Honorary members
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From time to time the General Assembly elects outstanding people to become Honorary Member of the ISCM. The title is given to honour a person's internationally remarkable achievements in the field of contemporary music.
This page gives an overview of all ISCM Honorary Members since the Society's very establishment in 1922. You can narrow down your search using the filters below.
Meet our Honorary members:
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Andriessen, Louis
(1939-2021)
Elected: 2008
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Babbitt, Milton
(1916-2011)
Elected: 2010
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Bartók, Béla
(1881-1945)
Elected: 1935
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Broman, Sten
(1902-1983)
Elected: 1963
![Ferruccio Busoni](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ferruccio_Busoni.jpg)
Busoni, Ferruccio
(1866-1924)
Elected: 1923
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Cage, John
(1912-1992)
Elected: 1983
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Carter, Elliott
(1908-2012)
Elected: 1993
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Casella, Alfredo
(1883-1947)
Elected: 1959
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Cerha, Friedrich
(1926-2023)
Elected: 1996
![Chen Yi](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ChenYi2-170x108.jpg)
Chen Yi
(b. 1953)
Elected: 2024
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Chou Wen-chung
(1923-2019)
Elected: 1994
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Clark, Edward
(1888-1962)
Elected: 1956
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Collaer, Paul
(1891-1989)
Elected: 1981
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Copland, Aaron
(1900-1990)
Elected: 1970
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Dallapiccola, Luigi
(1904-1975)
Elected: 1950
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Dent, Edward J.
(1876-1957)
Elected: 1948
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Eckert, Franz
(1931-2017)
Elected: 2001
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Esplá, Óscar
(1886-1976)
Elected: 1965
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Falla, Manuel de
(1876-1946)
Elected: 1927
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Finnissy, Michael
(b. 1946)
Elected: 1998
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Globokar, Vinko
(b. 1934)
Elected: 2003
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Gubaidulina, Sofia
(b. 1931)
Elected: 2011
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Hába, Alois
(1893-1973)
Elected: 1957
![Anton Haefeli](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Anton_Haefeli-fromSwissSection-170x108.jpg)
Haefeli, Anton
(b. 1946)
Elected: 2020
Henschel, Ernst
(1878-1969)
Elected: 1963
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Hindemith, Paul
(1895-1963)
Elected: 1950
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Honegger, Arthur
(1892-1955)
Elected: 1950
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Huber, Klaus
(1924-2017)
Elected: 1994
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Kang, Sukhi
(1934-2020)
Elected: 2003
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Kodály, Zoltán
(1882-1967)
Elected: 1958
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Koechlin, Charles
(1867-1950)
Elected: 1948
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Krauze, Zygmunt
(b. 1938)
Elected: 1999
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Krenek, Ernst
(1900-1991)
Elected: 1986
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Kurtág, György
(b. 1926)
Elected: 1994
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Lam, Doming
(1926-2023)
Elected: 2007
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Laporte, André
(b. 1931)
Elected: 2006
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Ligeti, György
(1923-2006)
Elected: 1984
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Lutosławski, Witold
(1913-1994)
Elected: 1969
![Walter Maas](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WalterMaas2.jpg)
![Walter Maas](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WalterMaas2.jpg)
Maas, Walter
(1909-1992)
Elected: 1984
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Malipiero, Gian Francesco
(1882-1973)
Elected: 1951
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Matsudaira, Yori-Aki
(1931-2023)
Elected: 2008
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Mellnäs, Arne
(1933-2002)
Elected: 2002
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Messiaen, Olivier
(1908-1992)
Elected: 1984
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Milhaud, Darius
(1892-1974)
Elected: 1950
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Nancarrow, Conlon
(1912-1997)
Elected: 1993
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Nordheim, Arne
(1931-2010)
Elected: 1997
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Novák, Vítězslav
(1870-1949)
Elected: 1947
![Per Norgard at his desk writing a piece of music.](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Per_Norgard-170x108.jpg)
![Per Norgard at his desk writing a piece of music.](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Per_Norgard-170x108.jpg)
Nørgård, Per
(b. 1932)
Elected: 1995
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Oehlschlägel, Reinhard
(1936-2014)
Elected: 2004
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Pärt, Arvo
(b. 1935)
Elected: 2014
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Penderecki, Krzysztof
(1933-2020)
Elected: 1992
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Petrassi, Goffredo
(1904-2003)
Elected: 1957
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Pijper, Willem
(1894-1947)
Elected: 1950
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Ravel, Maurice
(1875-1937)
Elected: 1923
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Rosbaud, Hans
(1895-1962)
Elected: 1960
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Rosenberg, Hilding
(1892-1985)
Elected: 1956
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Roussel, Albert
(1869-1937)
Elected: 1950
Rubin, Antonio
(b. )
Elected: 1966
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Saariaho, Kaija
(1952-2023)
Elected: 2012
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Sacher, Paul
(1906-1999)
Elected: 1971
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Schafer, R. Murray
(1933-2021)
Elected: 2017
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Scherchen, Hermann
(1891-1966)
Elected: 1961
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Schönberg, Arnold
(1874-1951)
Elected: 1946
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Sessions, Roger
(1896-1985)
Elected: 1959
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Sibelius, Jean
(1865-1957)
Elected: 1923
![Linda Catlin Smith](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LindaCatlinSmith-170x108.jpg)
![Linda Catlin Smith](https://iscm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LindaCatlinSmith-170x108.jpg)
Smith, Linda Catlin
(b. 1957)
Elected: 2024
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Stravinsky, Igor
(1882-1971)
Elected: 1923
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Szymanowski, Karol
(1882-1937)
Elected: 1935
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Takemitsu, Tōru
(1930-1996)
Elected: 1994
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph
(1872-1958)
Elected: 1953
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Walraven, Chris
(1930-1996)
Elected: 1996
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Xenakis, Iannis
(1922-2001)
Elected: 1983
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Yuasa, Joji
(b. 1929)
Elected: 2010
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Yun, Isang
(1917-1995)
Elected: 1995