Dimitra Sofroniou
Dimitra Sofroniou is a Greek composer, performer, and sound artist based between Athens and Amsterdam. Her work moves fluidly across disciplines, integrating music, performance, and visual media to explore how sound occupies space and generates meaning. She composes for installations, stage works, films, and video games, often incorporating spatialisation, generative processes, and sound visualisation into her practice. Currently completing her Master's in Composition at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, Sofroniou continues to develop projects rooted in collaboration and research. Her work has been presented at venues including the National Theatre of Greece, Technopolis, and Theatro Vrahon in Athens, as well as de Studio, Arenberg, and Archipel in Antwerp, l’Uzinne in Brussels, and AtelierSi in Bologna. (website)

Supported by Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam.

Faun Vium
Faun Vium is a trans-feminine sculptor, painter, and performance artist based in Copenhagen. Her work spans large-scale interdisciplinary productions, including operas and films, often blurring the boundaries between visual art, theatre, and experimental music. At the heart of her practice is an elaborate form of costuming — a way of staging personal and structural crises, allowing audiences to encounter their desperation, absurdity, and unresolved tension. In 2024, she tours Denmark with Queen Annebell, her most ambitious performance to date, presented as part of the CPH Opera Festival. Vium’s theatrical worlds are immersive, emotionally charged, and rooted in lived experience, offering a radical reimagining of identity and expression through visual and sonic ritual. (website)

Supported by Copenhagen Opera Festival.

Fernando Manassero
Fernando Manassero is an Argentine composer, performer, and audiovisual artist based in Basel, Switzerland. His work traverses the boundaries of genre, creating unexpected crossovers with elements reminiscent of electronic music and pop. Manassero's compositions are characterised by iridescent textures and ephemeral gestures, often incorporating prepared instruments, processed voices, and theatrical elements. He holds a Master’s degree in Multimedia Composition from HEM Genève and has participated in the IRCAM Cursus programme. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Ludmilla Mercier
Ludmilla Mercier is a Swiss-based performer, composer, and installation artist whose work explores the intersections of music theatre, movement, and multimedia. Combining projections, electronics, crafted objects, and cross-disciplinary collaborations, her practice is rooted in experimentation and hybridity. She has received awards including the 2nd prize at the NICATI Competition 2023, the first prize at FrauMünsterhof21 (2021), and the Nicati-De-Luze scholarship (2021–2022). Mercier studied in Geneva, Bern, and Berlin, completing her Master’s with honours in 2023, and continues to present work across Switzerland and Europe. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Maia Steinberg
Maia Steinberg, is a Uruguayan singer, composer, and interdisciplinary artist based in the Netherlands. Her work centers on new vocal music, participatory art, and socially engaged performance. Driven by a belief in music’s transformative power, she founded Project A – A Voice Journey, an award-winning platform exploring the intersection of vocal art and social impact. Steinberg creates projects that foster community, amplify voices, and challenge the boundaries between performance and activism. (website)

Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten NL and O. Festival, Rotterdam.

Sabine Pendry
Sabine Pendry is an American performer, vocalist, theatre maker and sound artist based in Amsterdam. Alongside performance for theatre, music theatre and film, she creates independent stage work, moving fluidly between composing, writing, and direction. Her pieces are sound-and-language-driven, relying on the intimacy of the sung voice, heightened poetic texts and stark stage images to create peculiar and immersive worlds. In treating the voice as a primary theatrical and compositional tool, her work reflects a fascination with the highly subjective, interior, and emotionally-charged forms of reality — and often centers itself around the eerie, the existential, the absurd, and the sad. Sabine has performed in festivals and venues such as Frascati Theater, O. Festival, Rewire Festival, Opera Forward Festival, Amsterdam Fringe Festival, the Concertgebouw, Venice Film Festival and Nederlandse Film Festival. She is a member of the re:master Opera performance collective. 

Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten NL and O. Festival, Rotterdam.

LIVE MEET-UP #1

• 26-27-28-29 May 2025: Rotterdam (NL)

• Start of the programme at O. Festival (Rotterdam). Presentation of the creators for a diverse group of professionals from the international (music) theatre field.

ONLINE WORKSHOP #1

• 24 June 2025 from 10:00 - 12:00 CET online

• On the topic of communication & pitching: in this first collective online workshop, the participants will be coached in shaping their artistic concept into clear communication materials. They will receive collective and individual feedback on pitching their work, to prepare for the upcoming Copenhagen Opera Festival.

