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.
Operadagen Rotterdam from May 22nd through May 25th 2016.
Music Theatre NOW (MTN) is an international competition for all professional forms of opera and music theatre. The call for applications of the recent Music Theatre NOW edition ended June 30th 2015 and 3450 participants from 54 countries took part. The 18 artistic teams who won will be invited to the meeting, which will be…
The Festival Présences 2016, February 5 to 14
The Festival Présences 2016, with the theme “Italy today”, runs from February 5 to 14 in Paris. It will present world and national premieres of new orchestra and choir works by Francesconi, Stroppa, Colla and Lanza. The festival, which is produced by Radio France, will also feature various other Ricordi works by Nono, Sciarrino, Francesconi,…
Fribourg International Festival of Sacred Music
Composition Competition of the Fribourg International Festival of Sacred Music (Switzerland) To encourage the creation of original works taking their inspiration from sacred themes & texts. Open to composers of all ages & nationalities. Deadline:Oct.2017 Read more…
ALTZEIT NEU – February 9-11
For three day, February 9-11, the FZML will celebrate its 25th anniversary and intensify its program with contemporary music, electronic music, DJing, poetry, films and readings to a broad survey under the motto ALTZEIT NEU. The performances cover the time span from the predecessor of the FZML, around the »Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler«, throughout…
Klarafestival 2016, March 9-24
Since 2014, Klarafestival has been held in March. Every year, we present current, high-quality and adventurous performances and concerts with international appeal to as large and varied an audience as possible in many different venues located not only in Brussels but also in Antwerpen and Brugge. The 2016 festival, March 9-24, is conceived as a…
TENSO Days, the International Festival for Contemporary Choral Music
TENSO Days, the International Festival for Contemporary Choral Music, is a showcase of the very best of chamber choir performances in Europe. Flanders Festival Mechelen and Tenso Network Europe invite all music lovers and practitioners to discover the choral music of the 21st century. This third edition, from the 13th until the 15th of May…
Ultraschall Berlin 20. – 24. January 2016
Ultraschall Berlin’s new season brings together the usual mix of eclectic and dazzlingly colourful elements from the world of new music. Since the Festival is not obliged to be topical or to première new works, it can focus on essential developments in new music and cast an associative glance at the recent past in order…
Rainy days 2015, festival de musique nouvelle 24–29.11.2015
rainy days 2015, festival de musique nouvelle 24.–29.11.2015 at Philharmonie Luxembourg. Suspense – A feeling or state of nervousness or excitement caused by wondering what will happen Read more…
125 PARTY PIECES
on the initiative of the Forum of Contemporary Music Leipzig [FZML] 125 of the most distinguished contemporary composers created a piece in honour of John Cage that has no equal. On January 20th the world’s largest group composition will finally experience its European premiere in Leipzig at the UT Connewitz. 125 PARTY PIECES 20th January…
New Music Miami Festivals and Collaboration Between ISCM Miami and ISCM Taiwan Chapters
During the spring 2015 the ISCM Miami Chapter presented their annual New Music Miami Festival. The festival this year included a total of thirteen concert presented between January and April 2015 and featured full concerts by guest performers including the Fonema Consort, Jennifer Choi, Bugallo Williams Piano Duo, Charles Curtis, Thomas Buckner, Mari Kimura, and…