We’re thrilled to announce the composers who have been selected for the fourth edition of Ricordilab: Zara Ali, Jasper Dommett and Anda Kryeziu. Over the course of a three-year collaboration with Ricordi Berlin (2025-28), we will support them by providing international visibility, performance opportunities and individual guidance to help them navigate the music industry. Zara, Jasper and Anda’s work is innovative, distinctive, and deeply personal - pushing boundaries and opening new perspectives on what music can be today.

Associated Partners

Ricordilab’s success is made possible by a network of associated partners who support the composers in their work. Our partners for 2025-28 include:

Basel Sinfonietta, Bayerische Staatsoper, Brussels Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ensemble Mosaik, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Orchestre National d'Auvergne and Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn.

Advisory Board

Ricordi Berlin was consulted by an advisory board of internationally renowned experts:

Tim Anderson Conductor, Christian Fausch Managing Director Ensemble Modern, Andri Hardmeier Artistic Co-Director Collegium Novum Zürich, Vimbayi Kaziboni Conductor, Angélica Negrón Composer, Elena Schwarz Conductor, Lisa Streich Composer

Find out more about the advisory board members here.

The Composers

Zara Ali

Zara Ali (b. 1995, USA) is a composer and electronic sound artist based in Germany. Her art is positioned in the spheres of technology, philosophy, and speculative visions of the future. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University with studies in music composition, anthropology, and philosophy and Master’s degrees in Music Composition from the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main and Hochschule für Musik Detmold. She is the Gaudeamus Award winner 2023 and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Prize winner in 2021, as well as the Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft Music Prize winner in 2025. She was the composer-in-residence for the International Ensemble Modern Academy 2022/23, a fellow at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen in 2024, and is an artist-in-residence at Theater Bielefeld for the 2024/25 season. Her work has been performed at Konzerthaus Berlin, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, impuls Festival, Tanglewood, and the Seoul International Computer Music Festival and has been commissioned by venues such as Deutsche Oper Berlin. Upcoming commissions include works for Festival d’Automne and Ensemble intercontemporain, Ensemble Mosaik, Bielefelder Philharmoniker and others. Her music exhibits a fine attention to electroacoustic tone color, hyper-imaginative dramaturgical programs, an expansive approach to harmonic writing, and a commitment to constant discovery of new sound using technology.

Jasper Dommett

Jasper Dommett (b. 1997, UK) is a composer and performer whose music lives at the intersection of raw emotion, sonic experimentation, and queer identity. They studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the Royal Academy of Music with Helen Grime and are currently completing a PhD at the Royal College of Music with Mark Bowden where they were awarded the Mendelssohn Scholarship. Further lessons with Hans Abrahamsen complete their studies. Their work has been performed by major ensembles such as the London Sinfonietta, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and Riot Ensemble, and has been featured at prominent venues and festivals including the Southbank Centre, Buxton International Festival, and on BBC Radio 3. Jasper’s practice is bold, curious, and politically aware – using symphonic or ensemble settings, and opera to explore themes of (sexual) identity, resistance, and queer history. Their music invites audiences into immersive, emotionally charged spaces that question what it means to be heard.

Anda Kryeziu

Anda Kryeziu (b. 1993, Kosovo) is a Berlin-based composer, pianist, and multimedia artist whose work blurs the lines between sound, performance, and political commentary. She studied in Switzerland and Germany with mentors including Dieter Ammann, Caspar Johannes Walter, Daniel Ott, and Wolfgang Heiniger. Her pieces have been presented at, among others, ECLAT, Münchener Biennale, Darmstädter Ferienkurse and November Music. She has won the 69th Composition Prize of the City of Stuttgart and has received support from the Deutsche Bank Foundation, Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin, and others. A portrait album featuring her music is set to be released on Edition Zeitgenössische Musik (WERGO). Upcoming commissions include works for the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Neue Vocalsolisten, ECLAT and Klangspuren Schwaz. Anda’s work spans concert music, electroacoustics, sound installation, and experimental music theatre. Rooted in themes like memory, power, and resistance, her music builds complex, layered listening experiences – often incorporating archival material, found sound, and theatrical elements. Anda’s art resists easy definition, offering a deeply contemporary response to a complex world.