Like every year, lectures are held by the senior composers during YCM. These are freely accessible and take place every evening at 8 pm in Gigant's concert hall from Monday 25 February to Thursday 28 February.

Anna Korsun is a composer and performer. Ze resides in Donetsk, Oekraïne and studied at the P. I. Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev and The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich under Prof. Moritz Eggert. In 2014 she won the Gaudeamus Music Award. Both as composer and performer Anna took part in many festivals such as Eclat, Der Sommer in Stuttgart, International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt and Kievmusicfest.

 

Richard Ayres was born in Cornwall (southwest Britain) in 1965. In 1986 he followed Morton Feldman's classes at the Darmstadt and Dartington summer schools, and studied composition, electronic music and trombone at Huddersfield Polytechnic, graduating with Distinction in 1989. He moved to The Hague for postgraduate study in composition with Andriessen at the Royal Conservatoire and decided to settle in Holland permanently. In 1994, Ayres was awarded the International Gaudeamus Prize for composition during the Gaudeamus Music week; and he received the Vermeulen Prize in 2003, the highest award for a composition in the Netherlands. The same year he was Featured Composer at the Huddersfield Festival. Since 2006 he has taught at the Amsterdam Conservatoire.

 

Monday, February 25: Lecture Ed Bennett & Silvia Borzelli
Tuesday, 26 February: Lecture Richard Ayres & Anna Korsun
Wednesday, February 27: Lecture Martijn Padding
Thursday, February 28: Lecture Georgi Sztojanov