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Unbounded Sounds
Unbounded Sounds Music Series is dedicated to contemporary sonic exploration through collective creation.
Founded by Sofia Labropoulou, the series began in 2025 as a platform for deep musical dialogue across traditions, practices, and artistic languages.
The 2026 edition focuses on trio formations as active laboratories of sound.
Within this format, balance and tension, structure and freedom, individuality and interaction coexist.
Internationally acclaimed artists collaborate with Austrian and Austria based established musicians, engaging with modal traditions, improvisation, experimental approaches, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Each concert is paired with an artist led workshop taking place on the following day.
These workshops offer an intimate glimpse into the artistic processes behind the performances and create space for exchange beyond the stage.
They are open to musicians, composers, and curious listeners, functioning as sites of transmission, reflection, and collective learning.
Unbounded Sounds understands sound as a living, evolving material, formed through attention, presence, and encounter.
By linking performance and pedagogy, the series engages in a conscious effort to cultivate a new urban tradition: one that belongs to Austrian and Viennese society, is shaped by its diversity, and remains open to transformation.
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Sofia Labropoulou
Sofia Labropoulou is an internationally acclaimed kanun player, composer, and improviser, renowned for her innovative approach to the instrument. Blending Eastern Mediterranean folk music, Ottoman classical traditions, Western medieval, contemporary, and experimental music, she crafts a sound that is both deeply personal and globally resonant.
She has collaborated with leading artists across genres, performed on prestigious stages worldwide, and led masterclasses in kanun and Greek folk music. Her solo album Sisyphus (Odradek Records, 2020) showcased her unique ability to intertwine tradition and innovation, while her upcoming album Spiral continues to push the kanun beyond its sonic boundaries.
As the founder and artistic director of Unbounded Sounds, Sofia brings her vision of cross-cultural collaboration and artistic dialogue to life. The festival reflects her belief in the transformative power of music to connect people and traditions while expanding the possibilities of artistic expression.
“Unbounded Sounds is my invitation to explore the boundless potential of dialogue through music. By weaving together traditions, improvisation, and artistic exchange, I hope to create a space where diverse voices resonate, and audiences can connect with the essence of shared creativity.”