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.
International Summer Course for New Music (29 July to 14 August 2016)
The Darmstadt Summer Course has existed for 70 years; it took place for the first time in 1946 at Kranichstein Hunting Lodge, before the gates of an utterly destroyed city. Seven decades of the Darmstadt Summer Course – which also means seven decades of shaping music history. The name of Darmstadt is associated with virtually…
2016 Gwangju Music Festival Call for Score (category 7 added)
Asia Culture Center(ACC) is one of most prestigious venues in Korea for performing arts. In particular, the performing art division is well-received in the music world for its innovative repertories and for continuous devotion in cultural exchanges. Celebrating the One Year Anniversary of the Opening of the Asia Culture Center Contemporary Music and Performing…
Art & Science Days 1 – 4 June 2016, Bourges
sharing, education, culture, science Composers have always looked for links between the world surrounding them and the world they build. They seek rules and components in order to build their own universe. They seek the basic elements, the construction elements as the ones they see around them. We dedicate the 2016 Art & Science Days…
Festival 2 visages de la musique électroacoustique
1-2/06/16 saison Influx à Bruxelles: Festival 2 visages de la musique électroacoustique Read more…
Biennale Musica 7-16 October 2016
The Biennale Musica will feature 26 concerts, including 46 world premieres, 27 new works for Italy and 25 commissioned works: these include pieces commissioned to Kaija Saariaho, Pascal Dusapin, and Salvatore Sciarrino, who will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. For the first time, a few DJ-sets will be commissioned to musicians from the…
Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2016
From 1 till 7 September 2016 (a week preceding the Muziekweek) the 3rd Gaudeamus Muziekweek Academy will take place. During the academy the five composers nominated for the Gaudeamus Award 2016 will work intensively with Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modelo62, Silbersee and Oerknal!. In addition to that, they will work on a new piece for Quatuor…
Classical:NEXT 25 – 28 May 2016
Classical:NEXT was born out of the simple idea to bring the diverse scenes of classical music together and offer them a forum to exchange and develop new ways for classical and contemporary music. Since the first edition in 2012, about 3000 classical music professionals from more than 1000 companies and from over 40 countries have…
Ticino Masterclasses 2016 July 17–30 luglio Lugano (Switzerland)
Masterclasses 2016 July 17–30 luglio Lugano (Switzerland) for all instruments, voice, composition and contemporary music. The contemporary music laboratory focuses in the creation of strong collaboration bonds between different actors: composers, interpreters, conductors and ensembles. masterclass in contemporary repertoire conducting with professor Arturo Tamayo masterclass in composition with professors Ondřej Adámek and Mathias Steinauer masterclass…
SYNTHETIS 18-30 July 2016
International Summer Course for composition students and young composers which offers lectures and individual meetings with outstanding artists. The enrollment deadline is May 10. This year, between July 18 and 30 in Radziejowice (near Warsaw, Poland), the participants will have a unique opportunity to attend lectures and individual meetings with Mark Andre, Wojciech Błażejczyk, Martin…
City of Derry International Choral Festival, 19 – 23 October 2016
City of Derry International Choral Festival, 19 – 23 October 2016 The City of Derry International Choral Festival has announced the first guest artist for the 4th edition of the autumn festival, due to take place from Wednesday 19 October until Sunday 23 October. Read more…