Playtime: Trafic Composition novelties

Across three concerts, students from the Master’s programme in Composition / Creative Practice present the culmination of their artistic work from recent months.

10.01.2026, 6pm–10pm – HKB, Auditorium Ostermundigenstrasse 103, 3006 Bern

Symbolic image for the ‘Trafic’ event in various shades of yellow and red

These evenings offer a glimpse into the evolution of their individual aesthetic. The audience should not expect conventional concerts but evenings of artistic exploration where music becomes a meeting point of many practices. Acoustic performances, immersive electroacoustic, visual and interactive installations will be shown, thereby blurring the lines between these formats. The students are composers, performers, collaborators, technicians, and curators of their own and each other’s work. The result is a vibrant, ever-shifting landscape of contemporary artistic expression.

All works presented have been conceived and realised during the fall semester and under the guidance of dedicated faculty – but with the freedom to push boundaries and question norms. These three evenings are not only showcases of technical skill and artistic vision, but also celebrations of imagination, risk-taking, and the joyful, unpredictable Trafic of contemporary creation.

Contributors

Line-up

Hortense Airault, Simon Bauer, Bridget Bourne, Maria Criscione, Celia Denore, Samuele Donegani, Nataniel Edelman, Ira Hirtler, Alice Hoi-Ching Yeung, Sicheng Huang, Philoaos Kougias, Tibor Victor Hugo Kovács, William Lebet, Giovanni Mancini, Donal McKenna, Igor Tiozzo Netti, Aya Metwalli, Flavio Vanini

Supervision

Franziska Baumann, Teresa Carrasco, Leopold Dick, Irene Galindo Quero, Angela Koerfer Bürger, Gilbert Nouno, Simon Steen-Andersen, Cathy van Eck

Curatorial support

Simon Steen-Andersen, Angela Koerfer Bürger

Technical support

Arthur Holliger, Samuel Gfeller, Beat Müller

Organisation

Arda Yurdusev, Luz González
 

Factsheet

  • Start date 10.01.2026, 6pm–10pm
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  • Place HKB, Auditorium Ostermundigenstrasse 103, 3006 Bern