Alexey Logunov

Overtuned Fest, a genre-fusion project developed by Alexey Logunov, Jeewon Kim, and Christopher Herz in partnership with the IU Student Composers Association (SCA) and Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC), has been awarded the Jacobs School of Music Community Impact Grant 2026 from the Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development (OECD).

This grant will support the presentation of Overtuned Fest in February 2026, bringing a diverse program of new works and cross-genre collaborations to the Bloomington community. The festival will showcase premieres by IU composers and alumni, highlighting new approaches to composition and performance.

In addition to concerts, the festival will include educational events, guest artist presentations, and community engagement activities designed to connect audiences with emerging voices in contemporary music.

Alexey Logunov and the Overtuned Fest team extend their gratitude to the OECD and the Jacobs School of Music for their generous support.

non-place for bass flute and chamber orchestra is written for Synesthesia Lab festival, and premiered at Salikh Saydashev Grand Concert Hall (Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) on October 25th, 2024 by Orchestra of the Sofia Gubaidulina Center for Contemporary Music, Konstantin Efimov (Bass Flute) and Fyodor Lednev (Conductor)

The Hollow Men on the poem by T.S. Eliot for soprano & sinfonietta was commisioned by the Georgina Joshi Foundation as 2023 Indiana University Georgina Joshi Composition Award and premiered on March 7th, 2024. It is written for and first performed by Elizaveta Agladze-Scherschel, David Dzubay, and the IU New Music Ensemble.

Due to Copyright, the recording has a limited access in some contries (mostly UK and EU), otherwise the page can be accessed using this link

The magazine Musical Life featured an interview by Liliya Iskhakova with renowned conductor Fyodor Lednev. Their meeting took place in Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) during the second Synesthesia Lab International Festival. The interview highlights the premiere of Alexei Logunov’s piece non-place for bass flute and chamber orchestra, performed by the Sofia Gubaidulina Center for Contemporary Music Orchestra. Lednev conducted the performance, with Konstantin Yefimov (member of Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble) as the soloist.

Photo credit: Asya Salakhova

Ultramarine (2024) is inspired by the radiant sparkles of sunlight reflecting on the water’s surface. The ever-changing nature of the sea has always fascinated me. Its deep blue color is calming, yet it evokes the feeling of standing on the edge of an abyss. Sudden changes in musical texture in Ultramarine depict the contrasting colors of the sea under different weather patterns. It showcases both the radiant sunlight and the ominous grayness of a storm, as well as the circles created by raindrops on the still water’s surface.

Commissioned with the generous support of Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting. Additional support from the ASCAP Foundation.

Premiered by: Vashawn Arora (bass clarinet), Thomas Gauthier-Lang (alto saxophone), Jacob Fullinwider (marimba), Robert Grahmann (drum set), Stef Van Vynckt (harp), Richard An (piano), Roan Ma (violin), Rachel Smith (viola), Sahara von Hattenberger (cello). Conductor – Nick Photinos

Performed on LOUD Weekend as part of the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA
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video by Joe Aidonidis at Great Sky Media, audio by Todd Vos