The Tolmin Lectures, Slovenia

The Tolmin Lectures
3-6th July 2025, Sajeta Festival, Tolmin, Slovenia.

Next week I'll be lecturing twice a day at Sajeta Festival in composition & analysis. Enrollments open until Tuesday at office@sajeta.org.

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The agenda is as follows:

THU 3rd

Lecture 1 (1100-1300): RHYTHMIC CHAINS

Slint, Ziúr, Marchaut, Pece Atanasovski, Messiaen, trad. Zaïre, Speaker Music, Stravinsky, Zorn

Lecture 2 (1500-1700): VARIATION & LIMITATION

Adrian Demoč, Noutong Phimvilayphone, Luc Ferrari, DJ Rashad, Feldman, Sarah Hennies, Judith Hamann, trad. Burundi, Calum Gunn

FRI 4th

Lecture 3 (1100-1300): LIVING TEXTURE

Giusto Pio, Alvin Lucier, Evol, Robert Ashley, Jungle Brothers, Sam Dunscombe, Clarence Barlow, Erkki Veltheim

Lecture 4 (1500-1700): PARALLEL LAYERS

Shore/Coleman, Mamoru Fujieda, Tricky, Scott Walker, CIA Debutante, Augustė Vickunaitė, Yasuaki Shimizu, Rolf Julius, Cassandra Miller

SAT 5th

Lecture 5 (1100-1300): SURPRISE & RECONTEXTUALISATION

James Rushford, J Dilla, Farmer’s Manual, Bucketrider, RD Burman, Joni Mitchell, Umni Nadra, Chico Buarque, Conlon Nancarrow

Lecture 6 (1500-1700): PHRASING & FLOW

Sam Cooke, Carlton & The Shoes, Ray Charles, Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Playboy Carti, Alem Qasimov, Dirty Projectors, Joao Gilberto, Erykah Badu 

SUN 6th

Lecture 7 (1100-1300): SPLINTERED REALITIES

Florian Hecker, Rik Rue, Otto Von Schirach, Jérôme Noetinger, Yasunao Tone, Ákos Rózmann, Iannis Xenakis, Marcus Schmickler, Josef Anton Reidl, Eiko Ishibashi

Lecture 8 (1500-1700): ORCHESTRATIONAL REVELATION

Toru Takemitsu, Cor Fuhler, Teiji Ito, Jerry Hunt, John Butcher, PJ Harvey, Jean-Phillippe Gross, trad. Burundi, Michel Chion, Ennio Morricone

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia.