The selected composers: Agrigento 2025

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Under the title NEW MUSIC – NEW HORIZONS, Klangforum Wien, one of the leading ensembles for new music, and the Fondazione Agrigento 2025 conducted a call for scores which give sound and architecture a new understanding of identity. Seven composers were ultimately selected by the jury.

The selected composers

Within the submission period of two months, the jury received around 210 submissions, from which seven composers were ultimately selected: Maria Vittoria Agresti (1996, Caserta), Giovanni Damiani (1966, Palermo), Michele Foresi (1988, Macerata), Mirela Ivičević (1980, Split), Claudio Panariello (1989, Naples), Emircan Pehlivan (1999, Samsun) and Mikel Urquiza (1988, Bilbao). The ensemble will perform their works on April 26, 2025 at the Teatro Pirandello as part of Agrigento, Italian Capital of Culture 2025 .

M. V. Agresti, G. Damiani, E. Pehlivan © private; M. Foresi © Charlotte Arthaud; M. Ivičević, Mikel Urquiza © Rui Camilo; C. Panariello © Emma Frid
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The selected works

Maria Vittoria Agresti, Khamsin (2023)

Giovanni Damiani, Arco di ogni scelta (2018)

Michele Foresi, everything I've ever let go of has claw marks on it (2019 - 2025)

Mirela Ivičević, Heart Core (2021/2024)

Claudio Panariello, Autopsia su una marionetta (2018)

Emircan Pehlivan, Gergedanlar (2022)

Mikel Urquiza, Opus Vermiculatum (2017)

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