Luxembourg Composition Academy 2023

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 2023 edition, the Academy will take place from November 20th to November 25th 2023 and the faculty will consist of invited composers Ed Bennett et Annea Lockwood, together with United Instruments of Lucilin and conductor Julien Leroy.
The 8 selected composers of the 2023 edition of the Academy are:

Tzu-Hsuan Chen
Henri Colombat
Ed Cooper
Eluned Davies
Liam Dougherty
Chi-Yen Huang
Sohui Jeong
Jasmine Morris

The final concert, which will take place on November 25th 2023, will present the 8 brand new pieces by these young and talented composers.

Final concert of the academy
– salle Krieps, neimënster
Free entry

As part of the rainy days festival – in collaboration with neimënster and Philharmonie Luxembourg.

With :
André Pons-Valdès, Winnie Cheng, violins. Ingrid Schoenlaub, cello. Sophie Deshayes, flute. Max Mausen, clarinet. Pascal Meyer, piano. Guy Frisch, Galdric Subirana, percussions.

Julien Leroy, conductor

With the participation of the German trade magazine Positionen.