Open Call: Big Bang Seminar

Onassis Stegi invites musicians, composers, filmmakers and dramaturgs to discuss contemporary practices of creating music performances for a young audience

How can you encourage the exchange of information and technical knowledge of creating, producing and presenting music performances for kids, between artists from different European countries?

Submission deadline: 4.11.2019

Nobody appreciates music quite like kids. After five years of exploring music through Big Bang Festival, a music festival devoted to their magnificent sense of curiosity, we are back with an educational workshop on creating music performances for kids.

Onassis Stegi organizes a music workshop with speakers from Greece and abroad, inviting all musicians, composers, filmmakers and dramaturgs to develop their skills and knowledge in a way that will contribute to creating innovative music and performances for children.

The main goals of Big Bang Seminar is to improve the quality of the non-commercial music landscape for children in Europe, stimulate the exchange of information and know-how among European regions on presenting and producing music with and for children, inspire artists, cultural workers and creative players with skills and know-how that contribute to strengthening the music landscape for children, improve audience development strategies to increase involvement of children in music and give them a European perspective.

*This is a two-day workshop, co-funded by "Creative Europe" program by the European Union.

Guests:

Wouter Van Looy (BE) - Artistic Director Zonzo Compagnie

Sonoscopia (PT) - Gustavo Costa (musician), Ana Luísa Veloso (musician, educator, researcher)

Brian Irvine (IR) – Composer, Conductor

Gnous (GR)- Michalis Moschoutis (musician/educator), Erato Tzavara (visual artist), Vasilis Tzavaras (musician/educator)

Eleni Efthymiou (GR) - Director, performer, singer

The BIG BANG music festival for kids is co-produced by the Onassis Stegi and Zonzo Compagnie, and forms part of the European BIG BANG network.