There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. (Leonard Cohen)

The 32nd edition of the Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik is characterised by dramatic global upheavals and endangered production conditions for art. Since its foundation in 1987, the festival has established itself as an internationally significant platform for current developments in new music, exciting experiments and surprising interdisciplinary constellations. In addition to some of the most internationally renowned new music ensembles and composers, the current edition presents important newcomer projects, provides insights into the vibrant regional independent music scene as well as projects and focal points from established institutions such as the Elblandphilharmonie Sachsen, Semperoper, Dresden University of Music, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen and Staatskapelle Dresden. Selected projects and artists will be highlighted that are currently raising awareness of the power of listening together, but also of the fragility of artistic processes.

Festival brochure 2025