The New Symposium
RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR ARTISTIC RESRARCH IN MUSIC
COORDINATOR:
Brina Kren (Novo mesto, 2003) is a student of composition and performance. She founded and led the Crucial Encounters ensemble within the Young Researchers IV. program. During the program residency, the group recorded two albums of her compositions. She is currently performing with the .abeceda [new music ensemble] and a saxophone quartet, which she is also leading and composing for. She is studying philosophy and musicology at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. Professionally, she is working as a producer and editor at .abeceda Institute. She is interested in poetry and has published her poems in two anthologies (2018, 2020). Her mentor is Dré A. Hočevar.