Festival

Composers' Talk

Omer Barash | Louis Bona | Marin Escande | Hristina Šušak

Johannes Kalitzke moderation

A half hour Composers' Talk before the Laureate Concert with Klangforum Wien, premiering four new impuls commissions.

Meet the Composers

Omer Barash | Louis Bona | Marin Escande | Hristina Šušak

Johannes Kalitzke moderation

Presentations and discussion with the composers of the impuls commissions after the premieres of their new works on February 8th.

Piano Preparation

Workshop for composers, pianists and other interested impuls participants with Andreas Orasch

Andreas Orasch is not only a piano maker, but was also piano tuner at KUG for many years and still works with pianists such as Markus Schirmer. At impuls he will first give an introduction to preparation methods and possibilities on the piano and then answer questions around the topic. Please feel free to bring along own works that ask for preparation, or also works by other composers with similar specific needs.

On Percussion

Special Program for composers with Christian Dierstein

Aside from his class for percussionists, Christian Dierstein invites composers to an additional Masterclass, that will put a special emphasis on new techniques for percussionists as well as specialities of music-theatrical forms. Specially for composer participants of impuls 2027 he will thematize particular new techniques on percussion-instruments as well as striking applications and tools. A good basis hereby offers the book "The Techniques of Percussion Playing. Mallets, Implements and Applications" by Christian Dierstein, Jens Ruland und Michel Roth, published by Bärenreiter Verlag.

On Cello

Workshop with Eva Böcker

With "On Cello", Eva Böcker invites not only her cello students but also, and above all, composers and other interested participants of the impuls Academy to an approximately 2,5-hour workshop, that offers for example insights into repertoire, notation, technical specifications for the instrument and developments in the context of contemporary music, including extended techniques. If of interest, this can partly also be examplified using scores for solo cello pieces as well as specific questions submitted in advance by the impuls Academy participants.

Careers in a fluid environment of contemporary music

Workshop-Meeting-Discussion with Uli Fussenegger

Over the past 25 years, the wider field of contemporary music has not only shaken the established artistic profiles of creative artists, it has also left its mark on professional structures. We are confronted with an extremely fluid environment of event organisers, festivals and even traditional institutions, which are increasingly (forced to) question their own relevance and legitimacy in a disruptive social environment.

For us artists, living and working in such a biotope presents a double challenge: How can artistic vision and creative freedom be preserved while at the same time seeking and securing the foundations for a secure existence?

Trio Abstrakt . Meet the ensemble

Meeting-Discussion with Trio Abstrakt

Trio Abstrakt invites all participants of the impuls Academy 2027 for a two-hour discussion/meeting, in which main aspects of an ensemble's development are discussed. Topics include profile development, curation and programming, work with mission and vision statements, professionalization (business) and public appearance.

Meet K!ART and MINU-festival director Mikkel Schou 

Meeting-Discussion with K!ART

Mikkel Schou as well as Rob Durnin, member of K!ART and composer, performer, curator in his own name, invite all participants of the impuls Academy 2027 for an approximately 1,5-hour discussion/meeting, that will present the profiles of both the festival and the ensemble in more detail, provide insight from two different perspectives (ensemble and promoter) into topics such as how programming comes about, how to develop a USP, address and target audiences, generate publicity, find financing, etc.