LIVE MEET-UP #2

• 21-23 August 2025: Copenhagen (DK)

• Participation in the Copenhagen Opera Festival - Full programme to be announced

ONLINE WORKSHOP #2

• 6 October 2025 from 10:00 - 12:00 CET online

• On the topic of internationalisation: in this second collective online workshop, the participants will discuss the topic of internationalisation with partners from the MTNow network. They will receive a broad vision on why and how to work internationally, insights in European funding, possible partners...

LIVE MEET-UP #3

• 20-23 November 2025: Berlin (DE)

• Participation @BAMFestival Berlin - Full programme to be announced

ONLINE WORKSHOP #3

• 12 January 2026 from 10:00 - 12:00 CET online

• In this third online workshop, participants will start to collectively craft their idea for the State of the Arts at O. Festival.

ONLINE WORKSHOP #4

• 20 April 2026 from 10:00 - 12:00 CET online

• Second workshop on the State of the Arts at O. Festival.

LIVE MEET-UP #4

• 26-29 May 2026: Rotterdam (NL)

• Final meeting at O. Festival and meeting the CCP-artists from the next cycle

Annelinde Bruys
Annelinde Bruys is a Dutch composer and performer whose work spans contemporary music, theatre, and interdisciplinary performance. Her compositions often explore the interplay between sound, movement, and spatial dynamics, creating immersive experiences that challenge traditional concert formats. Bruys has collaborated with various ensembles and artists across Europe, contributing to projects that push the boundaries of musical expression. (website)

Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten NL and O. Festival, Rotterdam.

Chloé Bieri
Chloé Bieri is a Swiss singer, composer, and performer whose eclectic practice spans contemporary music, pop, and French chanson. Her work often merges sound with visual and performative elements, challenging traditional concert formats. Bieri has presented her creations at festivals such as HCMF Huddersfield and Festival Archipel. In March 2022, she was granted a three-day carte blanche at Théâtre du Pommier in Neuchâtel, showcasing her versatility and innovative approach to music theatre. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Kapitolina Tsvetkova
Kapitolina Tsvetkova is a Russian-born, France-based stage director, scenographer, and multidisciplinary artist. Her work spans experimental opera, performance, and installation, exploring themes of fragility, femininity, ecology, and memory. Through collaborations with scientists, engineers, and perfumers, she merges artistic and scientific inquiry to create multisensory environments where space, object, and body interact. With a background in puppet theatre, circus, and opera, Tsvetkova brings a rich performative language to her practice, challenging traditional formats and expanding the possibilities of music theatre. (website)

Supported by Musiktheatertage Wien, Vienna.

Lam Lai
Lam Lai is a Hong Kong-born composer and theatre maker based in the Netherlands. Her work reimagines the concept of music by exploring the interplay between sound, space, and narrative. Moving fluidly between electronic sound, theatrical presence, and spatial installation, she creates immersive environments where diverse modes of listening coexist. Her multidisciplinary practice expands the boundaries of performance, integrating technology as an expressive force to craft encounters that shift between deep listening and embodied spatial experiences. She continues to contribute to the evolving landscape of contemporary music theatre through her innovative and genre-defying creations. (website)

Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten NL and O. Festival, Rotterdam.

Leon Rogissart
Leon Rogissart is a Belgian theatre director who graduated from the Theatre Directing programme at the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam in 2021. For him, theatre is the ultimate place to create a collective experience where intuition and resonance outstrip everything else. Alongside theatre, music and virtual reality (VR) are key cornerstones of his work. In 2021, Rogissart, together with his colleague Paul Boereboom, received the award for best VR production at the KABOOM Festival in Utrecht with the VR prototype Ascension. His innovative approach continues to explore the intersection of traditional theatre and emerging technologies. (website)

Supported by Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp.

Léo Collin
Léo Collin is a French composer and performer based in Zurich. His multifaceted practice encompasses contemporary music, theatre, performance, and video, often integrating elements from daily life such as cooking and sports. Collin’s works, including Land and See, are known for their immersive qualities and have been featured in international festivals and venues. In 2025, he is set to collaborate with Kapitolina Tsvetkova on Plankton, a new music theatre project that continues his exploration of interdisciplinary performance. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Rebekka Bohse Meyer
Rebekka Bohse Meyer is a Danish selfproducing director based in Copenhagen. She is the founder and artistic director of Jakobe Performing Arts, a platform for experimental opera and sound-based, audience-engaging performances. Sound forms the core of her work, spanning spatial audio, generative sound, and sonic environments for artificial intelligence. Recent projects include MORTALITIES, a VR opera that merges performance, research, and new technologies. Meyer’s current practice explores the operatic potential of LARP and gaming tools, pushing the boundaries of narrative and participation in music theatre. She also curates platform BUNKER, an interdisciplinary and performative exhibition space in Copenhagen for hybrid practices. (website)

Supported by Copenhagen Opera Festival.

