Festivals
2014/05/07-05/23 14th Munich Biennale
14th Munich Biennale, Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater The motto contains sharpest contrasts: Liberation – disaster, relief – horror, departure – downfall. A composer tried to live and design as such, Claude Vivier, which was 34 years young, murdered on March 1983 in Paris. Vivier is where Marko Nikodijevićs’ Opera is about, which opens the…
Read More2014/05/09-05/11 46st Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
46st Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik mit mehr als 25 Uraufführungen. Zu den Höhepunkten des aktuellen Jahrgangs gehört ein Ständchen zum 40. Geburtstag des Arditti String Quartet – ein Ensemble, Klanggrüße und -geschenke kommen u.a. von Harrison Birtwistle, Brian Ferneyhough, Toshio Hosokawa, György Kurtág und Wolfgang Rihm, Uri Caine und Brice Pauset. read more….
Read More2014/05/09-05/11 The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s Tectonics festival
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s Tectonics festival returns to Glasgow this May, with a line-up that confirms its reputation as one of the world’s most adventurous ensembles. Tectonics Glasgow sees experimental music pioneers such as Christian Wolff and Takehisa Kosugi share the spotlight with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, contemporary vocal ensemble EXAUDI, Icelandic composer collective…
Read More2014/10/06-10/09 Seoul International Computer Music Festival
The Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society is proud to announce the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF) 2014. read more…
Read More2014/04/30 Scelsiana 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…
Read More2014/05/30-06/05 KLANG
2014/05/30-06/05 KLANG wishes to create visibility and room for the most daring composers by presenting their newest and most experimental works. The festival seeks to support the development of the pioneering art of our time and potential future classics , giving space and audience for “the music and the classics of tomorrow”. read more…
Read More2014/07/20-08/02 Ticino Musica
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…
Read More2015/02/26-03/03 7th edition of the Montreal/New Music International Festival 2015 (MNM)
2015/02/26-07/03 7th edition of the Montreal/New Music International Festival 2015 (MNM) : Montréal – Canada. A major event for contemporary music aficianados, the Montreal/New Music International Festival 2015 (MNM) will offer 30 concerts and public events, plus after-hour shows, Youth performances and conferences. read more… (former edition)
Read More2014/08/31 MÚSICA VIVA 2014 Sound Walk installation
2014/08/31 MÚSICA VIVA 2014 Sound Walk installation Miso Music Portugal and the Música Viva Festival 2014 announce an international CALL for electroacoustic miniatures to make part of the MÚSICA VIVA 2014 Sound Walk installation. The call is directed to composers of all ages and nationalities. The aim of the call is the creation of electroacoustic…
Read MoreApril 2014 Gaudeamus Canada
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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