NEW MUSIC INCUBATOR MREŽNICA
New Music Incubator Mrežnica was curated by the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) who brought in professional composers from its lively network to feed in the incubating process and take part in the project.
New Music Incubator Mrežnica was organised in 2 phases:
Phase I
October 6th-11th, 2015
18 selected new music practitioners from 15 EU countries met at Mrežnica Ecotourism village, Croatia. Every day participants created new music pieces in close collaboration, which were premiered on the same evening.
Phase II
February 14th–16th, 2016
The participants met again in Brussels in the framework of the ECSA General Assembly, to re-develop, rehearse and perform some of the works for a public concert.
Participants for NMI Mrežnica 2015 were:
- Albert Dambeck, Germany
- Anders Monrad, Denmark
- Ania Hardy, UK
- David Granström, Sweden
- Elisenda Pujals, Catalan/Netherlands
- Germaine Sijstermans, Netherlands
- Ilya Ziblat Shay, Israel/Netherlands
- Ivan Božičević, Croatia
- Lisa Stenberg, Sweden
- Luka Ivanović, Serbia/Germany
- Maria da Rocha, Portugal
- Mats Edén, Sweden
- Mingo Rajandi, Estonia
- Sabina Ulubeanu, Romania
- Santa Bušs, Latvia
- Šarūnas Kačionas, Lithuania
- Rasa Alksnyte, Lithuania
- Pieter de Wel, Belgium
The project was managed and facilitated by composers and musicians Ruta Vitkauskaite and Martin Q Larsson.
NMI Mrežnica is arranged by Uruppförandeklubben in partnership with ECSA, and Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme for the European Union, EMS Elektronmusikstudion and Musik i Syd.
