The winner of the ISCM-IAMIC Young Composer Award 2011 is Chiu-Yu Chou (Taiwan) for her String Quartet nr. 1, performed by the 'Song String Quartet' on the 13th of April. The judges commented: "this work evokes different
moods, and showed a strong mastership in string playing techniques". On September 6, 2011 it was performed at the Gaudeamus Music Week 2011 by the Doelen Quartet:
ISCM World New Music Days 2014
ISCM Polish Section together with Municipality of Wroclaw, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Wroclaw Opera are organizing The ISCM World Music Days in Wroclaw from 3rd to 12th of October, 2014. Co-organizers are Polish Radio – Program II, Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw and University of Wroclaw, Department of Musicology.
The Call for Scores with a deadline of 30th of June, 2012 is at this link
You can use the button below to pay the entry fee for individual submissions through PayPal here:
Elected Honorary Member 2011
In the General Assembly of the ISCM in Zagreb in April 2011, the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina was unanimously elected as Honarary Member.
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.
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ISCM - VICC
Composers in Residence Program
The ISCM and the VICC - Visby International Centre for Composers (in Visby, Gotland, Sweden) have agreed on an annual co-operation program: the ISCM-VICC Composer in Residence Program. In this program 6 composers per year are offered free accommodation and unrestricted use of an appropriate composing studio at the Centre for a period of 4 weeks. The program is open to composers with a link to the ISCM; applications therefore should be endorsed by an ISCM National Section or a Full Associate Member. The ISCM Executive Committee decides which 6 composers will be awarded a residency. Applications can be sent all through the year at www.centreforcomposers.org
ISCM World Music Days 2012
The ISCM World Music Days 2012, October 25 to November 4, won't concentrate on one city. They will become a travelling festival which, spread over ten days, will visit six cities: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven and Mons. ISCM-Flanders aims to be a platform for everyone who is professionally active in the field of contemporary art music in Flanders. The Forum des Compositeurs is since September 2009 Affiliate Member of the ISCM and aims to promote contemporary music in the Frenchspeaking Community Wallonia - Brussels. List of selected compositions in order by country can be downloaded here.
ISCM World New Music Days 2013
After touring through 6 Belgian cities the ISCM World New Music Days will visit two countries in 2013. Košice (Eastern Slovakia), Bratislava and Vienna will organize a variety of concerts featuring works for chamber choir, recorders and electronics, symphony orchestra pieces, sound installations, compositions for solo instruments, ensembles, and more. ISCM members and individual composers all around the world are taken part!
Visit the festival website.
ISCM World New Music Days 2011
The ISCM 2011 World New Music Days took place within the 26th Music Biennale Zagreb 2011 in Croatia from 7 to 17 April. Theme of the festival is Mirabilia Memorabilia.
Read here the programbook www.mbz.hr/eng/download or the reports By Frank J. Oteri with extensive video on the daily events. ....read more
ISCM World New Music Days 2010
30 April - 9 May 2010, Sydney, Australia
'Living Music', was held from 30 April to 9 May 2010 in Sydney, Australia.
Here you find all information, e-newsletters as well a link to download the program book.
At ABC Classic FM you'll find photos and audio/video recordings.
ISCM World Music Days 2009
Listen to the World! was the motto and started on 24 September in Visby, then went on to Växjö, and ended October 4 in Gothenburg.
William Anderson and Stephen Lias wrote reports on thefestival.
Download the program book .
ISCM World Music Days 2008
The Lithuanian Composers’ Union, the Vilnius’ Festivals and the Lithuanian Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) organized the ISCM World Music Days / 18th Gaida Festival, from 24 October to 8 November 2008 in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
The program book (5 MB) can be downloaded as pdf and two reports are now on line by Eve de Castro-Robinson from New Zealand and Anna Dorota Wladyczka from Poland.
World New Music Magazine #20
In connection to the ISCM World New Music Days 2010, ISCM is releasing a new issue of World New Music Magazine. Produced by Australian Music Centre and typeset and designed by Philippa Horn.
In a 204 pages issue, one can read about diverse items by international contributors: Bruce Crossman, Linda Kouvaras, Glenda Keam, Paul Stanhope, Andrew Schultz, Jelle Dierickx, Jo Dyer, Anni Heino Rosemary, Andrew Ford, Danielle Bentley, Graeme Skinner, Warren Burt, Jonathan W. Marshall, Michael Atherton, Ross Bolleter, Carl Crossin, Garth Paine, Anni Heino and Colin Black.
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ISCM Newsletter
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The winner of the ISCM-IAMIC Young Composer Award 2011 is Chiu-Yu Chou (Taiwan) for her String Quartet nr. 1, performed by the 'Song String Quartet' on the 13th of April. The judges commented: "this work evokes different
moods, and showed a strong mastership in string playing techniques". On September 6, 2011 it was performed at the Gaudeamus Music Week 2011 by the Doelen Quartet:
ISCM Polish Section together with Municipality of Wroclaw, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Wroclaw Opera are organizing The ISCM World Music Days in Wroclaw from 3rd to 12th of October, 2014. Co-organizers are Polish Radio – Program II, Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw and University of Wroclaw, Department of Musicology.
The Call for Scores with a deadline of 30th of June, 2012 is at 
In the General Assembly of the ISCM in Zagreb in April 2011, the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina was unanimously elected as Honarary Member.
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.
After touring through 6 Belgian cities the ISCM World New Music Days will visit two countries in 2013. Košice (Eastern Slovakia), Bratislava and Vienna will organize a variety of concerts featuring works for chamber choir, recorders and electronics, symphony orchestra pieces, sound installations, compositions for solo instruments, ensembles, and more. ISCM members and individual composers all around the world are taken part!
Visit the 
In connection to the ISCM World New Music Days 2010, ISCM is releasing a new issue of World New Music Magazine. Produced by Australian Music Centre and typeset and designed by Philippa Horn.