Aurally, Indie Classical is sometimes coined as classical blended and intermingled with rock, electronica, jazz and even global music.
What?
But it is more than a sound or a genre - it's a mindset, an independent approach to music making and presenting.
The network brings together all players involved in this new form of music making. While some of the different members do what they do for more than a decade, it was only at the the 2015 and 2016 editions of Classical:NEXT that this network was formed. The network was kickstarted by a small number over highly engaged people, by Classical:NEXT as well as by the Creative Europe supported project "C3⊂IC".
Who?
The Indie Classical network has no hierarchies and is based on exchange on eye-level. However the following persons deserve credit as network coordinators and initiators:
Brendan Walsh (Belgium/The Netherlands), Classical Music Rave
Gabriel Prokofiev (UK), Nonclassical
Etienne Abelin (Switzerland), ClassYcal
Jennifer Dautermann (Germany), Classical:NEXT
and Thiago Cury (Brazil), ÁguaForte
Events around this Network
Members
Avarus
Avarus is a boutique creative agency based in Estonia
Classical Music Rave
Classical Music Rave is an indie-classical collective of out-of-the-ordinary artists and a production house for music events in unusual spaces.
Cluster vzw
Belgian-based management for new music in a far-reaching mix of styles (classical, worldmusic, jazz & folk)
Del Sol String Quartet
California-based string quartet recognized as a vigorous champion of living composers and for its unexpected collaborations
Duo Telluur
Estonian chamber music ensemble of classical guitar and English horn.
Ergodos
Ergodos is a record label and production company based in Dublin, Ireland.
Festival Música Estranha / Águaforte
Brazilian, latin American and international exploratory and art music, cross and pos genres, focusing in diversity.
Kaylie Melville (Classical:NEXT 2017 Fellow - APRA AMCOS / Australian Music Centre)
Speak Percussion: www.speakpercussion.com Rubiks Collective: www.rubikscollective.com
Music Estonia MTÜ
Music Estonia is a music industry development centre and an export office, based in Tallinn Estonia.
Music:Eyes
classYcal explores new ways in classical music and started its pilot season 12/13 with a classical in club format, the Ynight, in Zurich.
Musikcentrum Sweden
The connector to the independent music of Sweden and co-founder of Keychange
New Amsterdam Records
New Amsterdam Records is a New York label that supports the projects and careers of ground-breaking post-genre musicians, composers, and ensembles.
New World Symphony
The mission of the New World Symphony is to prepare graduates of music programs for leadership roles in orchestras, ensembles and communities.
Nonclassical
new classical music // rewired
Piranha Arts
Piranha Arts is an independent creative company made in Berlin since 1987, which consults and organises cultural events incl. WOMEX and Classical:NEXT
the pearls before swine experience
Different projects from the Swedish experimental music scene.
Vainio, Kalle
Kalle Vainio compose one of a kind music for different projects. Anything between soloist to symphony orchestra. Films to avant-garde.
Zephyr Quartet
'...arguably Australia's most lateral thinking and inventive ensemble...' (Music Australia), Zephyr Quartet is a bold and innovative string quartet.
Latest News
Indie Classical Network Meeting at Sound of Stockholm
Indie Classical Network Meeting during Sound of...
08 Jan 2018
by Jana Schneider, Piranha Arts from Germany
Indie Classical Network to be connected on new online platform
The Indie Classical movement is out there for a...
27 Sep 2017
by Paul Bräuer, Piranha Arts from Germany
indie classical movement?
A year ago the final meeting was quite exciting....
02 May 2017
by JMH Tchong, Tchong, JMH from Netherlands