Chloé Bieri
Chloé Bieri is a Swiss singer, composer, and performer whose eclectic practice spans contemporary music, pop, and French chanson. Her work often merges sound with visual and performative elements, challenging traditional concert formats. Bieri has presented her creations at festivals such as HCMF Huddersfield and Festival Archipel. In March 2022, she was granted a three-day carte blanche at Théâtre du Pommier in Neuchâtel, showcasing her versatility and innovative approach to music theatre. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Charlotte Torres
Charlotte Torres is a French composer and pianist based in Basel, Switzerland. Initially trained in classical piano, she won several international competitions before completing a Master's in Free Improvisation at the Musikakademie Basel. Torres specialises in contemporary and interdisciplinary projects, often blending composition with improvisation to create dynamic musical experiences. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Ferenc Balcaen
Ferenc Balcaen is a theatre maker who graduated from the Drama Stage Directing at RITCS in Brussels in 2022. That same year, he completed his studies with the performance Tristis, inspired by The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. In 2023, he worked as assistant director to Aïda Gabriëls on the opera Cambio, composed by Frank Nuyts. In January 2024, he collaborated on Joy Boy, a tribute to Julius Eastman, created in partnership with Collectif fair-part and the S.E.M. Ensemble. The piece premiered at DE SINGEL. In April 2024, he returned to DE SINGEL to premiere his own performance, SCAPEGOAT, as part of the CARTA festival. (website)

Supported by Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp.

Gabriele di Franco
Gabriele di Franco is an Italian-born, Belgium-based composer, guitarist, and sound artist working across contemporary music, jazz, and theatre. Rooted in narrative composition, his music weaves complex rhythms with lyrical storytelling, often functioning as a dramaturgical layer within performance. Di Franco has led projects such as the jazz ensemble Balkan Airs and composed sound worlds for theatre, dance, and film. His collaborative approach blends acoustic and electronic textures to explore themes of memory, migration, and cultural hybridity. (website)

Supported by Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp.

Imke Mol
Imke Mol is a Dutch performer and theatre maker working at the intersection of opera, performance art, and contemporary music theatre. She holds a Master’s degree in Music Theatre from ArtEZ University of the Arts and is a founding member of the interdisciplinary performance collective wolfwolf. Mol's work explores the expressive potential of the operatic voice within experimental frameworks, blending classical repertoire with contemporary scenography and dramaturgy. Her solo piece Ma voix humaine, a radical reworking of Francis Poulenc’s La voix humaine, exemplifies her approach to emotional intensity and reimagined tradition. Through wolfwolf and her solo work, she creates raw, intimate performances that interrogate voice, vulnerability, and the theatrical gaze.

Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten NL and O. Festival, Rotterdam.

Jurgis Kubilius
Jurgis Kubilius is a Lithuanian composer, music publicist, and public speaker whose work bridges intuition and logic, often incorporating elements of sincerity and humour. He studied composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and is completing his Master’s at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Kubilius has received accolades such as the Lithuanian Composers’ Union’s Young Composers Award (2023) and first prize at the Vox Juventutis Competition (2024).

Supported by Operomanija, Vilnius.

Léo Collin
Léo Collin is a French composer and performer based in Zurich. His multifaceted practice encompasses contemporary music, theatre, performance, and video, often integrating elements from daily life such as cooking and sports. Collin’s works, including Land and See, are known for their immersive qualities and have been featured in international festivals and venues. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Marie Delprat
Marie Delprat is a French-Swiss composer, musician, and performer based in Switzerland. Her hybrid projects draw from a wide sonic palette, including early music, experimental, EDM, ambient, techno, and minimalism. Delprat’s practice traverses the boundaries of musical genre and theatrical form, often incorporating movement, voice, and visual arts into immersive performances. Her works, such as Rage(s) — which received the Coup de Coeur prize from the Canton of Bern — and Life is Sick, inspired by the poetry of Sylvia Plath, investigate emotional extremes through bold sonic landscapes. She regularly collaborates with performers across disciplines and is a recurring presence at venues including Dampfzentrale Bern, Musik Festival Bern, and Gare du Nord Basel. In 2024, she premieres Ethereal Realms, a solo music theatre piece created in collaboration with Aïda Gabriëls, at Dampfzentrale Bern. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Mees Vervuurt
Mees Vervuurt is a Dutch composer and director based in Amsterdam. A graduate of Utrecht Conservatory in Music & Performance Art and Composition, his interdisciplinary work fuses music, movement, and spatial awareness to create immersive, poetic experiences. Vervuurt's site-specific performances, like Stabat Mater (deconstruction 1) and A Myth for Piano, invite audiences into contemplative spaces where sound and silence intertwine. (website)

Supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten NL and O. Festival, Rotterdam.

