Presentation of the Forum for Young Composers

ntegral part of the LIEU, the International Forum for Young Composers was created in 2000 by the Aleph Ensemble, and is now organizing its 6th edition. After a call for score launched online (works for 5 to 7 musicians of the Aleph Ensemble, lessthan 7 minutes, composers under the age of 40), Aleph musicians selected 8 composers coming from Russia, Sweden, Japan, Argentina, Ukraine, Italia, Chile and Greece.
Selected composers will be invited in April 2010 to a creation residence which will take place at the Moulin d'Andé, « Centre Culturel de Rencontre », during which they will take part to rehearsals of their works and these of other composers and present publicly their work and personal backgroung. Composers also take parts in debates organized during lectures and reply to the interview of Makis Solomos, the musicologist in charge, with Katherine Veyne (Cdmc, Paris) of the logbook.
The 8 works will be recorded and the CD is included in the logbook distrubuted to the public at each concert. The Forum enable these composers to see their work being performed in the Dunois Theater but also all around Europe in the partner countries of the LIEU. 

The creation concert took place the 22 May 2010 in the Dunois Theater, Paris. 

Selected composers of the 6th Forum for Young Composers

Selected composers of the 6th International Forum for Young Composers

Here are the 8 selected composers:

Alexandra Filonenko (Ukraine/Germany)  Das drückende Fehlen eines erschaffenden Raums...
Clarinet, accordion, violin, cello, trumpet, percussion
Vittorio Montalti (Italy) Nu descendant un escalier
clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Nikolay Khrust (Russia) Prometheus. Sliding time
voice, clarinet, violin, cello, didgeridoo, piano, percussion
Pablo Galaz Salamanca (Chili) El ruido de la memoria
bass clarinet, violin, cello, trumpet, piano, percussion
Malin Bang (Sweden) Faces and moon splinters
voice, clarinet, violin, cello, trumpet, piano
Mari Kamimoto (Japan) Parfum de la nuit
voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, cello, accordion, percussion
Analia Beatriz Llugdar (Argentina/USA) Kre pouc te
voice, clarinet, violin, cello, trumpet, piano, percussion
Nicolas Tzortzis (Greece/France) Amenable
clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

Logbook of the 6th International Forum for Young Composers

Couverture du Carnet de bord du Forum The logbook of the 6th International Forum for Young Composers is now available!

This logbook reflects our last selection, which honoured composers from Greece, Chile, Argentina, Sweden, Russia, Italia and Japan.  Conceived in partnership with the Cdmc and the musicologist Makis Solomos, this book is, in its printed version, accompanied by the CD with the 8 works preformed by Ensemble Aleph.

This logbook is available online.


We can also send it to you by post on request, by e-mail or by phone:
03 85 48 94 41 - ensemble.aleph@wanadoo.fr

Next edition of the International Forum for Young Composers

The call for score for the 7th Forum, which should take place in 2014, is not open yet. Any further information will be published on this webpage.

Check previous Forums' results and logbooks