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24. April 2024, 19.00 h – Eröffnung | VDONAUKANAL – Public space for augmented and virtual art in Vienna 2024-2026 Bin im Ozean! – 425 Jahre Sehnsucht am Donaukanal

∞(Δt)^10n+ħ05 [Welcome to Aionthos] / Audiovisual Installation_Digital artifact in collaboration with Catherine Spet 
Location: Schemerlbrücke, 1190 Wien/48°15’31.9″N 16°22’08.4″E
Virtual Reality Art space, Vienna 2024 – 2026 / The project of KulturEins (K1) in cooperation with Viennese districts (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 11th, 19th, 20th)
https://www.vdonaukanal.eu/

Support: Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKOES), Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA 7), Basis Kultur Wien, Kultur Innere Stadt, Hafen Wien, kulturimdritten

24. April 2024, 19.30 h | VDONAUKANAL – Public space for augmented and virtual art in Vienna 2024-2026 Bin im Ozean! – 425 Jahre Sehnsucht am Donaukanal

ECHOS DER ZEIT – Eine musikalische Reise durch Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft 
Location and time: Bezirksmuseum Döbling, 1190 Wien, 19.30 h
Virtual Reality Art space, Vienna 2024 – 2026 / The project of KulturEins (K1) in cooperation with Viennese districts (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 11th, 19th, 20th)
https://www.vdonaukanal.eu/

17. Mai 2024, 19.00 h | „Virtuos: Lebensreise“ – Eröffnung des 5. CRO-ArT Festivals der Neuen Musik und Kunst in Wien | Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien

Aus Prin/c/z/ip (new composition for oboe and string quartet) | Commisioned by WISE: Wien – International Soloists Ensemble
Oboe: Ivana Nikolić | CIPRA Quartet 
Location and Time: Ruhmeshalle, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Arsenal 1, 1030 Vienna), 19.00 h
Produced by WISE: Wien – International Soloists Ensemble 

27/28 June 2024 Sounding Spomenik Ljubljana

Unheard Stories: Sonic Aspects of Yugoslavia’s Brutalist Monuments – Lecture, Artist Talk
With Anton Iakhontov a.k.a. Patrick K.-H. [Sound projection, Live-Visuals], Jernej Babnik Romaniuk [Field Recordings], Laszlo Juhasz [Curator, Project management], Nataša Serec [Curator, Project management]
Location and Time: Alkatraz Gallery [Ljubljana, Slovenia]
Produced by: Inexhaustible Editions | SKICA KUD Mreža | ON Rizom  

26. July 2024 | Slovo Gorčina Festival

ΔE×Δt≥ħ/2×(1-(v^2/c^2))×∞ [Slovo o nadi]: Intermedia music theatre for Stećak necropolis Radimlja  
Location: Radimlja UNESCO World Heritage Site [Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina]
Duration: ca. 70 min
Produced by Fondacija Mak Dizdar Sarajevo, Festival “Slovo Gorčina”
Festival Website: https://slovogorcina.ba/

August 2024 | VaClaF XII Festival

Concerst, Workshops, etc. New composition for WISE: Wien – International Soloists Ensemble
Locations: Mijakovići, Vareš, Sarajevo [….] Bosnia and Herzegovina
Festival Website: https://www.vaclaf.com/
Details tba soon

August 2024 | Artist in Residence Program “Zvjezdane staze” Mijakovići   

Concerst, Workshops, Discussions, etc. 
Locations: Mijakovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
AiR Website: https://www.zvjezdanestaze.art/
Details tba soon

10-12 October 2024 | shut up and listen! Festival

Organizer: sp ce – Association for the Promotion of Art and Transdisciplinarity, in collaboration with echoraum
Artistic director: Bernhard Gál
Co-curator: Belma Bešlić-Gál
Location: echoraum (Sechshauser Str. 66, 1150 Vienna)
Support: BMKÖS, MA7, SKE

November 2024 | Prostorъ  

Prostorъ / Uncovering the Existential Thr ough My Everyday Temporality: An Artistic Journey [Unendliche Weiten des Haushalts]
New composition (Music theatre) for ensemble, audiovisual projections, objects, AI MNIJF_TYFA and a performer
Details tba soon

Archive 2023

01 June 2023 | Ouroboros

Premiere:  Semmelweisklinik Kunst-und Kulturzentrum, Vienna [01/06/2023]

Additional performances: 02/03_June_2023
mOthers.beasts | Ouroboros _ Intermedia Dance Theatre
Comissioned by: house of motion Verein für die bewegte Kunst
Duration: ca. 70´ min.
Sponsored by: City of Vienna Culture | Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Civil Service and Sport | District of Währing | SKE austromechana

19 June 2023 | flut

Performance: CMS – Computer Music Studio, Anton Bruckner Private University, Linz [19/06/2023]

flut | for bass flute and quadrophonic sound projection [2011]
A collaborative composition by Belma Bešlić-Gál & Bernhard Gál

Austrian Composers Week 2023
Die Austrian Composers Association – Vereinigung Österreichischer Komponistinnen und Komponisten (ACOM)
Curated by Andreas Weixler

