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. 

11th World Symposium on Choral Music

2017 is the year of the 11th World Symposium on Choral Music that will be held in Barcelona, from 22nd to 29th July. Barcelona is a cultural city where choral music is a very important ingredient, with hundreds of choirs coming from very diverse spheres and with a wide range of styles. We are working…

1st Ensemble Festival 2nd – 4th December 2016, Cologne

with Electronic D, Ensemble Garage, Ensemble Musikfabrik, hand werk, Kölner Vokalsolisten and MAM.manufaktur für aktuelle Musik. Ensemble Musikfabrik play works by the winners of the composing award 2016 of Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Milica Djordjevic, David Hudry and Gordon Kampe Read more…

contemporary music festival Greatest Hits

Founded in 2013, the fourth edition of the contemporary music festival Greatest Hits takes place from 17 to 20 November 2016 at Kampnagel. Read more…

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

hcmf// is an annual, international festival of contemporary and new music, taking place over 10 days, Friday 18 – Sunday 27 November 2016, and consisting of approximately 50 events – including concerts, music-theatre, dance, multi-media, talks and film – with a related Learning and Participation programme devised and implemented to reflect the artistic programme and…

GAUDEAMUS MUSICWEEK 2017

Overwhelming minimal music, wringing soundscapes, experimental electronics, post-pop, electro-acoustic crossovers: all this can be heard from 6 – 10 September during Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Utrecht. The judging panel consisting of Mayke Nas, Christopher Trapani and Joe Cutler selected the following five composers to enter the prestitious competition next year: Chaz Underriner (1987, USA), Ivan Vukosavljevic…

CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival

An event jointly organized with the Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation and CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival Read more…

Malta International Choir Festival 2017

The Ministry for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority are pleased to announce that preparations are underway for the 23rd edition of the MALTA INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL that shall be held on the Mediterranean Island of Malta between 2nd and 5th November, 2017. The Festival has now become a mainstay in the Maltese musical calendar…

Tage für Neue Musik 2016

Founded by Gérard Zinsstag and Thomas Kessler in 1986 Tage für Neue Musik are organized by the city of Zurich since 1994 and take place during the first half of November. The concerts are held in close collaboration with the Tonhalle Society Zurich and her orchestra and with other partners. In 2016 the dates for…

XXIII° Festival Acousmatique International “l’Espace du son”

La fête à Francis Dhomont ! This year, the Espace du Son invites you to discover what is best in acousmatic music on acousmonium over 80 speakers. The first evening will be dedicated to the final of the international contest of composition Metamorphoses. Following this edition will pay tribute to one of the largest acousmatic…

Transit 28-30 October 2016

Transit 28-30 October 2016 is a weekend-long festival devoted exclusively to 21st-century avant-garde music. It is part of Festival 20/21 and has been taking place annually since 2000. Transit stands for adventure and discovery, for believing in the creative impulses of today, for creating new works by established names and young talents, by international and…