ULYSSES Platform

Artist in spotlight: Clémence Martel! Twice a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio). Clémence Martel lives and works between Tuscany and Paris. She is a soprano and performer working at the intersection of vocal practice, performance, and audiovisual forms. After training in flute and classical singing in France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, she specialized in contemporary music at the Neue Musik Studio of the HMDK Stuttgart. Clémence Martel’s practice sits at the intersection of vocal performance and audiovisual installation. Her work begins with the voice and the body, engaging with themes of organicity, technomorphism, and intimacy, and shaping a world in which the living speaks, reveals itself, and transforms. Her devices extend the voice, put it into play, expose it, and redirect listening toward what usually goes unheard. Her work has been recognized with the Contemporary Music Prize of the City of Fribourg. She presents her projects in international institutions and festivals including Centre Pompidou (Paris), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Echoraum (Vienna), Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan), Tempo Reale (Florence), Teatro del Suono Festival (Trieste), Mixtur Festival (Barcelona).... She was also selected for the mentorship program of the French national network for contemporary music creation Futurs Composés. Since 2022, she has been a member of the Cantiere Zero collective (Vienna) and collaborates regularly with ensembles and artistic structures across Europe. She is one of the founding members of Fonosfera. @cl_martel

Out next ULYSSES online session Articulating Your Artistic Identity is coming up on Wednesday 20th May! The material submissions are closed, but there are still places to join and listen to the session by registering with community.ulysses(at)gmail.com. See more https://ulysses-platform.eu/news/ulysses-online-sessions/ulysses-online-articulating-your-artistic-identity

Artist in spotlight: Ling Zhang! Twice a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio). Ling Zhang is a Chinese percussionist based in Germany. From 2017 to 2021, he studied with Prof. Ulrike Stadler at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria for his Bachelor's degree, and later earned his Master’s degree at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, where he continues postgraduate studies with Prof. Johannes Fischer. Ling's repertoire spans a wide range of genres, from jazz to experimental contemporary concepts. He has played with groups such as Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Studio Musikfabrik etc., and has performed at numerous music festivals and contemporary art festivals, including the Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus in Austria, the Eigenzeit Festival for contemporary music in Duisburg, the Darmstadt Summer Courses, the Frequenz Festival for sound art in Kiel, and the PGVIS - International Symposium on Music and Interdisciplinary Studies in Bangkok, Thailand etc.. He enjoys collaborating and improvising with musicians and artists across various forms and disciplines. @lingzhang98

Artist in spotlight: Yen Chun Lin! Twice a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio). Yen Chun Lin is a Berlin-based Taiwanese artist whose practice dwells in the state of falling—falling into sleep, into wakefulness, into the unknown. In her Syn-sleep Listening Experiment, she encountered a dragonfly. Guided by this delicate companion, she explores various nuanced states of being and becoming within their shared environments. These encounters become portals through which she attunes to the subtle vibrations of existence and the shifting edges of perception. Her practice manifests through spatial installations that interweave sculpture, soundscapes, dreams, performance, collaboration, and speculative narrative. Often inspired by the hypnotic yet awakening rhythms found in nature, her sonic compositions invite audiences to slip into a collective dream—where dripping whispers and the breath of Paiwan’s lalingedan carry a subtle sense of presence. Yen focuses on the tenuous and sensuous space of sound and consciousness, and the misty zone between the “here” and “elsewhere”—a realm that emerges beyond the physical and material frame of the work. Her works have been exhibited and performed at the Norbergfestival, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, MONOM Berlin, Creamcake Berlin, SAVVY Contemporary, Skanes Konstförening Malmö, and CAC Vilnius, among others. @yensouffle.zip

New ULYSSES online seminar is published: Articulating Your Artistic Identity - A practical workshop with communication strategist Magni Sørløkk. See more from the ULYSSES Platform, register and join us on May 20th. Limited number of places! Link in the comment / bio.

