The Grafenegg Festival invites composers and composition students from around the world to apply for Ink Still Wet 2027, a fully funded composer-conductor workshop led by Steve Reich, Composer in Residence of the Grafenegg Festival 2027, with David Robertson as conducting coach and the Tonkünstler Orchestra.
The composition will be a new, unpublished, unperformed orchestral work with a duration of minimum 5 minutes and maximum 7 minutes.
Participants will work on their compositions with Steve Reich and musicians of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, receive conducting coaching from David Robertson, and ultimately rehearse and conduct the world premieres of their own works with the Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Grafenegg Festival.
There are three parts to the programme:
- Workshop Part 1: New York City, 12–16 April 2027. Score analysis and development of the participants’ compositions, workshops with section leaders of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, and a workshop on professional musical notation.
- Workshop Part 2: Grafenegg, Austria, 19–28 August 2027. Orchestra rehearsals, conducting coaching, video analysis of rehearsals, and workshops on career development for composers.
- Closing Concert: Grafenegg Festival, 26 August 2027
Participants conduct the world premieres of their compositions with the Tonkünstler Orchestra in the Rudolf Buchbinder Hall.
Who is it for?
- Composers and students of composition etc.
- Experience in conducting is an advantage but not required
- No age limit
- Course language: English
Support provided
- Accommodation in both phases
- International travel expenses for both phases (fully reimbursed up to a given amount depending on the origin of the trip)
- All local transportation in New York and Grafenegg
- All meals during both phases of the workshop
- Tickets to all concerts of the Grafenegg Festival during Phase 2 of the workshop
