Each year Ensemble Proton selects a cohort of emerging composers to commission to write new works for Protonwerk, now in its 13th edition. The composers have free rein to utilise the full Proton arsenal of instruments and the works are developed in collaboration with the musicians.

Isaac Blumfield (USA) — Stained Light (2023-4) for piccolo/alto flute, oboe/melodica/megaphone, basset horn/contrabass clarinet, bassoon/contraforte/melodica/megaphone, harp/melodica/megaphone/objects, piano/melodica/megaphone/objects, violin, cello

Nuño Fernández Ezquerra (Spain) — Il tempos riversa verso un orizzonte infinito (2023-4) for flute/alto flute, oboe/lupophone, bass/contrabass clarinet, bassoon/contraforte, piano, harp, violin, cello

Alex Vaughan (Australia) — MACRO ≥ MICRO (2023-4) for flute, oboe, contrabass clarinet, contraforte, harp, Moog synthesiser, violin, cello

Anna-Louise Walton (USA) — Bliss (2023-4) for flute, oboe/lupophone, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, harp, keyboard, violin, cello

Arda Yurdusev (Türkiye) — Indigo Ryu (2023-4) for flute/bass flute, lupophone, clarinet d’amore/contralto clarinet, contraforte, harp, piano, violin, cello

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