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ULYSSES JOURNEYS FOR COMPOSERS & PERFOMERS

26/09/2025 – 28/09/2025

Organised by HfMT, Germany

Hamburg Contemporary
MONEY DOUGH
International Academy “Kontemporär” and Days of Contemporary Music at the HfMT Hamburg

From September 26 to 28, 2025, the HfMT will be entirely dedicated to contemporary music: Hamburg Contemporarypresents three outstanding concerts that open up new sound worlds. At the heart of the festival is the collaboration with members of the renowned ensemble LUX:NM, which, as Ensemble in Residence, will work intensively with young musicians to develop new works, alongside the RADAR Quartet.

A special focus of the Academy Kontemporär, which begins on September 22, will be the collaboration with Visiting Composer Philipp Maintz, who will lead a masterclass with the Academy’s fellows.

This year’s thematic framework, “MONEY DOUGH,” addresses a pressing issue: in the face of increasing cuts to cultural funding, Hamburg Contemporary seeks to send a strong musical message – loud, alert, and impossible to ignore. Art is not a luxury, but a necessity. Let us make music as if it were the last concert – so that many more can follow.

In 2025, 6 spots are reserved for Ulysses-supported young artists.

Concert I - September 26

Programme

Boulez: Anthèmes 1 (violin solo), Livre 1b (string quartet)
Berio: selections from 34 duetti
Yixuan Hu: String Quartet ’Gradient’
Jonas Otte: Piano Trio ‘īn nīz bogzarad’

Concert II (final concert of the international Academy Kontemporär 2025)

Programme

Concert III

Programme

World premieres by students of HfMT Hamburg:
Eunhye Joo
Nina Deuse
Felix Tetz
Andrea Scalmana
Xiaohan Xue
Marta K. Kowalczuk
Igor Andric
Kyungjin Lim
Minji Seo
Shuang Wu

RADAR Quartett
Flavio Virzi | Guitar
Arian Robinson Abdollahi | Drums
Ninon Gloger | Piano
John Eckhardt | Double bass