June 16-20, 2026 in New York City
We are thrilled to announce the 12th MISE-EN FESTIVAL!
Thanks to your continued interest and support, the festival has grown and evolved each year. Since its inception in 2011, all concerts and events have remained free and open to the public—a tradition we are proud to continue.
This year, we are especially excited to fully activate our home, MISE-EN_PLACE Harlem, which will host the opening concert and most of the festival events. One exception will take place at Brooklyn College. In addition, composer talks featuring participating artists will be held at New York University’s Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions and Music Technology Program, and also Brooklyn College.
Below is a brief overview of the upcoming events. We invite you to explore each event page for full details on the talks, performances, and the inspiring artists involved.
Festival Musicians
Kelley Barnett, flute
Ford Fourqurean, clarinet
Mark Broschinsky, trombone
Yumi Suehiro, piano
Andrew Zhou, piano
Johnna Wu, violin
Chris Gross, cello
Josh Perry, percussion
Moon Ha, conductor/composer
Team and Volunteers
Akiva Zamcheck, moderator/ board president
Adam Mirza, technical director/composer
Eli Parrish, assistant manager
Eunice Jung, intern
Diana Littlepage, intern
Raven Tao, intern
Ann Sunwoo, graphic design
Michael Yu, Photography
Borad of Directors
Akiva Zamcheck, president
Moon Ha, member
Nicholas Walls, vice-president
Lydia Brown, secretary
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Concert I – Opening Night
7:30 PM
MISE-EN_PLACE (45 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10026)
Program
Daniel De Togni (USA/USA): Ritual and Evocation at the Stone Garden (2021)
David Lipten (USA/USA): Slipstream (2020)
Shoko Nagai (USA/Japan): Synthesis Magma (2023)
JungAh Lee (South Korea/South Korea): intatto (2024, rev 2025)
Maria Vittoria Agresti (Italy/Italy): Burnt (2025)
Justin Zeitlinger (USA/USA): spargens sonum (2023)
Orientation
New York University, Steinhardt Room 303 (35 E 4th St, New York, NY 10012)
2:00 PM Orientation
*Festival Participants Only.
3:00 PM Composers Talk
– Jimmie LeBlanc
– Shoko Nagai
– Antonello Tosto
– Jee Won Kim
– Ben Dunham
– David Lipten
*To attend any Composer Talks, Symposium, or Panel Discussions, festival registration is required. There is no fee. Please register here:
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Concert II
7:30PM
MISE-EN_PLACE (45 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10026)
Program
Kevin Malone (UK/USA-UK): Your Call is Important to Us (2022)
Yanqi Chen (USA/China): They Have Only Exisitence (2025)
Erich Barganier (USA/USA): All-American Futurity (2025)
Gabriel Araújo (USA/Brazil): chirp (2025)
Composer Talk/Symposium
New York University, Steinhardt Room 303 (35 E 4th St, New York, NY 10012)
10:30AM-12PM
– Moon Ha
– Mary Simoni
– Felipe Pinto d’Aguiar
12PM-1:30
– Symposium by Akiva Zamcheck
4-6PM
– Eli Parrish
– Ivo Nilsson
– Maria Vittoria Agresti
– Kevin Malone
*To attend any Composer Talks, Symposium, or Panel Discussions, festival registration is required. There is no fee. Please register here:
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Concert III
7:30 PM
MISE-EN_PLACE (45 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10026)
Program
Ben Dunham (USA/USA): It was just a thought… (2025)
Kiki Xiaoman Liu (USA/China): Mirage (2023)
Mary Simoni (USA/USA): (Don’t)BeMad (2023)
Nicolas Chuaqui (USA/USA): Vox Clamantis in Nemore (2025)
Jee Won Kim (USA/South Korea): Whisperweave (2024)
Treya Nash (USA/USA): whisper (2024)
Composer Talk/Symposium
New York University, Steinhardt Room 303 (35 E 4th St, New York, NY 10012)
10:30AM-12PM
– Justine Leichtling
– Gaël Moriceau
– Han geul Lee
12PM-1:30
– Symposium by Akiva Zamcheck
2:30-4:30
– Adam Mirza
– JungAh Lee
– Kiki Xiaoman Liu
– Erich Barganier
*To attend any Composer Talks, Symposium, or Panel Discussions, festival registration is required. There is no fee. Please register here:
Friday, June 19, 2026
Workshop
4:30 PM
MISE-EN_PLACE (45 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10026)
Program
Drake Andersen (USA/USA): Indra Virtual Score Workshop (2025)
Concert IV
7:30 PM
MISE-EN_PLACE (45 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10026)
Program
Richard Pressley (USA/USA): deplori (2008)
Sébastien Vaillancourt (Switzerland/Canada): La révolte botanique (2024)
Adam Mirza (USA/USA): Transcription (2026)
Moon Ha (USA/South Korea): beauty, after (2026)
Panel Discusion
2:30 PM
MISE-EN_PLACE (45 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10026)
Panelists: Steven Swartz, Oksana Nesterenko,and Todd Tarantino
*To attend any Composer Talks, Symposium, or Panel Discussions, festival registration is required. There is no fee. Please register here:
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Concert V
3:00 PM
Brooklyn College, Tow Center, Topfer Recital Hall (2920 Campus Road, Brooklyn, NY, NY 11210)
Program
Kari Watson (USA/USA): VISTAS: WARP, WEFT (2025)
Gaël Moriceau (Canada/Canada): Harmonic Turbulences (2024)
Antonello Tosto (Italy/Italy): Metamorphose II (2025)
Justine Leichtling (USA/USA): Female Loneliness (2025)
Liann Kang (USA/South Korea): L’amour pur (2024)
Concert VI
7:00 PM
MISE-EN_PLACE (45 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10026)
(This concert includes a 30-minute intermission.)
Program
Jimmie Leblanc (Canada/Canada): (2017, rev 2024)
Justin Weiss (USA/USA): Beyond Color There is Light (2025)
Jonghee Kang (South Korea/South Korea): Insaninhae(Sea of People) (2025)
Felipe Pinto d’Aguiar (Chile/Chile): REMANSOS (2025)
Oren Boneh (Belgium/USA/Poland): La voix du trait (2024-25)
han geul lee (USA/USA): vestiges (2024)
Ivo Nilsson (Sweden/Sweden): Whereabout 1 (2017)
Composers Talk
Brooklyn College, Tow Center, Room 160 (2920 Campus Road, Brooklyn, NY, NY 11210)
10:30AM-1PM
– Liann J Kang
– Justin Zeitlinger
– Treya Nash
– Daniel De Togni
– Sébastien Vaillancourt
*To attend any Composer Talks, Symposium, or Panel Discussions, festival registration is required. There is no fee. Please register here:
These events are made possible through the generous support of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, and the Brooklyn College.