Artist in spotlight: Luciano Maria Moricca! Twice a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio). Luciano Maria Moricca (born in Siracusa, Italy) began his formal studies at the Conservatorio "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan with Daniele Scanziani, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree. He later completed his master’s degree at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels with Karel Schoofs, where he also took courses in contemporary music with Bart Bouckaert. He is currently part of the International Ensemble Modern Akademie (IEMA) programme, in collaboration with the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt. Throughout his studies, he had the opportunity to collaborate with prominent musicians and ensembles such as Marcello Panni, Vitali Alekseerok, Sonig Tchakerian, and the Ensemble Écoute. He also featured on the CD ›20th Century Music for Wind Ensemble‹, released by Da Vinci Classics & Jazz, which showcases works for wind ensemble by major 20th century composers like Stravinsky, Persichetti and Milhaud. As a soloist, he has performed for the Società Concerti Città di Noto and has held orchestral positions and collaborated with institutions including the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, the Orchestra di Fiati della Svizzera Italiana, and ensembles such as I Solisti and Spectra in Belgium. @luciano_moricca

Happy May! Next deadlines on the ULYSSES Platform: FACT FICTION – Interdisciplinary Research and Development Programme, ongoing Composition Mentorship Program 2026, ongoing Maison Messiaen - artist residency in Matheysine, France, ongoing Chroma International Music Festival, ongoing Double Bass Workshop, dl May 4 Quartetto Sincronie × Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam Foundation - International Call for Scores, dl May 4 The Azrieli Music Prizes: 2028 Call for Applications, dl May 6 Dentro il suono - II edition, dl May 8 MA/IN Festival Call for Works 2026 EXTENDED DEADLINE May 10 21st Thailand International Composition Festival 2026, dl May 10 Concorso di composizione con residenza artistica, dl May 10 Foresty International Music Festival - Call for Volounteers, dl May 11 Tunescribers Arranging Competition 2026, dl May 14 International Summer School for Composers- Jaime Reis, Valerio Sannicandro & Ensemble DME, dl May 14 See all calls on the ULYSSES Platform, link in the comments / bio!

Artist in spotlight: Neus Molero Beneito! Twice a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio). Neus Molero Beneito was born in València in 1999, where she began her musical education in 2007. She completed her Bachelor's degree in her hometown, studying with Emilio Ferrando and José Cerveró. She also studied with Vicent Alberola and Juanlu Puelles at the Alberola MMCV Academy. For her master´s degree, Neus Molero Beneito moved to the Netherlands where she studied with professors Arno Piters, Olivier Patey and Johan Naus at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA). Due to her her interest in the history of the clarinet, she gained experience with period instruments under the guidance of Frank van den Brink. During her time in Amsterdam, she had the opportunity to perform in concert halls such as the Concertgebouw, the Muziekgebouw, and the Nationale Opera & Ballet. In terms of her orchestral experience, she was an academist at the Grafenegg Festival Academy 2024 (Austria) and with the Ensemble Matheus (France). She also played in youth orchestras in Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Luxembourg. In addition, she has worked with symphonic wind orchestras such as the Banda Municipal de Barcelona and the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Neus Molero Beneito has performed music for period clarinet instruments at the Festival Berlioz (France) with the JOEHB – Isère, at the Festival Alte Musik im Weilburger Schloss (Germany), as well as in regular concerts of the Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra (the Netherlands). As a passionate chamber music player, she co-founded ensembles such as the Fika Kwintet and the Haizea Trio, and has received numerous chamber music awards in Spain, Germany and Andorra. She also holds a degree in computer engineering from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV). @neusmolero

Artist in spotlight: Federico Ambruosi! Twice a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio). Federico Ambruosi (born in Bari) is an Italian composer, electronic musician, and sound director specializing in contemporary and experimental music, particularly in the interpretation of electroacoustic works. He currently lives in Frankfurt am Main (DE). He holds an MA in Computer Music from the G. Verdi Conservatory of Milan, where he studied with Davide Gagliardi, Massimo Marchi, Andrea Vigani, and Fabio Venturi. He also studied at the Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik (IEM) of the Kunstuniversität Graz (AT) as an Erasmus student. In 2024, he completed the Advanced Program in Live Electronics and Sound Direction at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena with Alvise Vidolin, earning the Diploma di Merito. As composer, he is currently studying composition at the Conservatory of Mantua under the guidance of Zeno Baldi, also taking courses with Maurizio Azzan at the same institution. He has attended masterclasses with Mauro Lanza, Natasha Barrett, Dmitri Kourliandski and IRCAM, among others. His works have been performed by ensembles and soloists such as MDI Ensemble, Ensemble SuonoGiallo, and Myriam García Fidalgo, at festivals including Mixtur (ES), ilSUONO Contemporary Week (IT), and Mantova Musica del XXI secolo (IT). He was awarded the 2024 PiGro Residency for electroacoustic composers at Centro Tempo Reale (Florence). Active as electronic performer and sound director, he has collaborated with Schallfeld Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Ilya Gringolts, Duo Dubois, Zeno Baldi, Pierre Jodlowski, Óscar Escudero, Giancarlo Schiaffini and others, in festivals including cresc... Biennale für aktuelle Musik (DE), Open Music Graz (AT), Bif&st (IT), Mixtur (ES). @federicoambruosi

