6daEXIt Improvisation Ensemble: Premieres 2026

Following a call for works of graphic and verbal notation from composers around the world, the 6daEXIt Improvisation Ensemble presents the world premiere of four works by lo wie, Andrew Weathers, Kevin Corcoran, and Anton Lukoszevieze. Three of these (-6-, Reverse Horizon, Figure Ground) were written specifically for the 6daEXIt ensemble.

The ensemble focuses on open-form works, in which the relationship between the composer, the performer, and the listener remains open. The score is not a closed system with predetermined notes, but a set of instructions, rules, and stimuli that lead to actions that are sometimes more defined and sometimes more free. The works thus create a shared space for action and listening. The piece “-6-,” for example, is performed throughout the concert, functioning as a framework that encompasses everything else that happens, without overshadowing it.

The final form of each piece is shaped in real time by the ensemble, which is why every performance is different. These practices lie somewhere between composition and free—non-idiomatic—improvisation.

Program:

1. -6- (lo wie, 2025)

2. Reverse Horizon (Andrew Weathers, 2025)

3. Figure Ground (Kevin Corcoran, 2025)

4. Lost Opera 4 (Anton Lukoszevieze, 2024)

5. Lost Opera 13 (Anton Lukoszevieze, 2024)

6. Lost Opera 6 (Anton Lukoszevieze, 2024)

7. Lost Opera 7 (Anton Lukoszevieze, 2024)

The following members of the 6daEXIt Improvisation Ensemble are participating:

Yiannis Dimitroudis: synthesizer
Antonis Fotiadis: saxophone
Yorgos Holopoulos: laptop, objects
Lina Koukouli: melodica, bullhorn, slide whistle, objects
Fotis Lazidis: tablet, fx
Alexandros Ntouzas: electric guitar
Josephine Papalamprou: electric bass, objects
Chrysi Parpara: accordion, objects
Alexis Porfiriadis: piano
Ioanna Valsamara: synthesizer

🔷 6daEXIt improvisation ensemble was founded in Thessaloniki in 2007, emerging from a class led by Alexis Porfiriadis at the Department of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. It operates independently as an open collective with a fluid and changing lineup. The group is dedicated to free improvisation and to the performance of graphic and text scores by international composers alongside original works by its members. Over the years, 6daEXIt has appeared at major festivals such as the Onassis Stegi Open Day (2014, 2018, 2020), Moving Silence (2014), Multeece Festival (2017), and the 52nd Dimitria Festival (2017), as well as at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (2019). Their activity also extends to student-led and independent initiatives, self-managed venues, and interdisciplinary performance spaces.