Siebe Thijs
Siebe Thijs is a Belgian composer whose work explores the boundaries between sound, the human body, and everyday objects. Educated at the Royal Conservatoires of Ghent and Antwerp under Wim Henderickx and Bram Van Camp, he is currently studying with Clemens Gadenstätter at the Kunstuniversität Graz. Thijs’s compositions, such as L’acte de respirer and Pilgrimage, often interrogate the act of breathing and the interplay between individual and collective experiences. (website)

Supported by Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp.

Aïda Gabriëls
Aïda Gabriëls is a Belgian director and curator renowned for her transdisciplinary approach to music theatre. As the founder and artistic director of the collective oester, she crafts performances that intertwine opera, contemporary music, dance, visual arts, and fashion. Her works, including The Wild Stage, Dance of the Seven Veils, and VACUUM, delve into themes of escapism, identity, and transformation, often reimagining classical narratives through a contemporary lens. Gabriëls is an in-house artist at Muziektheater Transparant and an artist-in-residence at both the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) and Ancienne Belgique Brussels. She also serves as artistic coordinator for Music Theatre NOW, a global network dedicated to contemporary music theatre. Her recent projects include Passages, a site-specific performance at KMSKA, and Ethereal Realms, a solo collaboration with Marie Delprat premiering in 2024. (website)

Supported by Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp.

Gabriele di Franco
Gabriele di Franco is an Italian-born, Belgium-based composer, guitarist, and sound artist working across contemporary music, jazz, and theatre. Rooted in narrative composition, his music weaves complex rhythms with lyrical storytelling, often functioning as a dramaturgical layer within performance. Di Franco has led projects such as the jazz ensemble Balkan Airs and composed sound worlds for theatre, dance, and film. His collaborative approach blends acoustic and electronic textures to explore themes of memory, migration, and cultural hybridity. Recent commissions and residencies include work with Muziektheater Transparant, and his compositions have been performed throughout Europe. (website)

Supported by Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp.

Marie Delprat
Marie Delprat is a French-Swiss composer, musician, and performer based in Switzerland. Her hybrid projects draw from a wide sonic palette, including early music, experimental, EDM, ambient, techno, and minimalism. Delprat’s practice traverses the boundaries of musical genre and theatrical form, often incorporating movement, voice, and visual arts into immersive performances. Her works, such as Rage(s) — which received the Coup de Coeur prize from the Canton of Bern — and Life is Sick, inspired by the poetry of Sylvia Plath, investigate emotional extremes through bold sonic landscapes. She regularly collaborates with performers across disciplines and is a recurring presence at venues including Dampfzentrale Bern, Musik Festival Bern, and Gare du Nord Basel. In 2024, she premieres Ethereal Realms, a solo music theatre piece created in collaboration with Aïda Gabriëls, at Dampfzentrale Bern. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Stanislas Pili
Stanislas Pili is a Swiss composer and percussionist specialising in experimental music theatre. He creates immersive performances that combine amplified rituals, unconventional instruments, and live electronics. Pili’s work is known for its raw physicality and spatial sensitivity, often drawing on myth, liturgy, and sonic abstraction. His productions, such as A Guardia di una Fede and LIMBO, have been presented at international festivals including Sonic Matter Zürich and EXIT Festival Montevideo. His interdisciplinary collaborations span music, scenography, and visual arts, pushing the boundaries of sound, embodiment, and performative experience. (website)

Supported by Gare du Nord, Basel.

Timo Tembuyser
Timo Tembuyser is a Belgian performer, vocalist, composer, and theatre maker working between Belgium and the Netherlands. He holds a Master's degree in Architecture and Urban Design from Ghent University (2014) and graduated in Performance from the Toneelacademie Maastricht in 2019. He also trained in vocal studies at Codarts Rotterdam. Tembuyser's work merges architecture, theatre, and music, creating polyphonic compositions that explore themes of identity, community, and spirituality. His productions, such as Missa Mater Sola and Missa Mama Nova, are choral rituals that challenge traditional norms and have been recognised at festivals across Europe. He collaborates with various artists and ensembles, including Studio SIBLING and Muziektheater Transparant, developing works that operate at the intersection of sacred tradition and contemporary expression. (website)

Supported by Muziektheater Transparant, Antwerp.