Bass Flute: Doris Nicoletti

20-21 September 2023 | AUSTRIAN MUSIC THEATRE DAY 2023

»FLUID SPACES – Neues Musiktheater in der Ära von Machine Learning« – Musiktheater-Konferenz
Presentation: 21. September 2023, 14:30 | Artist Pitches “MADE IN AUSTRIA”
Moderated by Ulla Pilz
Nominated by Irene Suchy (Austrian Broadcasting Service), Manuela Kerer (Conservatory “Claudio Monteverdi”), Bernhard Günther (WIEN MODERN) and Georg Steker (MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN): Belma Bešlić-Gál | Angélica Castelló | Matthias Kranebitter | Brigitte Wilfing & Jorge Sànchez Chiong
Organizer: MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN in cooperation with mica – music austria
Venue: AMTSHAUS ALSERGRUND, Währinger Straße 43, 1090 Vienna

12-14 October 2023 | shut up and listen! 2023 | ˈkaːɔs

shut up and listen! 2023 – Transdisciplinary Festival for Music and Sound Art
Organizer: sp ce – Association for the Promotion of Art and Transdisciplinarity, in collaboration with echoraum
Artistic director: Bernhard Gál
Co-curator: Belma Bešlić-Gál
Location: echoraum (Sechshauser Str. 66, 1150 Vienna)
Cooperations: Anton Bruckner Private University, Inst. f. Composition, Conducting and Computer Music, Linz University of the Arts, Master’s program Postdigital Lutherie
Support: BMKÖS, MA7, SKE

13 October 2023_20.00 h | shut up and listen! 2023 | Lacus Temporis

Artistic Research Project: Lacus temporis. Composition and performance practice in weightlessness [2002-] | Lecture Performance
Composition, Concept, Performance: Belma Bešlić-Gál
Stage Design: Lisa Horvath
Duration: ca. 30 min
Produced by sp ce | In cooperation with echoraum
Festival Website: www.sp-ce.net/sual/2023/

13-19 October 2023 | VaClaF XI – Back to the Roots 

VaClaF XI 2023 | Vareš Classic Festival / International Chamber Music Festival | Vareš, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gorje [A journey through the unknown mountain]for oboe and string quartet
New composition for WISE: Wien – International Soloists Ensemble
VaClaF Artistic Director: Andrea Nikolić

13.10.2023 | Radnički dom Vareš, 19:00h
14.10.2023 | BNP Zenica, 19:00h
15.10.2023 | Umjetnička galerija BiH Sarajevo, 19:00h
16.10.2023 | Muzički centar Pavarotti Mostar, 19:00h
17.10.2023 | Međunarodna galerija portreta Tuzla, 18:00h

Festival Website: www.vaclaf.com/

30 October 2023 | WISE REBEL CRO-ART FESTIVAL 2023! 

Gorje [A journey through the unknown mountain] – for oboe and string quartet
New composition for WISE: Wien – International Soloists Ensemble

ERÖFFNUNGSKONZERT | Ehrbar Saal Wien, 19:00h

05 November 2023 | echo_von_nichts | OBHUT

Yiddish and Hebrew lullabies, musical prayer from the Warsaw Ghetto | Compositions by Hanns Eisler, Arvo Pärt, Tarquinio Merula, Darius Milhaud, Belma Beslic-Gál, Franz Schubert and Giacinto Scelsi 

echo_von_nichts (Ensemble für stille Musik): Ingala Fortagne (Sopran), Pina Rücker (Quartz glass shells) | Belma Bešlić-Gál (Piano/Composition), Max Oelz (contrabass)
Location: BRICK 15, 1150 Vienna

01 December 2023 Vernissage Inexhaustible Editions: SOUNDING SPOMENIK

Unheard Stories: Sonic Aspects of Yugoslavia’s Brutalist Monuments – Lecture, Artist Talk
With Tadeja Žele [Violoncello], Vida Vatovec [Altsaxophon], Anton Iakhontov a.k.a. Patrick K.-H. [Sound projection, Live-Visuals], Jernej Babnik Romaniuk [Field Recordings], Laszlo Juhasz [Curator, Project management]
Location and Time: echoraum (Sechshauser Str. 66, 1150 Vienna), 19.00 h
Produced by: Wien Modern | echoraum Inexhaustible Editions | SKICA KUD Mreža | ON Rizom 

03 December 2023 CRO-ArT Festival 2023: “I Dream a World”

Panel discussion and CD presentation “Ins Offene” for Gerd Kühr (Col Legno)
Pianists: Christoph Renhart, Stipe Bilić, Anton Bashynsky
Composers: Belma Bešlić Gal, Gabriele Proy, Meinhard Rüdenauer
Oboist Ivana Nikolić
CIPRA Quartet (Ensemble in Residence VaClaF & CRO-ArT 2023)
Moderation: Andrea Nikolić
Location and Time: Kleiner Ehrbar Saal (Mühlgasse 30, 1040 Vienna), 19.00 h
Produced by WISE: Wien – International Soloists Ensemble in partnership with the Croatian Cultural Association Napredak Vienna.
Support: The Croatian Ministry of Culture and the “Ured za Hrvate izvan Republike Hrvatske”.