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Samuel Hvozdík Wins the 2024 ISCM Young Composer Award
Samuel Hvozdík (b. 1993 in Slovakia) has been awarded the 2024 ISCM Young Composer Award for his organ composition Magma which was performed by Swedish organist Hans Hellsten in the Fuglafjarðar Kirkja in Fuglafjørður during the 2024 ISCM World New Music Days in the Faroe Islands. The award is a €2500 commission to write a…
Read MoreChen Yi & Linda Catlin Smith Elected ISCM Honorary Members
During the first 2024 ISCM General Assembly on 24 June at the Kongshøll in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, Chen Yi and Linda Catlin Smith were elected Honorary Members of the ISCM by almost unanimous consent. The ISCM has had honorary members since its founding in 1923, when Ferruccio Busoni, Maurice Ravel, Jean Sibelius, and Igor Stravinsky…
Read MoreCall For Works Announced for the 2025 ISCM WNMD in Portugal
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…
Read MoreMadli Marje Gildemann Wins 2023 ISCM Young Composer Award
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…
Read MoreThree New Members Elected to the 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…
Read MoreFurther Details Announced for the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days and General Assembly in South Africa
The very first ISCM convening ever to take place on the African continent begins in another six weeks. Further details have been announced regarding the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days and General Assembly which will take place in South Africa from 24 November to 3 December 2023. The festival will open in Johannesburg in…
Read MoreCall for Works for 2024 ISCM WNMD in 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…
Read MoreSelected Works Announced for the 2023 ISCM World New Music Days in South 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…
Read MoreRemembering Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)
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…
Read MoreScore Submissions Wanted for Concert During 2nd “100 Years of ISCM” Symposium in Vienna
After last years symposium in Salzburg, the second symposium on “100 years of ISCM” will take place from 8-10 November 2023 in Vienna. During the symposium, on 9 November, there will be a concert by ensemble NAMES (New Art and Music Ensemble Salzburg). It is titled “dystopia”, organized in cooperation with Wien Modern, and is followed by further…
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