Call For Works Announced for the 2025 ISCM WNMD in Portugal

Lisbon and Porto

Miso Music Portugal, the Portuguese ISCM Section, has announced the official Call for Works for the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World New Music Days 2025 in Portugal, which will take place in Lisbon and Porto from 30 May to 7 June 2025. ISCM Sections, Members, and Individual Applicants are invited to submit works…

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Madli Marje Gildemann Wins 2023 ISCM Young Composer Award

Madli-Marge-Gildemann

Madli Marje Gildemann Sink (b. 1994 in Estonia) has been awarded the 2023 ISCM Young Composer Award for her 2020 composition Osmosis for violin, viola, cello, and piano which was performed during the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days in South Africa during an afternoon concert at the Morris Isaacson Centre for Music in Soweto…

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Three New Members Elected to the ISCM ExCom

2023 ISCM ExCom

At the 2023 General Assembly of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), held during the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days in South Africa, three new members were elected to the ISCM Executive Committee (ExCom): Chia-Lin Pan, Magnus Bunnskog, and Rebecca Diependaele. “We are delighted to have you on the team, and there are…

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Call for Works for 2024 ISCM WNMD in Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

We are pleased to announce the official Call for Works for the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World New Music Days 2024. Members are invited to submit scores/projects for the festival, scheduled to take place in the Faroe Islands from 22 – 30 June 2024. For further information about the festival as well as…

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Selected Works Announced for the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days in South Africa

Globe turned toward Africa

The ISCM South Africa Section (NewMusicSA), the organizer of the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days, has announced the works that have been selected for performance from the call for scores. The chosen works are listed below, beginning with selections from official submissions from the ISCM’s membership (first ISCM sections then associate members) arranged alphabetically…

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Remembering Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)

Saariaho

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of the extraordinary composer Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023). She will forever be remembered for extraordinary music (well over 100 compositions) which seamlessly wove acoustic and electronic elements as well as for her transformative operas, especially L’Amour de Loin, which was the first full-length opera composed by…

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Call for Works Announced for ISCM 2023 World New Music Days in South Africa

Pages of sheet music on a grand piano

We are pleased to announce the official Call for Works for the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World New Music Days 2023. Members are invited to submit scores/projects for the festival, scheduled to take place in South Africa from 24 November – 3 December, 2023. For further information about the details of this Call…

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