SCHALLWENDE – Festival of New Music

stromaufwärts ≈ frutz ≈ Ill ≈ frödisch

“Stromaufwärts” means moving against the flow of the familiar. Listening against the current. Tangible resistance. Obstacles are overcome. Curiosity awakens…

The rivers Frutz, Ill and Frödisch shape the Vorarlberg region – in terms of landscape, history and culture. As a leitmotif, they stand for regional identity and a connection to the earth, authenticity, but also for dynamism, branching, confluence, connection and the flow of energy.

Just as watercourses with their own distinct character meet, flow into one another and influence each other, so too do different sonic languages, aesthetic positions and compositional styles interact in this concert series.

New music – predominantly from Vorarlberg – appears here not as a self-contained style, but as a living tapestry: fragmentary and concentrated, resistant, permeable, experimental and sensual.

“Stromaufwärts” simultaneously refers to the source: to the essential, the reduced, the as yet unformed. Listeners are invited to embrace uncertainty, to hear the familiar anew and to make room for the unexpected.

(Concept: Mira Weihs)

SCHALLWENDE – Festival of New Music

FRUTZ

1st Concert
Friday, 18 September 2026, 7.30 pm
Theater am Saumarkt, Feldkirch

Juta Pranulyte NEUES WERK für Horn Solo WORLD PREMIER
Christian Ofenbauer 9. Streichquartettsatz
Alexander Wagendristel NEUES WERK für Horn und Streichquintett WORLD PREMIER
Michael Amann Streichquintett (2Vl, Vla, Vlc, Kb) WORLD PREMIER
Morgana Petrik Du sublime au ridicule für Kontrabass Solo WORLD PREMIERE of the version for double bass
Johannes Beranek NEUES WERK für Horn und Streichquintett WORLD PREMIERE

Johannes Beranek Conductor, horn
Franz Michael Fischer Violin
Carmen Rodriquez Double Bass

stromaufwärts - electronics Ill

2nd Concert
Saturday, 19 September 2026, 7.30 pm
Theater am Saumarkt, Feldkirch

An interview with Alisa Kobzar: How do computer music tools influence compositional thinking, the creative process and the artistic outcome?

Anna Maly NEUES WERK für Violine, Klavier, Elektronik WORLD PREMIER
Alisa Kobzar NEUES WERK für Klavier, Elektronik WORLD PREMIER
Martin Gut NEUES WERK für Violine, Klavier, Elektronik WORLD PREMIER
Benedikt Alphart NEUES WERK für Violine, Klavier, Elektronik WORLD PREMIER
Gerard Erruz NEUES WERK für Violine, Klavier, Elektronik WORLD PREMIER
Lars Tuchel rein elektronisches Werk WORLD PREMIER

Alisa Kobzar Piano
Hyewon Lim Violin
Franz Michael Fischer Violin
Anna Maly, Alisa Kobzar Electronics

wort.bild.film  - FRÖDISCH

3rd Concert
Sunday, 20 September 2026, 10.30 am
Theater am Saumarkt, Feldkirch

Film Ilia Osokin documentary

Ilia Osokin Filmmusik Titel Violoncello/Violine WORLD PREMIER

Johannes Berauer Prelude for m.c. Escher Klavier solo

Film Tamara Štajner
KRŠKO, from the collection of poems ‚Schlupflöcher' by Tamara Štajner
LOŠINJ, from the collection of poems ‚Schlupflöcher' by Tamara Štajner
from fröschen + raketen geträumt
KÜSTENKIND, from the collection of poems ‚Schlupflöcher' by Tamara Štajner
Shiqi Geng 1. Satz aus der Sonate nach Bildern von Marc Chagall, für Viola Solo

Film Piano Epico Susanne Schönthaler: Director, Editor, Florian Hecher: Piano, Composition, Acting, Editing

Florian Hecher Film music improvisation on the piano

Ilia Osokin Cello
Florian Hecher Piano
Katharina Plankensteiner Viola