Promotion of new music theater in Bern
The Bern University of the Arts, Konzert Theater Bern, the University of Bern and the Munich Biennale 2016 have joined forces under the title "International Platform for New Music Theatre" to promote up-and-coming projects in contemporary music theater. Dossiers can be submitted until February 7, 2014.
As announced by Konzert Theater Bern, the four partners are issuing a "Call for Projects" to young up-and-coming artists from the fields of theater, directing, music, composition and related areas. The aim of this call is to promote contemporary projects that go beyond the usual repertoire. This goal is to be achieved in a three-stage competition.
According to the information on the Website of Musik Theater Bern In June 2014, an international group of experts (Ludger Engels, Mathias Rebstock, Xavier Dayer, Xavier Zuber, Peter Kraut, Pierre Sublet, Françoise Rivalland, Malte Ubenauf, Daniel Ott) will discuss positions, aesthetics and strategies, and the individual projects will be further developed individually.
The second block in September 2014 offers the opportunity to work specifically on a theatrical design. The most interesting projects will be presented at the Bern Biennale in September 2014. A jury with the artistic directors of the Munich Biennale 2016 (Manos Tsangaris, Daniel Ott) will use this opportunity to decide which projects could be developed into full productions in Munich.
Individuals or teams of up to three people with a clear connection to Switzerland are admitted, whereby none of the people should be older than 38 years at the time of registration. A maximum of 15 people will be accepted. The electronic application dossier must be submitted by February 7, 2014. Further conditions of participation can be found at Concert Theater Bern.
