August 30 – September 13. The Academy of Young Composers

The annual International Academy of Young Composers in Tchaikovskiy, in Perm region, is the only large-scale international composers’ workshop in Russia. Guest professors and world renown composers will give individual classes and hold public lectures. During the two-week session, young composers selected through a contest will write new works, which the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music will later perform at gala concerts in Tchaikovskiy, Perm, and Moscow.
This year Geneva-based composer Santiago Tomás Díez Fischer, one of the most renowned specialists of his generation, is among the professors and jury members. He will give lectures and master classes in Tchaikovskiy and Moscow. Young Russian musicians will perform his works at the Academy’s final concerts. Further information
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