2014/05/07-05/23 14th Munich Biennale
14th Munich Biennale, Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater The motto contains sharpest contrasts: Liberation – disaster, relief – horror, departure – downfall. A composer tried to live and design as such, Claude Vivier, which was 34 years young, murdered on March 1983 in Paris. Vivier is where Marko Nikodijevićs’ Opera is about, which opens the…
2014/05/09-05/11 46st Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
46st Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik mit mehr als 25 Uraufführungen. Zu den Höhepunkten des aktuellen Jahrgangs gehört ein Ständchen zum 40. Geburtstag des Arditti String Quartet – ein Ensemble, Klanggrüße und -geschenke kommen u.a. von Harrison Birtwistle, Brian Ferneyhough, Toshio Hosokawa, György Kurtág und Wolfgang Rihm, Uri Caine und Brice Pauset. read more….
2014/05/09-05/11 The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s Tectonics festival
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s Tectonics festival returns to Glasgow this May, with a line-up that confirms its reputation as one of the world’s most adventurous ensembles. Tectonics Glasgow sees experimental music pioneers such as Christian Wolff and Takehisa Kosugi share the spotlight with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, contemporary vocal ensemble EXAUDI, Icelandic composer collective…
2014/05/24 6th Brandenburg Biennial
The Association of Friends of the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra (FBS e.V.) announces the sixth edition of its competition for composers of symphonic music. The competition is international and open to all age groups. read more….
2014/06/15 2 Agosto International Composing Competition
The Twentieth Edition of the “2 Agosto” International Composing Competition open to musicians of all nationalities, who are not older than 41 on June 15, 2014. Each composer may choose one or more video clips and then compose a score for such video clip(s). The score has to be for orchestra. read more…
2014/10/06-10/09 Seoul International Computer Music Festival
The Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society is proud to announce the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF) 2014. read more…
2014/04/30 Scelsiana 2014
2014/04/30 Scelsiana 2014: a weeklong event with instrumental master classes, meetings, and concerts intended for young musicians who wish to gain greater insight into the music of Giacinto Scelsi. Concentrating on repertoire by this major 20th century composer, the project’s mission is to pass the knowledge of those who worked directly with the great Italian…
2014/05/12 2nd Villiers Quartet New Works Competition
2014/05/12 2nd Villiers Quartet new works competition 2014 (London, UK) Original compositions for string quartet for new and emerging composers. Duration of piece no longer than 20 minutes. 6 semifinalists will be chosen and have their works video-recorded and posted on the Villiers Quartet website for online audience vote. read more….
2014/05/30 The Foundation Destellos Competition of Electro-acoustic Composition
2014/05/30 The Foundation Destellos, call for works for the seventh Competition of Electro-acoustic Composition, open to composers of any nationality, age and gender in the categories: Acousmatic music, Mixed media. read more…
2014/05/30-06/05 KLANG
2014/05/30-06/05 KLANG wishes to create visibility and room for the most daring composers by presenting their newest and most experimental works. The festival seeks to support the development of the pioneering art of our time and potential future classics , giving space and audience for “the music and the classics of tomorrow”. read more…