International Society for Contemporary Music

2014/10/31 We, Impuls, announce the start of the international impuls composition competition call and draw your attention to another competition with infos on Franz Schubert and Modern Music. Please also find some updates on our Academy programs and tutors for upcoming February (registration has started and places are filling up quickly with some classes already …) and pay attention to our Ensemble in Residency for 2015, Ensemble Nikel, and its call for scores.

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 composer on to younger musicians, thus sharing his innovative vision of sound and his original approach to making music.

2015/02/26-07/03 7th edition of the Montreal/New Music International Festival 2015 (MNM) : Montréal - Canada. A major event for contemporary music aficianados, the Montreal/New Music International Festival 2015 (MNM) will offer 30 concerts and public events, plus after-hour shows, Youth performances and conferences. read more... (former edition)

The jury of the third edition of the composition contest Incontri Internazionali per giovani compositori "Franco Donatoni" made up of Beat Furrer, Sandro Gorli, Michael Jarrell, Bruno Mantovani and Alessandro Solbiati - completed its evaluation on February 3rd 2013 and announced the names of the winners: Maurizio Azzan (Torino, Italy), Huck H