2015/04/15 repertoire for young string quartets
In order to create a new repertoire for young string quartets, the Association Piero Farulli announces a competition (PDF Call for Entries) open to all composers of the European Union for creating works of max 15 minutes duration, for string quartet (two violins, viola and cello). The jury will be composed by three distiguished musicians…
2014/11/15-11/23 Festival de La Habana, de Música Contemporánea
Festival de La Habana, de Música Contemporánea, convocado por la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, UNEAC y el Instituto Cubano de la Música. Read more…
2015/08/15 Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition
Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition is looking for piano pieces by composers younger than 40 years, written for children and young adults which, although limited in their technical difficulty, remain uncompromising in their artistic aim; pieces written with a contemporary compositional technique which offer the young student stimulus, insight and new experiences: experiences about oneself and…
SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN COMPOSERS WHO DIED IN 2014
SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN COMPOSERS WHO DIED IN 2014 Robert Ashley (28 Mar 1930-3 Mar 2014) read more… Seymour Barab (9 Jan 1921-28 Jun 2014) read more… Charlie Haden (6 Aug 1937-11 Jul 2014) read more… Fred Ho (10 Aug 1957-12 Apr 2014) read more… Lee Hyla (31 Aug 1952-6 Jun 2014) read more… Leo Kraft (24…
2017 World New Music Days in Vancouver
2017 The ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music) Canadian Section is pleased to announce that its bid to host the 2017 World New Music Days in Vancouver was unanimously approved! ISCM Canadian Section President Jim Hiscott presented the bid in partnership with Vancouver-based organization Music on Main’s artistic director David Pay during the recent 2014…
2015/04/01 Sixth International Competition for Composition for string quartet
The Molinari Quartet is pleased to announce its Sixth International Competition for Composition for string quartet. Composers are invited to submit an original work for string quartet. The best compositions will be played in concert during the Molinari Quartet’s Twentieth and Beyond series to be held in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) during the 2015-2016 season. Read…
LOOP Festival
2014/11/29-12/06 Initiated in 2008, the LOOP Festival takes place every year around the last week end of November. The concert progam aims at giving a showcase of the diversity of the music in the Belgian French-speaking community. « Loop », as its name suggests, dedicates a large part of its concerts to electronic music (acousmatic…
The 46th Encuentros International Festival 2014
The 46th Encuentros International Festival 2014 took place in Buenos Aires in May, August and September with the co-participation of DAMUS/IUNA, the Auditorium of the Faculty of Laws, Augusto Sebastiani Auditorium of the Beethoven Foundation, AAMCANT and MusicaQuantica Chamber Choir, and the National of Young Orchestras and Choirs of the Bicentennial. Read more….
2014/07/01 9th edition the International Spring Orchestra Festival, Valletta, Malta
9th edition the International Spring Orchestra Festival, Valletta, Malta is organising a composition competition in two categories: Wind quintet and piano Two pianos. The winning works will be performed on 7 and 9 April 2015 by the Reigate Wind Quintet (UK) and the Conil-Muzy Two-Piano duo (France) at the National Theatre of Malta, Teatru Manoel….
2014/09/26-10/19 The musikprotokoll
The musikprotokoll laboratory is opening its doors for the forty-seventh time. Artists, musicians, composers and experimenters from across the globe are coming to Graz to share the current results of their work: Klangforum Wien, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Arditti Quartet, Radian & The Necks, Andrey Kiritchenko, Klaus Lang and many more. Read more….