O CANTO DAS SEMENTES | CONCERT 01-09-2026
July • September • November 2026
The journey continues — and new musical landscapes are waiting to be discovered.
We’re delighted to invite you to the next chapter of O CANTO DAS SEMENTES, a project celebrating new music through premieres by Jaime Reis, Bruna Santander, Simon Louche, Demian Rudel Rey, Mariana Vieira, Ana Maria Oancea and Nuno d’Eça — accompanied by an audiovisual dimension that expands the experience beyond sound.
For this September edition, join Ensemble Orbis in Lyon for an evening where music and images, bringing fresh works to life for the first time.
ABYSS Double Bass Quartet and Ny Musikk Komponistfgruppe (NMK) have invited seven composers to create new works for double bass quartet, focusing on the instrument’s unique sonic, physical, and performative possibilities. The ensemble—Håkon Thelin, Inga Margrete Aas, Nikolai Matthews, and John Andrew Wilhite—works across contemporary, improvised, and experimental practices, and has premiered works by Martin Rane Bauck, Håkon Thelin, and Idin Samimi Mofakham.
O CANTO DAS SEMENTES | July • September • November 2026
We are delighted to invite you to the next events of O Canto das Sementes with Projecto DME, a project celebrating contemporary creation through world and Portuguese premieres. Join us for two special concerts in Lisbon and discover new musical landscapes brought to life by Ensemble Orbis.
Hamlet? will be premiered as part of soprano Helen Tyssekvam’s final master recital at the University Aula, University of Bergen. The work forms part of Tyssekvam’s artistic research, exploring character interpretation and intuition within an ensemble context, and draws inspiration from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Connecting Dots is an international collaborative project bringing together composers and performers for the development and presentation of new chamber and electroacoustic works. Led by Young-Jun Lee and Xiaofeng Jiang, the project focuses on close composer–performer collaboration through individual workshops, rehearsal periods, and public performances.
Connecting Dots is an international collaborative project bringing together composers and performers for the development and presentation of new chamber and electroacoustic works. Led by Young-Jun Lee and Xiaofeng Jiang, the project focuses on close composer–performer collaboration through individual workshops, rehearsal periods, and public performances.
The Festival Academy at Only Connect Oslo 2026 is an intensive workshop held in collaboration with the internationally renowned JACK Quartet and led by composer Kristine Tjøgersen. Taking place on 26 April, following the main festival (23–25 April), the Academy brings together four selected composers for a focused day of artistic exchange.
Renowned for their “extraordinary playing” (The New Yorker), Montreal’s Quatuor Bozzini is a bold force in contemporary music, known for their unmistakable sound and deep commitment to new and experimental works. Hear their interpretation of brand-new works by internationally acclaimed Canadian composers Taylor Brook, Zosha Di Castri, and Cassandra Miller. This concert will include the Toronto premieres of six short, compelling new works by participants in the Soundstreams Bridges Emerging Composers Program.
Soundstreams’ Bridges: Emerging Composers Program is an annual week-long tuition-free program that brings together celebrated mentors, a professional resident ensemble, and six emerging composers from around the world to each develop and premiere a new work, presented as part of Soundstreams’ main stage concert series in Toronto, ON.
The precept.concept.percept residency focuses on a collaborative creative process where performers and composers work closely together to prepare for a performance at the sixth Bled Contemporary Music Week (Bled, Slovenia, EU). Composers present, optimize, theorize, and develop new works, while performers form an ensemble to refine their practice and premiere these compositions.
Ana Maria Oancea is a Romanian composer and interdisciplinary artist based in Bergen, Norway. She works with chamber music, opera, immersive sound, and cross-disciplinary projects, often combining text, theatricality, and electroacoustic media.
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