Four European Partner STEIM of Amsterdam is still today one of the leading electronic studios in the Netherlands and the Tempo Reale of Florence is the largest and most renowned electronic studio in Italy; it was founded by Luciano Berio. The Centre for Research in Opera and Music Theatre of the University of Sussex works on the theory and practice of a new, contemporary version of musical theory, as does the Forum Neues Musiktheater of the Staatsoper Stuttgart,
which since its founding in 2003 has worked rigorously and attracted
international attention for its research and development of structures
of production that go beyond the usually repertory theater.