Yaz Lancaster is one of this year’s nominees for the Gaudeamus Award, our annual incentive prize for young composers. This experimental artist from New York, whose work is rooted in queer communities, sampling and post-genre collaborations and improvisations, is a good example of the versatility the word ‘composer’ encompasses in 2025. With Lancaster feeling equally at home in underground noise parties and in concert halls, this concert will showcase all facets of their artistry.
They will premiere LUSTER, joined by SMASH.duo to create a sense of shared intimacy through ambient music, semi-improvised gestures and field recordings. With their death ambient duo medium., Lancaster will present BRUXISM, a performance for electronically processed violin, digital, traditional and handmade modular instruments, scent, noise and movement.
This concert is part of the Ulysses Platform, co-funded by the European Union, and made possible with the support of the Ernst von Siemens foundation.