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2014/02/15 Image & Resonance
2014/02/15 The Foundation Destellos is pleased to announce the second Cycle of Electroacoustic Visual Music “Image & Resonance” The call will be open to composers and visual artists of any age. … read more
Read MoreEric Nathan: making it as clear as possible.
In NewMusicBox of New Music USA, Frank J. Oteri has published an interview with Eric Nathan. He has won the ISCM-IAMIC Young Composer Award in 2012. Nathan’s new work was presented during the ISCM World New Music Days 2013 at the Melos Étos festival in Bratislava. Click here to view and read the interview. At…
Read MoreISCM General Assembly 2013
The ISCM General Assembly 2013 will be held during the ISCM World New Music Days in Slovakia and Austria in November. The schedule for delegates can be found here. The meeting Booklet can be viewed online and is also available for download there. Brief history of ISCM World New Music Days in a short video!…
Read MoreKaija Saariaho Elected ISCM Honorary Member 2012
In the General Assembly of the ISCM in Belgium 2012, the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho was unanimously elected as Honorary Member. Born in 1952 in Finland, Kaija Saariaho lived a childhood embedded in music, playing several instruments. In parallel to musical studies, she started art studies, at the Fine Arts School of Helsinki, that she…
Read More2013/07/01 – The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
2013/07/01 is the deadline for The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards a.o to the creation, performance and conducting of the classical music of our time Candidates shall be one or more natural persons of any nationality, without limitation of number. Nominations can be made by institutions and organizations working in the knowledge areas covered…
Read MoreISCM WMD 2014 Call for Works
Deadline for the ISCM World Music Days 2014 was June 30, 2012. ISCM Polish Section is organizing The ISCM World Music Days in Wroclaw from 3rd to 12th of October, 2014. The Call for Scores had 22 categories in which multimedia and electronics are possible. ….read more
Read More2012/04/01 – ECPNM fifth European competition
The ECPNM European Conference of Promoters of New Music hosts the fifth European competition for proposals of composition and interpretation of live-electronic music projects that demonstrate in an innovative way new possibilities for the combination of instruments and live-electronics as well as innovative use of live-electronics with the composer as a performer. 2nd Category is…
Read MoreSofia Gubaidulina elected as Honorary Member
In the General Assembly of the ISCM in Zagreb in April 2011, the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina was unanimously elected as Honorary Member.Sofia Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol in the Tatar Republic on 24 October 1931. She studied the piano (with Grigory Kogan) and composition, and graduated from the Kazan Conservatory in 1954. Until 1959…
Read MoreDaniel Blinkhorn (Australia), Louise Harris (UK) and Theodore Karkatselas (Greece) winners of Mùsica Viva Electroacoustic Competition 2011
Miso Music Portugal has the pleasure to announce the results of the Mùsica Viva Electroacoustic Competition 2011; Daniel Blinkhorn (Australia) – Anthozoa, Louise Harris (UK) – sys_m1, Theodore Karkatselas (Greece) – Sting, Honorable Mentions: Jon Christopher Nelson (USA) – Turbulent Blue, Mario Mary (France) – 2261 ….read more
Read MoreHenryk Górecki died November 12, 2010
Composer Henryk Górecki born 6 December 1933 in Czernica, near Rybnik, died November 12, 2010 in Katowice. He began his formal study of music in 1952 in the pedagogical department of the Music High School in Rybnik. Later, he studied composition under Boleslaw Szabelski, at the State Academy of Music (known today as the Academy of…
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