Masterclass in Composition with Guillem Palomar

23–29 June 2025 Glasbena Matica Friuli Venezia Giulia, Gorizia (Italy)

Masterclass in Composition with Guillem Palomar

The quality of the young composers who have made it through the selection process for the Alexander Gadjiev Masterclass promises to be outstanding. These are outstanding young musicians who will be able to improve their playing with the help of Noam Sivan, a pioneer of classical piano improvisation in the world and a first-class teacher, and Guillem Palomar, an internationally renowned Spanish composer.

Guillem Palomar is a Spanish composer based in Berlin. He studied composition at the Barenboim-Said Academy with Prof. Jörg Widmann, electroacoustics with Prof. Gilbert Noun and conducting with Prof. Michael Wendeberg. He has further studied with composers such as George Benjamin, Péter Eötvös, Wolfgang Rihm and Rebecca Saunders. His music has been performed on international stages, including by Daniel Barenboim, Péter Eötvös and Michael Volle, as well as by ensembles such as the Ensemble Modern, the Boulez Ensemble and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. His works have been performed at venues such as the Kölner Philharmonie, Boulez Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin and Philharmonie Luxembourg. In 2023, he was awarded the Roche Young Commissions Prize at the Lucerne Young Commissions Festival and was commissioned for a new chamber opera by the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Since 2021 he has been teaching the course Strategies of Analytical Listening at the Barenboim-Said Academy, and has also led composition workshops in Germany and Israel.

The Festival Prečkanja – Sconfinamenti, which will take place between 23 June and 6 July 2025 in Ljubljana (SI) and Gorizia (IT), is once again hosting three outstanding masterclasses. Alexander Gadjiev and his father, renowned pedagogue Siavush Gadjiev, are leading a piano course for 12 selected pianists who will deepen their musical expression. The course will culminate in a concert by the participants Per aspera ad astra in Ljubljana (SI). The second masterclass, led by Noam Sivan, world-renowned pioneer of classical improvisation, is dedicated to improvisation in classical music. The participants of the course will present their skills at the closing Impromptu concert in Gorizia (IT). The festival will also offer a novelty – a Masterclass in composition with the internationally renowned Spanish composer Guillem Palomar.

Admission free.

Participants in the masterclass will also perform at the closing concert as part of the Prečkanja – Sconfinamenti Festival:

IMPROMPTU 2025
25 June at 6.30 p.m., Kulturni dom Gorica (IT)

Participants of the Composition Masterclass:
Yokota Yukichiyo Gwendolyn, Germany
Grau Guillén Isaac, Spain
Burato Riccardo, Italy
Faidiga Bryan, Italy
Scibilia Sergio, Italy