The Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival announced in a unique collaboration with the Lucerne Festival, an international Call for Commissions as part of the 10th Mizmorim Festival.

We are pleased to announce that the Basque composer Helga Arias was selected and will composer a work aligned with the Festival theme Tehillim. 

The premiere of this work will take place on the opening concert of the Festival (Thursday, January 25th 2024) with the  Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) and the Basler Madrigalisten under the baton of Baldur Brönnimann stattfinden.

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 For the anniversary edition of the Festival we have decided to commission another work for chamber ensemble to the young Swiss composer Lukas Stamm.
In collaboration with the I&I Foundation, Stamm will compose a work for violin and ensemble, which will be premiered on Saturday, January 27th 2024 under the baton of Baldur Brönnimann and the Mizmorim Festival Ensemble.

The Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival invites one composer-in-residence to Basel every two years. The works of the composer play a prominent role in the Festival programme.