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.
Composing in the Wilderness
On behalf of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (Alaska, USA) I’m delighted to announce the 2018 offering of “Composing in the Wilderness”. Now in its seventh year, this one-of-a-kind creative adventure for composers is presented in collaboration with Alaska Geographic and the National Park Service of the USA. It is led by adventurer-composer Stephen Lias….
2017 The 6th China – ASEAN Music festival experience summary
Since its launch in 2012, China-ASEAN Music Week has been successfully held for four sessions with the opportunities of time vouchsafed by Heaven,advantages of situation afforded by the Earth, The union arising from the accord of Men. Today, is by the original performances and seminars with small scale, low music group participation at home and…
KLANGSPUREN 2017
NOCH FRAGEN? ANY QUESTIONS? – that is the ambiguous, slightly mischievous motto of the 24th installment of KLANGSPUREN. On the one hand rather than getting too comfortable with the existing situation the idea is to engage in an ongoing critical examination of new music in terms of its ties to reality and views of the…
PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD at SoundTrack_Cologne 14 • August 23. – 27. 2017
In 2017 SoundTrack_Cologne is again awarding a prize for the best music in a short film – the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. Entry deadline for the competition is 2nd July 2017 Read more…
21C Contemporary Music Festival
21C Contemporary Music Festival turns five, taking part across our full venue in three halls from May 24-28 2017. Read more…
LICHT – ROMANISCHER SOMMER KÖLN 21. bis 23. JUNI 2017
Musikalische Glanzlichter an den hellsten Tagen des Jahres Outstanding performers of the Cologne music scene as well as internationally renowned ensembles, artists and musicians present music of different epochs, styles and origin at three festive events in 11 concerts. Lost medieval songs and centuries-old Lithuanian folk songs are brought to light again. The light of…
Tenso Days Mechelen 2017
Tenso Days Mechelen 2017 will take place in the Cultuurcentrum Mechelen and the Sint-Romboutskathedraal from Friday 12 May through Sunday 14 May 2017. Read more…
KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, 5-21 May 2017
With music theatre, concerts, performances and light installations, the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen are occupying new spaces. Today their director Ingo Metzmacher introduces the varied programme of this international festival of contemporary arts. Around 50 events can be seen from 5 to 21 May 2017 in Hanover’s famous gardens and the city itself. A total of 18…
ACHT BRÜCKEN, April 28 to May 7
In 2017 ACHT BRÜCKEN takes place from April 28 to May 7. Having chosen the motto »Ton. Satz. Laut.« (»Tone. Setting. Sound.«), it is dedicated to the relationship between music and language. Not only scientists, but philosophers and artists too have always been fascinated and inspired by the interplay of music and language. The commonalities…
45th Pan Music Festival 2017 Guidelines
45th Pan Music Festival 2017 Guidelines ISCM Korea is pleased to announce the 45th Pan Music Festival 2017. The annual festival endeavour to introduce recent contemporary music and to invite composers and performers to listen their music and works. The festival is a great occasion to meet and communicate with all musicians including living…