Neue Musik

The residency for Neue Musik in Montreal has been supporting German-Canadian exchange for years. In collaboration with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and Le Vivier - Carrefour des musiques nouvelles, artists from Germany and Canada each have the opportunity to get to know the local scene of the host country and to work actively there. In return, a Canadian composer will be invited to the HELLERAU - European Centre of the Arts Dresden.

Current

Spectacle Yukiko Watanabe/Kimihiro Yasaka au Goethe-Institut Montreal

Yukiko Watanabe construed by Kimihiro Yasaka at the Goethe-Institut Montreal
Memory and Stain

The recital marked the end of a creation residency that Yukiko Watanabe enjoyed as part of a cooperation agreement between the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Goethe-Institut Montréal, Le Vivier - Carrefour des musiques nouvelles (Montréal) and Hellerau - European Centre for the Arts (Dresden).

Yukiko Watanabe
The Composer of Noises

As part of her residence in Montreal, we took the opportunity to talk to the Japanese-German composer Yukiko Watanabe about composing, her music and environmental sounds.

Call for applications

Residency in New Musik

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 residency in new music has been postponed to 2022. We will be accepting applications for the 2023 residency from March 30 to September 30, 2022.

Residents and guests

A conversation with Snezana Nešić
Positive traces

We spoke with the Serbian-German accordionist and composer Snezana Nešić during her music residency in Montréal about her experiences in the city and her plans for the future.

Contrabassist, composer and curator Christopher A. Williams

Photo (detail): © Christopher A. Williams

Christopher A. Williams
The Experimentalist

Contemporary composer and musician Christopher A. Williams’ tastes run towards the experimental. He enjoys improvising with a range of different styles and media whether he is presenting chamber music at concerts in Europe and North America or developing multimedia performances for radio stations and museums.