AWARD WINNERS’ CONCERT

Ying Wang: Schmutz

for solo violin and ensemble (2019)

Elnaz Seyedi: absolute snow

for clarinet, horn and violoncello (2021)

Georgia Koumará: I wonder if I should start accessing pleasure a whole lot

for amplified ensemble and electronics (2022)

for Kollektiv3:6Koeln

Shizuyo Oka, clarinet
Deepa Goonetilleke, horn
Åsa Åkerberg, cello

Ensemblekollektiv Baden-Württemberg:

Pony Says

Ensemble Recherche

Ensemble Ascolta

EchtzeitEnsemble der HMDK Stuttgart

Conductor Christof M Löser

Kollektiv3:6Koeln

Opening remarks

Marc Gegenfurtner, Head of Cultural Affairs, City of Stuttgart

Laudatory speeches and discussions

Martina Seeber (for Ying Wang)

Editor of New Music at SWR Kultur, musicologist and member of the Composition Prize jury since 2022.

Astrid Schmeling (for Elnaz Seyedi)
Flutist, founding member of the ensemble L’ART POUR L’ART and member of the Composition Prize jury since 2025.

Luxa M. Schüttler (for Georgia Koumará)

Professor of composition at HMDK Stuttgart, composer and member of the composition prize jury since 2016.

A work of extremes, eruptions and collapses,‘ praises the jury of Ying Wang’s Schmutz, which conveys ’the longing for liberation and at the same time the necessity of purification.” The large-scale work motivated us to found the Ensemble-Kollektiv Baden-Württemberg, which brings together specialists from the state’s new music strongholds. More to come!

‘On the basis of a simple, almost sparse score,’ Elnaz Seyedi develops ‘an unconditional colourfulness and energy.’ And Georgia Koumarás’ spatial composition, interspersed with pop music references, is of ‘great political and aesthetic urgency,’ in which she ‘skilfully embeds texts about female sexuality in a complex and energetic overall sound.’ This work, too, is supported by a collective–an image that may serve as a motivating pointer to the future at the end of the festival!