Premieres by women composers on the main stage are still celebrated exceptions. Only 2% of the works included in the concert subscription hail from women. At 9%, the average share of women in the programme reaches its peak – and that’s only in cases of explicitly contemporary concert series. If the development towards equality continues to progress at the same rate as in the past decades, an equitable future will remain a distant prospect.
The aim of Akademie Zweite Moderne (Academy of Second Modernism) is to have cultural institutions, festivals and ensembles involved in making concerts, scenic and performative arts commit themselves to increase the proportion of music that is composed by women in a significant way.
This open call is directed at womxn composers who:
- Have experience composing for ensembles, orchestras or music theatre and wish to present themselves with a piece for max. 12 musicians or artists.
- Are concerned with current developments and tendencies that are socially relevant.
- See themselves as instigators of new, innovative forms of concert and music theatre.
- Engage in a crossover of genres and/or arts (such as performance, visual art, installation, new media) with their works.
- Want to develop strategies of visibility together with the other invited composers during a two-day workshop.
The piece that is to be performed within the framework of Akademie Zweite Moderne can be an existing work, a premiere or an extract from a longer work. The piece that is put forward for performance should not be longer than 20 minutes in duration.
Travel and accommodation costs will be covered, as well as an honorarium for participation in Akademie Zweite Moderne. Akademie Zweite Moderne will take place from 7-9 June 2024.
