The Saint Petersburg Contemporary Music Center reMusik.org, under the artistic direction of composer Mehdi Hosseini, is pleased to announce the 12th St. Petersburg International New Music Festival, which will take place from May 23 to June 5, 2025. The festival serves as a meeting point for contemporary composers, offering a crossroads for diverse musical perspectives that have shaped the artistic landscape of recent years. It presents a wide array of concepts designed to explore and understand the innovative musical language of the late 20th and 21st centuries, expressed through numerous stylistic “dialects”.
The 2025 festival will feature a dynamic and varied program. Beyond traditional concert formats, attendees can participate in online master classes, presentations, educational lectures, and interactive workshops. Concerts themselves are conceived as educational experiences, with a focus on chamber ensemble performances. These programs highlight both emerging ensembles and leading figures of the European contemporary music scene, fostering creative dialogue and the exchange of ideas within the artistic community.
As part of the 2025 festival, which spans two weeks, reMusik.org will host its Composition Course for the seventh consecutive year. This unique initiative invites young and emerging composers from across the globe to engage in creative exchange under the guidance of renowned faculty and world-class ensembles. Up to 40 composers will be selected through a portfolio application process to take part in an intensive program of master classes, reading sessions, and presentations. The course culminates in live performances of participants’ works, recorded professionally during festival concerts. Esteemed faculty members for the 2025 Composition Course include Mark Andre (France/Germany), Fernando Garnero (Argentina), Vladimir Gorlinsky (Russia), Mehdi Hosseini (Iran/Russia), Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece), Lucia Ronchetti (Italy), Elena Rykova (Russia), Vladimir Tarnopolsky (Russia), and Deqing Wen (China/Switzerland).
The festival will be hosted at prominent venues throughout St. Petersburg, including the Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall, the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater, New Holland, the Masterskaya M. K. Anikushina, the Sound Museum, St. Petersburg State Conservatory, and others.
Internationally-acclaimed ensembles and performers will grace the stage, including Ensemble Répons, Shanghai New Music Ensemble, Studio for New Music Ensemble, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, St. Petersburg Improvisers Orchestra, Vacuum String Quartet, GAM-Ensemble, Chamber Choir Festino, MolOt Ensemble, as well as distinguished soloists such as Maria Sadurdinova (piano), Gerard Costes (trombone), Gleb Khokhlov (violin), and Dmitry Shubin (electronics). The festival program features an exclusive lineup of world and Russian premieres.
Deadline 10 January 2025 (Groups A1, A3, B1), 31 January 2025 (Groups A2, A4, B2, C), 10 May 2025 (Free auditors).
Website remusik.org