Archive for March 2025
The World Mourns the Passing of Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025)
Music lovers around the world are mourning the passing of composer Sofia Gubaidulina who died at the age of 93 on 13 March 2025 at her home in Appen, Germany after a long illness. Born on 24 October 1931 in Chistopol in the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (which is now the Republic of Tatarstan…
Read MoreISCM General Assembly Unanimously Supports Romania’s Bid to Host the World New Music Days in 2026
On 4 March 2025, during an extraordinary general assembly of the International Society for Contemporary Music held over Zoom, the delegates unanimously voted in support of the ISCM Romanian Section’s bid to host the 2026 ISCM World New Music Days in Bucharest, Romania. Subtitled “Columna Infinita” after the famous sculpture by 20th-century Romanian art icon…
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