The project “Şeksiz Äuen” is being implemented in Almaty — the first comprehensive platform in Kazakhstan that presents inclusive musical practice as a professional environment, integrating education, collaborative creation, concert activity, and modern adaptive technologies.

The key event of the project is an inclusive concert of contemporary academic music, taking place on April 30 at 19:30 at the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture. This will be the first academic concert in the history of the venue. The program will be performed only once and will bring together a number of premiere works by composers with disabilities, as well as pieces to be heard in Kazakhstan for the first time. The concert will feature Scottish composer and musician Ben Lunn, a chamber orchestra conducted by Arshat Sharip, and soloists including visually impaired vocalist Aisulu Turymbek. The performance will be accompanied by generative visuals by Mikhail Grigoriev and Alpamys Batyr, creating an additional perceptual dimension.

The project is implemented by the cultural initiative Music Unbound (Kazakhstan) in partnership with Drake Music Scotland (Scotland) within the framework of the British Council’s international grant programme “Connections Through Culture,” with the support of the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture.

“Şeksiz Äuen” proposes a new perspective on inclusion in music — not as a social practice, but as an integral part of the professional artistic process. The project establishes a space in which composers and performers with diverse experiences and abilities collaborate on equal terms, shaping new sonic languages and new forms of interaction on stage.

The project also includes an educational programme:

April 28 — workshops at 11:00 and 12:00 focused on hands-on engagement with adaptive musical technologies;

April 29 at 11:00 — a masterclass for educators dedicated to the methodology of Drake Music Scotland in working with learners with special needs.

The sessions will be led by Scottish expert Pete Sparkes.