Workshops und Konzert
October_6-12_2025
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Cultural Center

hand werk and Vassos Nicolaou

The Next Generation Series-VI is a cooperation organized by init-i2: Association for New Music and Contemporary Art based in İzmir, Turkey with the cologne based ensemble hand werk. Conceived in multiple phases and incorporating both online and in-person meetings, four new works by selected young composers will be collaboratively developed by hand werk and the composers starting around July 2025. The initial phases included online workshops and individual lessons, bringing the ensemble and the selected composers together, which will culminate in a seven-day in-person workshop in İzmir. The Next Generation Series-VI resulting compositions are scheduled to be performed and presented at İzmir New Music Days-VI on October 12, 2025.

Program Concert Oct_12_

Ceren Ünver_ On Creatures of the Lyrical Oddness (2025)
Azra Kaya_ an oracle’s tale (2025)
Emir Ekberzade_ Narduqan (2025)
Kaan Selcuk_ scribe (2025)
Vassos Nicolau_ Eiron (2025)

hand werk
Daniel Agi_ Flute
Heni Hyunjung Kim_ Clarinet
Moritz Koch_ Percussion
Jae A Shin_ Violin
Niklas Seidl_ Cello
Thibaut Surugue_ Piano

Generously supported by the Goethe-Institut International Koproduktionsfonds, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, Goethe-Institut İzmir, and the Austrian Cultural Forum