For the second time I had the honor to be part of a Symposium of the International Ekmelic Music Society. For my first master thesis in composition, I stumbled upon the Ekmelic Music Society during research, and somehow I became part of it, which is still mind-blowing. The Microtonal Village, organized by Águstin Castilla-Ávilla,  was part of The Village Trip Festival in New York City. It was an amazing experience, a week full of lectures and concerts in one of the most interesting cities. For the Symposium I did some research about ancient tuning systems and the application of the Kirnberger#2 temperament in Lou Harrison's Piano Concerto.

"Cold Welding" for Oboe, Saxophone and Electronics, was premiered in April 2024 in Alte Schmiede Kunstverein, Wien. Further performances in May 2024 in Zurich and in Bern.

For the Imago Dei Krems festival I made a composition for a large ensemble, playback and live video. It was premiered under the title "Darkness, unveiled" on March 15, 2024 in the Minoritenkirche in Krems.

At the  concert in the music salon of the Austrian National Library in cooperation with the IMAGO DEI Krems festival and the Loisiarte, the piano trio "Do Snowflakes Get Colder When They Touch Each Other?" was again performed by Platypus as well as the piano composition "SIEBEN, SINNEN" and an excerpt from "Darkness, unveiled" - the violin  cadenza - Benedikt Lodes also moderated the evening and I was allowed to talk about myself and  the pieces.

The first concert in 2024 was with Platypus Ensemble and the premiere of my Piano Trio “Do Snowflakes Get Colder, When They Touch Each Other” as well as another performance of my piano composition “SIEBEN, SINNEN”, interpreted by Jaime Wolfson. I was very grateful for this opportunity. Writing a Piano Trio was a big challenge. Personally, I find it easier to write for less “classical” constellations, but I accept any challenge :). The title for the Piano Trio came to me on the way home in January 2024. Until then I was pretty lost and had no idea how to structure the piece. Then it started snowing and I could "see" the piece. The title is also  a variation of the quote "Do shadows become darker when they touch each other?" from the film "Perfect Days" by Wim Wenders. I saw that movie on New Year's Eve. The piano composition "SIEBEN, SINNEN" is an older work from 2021. It is very structured,  e.g., the left hand is the rhythmic crab of the right hand, etc. pp. I don't know what more to say about it. It is very calm and quiet.

This was a lecture I gave as part of the international ekmelic music society's symposium "Small is Beautiufl" at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. It was about Arabic maqam music as inspiration e.g. in Cerha's string quartet No. 1 "Maqam" and generally about quarter-tone systems, e.g. that of Alois Hába.

The premiere of the commissioned work for Ensemble N took place on May 3rd, 2023 at Mi Barrio in Vienna. Further performance on November 30th, 2023 in the Kaisersaal (piano gallery) in Vienna.