The educational segment of the festival is taking place for the 12th year in a row and the composition courses are offered for the 7th year now. It will feature a multitude of lectures, presentations, round table discussions, master classes, reading sessions, and creative events. The ‘Composer’s Courses’ are organized by the composer Alexander Khubeev under the auspices of the ‘reMusik.org’artistic director, Mehdi Hosseini. This creative educational laboratory provides young authors from all over the world (selected by a jury) the opportunity to work with renowned performers and world-class composers. Due to global events, all composer’s courses will be carried out online. Invited professors and lecturers for the courses include Deqing Wen (China/Switzerland), Fernando Garnero (Argentina), Vladimir Gorlinsky (Russia), Stefano Gervasoni (Italy), Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece), Lucia Ronchetti (Italy), Elena Rykova (Russia), Vladimir Tarnopolsky (Russia), Mehdi Hosseini (Iran/Russia), and Nikolai Khrust (Russia).

Empathy as an ability to share and respond to other feelings was always a music satellite. New era brought us experiments with different types of emotions: joy, disgust, sadness, happiness, anger or anxiety. In a new music we can find naked feelings, heated to the limit. However composers tend to provoke public further more: what if we exclude them from music? What is a ‘clear’ music? Can it exist at all?

Many researchers believe that peoples’ empathy level influences their music preferences. The correlation between a person and a music piece may be both sided. Music can develop a deeper feeling and emotions. A man can listen to the music that correspond his or her condition, interpreting it from their experience.

During our roundtable we will talk about why people listen to the new music, what do they want to perceive? What treasures we can find in contemporary art and what is a phenomenon of apathy in music?

Emotions are the new treasure of the 21st century. The competition between artificial intelligence (AI) and professional music will be the new challenge of our time, that we are going to discuss with Stefano Gervasoni, Panayiotis Kokoras, Alexander Khubeev, Elena Rykova and Deqing Wen.