for eleven musicians and electronics

Ensemble Next
Dir.: Flavien Boy

Federico Altare, flûte
Youjin Jung, clarinette
Simon Munch, saxophone
Alessandro Rinaudo, percussions
Pierre Venissac, piano
Bastien Pouillès, accordéon
Youngseo Kim, violon 1
Karen Nonomura, violon 2
Nadine Oussaad, alto 
Yi Zhou, violoncelle
Jules Bauer De Milleret, contrebasse


21.03.2025 - Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris

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Maria Vittoria Agresti, born in 1996 in Caserta, Italy, is an Italian composer whose main focus is on the exploration and study of timbre as a vehicle for the perception of sound. 

Began her piano studies at a very young age, she graduated at the Conservatory of Avellino with highest honours in composition and piano.

Then she completed postgraduate studies in composition at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia under the guidance of Ivan Fedele.
During her time at the Academy she also attended the electronic music course with Michelangelo Lupone.

​Her works have received several awards and distinctions and she has collaborated with prominent composers and artists such as F. Filidei, C. Czernowin, F. Verunelli, M. Stroppa, M. Momi, N. Vassena, L. Ronchetti, J.M. Sánchez-Verdú, G. Cresta, A. Solbiati, G. Battistelli and others.

Her music has been performed in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Portugal by renowned ensembles and orchestras such as the Names Ensemble, AchRome Ensemble, RePercussion Trio, Concrete [Lab] Ensemble, Syntax Ensemble, NEMA Ensemble, G.G. Arrigoni strings Orchestra, Ensemble Dissonanzen, D'Este Symphonic Orchestra and by important soloist like F. D'Orazio, A. D'Errico, M. Boselli, E. Marchesini and others.

Currently at the "Accademia di Belle Arti" in Naples, doing a PhD in "Innovation, Technologies and New Materials for Art".

Score published by https://www.lumiedizionimusicali.it/pubblicazioni/lumi-next/

Akın Kilis was born on June 13, 1998 in Adana. In 2016, he became a composition student at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Here, he worked with Özkan Manav, Hasan Uçarsu, Mehmet Nemutlu, and Ahmet Altınel, and graduated in 2020. In 2020, as part of the Erasmus+ program, he worked with Gordon Kampe at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. At the same time, he also worked with names like Alexander Schubert, Sebastian Sprenger, Roberta Vidic, and Catarina Fourcassie. In the same year, he started his master's degree education at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul State Conservatory as a student of Özkan Manav. In the academic year 2022-2023, he worked with Klaus Lang at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz as part of the Erasmus+ program, and had the opportunity to work with names such as Beat Furrer, Franck Bedrossian, and Clemens Gadenstätter multiple times. In the academic year 2023-2024, he will continue his second master's degree education at the same school with Clemens Gadenstätter.
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Some ensembles performed his works and some performed pieces: Ensemble Multilaterale (France) "C Major Trauma", Quatuor Diotima (France) "Bounded Mobility", Ensemble Oerknal (Netherlands) "Parodies of a Ballade", Appasionato Ensemble (Italy) "If We Had Not Get Divided...", Gilgamesh Ensemble (USA) "Epope", Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra (Lithuania) "Brancusi", Klasik Keyifler (Turkey) "Konçerto Pera", Diskant Ensemble (Turkey) "Stepwise to the Tenebrous Aura", Anadolu Wind Quintet (Turkey) "Insomnia".
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Some awards he received in competitions: 2nd Prize at the 9th Mersin International Music Festival Composition Competition (2017), 3rd Prize at the 11th Mersin International Music Festival Composition Competition (2019), Audience Special Award and Honorable Mention at the Süleymanpaşa Municipality Bisanthe Gülsin Onay Piano Composition Competition (2019), Honorable Mention at the IV. International Composition Competition 2020 "Appasionato Ensemble" (2022), 3rd Prize at the 2nd International Balsys Composition Competition 2021, 3rd Prize at the Gilgamesh Composition Competition (2022), 6th Prize at the 2nd International contest of choral composition UAH 2022, 1st Prize at the 4th International Composition Competition New Music Generation, Jury Special Award at the Aima 25th Anniversary Composition Award (2023).
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Names he has worked with so far: Onur Türkmen, Mahir Cetiz, Yiğit Aydın, Michael Ellison, Ülkemin Akbaş, Pieter Snapper, Shih-Hui Chen, Hideki Kozakura, Michael Edward Edgerton, Samir Todeh-Tamimi, Kamran İnce, Gordon Kampe, Klaus Lang, Beat Furrer, Franck Bedrossian, Yann Robin, Francesco Filidei, Clemens Gadenstätter, Klaus Lang, Jean-luc Herve, Pierluigi Billone, Marco Stroppa, Martin Matalon, Mark Andre.
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Festivals he has attended: 10th, 11th, and 13th Journey of Sound: Young Composers Festival (2017, 2018, 2021), The Second Everlasting Hope: Gustav Mahler & Terezin Composers Festival (2018), Bilkent Composition Academy (2017-2019), Istanbul Bilgi University Bilgi New Music Festival (2021), Barcelona Modern Academy, Impuls Composition Academy (2023).
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Seminars he attended: Onur Türkmen, Tolga Yayalar, Mahir Cetiz, Pieter Snapper, Hanna Eimermacher, Noel Zahler, Eivind Buene, Stefan Lienenkamper, Ken Ueno, Michael Edward Edgerton, Hideki Kozakura, Helena Tulve, Kamran İnce, Tolga Tüzün, Leopold Hurt, Moritz Eggert, Franck Bedrossian, Yann Robin, Francesco Filidei, Clemens Gadenstätter, Klaus Lang, Marton Illes, Annesley Black, Min Tzao, Jean-luc Herve, Pierluigi Billone, Clara Iannotta, Bernard Lang, Marco Stroppa, Martin Matalon, Mark Andre.
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A significant portion of his experience in composition has been gained through his relationship with the Istanbul Composers Collective. He considers them as his most valuable school and companions on this journey, especially Mithatcan Öcal, Emre Dündar, Mehmetali Uzunselvi, and Uğurcan Öztekin. The composer expresses gratitude to his dear friends Emircan Pehlivan and Mithatcan Öcal for their music discussions and collaborations.

Dilay Doğanay was born in Izmir, Turkey, in 1999.
Her music evolves in an effort to understand the theatricality of sound and implicit and explicit communication. Her pieces, which she created inspired by language, literature, oral and written communication, sometimes include texts she wrote. She has won, 2024 Ö1 Kompositions Preis.
She studied composition in İzmir. Recently finished her Master’s Degree in Kunst Universitat Graz with Franck Bedrossian. Now living in Paris and studying CNSMDP. Her music has been performed by different ensembles such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, RIOT, Schallfeld Ensemble, IEMA, hand werk, Next Ensemble; in different parts of the world: Italy, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Ukraine, Netherlands, Switzerland, Colombia, France (...)

COMPOSER
Digital Instrumental Music (DIM) for e-guitar and keyboard.
WHAT IS DIM...?
Digital instrumentation music, or DIM, is experimental music in which musical instruments produce sounds digitally rather than acoustically. This digitalisation process allows sounds to be modified and enriched through treatments and modulations.

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