A Journey of Artistic Discovery Across Europe
ULYSSES JOURNEYS FOR PERFORMERS
Organised by impuls, Austria
At impuls Festival 2025, the ULYSSES Platform supports percussionists SeongYeon Kong and Antonio Gaggiano as part of their ULYSSES Journeys in the two events below:
1) TRIOS. QUARTETS. QUINTETS…
Works by young composers participating in the impuls Academy this year are the centre of attention here. The compositions, including sketches, are selected in advance through various Calls for Scores, such as for the Trio Accanto line-up (Özkan Umutcan Bapbacı, Yuri Demetz, Frej Wedlund, Sungtae Paek) and for saxophone trio, quartet and quintet (Gaia Aloisi, Dror Binder, Tina Geroldinger, Changjin Ha, Chih-Yun Wang, Frej Wedlund). At the Academy, the emerging composers participate in discussions and feedback rounds. After intensive exchange with the young musicians on-site, supported by the impuls coaching team, a number of the compositions are ready to be presented.
Date of workshop: 18 - 26 February 2025
Marcus Weiss saxophones
Christian Dierstein percussion
saxophonists of the impuls Academy 2025
pianists of the impuls Academy 2025
percussionists of the impuls Academy 2025
2) TRIO ACCANTO SPECIAL PROGRAM
With Trio Accanto, impuls hosts one of the most prestigious chamber music formations dedicated to contemporary music. The trio has premiered more than 100 works and now offers the rare chance to composition participants of impuls 2025 to work with them.
Trio Accanto first makes a call for scores amongst the composer participants of impuls 2025. The Trio then makes a selection and proposes to a) work on one or more pieces with the composer during the impuls Academy, leading possibly also to a performance at the impuls Festival and b) do readings, giving feedback also to the other composers on their submitted works.
Furthermore, submitted compositions may also be worked on by young musicians in formations participating in the Academy under the guidance of Trio Accanto.
Date of concert: 26 February 2025
Trio Accanto
Marcus Weiss saxophone
Nicolas Hodges piano
Christian Dierstein percussion
