Alois Hába was a composer, music theorist, and teacher who pioneered the use of quarter-tones, sixth-tones, and other microtonal divisions of the octave. 

Sofia Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol in the Tatar Republic on 24 October 1931. She studied the piano (with Grigory Kogan) and composition, and graduated from the Kazan Conservatory in 1954. Until 1959 she studied composition at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Peiko, Shostakovich’s assistant, and then did postgraduate work under Vissarion Shebalin. She has…

Michael Finnissy was ISCM president 1990 – 1996. Michael Finnissy was born in Tulse Hill, London in 1946 and studied at the Royal College of Music. He later studied in Italy with Roman Vlad. He went on to create the music department of the London School of Contemporary Dance, and has been associated as composer with…

Dr. Eckert has been serving the ISCM as a legal counsel for 30 years. By electing him Honorary member, the general assembly 2001 wishes to honour the great value of his work for ISCM. See also In Memoriam ISCM Honorary Member Franz Eckert (1931-2017). Born in Lower Austria, on November 14, 1931, Eckert studied law in…

First ISCM President. British writer on music who served as ISCM’s president from 1922 until 1938.