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 NEW WORK for solo horn WORLD PREMIER
Christian Ofenbauer 9. Streichquartettsatz
Alexander Wagendristel Water and Stone, for horn and five-string players WORLD PREMIERE
Michael Amann Flusslandschaft mit Inseln, for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass WORLD PREMIERE
Morgana Petrik Du sublime au ridicule for solo double bass WORLD PREMIERE of the version for double bass
Johannes Beranek „im licht das licht.” for string quintet and solo horn WORLD PREMIERE
Johannes Beranek Conductor, horn
Franz Michael Fischer Violin
Christopher Bainbridge 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 "Atmend … in den Klang hineinkriechen", for piano, violin and electronics WORLD PREMIER
Alisa Kobzar "Elektrisierte Ruinen" from the cycle "Geisterstädte", for acoustic piano, digital piano and physically modelled piano WORLD PREMIER
Martin Gut "e luz e paz e graça", for violin, piano, electronics WORLD PREMIER
Benedikt Alphart "indivisiBELLS", for piano and electronics WORLD PREMIER
Gerard Erruz "memory stream", for violin and electronics
Lars Tuchel "for lack of a better" for quadraphonic sound WORLD PREMIER
Alisa Kobzar Piano
Hyewon Lim Violin
Franz Michael Fischer, Mira Weihs Moderation
Anna Maly, Alisa Kobzar, Martin Gut, Gerald Erruz, Lars Tuchel Electronics
wort.bild.film - FRÖDISCH
3rd Concert
Sunday, 20 September 2026, 10.30 am
Theater am Saumarkt, Feldkirch
Ilia Osokin (Music) „Ambient story“, Ilia Osokin documentary (FILM)
Guillaume Zanier (Direction)
Ilia Osokin „Septième jour“ from the cycle „Wave Creation“ for violin and cello (FILM MUSIC) WORLD PREMIER
Johannes Berauer Prelude for m.c. Escher Piano solo (IMAGE AI generated)
Tamara Štajner (Music, Direction) (FILMS)
„KRŠKO“, Text from the poetry collection ‘Schlupflöcher’ by Tamara Štajner
„LOŠINJ“, Text from the poetry collection ‘Schlupflöcher’ by Tamara Štajner
"von fröschen + raketen geträumt"
„KÜSTENKIND“, Text from the poetry collection ‘Schlupflöcher’ by Tamara Štajner
Shiqi Geng 2. Satz from the Sonata based on paintings by Marc Chagall, for solo viola (IMAGE AI generated)
Florian Hecher (Music, Acting, Editing) / Susanne Schönthaler (Direction, Editing) (FILM)
"Piano Epico“, Florian Hecher performs the film’s soundtrack
Florian Hecher "Gefühlt 2026 Ω“, Piano solo improvisation based on the theme of the Schallwende Festival 2026 WORLD PREMIER
Ilia Osokin Violoncello
Georgy Begletsov Violin
Florian Hecher Piano
Katharina Plankensteiner Viola