Present

With the program «Present», the Mizmorim Festival places an important emphasis on contemporary music. The Festival alternate each year between a Composer-in-Residence program and the Mizmorim Composition Competition. Additionally, the Festival also regularly commissions compositions for different ensembles and presents Swiss premieres.

2025

Janiv Oron (Artist in Residence)

Electronic Interventions

on Igor Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale (2024)

From the Mountains of Silence
for two performers (2024)

2024

Helga Arias

Mimma’amaqim
for Voices and Ensemble (2023)

2024

Lukas Stamm

Glades
for Violin and Ensemble (2023)

2023

Victor Alexandru Colțea

Rough surfaces
for string quartet (2022)

2021

Eleni Ralli

5 Mysterious Scenes
for solo-violin (2020)

2019

Aram Hovhannisyan

Klavierstück III « ... and beyond ... »
for piano four hands (2018)

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.

2025