The naked human body – lost to the world, but manifesting itself through the voice, in song and in the utterance of words: In search of the primordial logos, Francesca Verunelli questions the naked voice, la nuda voce. Klangforum Wien, too, represents a body: James Dillon examines this highly virtuoso and equally fragile “ensemble body” in all its ritual dynamics. Martin Smolka abandons all traces of corporeality, instead creating an image of angels in feathery-winged vehicles. It’s all about the primeval foundation of sound.

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Nackte Stimme

Wiener Konzerthaus

With The Tower of Babel, Klangforum Wien, together with the Wiener Konzerthaus and with the support of AFF Projects, launched a new project in 2023 which, with two performances in Vienna and Berlin so far, explores the new in the music of the former Soviet territories in all its complexity - distinctive, different and highly advanced. As part of the third performance at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2025, Klangforum Wien will premiere works by Anna Korsun, Koka Nikoladze and Alexander Khubeev, and complete the program with a new composition by Francesca Verunelli.

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2025: The Tower of Babel III

Donauhallen Donaueschingen

In a process of mutual encounter and connection, the musicians of Klangforum Wien will intervene musically at the city's many characteristic locations, thereby creating a city map of sounds that involves the entire urban population.

Agrigento 2025 – La Cultura Dell’ Ascolto – Urban Interaction

Conductor Jack Sheen returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra with four works – all receiving their UK premieres. Polish composer Lidia Zielińska explores dramatic contrasts. German composer Beat Furrer challenges soloist and orchestra in his virtuosic Piano Concerto. Italian Francesca Verunelli uses a detuned piano to destabilise our ears in Tune and Retune, and Øyvind Torvund takes us on quirky walk in a forest, complete with birdsong.

New Music with Jack Sheen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Maida Vale Studios

Join us for an extraordinary evening of contemporary music with Franck Ollu & Krassimir Sterev at the Munich Residence, Herkulessaal, on Friday, 12 May 2023, at 8:00 pm. This concert, part of the Bavarian Radio's esteemed musica viva series, promises to be a night of world and German premieres that push the boundaries of orchestral music.

The evening will feature the world premiere of "Mary/Transcendence after Trauma" by Australian composer Liza Lim. This piece, commissioned by Bavarian Radio’s musica viva series, explores themes of female spirituality and is the second part of the Annunciation triptych focusing on Mary's Visitation by the Angel and the Passion Play. The music is characterized by its incantatory and divinatory qualities, with archaic sound fragments that promise to transport the audience.

Also premiering is Francesca Verunelli's accordion concerto "Accord, Chord and Tune," a remarkable synthesis of orchestral sounds and the unique timbres of the accordion, performed by Krassimir Sterev. This work further exemplifies the innovative spirit of the musica viva series.

The program will also include the German premiere of Pascal Dusapin's "Morning in Long Island for large orchestra," a kaleidoscopic orchestral fantasy inspired by the natural and ambient sounds of Long Island, New York.

Under the baton of conductor Franck Ollu, with Krassimir Sterev on accordion, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks will bring these captivating works to life. This concert is a must-attend for lovers of contemporary music and those looking to experience the cutting edge of orchestral performance.

Tickets are available online via the BRticket-Webshop. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a night where music transcends the ordinary and enters the realm of the extraordinary.

Francesca Verunelli

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Oct 22, 2025

Nackte Stimme · Klangforum Wien

Oct 19, 2025

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2025: The Tower of Babel III · Klangforum Wien

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