enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae IV.
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RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR ARTISTIC RESEARCHERS, COMPOSERS, PERFORMERS, AND ENSEMBLES
[August 2026 - June 2027]
An international residency for artistic research in music, combining online seminars, festival presentations, and research laboratories.
In collaboration with Tempo: The Quarterly Review of New Music
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Stage I. [online]
- 3 Online Seminars: August – October 2026
- Individual participants and groups present their research projects and artistic portfolios
- Q&A
Stage II. [online]
- 3 Online Seminars: December 2026 – February 2027
- Sessions focused on developing, testing, and critically reflecting on participants’ research cases, in preparation for the Artistic Research & Ensemble Laboratory.
- Q&A
Stage III. [Bled, Slovenia - Bled Contemporary Music Week] & publication
- Research presentations and lectures at the seventh Bled Contemporary Music Week in Bled, Slovenia, with professional documentation: June 14-25, 2027 (exact presentation dates TBA by end of August 2026).
- Artistic Research & Ensemble Laboratory, providing a collaborative environment for experimentation, artistic research, and exchange: June 14-25, 2027 (exact laboratory dates TBA by end of August 2026). *
- Opportunity for research publication in Tempo: The Quarterly Review of New Music - world's leading journal for contemporary and experimental music (published by Wolke Verlag). **
APPLICATION:
The enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae residency is dedicated to the development of both existing and new artistic research projects, bringing together an international cohort of researchers and practitioners pursuing original lines of inquiry in music, sound, and thought. Through a series of online seminars, participants present their work, receive critical feedback from peers and mentors, and engage with diverse artistic, theoretical, and practice-based methodologies.
The residency culminates at the seventh Bled Contemporary Music Week in Bled, Slovenia (EU), where participants present their projects through lectures and public presentations, and take part in the Artistic Research & Ensemble Laboratory - a collaborative environment for experimentation, practice-based inquiry, interdisciplinary collaboration, and critical exchange.
Selected researchers will also be invited to submit a proposal for publication in Tempo: The Quarterly Review of New Music published by Wolke Verlag, dedicated to contemporary music and current musical discourse through essays, interviews, analytical texts, and reviews. Final selection will be made jointly by the enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae and Tempo editorial teams.
MENTOR: Dr. Alastair White
COORDINATOR: Urban Megušar
*Laboratory Ensemble instrumentation: The instrumentation of the ensemble will be communicated by September 2026.
**Selected researchers will be invited to submit a proposal for article publication in Tempo magazine. Final selection will be made jointly by the enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae team and the editorial team of Tempo.