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DRAGONBLOOD is a genre-bending, interdisciplinary festival in a game-inspired fantasy realm, where dragons, fairies, magicians and guest artists from around the world guide you on an immersive emotional quest.

Warsaw Autumn and JVLMA co-commission emerging composer Marta Śniady in a varied programme performed by London Sinfonietta.

ULYSSES Emerging Ensemble K!ART, an experimental music ensemble and creative platform based in Copenhagen, performs at Warsaw Autumn 2025.

In 2025, Gaudeamus and IEMA commission Dutch emerging composer Gijs van der Heijden.

Don’t leave the room! Let furniture keep you company, vanish, merge with the wall, barricade your iris from the chronos, the eros, the cosmos, the virus. These lines from Joseph Brodsky’s iconic poem

Don’t leave the room! Let furniture keep you company, vanish, merge with the wall, barricade your iris from the chronos, the eros, the cosmos, the virus. The iconic 1969 poem "Don ’ t Leave The Room"

Topic: Environmental sustainability for young classical musicians & composers Time: 11:30 am CEST Julie’s Bicycle delivers a 1.5 hour training session on the role of orchestras and ensembles for

Two young composers have been selected to attend the workshop and festival in the framework of their ULYSSES Journey at Warsaw Autumn: Nikolas Agrafiotis and Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei.

This time, the academy and associated festival are all about money: “MONEY DOUGH”!

Islands of Change confronts the polycrisis – planetary collapse, genocide, war, tech-fascism, and growing authoritarianism – that increasingly leaves us at a loss in the face of the challenges it presents.

The ULYSSES Platform supports emerging ensemble SMASH.duo in two concerts at Gaudeamus 2025, once with Yaz Lancaster and once with their own stereotype-breaking programme.

The Hague-based sextet Ear to the Earth Ensemble present their programme Verwilderd , based on the idea of ‘rewilding’: reintroducing wilderness and letting nature take its course again in areas

At Gaudeamus Festival 2025, K!ART performs two pieces by nominees for the Gaudeamus Award: Matthew Grouse and Yaz Lancaster.

Bernat Pont Anglada (ES) is a Catalan composer and performer based in Catalonia and Berlin, blending humor, emotion, and experimentation. Winner of the 2023 WE:NOW Prize ( How to Bread ) and the

Clémence Martel (FR) soprano, performer and composer, based in Tuscany and Paris, takes part in the Mixtur Voice Workshop 2025 , led by Juliet Fraser in collaboration with ESMUC, as part of her

Svetlana Riger takes part in the Mixtur Violin Workshop 2025 , led by violinist Karin Hellqvist and held in collaboration with ESMUC, as part of her ULYSSES Journey. Svetlana, alongside other

Symbiont is a 35-minute multimedia show for five musicians, dancers, and youth choir interacting with a robotic totem built from piano fragments, branches, and natural elements.

The Frankfurt-based Fabrik Quartet , formed in 2022 at IEMA , quickly established itself with bold interpretations of contemporary music. Prizewinners at major competitions, they are supported by