Honorary members
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:
Andriessen, Louis
(1939-2021)
Elected: 2008
Babbitt, Milton
(1916-2011)
Elected: 2010
Bartók, Béla
(1881-1945)
Elected: 1935
Broman, Sten
(1902-1983)
Elected: 1963
Busoni, Ferruccio
(1866-1924)
Elected: 1923
Cage, John
(1912-1992)
Elected: 1983
Carter, Elliott
(1908-2012)
Elected: 1993
Casella, Alfredo
(1883-1947)
Elected: 1959
Cerha, Friedrich
(1926-2023)
Elected: 1996
Chen Yi
(b. 1953)
Elected: 2024
Chou Wen-chung
(1923-2019)
Elected: 1994
Clark, Edward
(1888-1962)
Elected: 1956
Collaer, Paul
(1891-1989)
Elected: 1981
Copland, Aaron
(1900-1990)
Elected: 1970
Dallapiccola, Luigi
(1904-1975)
Elected: 1950
Dent, Edward J.
(1876-1957)
Elected: 1948
Eckert, Franz
(1931-2017)
Elected: 2001
Esplá, Óscar
(1886-1976)
Elected: 1965
Falla, Manuel de
(1876-1946)
Elected: 1927
Finnissy, Michael
(b. 1946)
Elected: 1998
Fontyn, Jacqueline
(b. 1930)
Elected: 2025
Globokar, Vinko
(b. 1934)
Elected: 2003
Gubaidulina, Sofia
(1931-2025)
Elected: 2011
Hába, Alois
(1893-1973)
Elected: 1957
Haefeli, Anton
(b. 1946)
Elected: 2020
Henschel, Ernst
(1878-1969)
Elected: 1963
Hindemith, Paul
(1895-1963)
Elected: 1950
Honegger, Arthur
(1892-1955)
Elected: 1950
Huber, Klaus
(1924-2017)
Elected: 1994
Kang, Sukhi
(1934-2020)
Elected: 2003
Kodály, Zoltán
(1882-1967)
Elected: 1958
Koechlin, Charles
(1867-1950)
Elected: 1948
Krauze, Zygmunt
(b. 1938)
Elected: 1999
Krenek, Ernst
(1900-1991)
Elected: 1986
Kurtág, György
(b. 1926)
Elected: 1994
Lam, Doming
(1926-2023)
Elected: 2007
Laporte, André
(b. 1931)
Elected: 2006
Ligeti, György
(1923-2006)
Elected: 1984
Lutosławski, Witold
(1913-1994)
Elected: 1969
Maas, Walter
(1909-1992)
Elected: 1984
Malipiero, Gian Francesco
(1882-1973)
Elected: 1951
Matsudaira, Yori-Aki
(1931-2023)
Elected: 2008
Mellnäs, Arne
(1933-2002)
Elected: 2002
Messiaen, Olivier
(1908-1992)
Elected: 1984
Milhaud, Darius
(1892-1974)
Elected: 1950
Nancarrow, Conlon
(1912-1997)
Elected: 1993
Nordheim, Arne
(1931-2010)
Elected: 1997
Novák, Vítězslav
(1870-1949)
Elected: 1947
Nørgård, Per
(1932-2025)
Elected: 1995
Oehlschlägel, Reinhard
(1936-2014)
Elected: 2004
Pärt, Arvo
(b. 1935)
Elected: 2014
Penderecki, Krzysztof
(1933-2020)
Elected: 1992
Petrassi, Goffredo
(1904-2003)
Elected: 1957
Pijper, Willem
(1894-1947)
Elected: 1950
Ravel, Maurice
(1875-1937)
Elected: 1923
Rehnqvist, Karin
(b. 1957)
Elected: 2025
Rosbaud, Hans
(1895-1962)
Elected: 1960
Rosenberg, Hilding
(1892-1985)
Elected: 1956
Roussel, Albert
(1869-1937)
Elected: 1950
Rubin, Antonio
(b. )
Elected: 1966
Saariaho, Kaija
(1952-2023)
Elected: 2012
Sacher, Paul
(1906-1999)
Elected: 1971
Schafer, R. Murray
(1933-2021)
Elected: 2017
Scherchen, Hermann
(1891-1966)
Elected: 1961
Schönberg, Arnold
(1874-1951)
Elected: 1946
Sessions, Roger
(1896-1985)
Elected: 1959
Sibelius, Jean
(1865-1957)
Elected: 1923
Smith, Linda Catlin
(b. 1957)
Elected: 2024
Stravinsky, Igor
(1882-1971)
Elected: 1923
Szymanowski, Karol
(1882-1937)
Elected: 1935
Takemitsu, Tōru
(1930-1996)
Elected: 1994
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
(1872-1958)
Elected: 1953
Walraven, Chris
(1930-1996)
Elected: 1996
Xenakis, Iannis
(1922-2001)
Elected: 1983
Yuasa, Joji
(1929-2024)
Elected: 2010
Yun, Isang
(1917-1995)
Elected: 1995