A World of New Music Encourages the International Art of Deep Listening —the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days in Vancouver
When I was asked to attend the World New Music Days ISCM 2017, some 48 hours before it began, and to write a comprehensive festival report, I was standing by for a journey to Najaf, in Southern Iraq. At night I skyped contacts in Baghdad and listened to mournful Shiah chants, their fragile beauty now…
Call for Works for the 2020 ISCM World New Music Days in New Zealand Has Been Announced
The Composers Association of New Zealand (CANZ), host of the 2020 ISCM World New Music Days, have announced the official Call for Works for the festival which will take place from 21-30 April 2020 in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand. (From 21-26 April, there will be numerous concerts as well as ISCM’s General Assembly meetings…
The festival Klangbrücken«- sound bridges
The festival “»Klangbrücken«- sound bridges” is dedicated from 3rd to 10th of April in 12 concerts the work of Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008), one of the most colorful and exciting phenomena of recent music history. Read more…
Luc Brewaeys – The Whisky Tour
In November 2019, deSingel Antwerp (BE) will be raising a glass to the internationally respected Flemish composer Luc Brewaeys who died far too young in 2015. Brewaeys had long dreamt of journeying to Scotland to visit the distilleries of his favourite single malt whiskies, which several of his works are named after. He never made…
Call for Works for the 2020 ISCM World New Music Days in New Zealand Has Been Announced
The Composers Association of New Zealand (CANZ), host of the 2020 ISCM World New Music Days, have announced the official Call for Works for the festival which will take place from 21-30 April 2020 in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand. (From 21-26 April, there will be numerous concerts as well as ISCM’s General Assembly meetings…
Jug K. Marković Wins the 2019 ISCM Young Composer Award
Serbian composer Jug K. Marković (b. December 25, 1987) has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 ISCM Young Composer Award for his 2017 Nirvana for mixed choir which was performed by the Latvian Radio Choir under the direction of Kaspars Ādamsons on May 6, 2019 at Jaani kirik (St. John’s Church) in Tartu,…
KAZIMIERZ SEROCKI 16TH INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS’ COMPETITION 2019
TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES: 25.000 PLN DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: September 5th ENTRY FEE:55 EUR The competition is open to composers of all ages and nationalities. More than one score per composer is permitted. It is possible to submit works already performed and/or awarded in other competitions, excluding compositions already published.Only compositions for chamber ensemble of…
Newly Elected ISCM ExCom – Glenda Keam is New President
At the final 2019 ISCM General Assembly held in the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa, Estonia, elections for the ISCM Executive Committee (ExCom) were held resulting in a new president, a new vice president, and a newly-elected ordinary member to the ISCM Presidential Council. New Zealand-based composer, music analyst, lecturer, and festival organiser Glenda Keam, who…
XII International Accordion Composition Competition “Francisco Escudero”
HAUSPOZ Euskal Herriko Akordoei Elkartea, calls for the XII International Accordion Composition Competition “Francisco Escudero” whose prize ceremony will be held on 14 of September 2019. The objective of the contest is to promote the creation of pieces for solo accordion and for accordion in chamber music. Terms and conditions: http://www.hauspoz.org/index.php/en_EN/concurso-fco-escudero/bases-2019
15th SUN RIVER PRIZE Students’ New Music Composition Competition Chengdu, P.R. China, 2019
◆Sponsored by Sichuan Conservatory of Music ◆Organized by Composition Department of Sichuan Conservatory of Music ISCM-Chengdu section Research Institute of Composition Technique of Sichuan Conservatory of Music ◆Chairman of the Organizing Committee Prof. Zhou Siyuan President of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music ◆Chairman of the Jury Prof. Peter Swinnen Composer Past President of the International…