Festivals

Festivals around the globe!

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. 

2014/11/15-11/23 Festival de La Habana, de Música Contemporánea

Festival de La Habana, de Música Contemporánea, convocado por la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, UNEAC y el Instituto Cubano de la Música. Read more…

LOOP Festival

2014/11/29-12/06 Initiated in 2008, the LOOP Festival takes place every year around the last week end of November. The concert progam aims at giving a showcase of the diversity of the music in the Belgian French-speaking community. « Loop », as its name suggests, dedicates a large part of its concerts to electronic music (acousmatic…

The 46th Encuentros International Festival 2014

The 46th Encuentros International Festival 2014 took place in Buenos Aires in May, August and September with the co-participation of DAMUS/IUNA, the Auditorium of the Faculty of Laws, Augusto Sebastiani Auditorium of the Beethoven Foundation, AAMCANT and MusicaQuantica Chamber Choir, and the National of Young Orchestras and Choirs of the Bicentennial. Read more….

2014/07/01 9th edition the International Spring Orchestra Festival, Valletta, Malta

9th edition the International Spring Orchestra Festival, Valletta, Malta is organising a composition competition in two categories: Wind quintet and piano Two pianos. The winning works will be performed on 7 and 9 April 2015 by the Reigate Wind Quintet (UK) and the Conil-Muzy Two-Piano duo (France) at the National Theatre of Malta, Teatru Manoel….

2014/10/24-10/26 Taipei International New Music Festival

Taipei International New Music Festival. Song-Yi Hall, Waishuanghsi Campus, Soochow University, Taipei (directions) Main Organizer: International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) – Taiwan Section Read more..

2014/09/24-10/11 Romaeuropa Festival

Ever year Europe, Asia, America, Oceania, and Africa meet in Rome in a spectacular programme of dance, theatre, music, cinema, meetings with artists, visual arts and leading-edge technological creativity. The sounds and artistic expression of five continents are the ingredients of an intense, aesthetic experience delivered in various venues for a period of over two…

2014/10/03-10/04 MUSICA D’OGGI

Associazione organizzatrice di OMAGGIO A … festival internazionale di musica contemporanea di Acqui Terme Read more…

ANNA KORSUN WINS GAUDEAMUS PRIZE 2014

Yesterday, after the closing concert of the Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2014, the winner of the Gaudeamus Prize 2014 was announced. From the five nominees, the international jury unanimously chose Anne Korsun (1986) from Ukraine. The members of the jury, consisting of Vanessa Lann, Wim Henderickx, and Oscar Bianchi felt the entries were varied and of high…

2014/08/02-08/16 47th Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music

On 2 August, the 47th Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music will open under the artistic direction of Thomas Schäfer with Karlheinz Stockhausen’s legendary composition Carré for four orchestras, four choirs, and four conductors, and Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Cortege. The two-week festival (2-16 August 2014) features over 30 concerts, performances, semi-scenic musical theater events…

2014/07/18-08/31 Salzburg contemporary: Wolfgang Rihm

Six works by Wolfgang Rihm will be performed at this year’s Salzburg Festival in the frame of Salzburg contemporary. Among the works performed will be the world première of his Piano Concerto No. 2 and two Austrian premières. Wolfgang Rihm: 2. Klavierkonzert for piano and orchestra | 25′ prem. 25.08.2014, Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg; Tzimon Barto,…