Next Generation Series-VI

At the center of this year’s edition of the Next Generation Series are four young composers and two emerging performers from Türkiye. Together with the Cologne-based ensemble hand werk and composer Vassos Nicolaou, they will explore new musical and scenic forms of expression as part of the İzmir New Music Days. Their inspiration is the city of İzmir—a four-million metropolis on the Aegean coast—, with its rich historical culture, where Mediterranean traditions intersect with the dynamic urban soundscape and the voices of its new inhabitants. Within this framework, the collaboration seeks to explore new sonic possibilities and expressive means through the use of both traditional and non-traditional performance techniques, makeshift instruments, and electronics. Alongside a new work by Vassos Nicolaou and music from hand werk’s expanded repertoire, the four new pieces will receive their premiere on October 12, 2025, at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center in İzmir.