A leading European centre for artistic research in music and an influential driving force for new developments in artistic practice.
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Call for presentations - Electronic Luthérie
Call from January 14, 2026 until January 16, 2026Instruments, users and creators
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Duo Altiler joins the Advanced Chamber Music Course
News September 1, 2025An educational programme at Orpheus Instituut
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ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Paulo de Assis
News June 24, 2025Orpheus Instituut excels with a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant.
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In Memoriam: Frans de Ruiter (1946–2025)
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Open Call for Doctoral Artist-Researchers
Call June 20, 2025Support for living costs is available to a limited number of doctoral researchers.
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MetamusicX
MetamusicX explores novel performative and compositional creative practices that intersect music (past and future), art, digital humanities, and contemporary philosophy.
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Mediation and object specific creative processes in experimental sound practices
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Powers of Divergence
An experimental approach to written music
Research centre
The Orpheus Research Centre produces and promotes the highest quality of artistic research embedded in musical practice, conducted by artist researchers.
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Research and artistic realisations are presented in printed texts and digital media.
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Education
The Orpheus Institute provides advanced educational programmes for musicians, such as the international inter-university doctoral programme docARTES.
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