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| ISCM-IAMIC Young Composer Award |
 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". String Quartet no. 1 will be performed on September 6 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, at the Gaudeamus Music Week 2011 by the Doelen Quartet. ...Read more
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| Vittorio Fellegara died |
On July, 7 the Italian composer Vittorio Fellegara died. He was born in Milan in 1927. He studied with Luciano Chailly and graduated in composition in 1951 at the Music Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan after completing university courses in mathematics and physics. 1955 to 1956 he attended the "Ferienkurse für neue Musik" in Darmstadt. Secretary of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana from 1956 to 1959 and of the Italian Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) from 1960 to 2004, he won the prize for his Requiem di Madrid at 1st ISCM International Composition Competition and was present at many Festivals of contemporary music. His music synthesizes avant-garde elements with features of postwar Italian realism, connecting both with Nono and Petrassi.
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| 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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| 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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| Elected Honorary Members 2010 |
Milton Babbitt and Joji Yuasa are elected Honorary Member of the ISCM
The compositional and intellectual wisdom of Milton Babbitt, born in 1916 in Philadelphia, has influenced a wide range of contemporary musicians. He died on January 29th of 2011 at the age of 94. One can read more on New Music Box. .
Joji Yuasa (1929 in Koriyama, Japan) was from 1981 through 1994 actively engaged in music research and education at the University of California, San Diego (currently a professor emeritus).
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| Henryk Górecki died November 12 |
Composer Henryk Górecki born 6 December 1933 in Czernica, near Rybnik, died November 12, 2010 in Katowice.
He began his formal study of music in 1952 in the pedagogical department of the Music High School in Rybnik. Later, he studied composition under Boleslaw Szabelski, at the State Academy of Music (known today as the Academy of Music) in Katowice (1955-60).
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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
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| 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. (festival LOOP www.festival-loop.be)
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| ISCM World New Music Days 2013 |
After touring through 6 Belgian cities the ISCM World New Music Days will visit two countries in 2013. Koice (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 invited to take part! Visit the festival website, download the Invitation and detailed Call for Scores.
You can use the button below to pay the entry fee for individual submissions through PayPal here:
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| ISCM World New Music Days 2014 |
ISCM Polish Section is organizing The ISCM World Music Days in Wroclaw from 3rd to 12th of October, 2014 and the Call for Scores with a deadline of 30th of June, 2012 is at this link
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| ISCM World New Music Days 2010 |
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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.
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| 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
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