Archive for January 2020
Winners List of the 8th RACC 2019
First Prize： The Solitary’s dream – For Flute, Pipa, Erhu, Piano and String Quartet Composer Sheng Meng (China) Second Prize： Pendulum Trigonometry – For Erhu, Violin, Cello, Pipa and Piano Composer Kevin Lang (Austria) LvYao – For Xindi, Pipa, Erhu, Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass Composer Wang Ruiqi (China) Third Prize： Lyrical…
Read MoreThe 9th Rivers Awards Composition Competition (RACC) 2020
— Regulations —— I. General ProvisionsThe Rivers Awards Composition Competition aims to promote extensive exchange between Chinese and Western music, encouraging innovative and explorative composition for Chinese and Western musical instruments, and build a high-end platform to introduce outstanding original musical works to the public. II. OrganizationHost: Shanghai Conservatory of Music（SHCM）Organizer: The Composition Department of…
Read MoreA World of New Music Encourages the International Art of Deep Listening —the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days in Vancouver
It’s difficult to be a world showcase with limited resources: the 2015 ISCM World Music Days
The Wizards of New Music: Reflections on the 2016 ISCM World Music Days
ISCM WMD 2011 Zagreb – Program Book and Reports
Getting past difficult pronunciations to answering some difficult questions — the 2014 ISCM World Music Days
Although it has been established as an important urban center for more than 1000 years, Wrocław remains somewhat off the beaten path. There are few direct flights, not even from most places in Europe. Yet its history connects it to at least five different countries. Celtic tribes settled there in the 4th century B.C.E. although…
Read MoreWorld Music Days: Up from the Wastebasket
World Music Days 2014 Wroclaw, Poland Report
World Music Days 2014 Wroclaw is my second WMD experience and presented a breadth of programmed works with aplomb. From Ryoji Ikeda’s brilliantly ostentatiousaudio-visual piece Datamatics, to pieces performed on multi-coloured children’s toys (amongst other instruments) by Małe Instrumenty, through to operas performed in gilded rooms, there was “something for everyone”. That “everyone”, more often…
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