SHIFT
Concert for the 90th birthday of Steve Reich Studio for New Music ensemble and the…
Composers of the Moscow Conservatory
Performance by the Studio for New Music ensemble in a concert from the series “To…
[Re]construction of the Chorale
For the 450th anniversary of Lutheranism in Russia Program: Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale prelude Christ…
VI All-Russian Seminars on New Music “ANATOMY OF SOUND”
From 7 to 11 November 2026, the 6th All-Russian Seminars on New Music will take…
Nature of Sound
Program: Helmut Lachenmann Sakura-Variationen for alto saxophone, piano and percussion (2000) Tristan Murail Treize couleurs…
Imitating the Greats
Part of the Moscow Philharmonic subscription series “Tuning Fork of Space” A concert-lecture with musicologist…
The Magic of Presence
Program: Nikifor Yakovlev Permafrost for ensemble (2026) Written within the Union of Composers of Russia…
The “Echo” of Eco (1932 – 2027)
DEPARTMENT OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC RESEARCH AND CREATIVE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF THE MOSCOW CONSERVATORY…
Past events
What’s Wrong with Academic Music?
The second public talk of the project “New Music: A Listener’s Guide II” Why is…
Captive of Utopia
Concert-lecture as part of the “Space Tuning Fork” subscription series Moderators: photographer and artist Yuri…
New Music: A Listener’s Guide II. Lecture Series
Talk I. Music Today: Sound Recording, Electronics, AI. A conversation between Fyodor Sofronov and Yuri…
Tropicália
Concert-lecture as part of the series “The Gaze of Our Hearing” Moderators: art historian Natalia…
For the Cypress That Wanted to Become a Song
Hanna Mesgari (b. 1998) For the Cypress That Wanted to Become a Song for solo…
Silence of the Soul. The School of Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen Visions de l’Amen, Parts I and II Pierre Boulez Domains for solo clarinet…
Prologue. Time of Discoveries
Studio for New Music ensemble Conductors: Andrei Serov Azamat Khasanshin, Honored Art Worker of the…
IN CLASSIC OUT CLASSIC
Programme: Philip Glass In Again Out Again for two pianos (1967), Russian premiere Lera Auerbach…
“Olonkhosut”
Nikifor Yakovlev Mono-opera in the Yakut language “Olonkhosut” Studio for New Music Theatre company “NMKhT”…
13TH ST PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC
Programme: Vladimir TARNOPOLSKY (*1955) An Old Casket from Georgia (2022) for flute and piano Svetlana…
Soundtrack – Silent Films
The title of the experimental programme “Five Minutes of Pure Cinema” refers to Henri Chomette’s…
With the Right to Dissonance
Concert for the 160th anniversary of the Moscow Conservatory Pavel Polyakov Motherless Child (world premiere)…
At the Edge of the Oikumene
HAZINA is a unique ethnic ensemble from the Republic of Bashkortostan. Its members master the…
“Olonkhosut”, a mono-opera based on the Yakut epic
Dom Cultural Centre (Address: Moscow, 24 Bolshoy Ovchinnikovsky Lane, bldg 4) Composer: Nikifor Yakovlev (Sakha…
Music and Its Surroundings: Walks with Erik Satie and Morton Feldman
9 April, Conference Hall of the Moscow Conservatory The Department of Contemporary Music and the…
Sakari Oikumene. Theatre
Composer: Isao Matsushita Performers: Tokyo Novyi Art Theatre (Japan) and Studio for New Music Conductor…
Synthesis (Synthetic Zaum)
A concert within the Moscow Philharmonic subscription series Zaum. The aesthetics and palette of styles…
Oikumene. The 21st Century
Performers: Studio for New Music, Tatiana Efremova (Kazan) Programme: Caio de Azevedo (Brazil), Ricardo Durán…
Concert of the Avanti Competition Laureates
Concert of the laureates of the 6th All-Russian Avanti Composers’ Competition Valeria Kukhta Winding river…
Open Session for the Anniversary of Svetlana SAVENKO
20 March 2026 The Department of Contemporary Music holds an Open Session for the anniversary…