Artist in spotlight: Delia Ramos Rodríguez! Twice a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio). Delia Ramos Rodríguez is a Spanish violinist and conductor with a focus on contemporary music, interdisciplinary performance, chamber music and improvisation. She moved to Germany in 2016 and completed a master's degree with Prof. Anke Dill at the Stuttgart State University of Music and Performing Arts. This was followed by a master's degree in contemporary music with Melise Mellinger and Prof. Nurit Stark and a master's degree in contemporary music ensemble conducting with Christof M. Löser in 2025. As a conductor, she has premiered works by several composers and has performed with ensembles such as the Ensemble DME (Lisbon) and Ensemble Ascolta and orchestras such as the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in Brazil, Portugal and Germany. Since September 2024 she is the conductor of the chamber orchestra Aufstrich in Stuttgart. She has worked with various composers including Jennifer Walshe, Hannes Seidl, Marco Stroppa, Sara Glojnaric, Michael Maierhof, Francesca Verunelli, Andreas Eduardo Frank and Luxa M. Schüttler. As a violinist, she has performed with ensembles such as the Ensemble Modern, the Arxis Ensemble and the Ensemble Resonanz in concert halls in Germany, Spain, Italy and Switzerland and regularly plays with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra in Reutlingen. She was a member of the Kairos Quartet in Berlin and works as a lecturer with ensembles such as the Landesjugendensemble für Neue Musik Baden-Württemberg and takes part in educational projects in schools together with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. She is currently a lecturer for string and chamber ensembles at the Stuttgart State University of Music and Performing Arts and conductor at the International Ensemble Modern Akademie (IEMA) 2025/2026. @delia_ramos_rodriguez

SWARM MUSIC concert recording out now on the Ulysses Platform YouTube channel! Our member IEMA - Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie with the Ulysses emerging ensemble @continuumxxi perform two world premieres with many other exiting pieces at the cresc... Biennale for Current Music Frankfurt Rhine Main. Programme: Alberto Arroyo: collapse (2025) Eloain Lovis Hübner: crunch modes 1.0 (2023) Eloain Lovis Hübner: crunch modes 2.0 (2023) Haotian Yu: orchid pavilion (telemusic) (2025), world premiere Diego Ramos Rodríguez: PART (2026), world premiere Stay tuned by following the channel @ulysses -platform-eu. Direct link to the concert recording: /watch?v=ffF2KvMZnE4 @alberto_arroyo_composer @eloainlovis @diego.ramos.rodriguez

Artist in spotlight: Brendan Champeaux! Twice a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio). Born in 1995, Brendan Champeaux approaches sound and listening as a physical experience, exploring the links between acoustic phenomenons, musical form and architectural space, in a sensitive investigation of sound radiation and its expressive potential. He trained as a composer with Jean-Luc Hervé, Gérard Pesson and Franck Bedrossian, as well as under Yan Maresz, Luis Naon and Grégoire Lorieux for new technologies. Having studied at the Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG) and the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), from which he graduated with seven degrees, he has developed a style marked by his experience as a clarinettist and improviser. His work has been performed by Ensemble Musikfabrik, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Intercontemporain, WDR Sinfonieorchester, EXAUDI, Cairn, Les Cris de Paris and Schallfeld Ensemble, under conductors such as Emilio Pomàrico, Johannes Kalitzke and Vimbayi Kaziboni. He collaborated with the American poet Susan Howe for Periscope (for the 20th anniversary of EXAUDI, broadcast by BBC Radio 3), composed Poem Code for the Philharmonie de Paris, Tesseract for the organist Thomas Lacôte at the Festival de Royaumont, and Organum for large ensemble and electronics – noticed by the Prince Pierre de Monaco Foundation – at the Conservatoire de Paris. The 2024-2025 season saw the premiere of Ask, commissioned by Klangforum Wien for the opening of its season at the Wiener Konzerthaus; Blinds for Ensemble Musikfabrik at the Kölner Philharmonie, after winning the Acht Brücken International Competition; and Own for Ictus ensemble, commissioned by Radio France. From February to April 2025, he was hosted in residence in Graz as part of the Styrian-Artist in Residence program, held by Land Steiermark. For the 2025-2026 season, he will be resident at the Casa de Velázquez – Académie de France à Madrid. @brenchampeaux