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. 

Classical:NEXT 2017 Call for Proposals

We are calling all movers, shakers and everyday innovators from all sectors of the scene to submit their proposals for Classical:NEXT 2017. You are invited to propose your outstanding artists, future-oriented topics and interactive conference formats in the categories showcases, club showcases, conference topics and project pitches. The submission deadline is Friday, 30 September 2016…

Musikfest Berlin

From 2 to 20 September 2016, Musikfest Berlin will open this year’s Berlin concert season. During the festival’s 19 days, there will be 27 events featuring 70 works of around 35 composers, performed by 20 orchestras, instrumental and vocal ensemble and soloists from the international music scene and the music city of Berlin. Read more…

The Festival d’Automne à Paris 7/9 – 31/12/2016

Paris Autumn Festival is a festival of contemporary arts, embracing and combining different art forms. The Festival presents works that stand as references, involving approaches of an experimental nature by, inter alia, commissioning artists to create original works. Every year, from September to December, the Festival features over forty events attracting a total audience of…

7th MUSIKAGILEAK Contemporary Music Concert Series 2016

VII. Musikagileak Musika Garaikidearen Zirkuitua from September 23th to October 27th 2016 8 concerts: Basque National Orchestra, Trio Zukan, Luis Fernández & Carlos Apellániz, Ametsa Gazte Choir, Musiques Nouvelles, Norio Sato & E_7.2, Concert Band from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra Workshop/Masterclass: Michael Jarrell COMPLETE PROGRAM

Klangspuren Schwaz-Tirol New Music Festival 09/08 – 09/25/2016

ENNO POPPE COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE The 23rd edition of the Tyrolean Festival of new music KLANGSPUREN focuses on the young stars in the contemporary music sky. A new generation of musicians and composers is emerging, and compared to former generations, these young stars take a more unbiased approach to musical history and its avant-gardes. They…

LEIBNIZ UNDER GROUND

Eine endliche Konzertreihe; 18. bis 21. August 2016 im Magazin 4 der Staatsoper Hannover As a contribution to Leibniz-year 2016 organized the Staatsoper Hannover in cooperation with Music 21 Niedersachsen a series of concerts, In several chamber concerts of the compound of the current music is gone to the exact sciences and the world of…

Gaudeamus Award 2017 Registration Now Open!

3 new categories and various ensembles announced for Gaudeamus Award 2017 We are happy to announce that registration for the 2017 Gaudeamus Award is now open. This year there are many instrumentations to choose from, as well as an “open category” in order to stimulate the most creative and innovative pool of compositions as possible….

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2016, 14.-16. Oktober

In zwölf Konzerten mit insgesamt 18 Uraufführungen, Klanginstallationen, Performance-Projekten und zahlreichen Sonderveranstaltungen wird das Wochenende vom 14. – 16. Oktober ein ereignis- und erlebnisreiches. Zu den Höhepunkten des Wochenendes gehören sicher die Uraufführungen neuer Werke von Peter Ablinger, James Dillon, Georg Friedrich Haas, Bernhard Gander, Rebecca Saunders, Martin Smolka, Marco Stroppa und Michael Wertmüller sowie…

Novembermusic 2016, November 4-13

Step Across the Border is the title of a film made by guitarist Fred Frith in 1990. A full three years before the first edition of the November Music festival! A quarter of a century has passed but the phrase still describes November Music. While disregarding boundaries and genres, it has a passion for music…

the Nordic Music Days 2016, 29 September – 1 October.

Reykjavik is hosting the Nordic Music Days 2016, one of the world’s oldest music festivals, founded in 1888. The festival will showcase pioneering contemporary music performances by Nordic composers performed by leading ensembles and soloists from the Nordic region. In addition to the performance and sound art programme, The Nordic Music Days Pavilion will premiere…