The ISCM WNMD Festival is our signature annual event, bringing the world together for several days of concerts and meetings. Our member sections are also involved in many separate festivals that thy organise or participate in, and information about these festivals can be found here.
Swiss Contemporary Music Festival Forum Wallis call for acousmatic works
Swiss Contemporary Music Festival Forum Wallis announces a call for acousmatic works to be programmed during our 2015 festival. Submission deadline 20 MAR 2015, 10am MET. No Entry Fee. No age limit. Up to 2 works/composer. The selected pieces will be played during 1 concert in Schloss Leuk 21-25 May 2015, presenting a selection of…
Edwin van der Heide to be city Bonn sound artist
The Beethovenstiftung für Kunst und Kultur der Bundesstadt Bonn (Beethoven Foundation for Art and Culture of the Federal City of Bonn) has announced the appointment of Dutch artist Edwin van der Heide to be city sound artist bonn 2015. In the framework of the project bonn hoeren, the only one of its kind world-wide, the…
impuls Festival
Between February 13th and 24th, 2015 the impuls Festival will take place in various locations in Graz. Concerts with Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Nikel and Schallfeld, with internationally renowned top musicians and various formations of young rising musicians, premieres of impuls commissions amongst others, classical modern literature as well as new and contemporary music (be it…
Seoul International Computer Music Festival
The Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society is proud to announce the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF) 2015. SICMF 2015 will be held in September 30 till October 3 at Jayu Theater in Seoul Arts Center. Categories: 1. Tape music, 2. Electro-acoustic music(tape or live) with instruments (up to 4 players), 3. Live electro-acoustic music, 4….
Ultrasound Berlin
Ultrasound Berlin sees itself both as a forum for new, be it premieres, new trends, new artistic constellations. In addition, however, the festival also offers a historical perspective on rediscoveries, their relevance is re-examined in a new, current-voltage field … read more…
28th Music Biennale Zagreb
28th Music Biennale Zagreb 2015/04/18-04/25 In just eight days, the 28th MBZ offers 40 concerts, performances and installations of all shapes and sizes in ten formal performance venues, but we will also flood the streets of Zagreb with street performances with around 700 performers in total. Three symphony orchestras and 11 chamber ensembles are participating….
2015/02/15 2nd International competition for harpsichordists and composers 2015
2nd International competition for harpsichordists and composers 2015. Deadline: February 15. The Prix Annelie de Man 2015 will take place from May 26 – 30th 2015. The Foundation Annelie de Man organizes in cooperation with the Orgelpark in Amsterdam Netherlands a competition for composers and harpsichordists to promote and support contemporary harpsichord repertoire. We encourage…
2015/02/16 Composition Academy/Festival Musica
An interactive course with two professional ensembles in partnership with the Strasbourg Conservatoire, the Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR), the University of Strasbourg, Musica festival. ; Composition teacher, Philippe Manoury, Hanspeter Kyburz With the ensembles: Linea (director, Jean-Philippe Wurtz) and Accroche Note. For a period of two weeks, the two teachers’ work with…
2015/02/06-02/14 Musica Nova Helsinki
Musica nova Helsinki is Finland’s biggest festival of contemporary music and one of the leading events of its kind in Europe. Held every other year, it was launched in 1981 as the Helsinki Biennale. Musica nova presents Finnish listeners with the most interesting new music, comments on topical issues and seeks to build bridges between…
2015/02/27 Conlon Foundation Residency
In 2015 the Conlon Foundation is starting up a residency program for composers interested in working with the foundation’s Yamaha Disklavier to create an imaginative composition for Disklavier solo with electronics, and/or for combinations with other media, with the option of using a pianist. Using alternative controllers, video, live sampling or the ‘preparation’ of the…