Opus 2026

ARCo – Art, Research and Creation opus 2026 – is a european academy dedicated to musical creation, association between the Mozarteum Universität Salzburg, Gmem-Marseille (one of the French National Center of Musical Creation) and resident ensembles Multilaterale, Les Métaboles from France and ARCo Ensemble from Austria.

This seventh edition will be hosted by Mozarteum Universität from July 1^st to July 12^th 2026. It will welcome fourteen young composers from all over the world, along with six singers, four instrumentalists, one string quartet and one assistant conductor. Student composers will be coached by Elisabeth Gutjahr, Laure M. Hiendl, Sarah Nemtsov, Eva Reiter, Yann Robin and Johannes Maria Staud. As for the student singers and instrumentalists, they will be coached by Valérie Philippin and Pieter Jansen respectively.

This year, we are also delighted to welcome Wen Deqing as guest composer. He will share his experience and present his new film concert based on three Buster Keaton films.

Throughout the week, public lectures and concerts will be given at the Mozarteum Universität and in partner venues around Salzburg. Written for the occasion, the students’ pieces will be rehearsed, performed and professionally recorded during three closing concerts.