Subset Festival ⊆ - New Music Festival

Curated by Stavros Gasparatos

In co-production with the Athens Conservatoire

The Subset Festival, the multifaceted music platform launched in 2023, held by the Athens Epidaurus Festival in co-production with the Athens Conservatoire, returns refreshed but always with a focus on the dialogue between contemporary music and new media.

Named after a mathematical term (subset ⊆), Subset Festival weaves together diverse versions of contemporary musical creation, incorporating a wide variety of artistic trends. From June 4 to June 8, the Conservatoire venues will host musical ensembles and soloists, established and up-and-coming alike, both from Greece and around the world, visual and sound installations and performances, as well as open-call workshops.

The Subset Festival brings together distinguished artists from the international contemporary music scene, such as Ryoji Ikeda, Mouse on Mars ft. Dodo NKishi, Christina Vantzou, Carmen Villain, Lyra Pramuk, Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, alongside acclaimed Greek composers and ensembles, including Dimitris Kamarotos, Philippos Tsalachouris, Theodoros Lotis, BLIP, Nikos Antonopoulos, Dimitris Papageorgiou, Andreas Paparousos, Irini Amargianaki, Savvas Metaxas, Giannis Arapis, and Dimitris Tigas. The series of concerts will take place across the Ioannis Despotopoulos Amphitheatre, the New Stage, and the Arts’ Foyer of the Athens Conservatoire. Finally, Subset Festival also hosts exceptional collaborations between artists and ensembles, including a joint performance by the New Babylon ensemble and ARTéfacts ensemble, a collaboration between Alexandra Katerinopoulou and Sofyann Ben Youssef (AKA AMMAR 808), and a creative meeting of composer Michalis Paraskakis and poet Eleonore Schönmaier.