The New Symposium
INTERNATIONAL FORUM AND RESIDENCY PROGRAM
[for composers, performers, musicologists, researchers, pedagogues, producers, and other practitioners engaged in the field of music and art]
[2026]
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As a participant you will:
— Join a residency program for practitioners, theorists, and researchers active in the field of music and other artistic disciplines.
— Present your work in weekly online sessions, receiving feedback from peers.
— Engage in studies through dialogue with fellow participants, gain new perspectives, and expand your field overview.
— Develop your work through practice, experimentation, dialogue, and analysis with fellow participants at Bled Contemporary Music Week.
— Attend the festival’s symposia, lectures, and concerts, while building an international network of colleagues.
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- Possible dispositions for beginner practicioners include themes such as: developing an independent and sustainable artistic practice, expanding studies beyond school, building both artistic and theoretical portfolios, forming an overview of the humanities and adjacent disciplines, developing theoretical and research approaches, and connecting with other artists.
- Possible dispositions for advanced practicioners include themes such as: deepening practice-rooted inquiry, realising ideas and prototypes, creating personal artistic tools, developing theoretical frameworks and analytical models, cultivating language, dialogue, and discourse, pursuing long-term research, and refining analytical, philosophical, and writing methods for presenting one’s work.