2014/04/30 Scelsiana 2014

By ISCM | April 29, 2014

2014/04/30 Scelsiana 2014: a weeklong event with instrumental master classes, meetings, and concerts intended for young musicians who wish to gain greater insight into the music of Giacinto Scelsi. Concentrating on repertoire by this major 20th century composer, the project’s mission is to pass the knowledge of those who worked directly with the great Italian…

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2014/07/20-08/02 Ticino Musica

By ISCM | April 29, 2014

2014/07/20-08/02 Ticino Musica is an international meeting of young musicians coming from all around the world. The contemporary music laboratory focuses in the creation of strong collaboration bonds between different actors: composers, interpreters, conductors and ensembles. The contemporary music laboratory’s structure may be described as follows: masterclass in composition with professors Vladimir Tarnopolsky and Mathias…

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impuls . International Composition Competition Composers for 2015

By ISCM | April 15, 2014

At a final meeting in April 2013 a jury consisting both of composers and musicians selected five composers: Wojtek Blecharz (*1981, Poland), Ashley Fure (*1982, USA), Marco Momi (*1978, Italy), Brigitta Muntendorf (*1982, Germany), Davor Branimir Vincze (*1983, Croatia).These composers will take part in the upcoming impuls Composition Workshop in Vienna and Graz with Klangforum…

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“Franco Donatoni” International Meeting for Young Composers

By ISCM | February 27, 2014

The jury of the third edition of the composition contest Incontri Internazionali per giovani compositori “Franco Donatoni” made up of Beat Furrer, Sandro Gorli, Michael Jarrell, Bruno Mantovani and Alessandro Solbiati – completed its evaluation on February 3rd 2013 and announced the names of the winners: Maurizio Azzan (Torino, Italy), Huck Hodge (Seattle, United States),…

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2014/05/30 Feeding Music

By ISCM | February 27, 2014

International Composition Contest – Musical Creativity Takes on Social and Environmental Themes. Expo 2015’s Italian Pavilion announces the international composition competition Feeding Music – Music for EXPO 2015. A project by Divertimento Ensemble. The competition is open to composers of all nationalities, born since January 1st, 1974. The original score of an existing musical piece…

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April 2014 Gaudeamus Canada

By ISCM | February 15, 2014

Project made possible by the ISCM Members Support Fund. GAUDEAMUS CANADA In a close co-operation between the ISCM Canadian Section, the ISCM Netherlands Section and several Canadian new music organisation, two festivals will take place in Canada in April 2014. During these events Dutch and Canadian musicians join forces in studying and performing works by…

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2014/01/22-01/26 Ultraschall, ‘the other festival for innovative music’

By ISCM | January 23, 2014

Supported by Deutschlandradio Kultur and the kulturradio of the rbb, is on New Music. HAU Hebbel am Ufer is hosting three concerts with a total of five ensembles. They will provide a sonic space for the enormous variety of contemporary music – without aesthetic blinders and often in that transitional space to theatre, which is…

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2014/01/31 CoPeCo master’s programme

By ISCM | January 23, 2014

2014/01/31 CoPeCo is a two-year joint master’s programme in Contemporary Performance and Composition and an open platform for experimental musical practice within a European setting. CoPeCo is for a musician (composer, performer or both) passionate about experimenting with new music and looking for a possibility to complete a large-scale individual artistic project in a supportive…

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