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ISCM 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…
Read MoreVittorio Fellegara died
On July, 7 the Italian composer Vittorio Fellegara died. He was born in Milan in 1927. He studied with Luciano Chailly and graduated in composition in 1951 at the Music Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan after completing university courses in mathematics and physics. 1955 to 1956 he attended the “Ferienkurse für neue Musik” in Darmstadt. Secretary of…
Read MoreMusical Life in Germany
Musical Life in Germany, the MIZ has succeeded in presenting a clear and concise compendium of information covering every area of music with 133 publicly funded symphony and chamber orchestras, 83 music theatres, nearly 500 music festivals held on a regular basis, thousands of amateur and semi-professional choruses, orchestras and ensembles and a tight-knit web…
Read MoreMilton Babbit and Joji Yuasa are elected Honorary Member of the ISCM
Milton Babbitt and Joji Yuasa are elected Honorary Member of the ISCM The compositional and intellectual wisdom of Milton Babbitt, born in 1916 in Philadelphia, has influenced a wide range of contemporary musicians. He died on January 29th of 2011 at the age of 94. One can read more on New Music Box. Joji Yuasa (1929…
Read MoreYori-Aki Matsudaira elected ISCM Honorary Member
Yori-Aki Matsudaira (1931- ) was the President of the Japanese Section from 1998 to 2002. As you may remember, in 2001, he successfully organized the World Music Days in Yokohama, and in the Festival, he was also the chair of the Juries to select the pieces from every sections. He participated the General Assembly of ISCM…
Read MoreLouis Andriessen elected Honorary Member
Louis Andriessen was born in Utrecht on June 6, 1939. After an early training in composition with his father, composer Hendrik Andriessen, he continued his studies with Kees van Baaren at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Receiving the major composition prize upon his graduation, Andriessen subsequently studied two years with Luciano Berio in Milan (1962-’63)…
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