prof. Rapp & Studierende)
Konzert des Kultursalons 2022 (Prof. Boßler, Prof. Rapp & Studierende)
S. Molina Villarroel (neue Oper für die Bielefeld Oper, 2021)
S. Molina Villarroel (neue Oper für die Bielefeld Oper, 2021)
Konzert Stimmspiele, 2021
Konzert Stimmspiele, 2021
Rabea Esmail
Rabea Esmail
Elektroakustisches Studio G007
Elektroakustisches Studio G007
Seminarraum G302
Seminarraum G302
Aran Jiang: „He“ für Pipa und Harfe (2021)
Aran Jiang: „He“ für Pipa und Harfe (2021)
Elektroakustische Konzertreihe Speakers Corner
Elektroakustische Konzertreihe Speakers Corner

Composition

Composition

Composition as an artistic subject

Composition is taught as an artistic subject. Every student, whether in the preparatory (Nachwuchsförderklasse), bachelor, master or post-master (Meisterklasse) program should develop their own style or aesthetic orientation. A particular aesthetics is decidedly not imposed.

 

Teachers and individual lessons

All students receive individual one-to-one lessons. Responsible are the two professors for composition, Prof. Dr. Fabien Lévy (since 2017) and Prof. Dr. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (since 2005, at the same time head of the Center for Contemporary Music).

 

Composition seminar and other teaching

The composition seminar is the central collective place for students and anyone interested in contemporary music. In the seminar there is full freedom of expression. Among other things, numerous guests were able to present their works and exchange ideas with the students here (f.i.: Ondrej Adamek, Simha Arom, Franck Bedrossian, Dániel Péter Biró, Ashley Fure, Reiko Füting, Clara Iannotta, Christina Kubisch, Mauro Lanza, George Lewis, Robin Minard, Elena Mendoza, Isabel Mundry, Brice Pauset, Oliver Schneller, usw.).

 

Furthermore, the Academy of music has hundreds of specialists in all sorts of disciplines (including music theory, music analysis, orchestration / instrumentation, electroacoustic music, cross-media art, ear training, improvisation, conducting, philosophy, etc.).

 

Composition and practice

Composition students have numerous opportunities to perform their work and share projects in collaboration with the entire house or in external collaborative projects.

for instance:

- The HMT-intern concert series „Musik & Gegenwart" 
(chamber contemporary music)

- The HMT-intern electroacoustic concert series "Speakers Corner
"

- The ZfGM-Festival in June (5 to 7 concerts)

- the "Kultursalon" in November
 (concert and conference)

- Many cooperation projects with different departments inside the school (Instrumental- und voice dept., conducting, Jazz, Dramaturgy...)


- Regular Projects and Workshops with extern Institutions and Ensembles: Mdr-Orchestra, School for visual art (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig), Ensemble Contemporary Insights, Ensemble Tempus Konnex, etc.)

 

Composition is far more than interdisciplinary

Composition is  taught in connection with the music of the whole Western tradition and of other cultures. Composition also knows no subject boundaries and is therefore taught in connection with aesthetic reflection. References to other arts, philosophy, literature, science, but also to current political events are deliberately included. Openness to other genres and means of production such as the latest technologies, music theater, sound installation and performance are encouraged. The events organized by the Center for Contemporary Music (ZfGM) always cross disciplinary boundaries.

 

International study subject

Composition is taught on an international level. Global knowledge, international exchange, the high proportion of foreign students, international guests and a good contact with foreign colleagues guarantee a productive studying atmosphere.

 

ZfGM

The Center for Contemporary Music (Zentrum für Gegenwartsmusik - ZfGM)

ZfGM The Center for Contemporary Music (Zentrum für Gegenwartsmusik - ZfGM)

The Center for Contemporary Music (Zentrum für Gegenwartsmusik - ZfGM) was founded in 2016 at the Leipzig University of Music and Drama "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" on the initiative of the rectorate and the associated departments. The center cultivates the performance of new music and organizes several events as far as experimental and contemporary music is concerned.

 

More information about the events and teaching offers: https://zfgm.hmt-leipzig.de

 

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Ansprechpartner

Prof. Dr. Fabien Lévy

fabien.levy@hmt-leipzig.de

Prof. Dr. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf