Music : Soundings

About Soundings

Soundings, initiated in 2004 by the Austrian Cultural Forum London, presents and profiles young composers and performers from Austria and the United Kingdom in workshops, symposia and concerts. It provides composers and musicians with a unique opportunity to get to know each other and each other’s work. Each and every year has inspired and created many exciting artist collaborations, projects and commissions many of which are ongoing. For more information please visit www.soundings.co.uk

Watch an online film about Soundings here!

 

Soundings: Open Engagement

Soundings: Open Engagement. Concert 2

10 May 2012, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Charlotte BrayMidnight closesThree Thomas Hardy settings7 minFor piano and sopranoComposed in 2010, commissioned by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust for the Monday Night Platform 2010. Johannes BerauerPrelude7 ...
Soundings: Panel Discussion

Soundings: Panel Discussion

10 May 2012, 5.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Contemporary music is commonly afflicted with the opinion to be inaccessible. That this view points to the realm of many other prejudices on contemporary music, is proven by the works of some thirty young composers ...
Soundings: Open Engagement

Soundings: Open Engagement. Concert 1

9 May 2012, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Gavin HigginsThree Broken Love Songs14 minFor piano and clarinet Composed in 2006, commissioned by Mark Simpson, winner of the 2006 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition Johannes BerauerDes Kaisers neue ...
Soundings

Soundings . Open Engagement

8 – 11 May 2012 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Two evening concerts Wednesday 9 May, 7pm BOOKINGThursday 10 May, 7pmBOOKING Panel discussion Thursday 10 May, 5pmBOOKING Soundings is a unique platform for contemporary music presenting and profiling young composers and musicians ...
Soundings Retrospective Concert

Soundings Retrospective Concert

5 December 2011, 8.00pm | Kings Place
In 8 years Soundings, the ACF London’s platform for contemporary music, has featured many of Austria & the UK’s leading young composers, including Johanna Doderer, Reinhard Fuchs, Olga Neuwirth, Johannes Maria Staud, Joanna Wozny ...
Soundings 2004–2011

Soundings 2004–2011. Looking Back Looking Forward

10 – 13 May 2011 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Four days of rehearsals, discussions and concerts open to the public Soundings, the ACF London’s platform for new music in its 8th year welcomes back previous participants now among the most highly acclaimed and ...

News

impuls - 8th International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music 2013

Registration for impuls 2013 in Graz, Austria has begun!  The festival runs from 9-20 February 2013 and offers the opportunity to work with some of the leading figures in contemporary music in Austria.  Register and find out more here.

Graz 2012 International Conducting Masterclass

Achim Holub’s annual summer conducting masterclass will take place in collaboration with Kammerphilharmonie, one of the leading chamber orchestra’s in Graz, 18 August - 1 September. Participants will conduct at a public final concert and take part in a conducting competition. The winner will conduct a performance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 and Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 with Kammerphilharmonie Graz at a concert on Saturday 1 September. You can download a brochure here and an application form here.

Friedrich Cerha wins Siemens Music Prize

Friedrich Cerha has been awarded the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2012. The Austrian composer, born in 1926, will be awarded the prize, valued at €200,000, for his life's work.  In addition Soundings composer Luke Bedford was awarded the Composers' Prize.

Soundings film online

De Novo Arts has produced a short film about Soundings, the ACF's platform for contemporary composers. You can view it here.