Archive for May 2024
Composers Invited to Apply to the 9th Sterkfontein Composers Meeting
Composers from the international community are invited to apply to attend the 9th Sterkfontein Composers Meeting, which will take place from 4-15 December 2024 at the Nirox Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Sterkfontein Composers Meeting brings together the best young African composers every year in South Africa. It was established in 2012 at the…
Read MoreReports from the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days in South Africa
[Ed. note: From 24 November to 3 December 2023, the delegates of the International Society for Contemporary Music met for the first time on the continent of Africa for the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days, an historic festival in Johannesburg, Soweto, and Cape Town, South Africa which featured repertoire submitted by ISCM member organizations…
Read MoreFelipe Pinto d’Aguiar: En la Medida de lo Imposible
The works of Felipe Pinto d’Aguiar (b. 1982) have been regarded as possessing “emotional drive and intensity” [The Sydney Morning Herald]. Originally from Santiago de Chile, he has been involved in projects in more than fifteen countries across five continents, in which he has collaborated with Arcko Symphonic Ensemble, Sound Icon, the Consort Guitarrístico, the Orquesta Sinfónica…
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