Luxembourg Composition Academy
One-week composition masterclass in Luxembourg for undergraduate and (post)graduate composers, organised by United Instruments of Lucilin and the rainy days festival (Philharmonie Luxembourg).
The Luxembourg Composition Academy is a unique event in Luxembourg, giving eight young composers the opportunity to create a new piece, accompanied by musicians from the United Instruments of Lucilin ensemble and renowned composers. The call for applications is published on the United Instruments of Lucilin Facebook page and website.
The academy program includes lectures and individual tutoring sessions with two guest composers, as well as workshops. Each participant is invited to write a piece for United Instruments of Lucilin. These compositions will then be worked on during the academy and premiered at the academy’s closing concert, as part of the rainy days festival. Participants will also have the opportunity to attend all festival concerts. The academy is conducted in English.
See testimonials from the 2023 edition
Created in 2015 by United Instruments of Lucilin and neimënster (partner from 2015 to 2023), the Luxembourg Composition Academy has been held in partnership with the Rainy Days festival, the Philharmonie du Luxembourg’s international festival of contemporary music, since 2017.
Participants
2024:
Professeurs : Milica Djordjević (RS *1984) et James Dillon (GB *1950)
Connie Harris (GB *2005)
Deniz Aslan (TR *1997)
Julia Waldeck (DE *2000)
Mees Vervuurt (NL *2000)
Samuel D Loveless (GB *1997)
Senay Ugurlu (TR *1997)
Tomohiro Suzuki – (JP *1995)
Yifan Guo – (CH *1995)
2023:
Professeurs : Ed Bennett (US *1979) et Annea Lockwood (US*1939)
Liam Dougherty (US *1996)
Jasmine Morris (GB/JP *2001)
Tzu-Hsuan Chen (TW *1997)
Chi-Yen Huang (TW *1994)
Ed Cooper (GB *1995)
Eluned Davies (GB, Welsh *2000)
Sohui Jeong (KR *2003)
Henri Colombat (FR/US *1997)
Previous Faculty:
2015: Marcel Reuter (Luxembourg) and Evangelia Rigaki (Trinity College, Dublin)
2016: Marcel Reuter (Luxembourg) and Isabel Mundry (Hochschule für Musik und Theater, München)
2017: Chaya Czernowin (Harvard University ) and Mauro Lanza (Universität der Künste Berlin)
2018: Joanna Baillie (City University London) and Frank Bedrossian (University of California, Berkeley)
2019: Philippe Leroux (McGill University) and Elena Mendoza (Universität der Künste Berlin)
2020 : Carola Bauckholt and Matthew Shlomowitz
2021: Georges Aperghis and Clara Iannotta
2022 – special edition: Contemporary Music Academy
Photos: © Alfonso Salgueiro / none