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Michael Seltenreich Wins the 2018 ISCM Young Composer Award
Israeli-born, USA-based composer Michael Seltenreich has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 ISCM Young Composers Award for his 2010 flute-clarinet-violin-‘cello-piano-percussion sextet Sparks & Flares which was performed by the Ensemble Tempus Loquendi under the direction of Jiao Yang at the Central Conservatory of Music’s Prince Mansion Concert Hall during the 2018 ISCM World New…
Read MoreA World of New Music Encourages the International Art of Deep Listening —the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days in Vancouver
By Hadani Ditmars (all photos by Hadani Ditmars as well) When I was asked to attend the World New Music Days ISCM 2017, some 48 hours before it began, and to write a comprehensive festival report, I was standing by for a journey to Najaf, in Southern Iraq. At night I skyped contacts in…
Read MoreSee & Hear the Piece Which Earned James O’Callaghan the 2017 ISCM Young Composer Award
Immediately following the end of the final concert of the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days at the Vancouver Playhouse on 8 November 2017, Music On Main Artistic Director David Pay and ISCM Executive Committee member Kjartan Ólafsson announced from the stage that Vancouver-born, Montréal-based composer James O’Callaghan (b. 1988) is the winner of the…
Read MoreIn Memoriam ISCM Honorary Member Franz Eckert (1931-2017)
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of longtime ISCM legal counsel and ISCM Honorary Member Franz Eckert on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at the age of 86. Dr. Eckert served as the ISCM’s legal counsel from 1971 to 2015. He was elected an ISCM Honorary Member for the great value of…
Read MoreCall for Works WMD2018 Beijing launched
The ISCM World Music Days 2018 will take place in Beijing China from May 19 to May 26 2018. Beijing Modern Music Festival and ISCM kindly invite composers to submit scores. According to the “Rules of Procedure for the Organization of the ISCM World Music Days Festival”, submissions should be either official (by ISCM Members) or…
Read MoreR. Murray Schafer Voted First Canadian Honorary Member of ISCM
At the opening 2017 General Assembly of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) in Vancouver, which is concurrent with its annual contemporary music festival, the ISCM World New Music Days, the membership of the ISCM unanimously voted to elect composer, educator, author, and acoustic ecology pioneer R. Murray Schafer as an Honorary Member of…
Read MoreKlaus Huber (1924-2017)
Swiss composer, conductor and violinist Klaus Huber, a towering figure in modern music and an honorary member of the ISCM (since 1994), has died at the age of 92 in Perugia, Italy. Born in Bern in 1924, Huber studied violin and music pedagogy at the Zurich Conservatory from 1947 to 1949 with the legendary violinist…
Read MoreISCM World New Music Days 2017 Call for Works – Selected Works
The ISCM World New Music Days 2017 (ISCM 2017) received over 600 submissions to the Call for Works, and is delighted to announce the results. Here’s a link for a full list of selected works, featuring 90 composers from nearly 50 countries:http://iscm2017.us12.list-manage.com/track/click… By June 15, the organisers will contact composers of selected works with more information…
Read MoreJulia Gomelskaya (1964-2016)
Julia Gomelskaya (1964-2016) We were very sad to learn the tragic news that composer Julia Gomelskaya was killed in a car accident on December 4. Many members of the ISCM community know Ms. Gomelskaya as the delegate from the Odessa-based Association New Music which is the official Ukranian Section of ISCM. Ms. Gomelskaya was a…
Read MoreThe Wizards of New Music: Reflections on the 2016 ISCM World Music Days by Frank J. Oteri
The Wizards of New Music: Reflections on the 2016 ISCM World Music Days by Frank J. Oteri Since returning from the latest iteration of the International Society for Contemporary Music’s (ISCM) annual World Music Days, which this year was held in the remote South Korean fishing town of Tongyeong from March 27 to April 1,…
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