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What's special about Incontri

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is the variety of activities that we offer here.

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Incontri is less a place than an idea

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that allows experimenting in a very personal way

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Great diversity and ample opportunities
for all students

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to pursue and express their individual artistic impulses. 

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It's a highly productive environment

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nurtured by our diversity.

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I see my seminars as preparation for the world.

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It's about working with musicians as closely as possible

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and it's about the joint process of developing pieces together.

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Incontri is an institute for contemporary music

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at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media,

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where various streams of contemporary art meet.

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Hence the name Incontri,
which is Italian for encounter.

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Incontri is a place where young people

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from all over the world study composition and develop their music.

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Due to their different backgrounds, 

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students from various cultures

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may have little in common.

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But they can use their music to exchange ideas

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and connect — and thereby create understanding.

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Typically, each student 

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composes two pieces per year or semester,

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which then are performed either by professional ensembles or

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in self-curated projects with students 

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of the university.

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We also participate in various collaborations. 

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These concerts

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take place not only at the University but also at other venues

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such as "Sprengelmuseum Hannover", "Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen", 

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or "Musik 21".

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We are happy to get involved with external partners
also to ensure that the music

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written by our young composers

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finds an audience.

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"Klangbrücken" is an annual festival, here in Hannover;

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a cooperation initiated by the Hannover Opera House.

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Today, it's a one-week event,

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in which various artists from Hannover perform concerts in the region of Lower Saxony

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based on a specific theme, such as spectral music.

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What makes studying at HMTMH's Incontri special is

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that we do not differentiate between Bachelor and Master students.

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There are also higher classes than the master class, 

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for example the solo class, the concert exam.

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But all work together as equals.

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No one is treated differently.

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We work on the same projects

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and attend the same meetings.

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Above all, you have to be very curious to study here.

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And willing to work hard - also on your own ideas. 

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Composing is about artistically

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developing your personality.

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It's about discovering yourself in this kind of music.

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We are very practice-oriented, which works great.

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But above all we truly are a close family

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where anything is possible.