Luxembourg Composition Academy 2019
Since 2015, United Instruments of Lucilin has presented, together with neimënster, a composition masterclass in Luxembourg, inviting eight young composers from all over the world to come during one week in Luxembourg and to work on a new piece, composed for the occasion, led by two renowned composers and by musicians of United Instruments of Lucilin, in a creative and inspirant place which is the Abbaye of Neimënster. The program consists of lectures, one-to-one lessons, a workshop on „How to present one’s music to the public“, as well as workshops with the musicians of the ensemble.
The Luxembourg Composition Academy is part of the rainy days festival, the Philharmonie Luxembourg international festival for contemporary music.
For its 2019 edition, the Academy will take place from November 25th to 30th and the faculty will consist of invited composers Elena Mendoza (Universität der Künste, Berlin) et Philippe Leroux (McGill University, Montreal), together with United Instruments of Lucilin and conductor Elena Schwarz.
The eight selected composers of the 2019 edition of the Academy are:
Pablo Andoni Gómez Olabarría
Anne Castex
Alexandre Jamar
Giulia Monducci
Mijin Oh
Hendrik Rungelrath
Daniel Serrano
Francisco Uberto
The final concert, which will take place on November 30th at 11h00, will present the eight brand new pieces by these young and talented composers.
Final concert of the academy
November 30th, 11.00 – salle Krieps, neimënster
Free entry
As part of the «less is more − rainy days 2019»