THE MEMBERS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES 2007/2008

This is the annual Calendar of European New Music Events, produced by the ECPNM. The Calendar covers the activities of its members during the concert season 2007/2008. Further updates of the information of the members can be found at the web sites of the members themselves.

ACDA - Association pour la Création et la Diffusion Artistique

Claude Samuel, President
3 rue des Couronnes
F-75020 Paris
tel: +33-1-40334535
fax: 33-1-40334538
acanthes@wanadoo.fr
www.acanthes.com 

ACDA ‘s aim is to organize, coordinate and promote artistic activities, especially creation of new works; in addition, she aims in this respect to develop the formation of the professionals, in particular in the framework of the international Competitions of the Paris City and Center Acanthes. In just over two decades the Centre Acanthes has become a revered symbol of contemporary composition. Launched at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1977, it has since 1987 been linked to the Avignon Festival. Above all, the Centres Acanthes sets out to teach young musicians about contemporary music. Adopting an innovative approach, it centres its activities around leading modern composers, who each lead different sessions. - The Centre Acanthes is held each July for a period of two to three weeks, in the magnificent fourteenth-century monastery, the Chartreuse, in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon. - Workshops are run by an entire team, as the guest composer is assisted by a group of musician-teachers, chosen by common accord to perform and analyse his works. - Alongside the workshops, a series of concerts are held, at which the works of the guest composer hold pride of place, performed by the musician-teachers as well as ensembles or orchestras. These concerts are included in the official programme of the Avignon Festival.

The next competitions in the framework of the ‘Concours internationaux de la Ville de Paris’ are 2007: 17-26/9 - Concours d’orgue (organ) 25/11-3/12 - Concours Olivier Messiaen for contemporay piano and Concours Lily Laskine for harp 2008: Concours Jean-Pierre Rampal for flute will held in Paris form September 23th to October, 4th 2008 You can check the rules, details of the programme and registration form on our web site (information now in French and in English, will be in Japanese first days of January): www.civp.com

Aspekte Salzburg

Salzburger Gesellschaft für Musik

Klaus Ager
Lasserstrasse 6
A-5020 Salzburg
Austria
tel: +43-662-881547
fax: +43-662-881547-15
office@aspekte-salzburg.at
www.aspekte-salzburg.at/  

Annual contemporary music festival in spring

Association Thélème Contemporaine

Hélène Planel
Grises
F-26740 Savasse
France
tel/fax: +33-4-75460349
helene.planel@free.fr
tc2.free.fr   

Creation - diffusion - training in electroacoustic and computer music.

Founded in 1986, Thélème Contemporain has been involved in musical creation in the domain of Contemporary music and specially in electroacoustic or computer music : mixte music, interactive music, multimedia performances, sound environments…

Avantgarde Tirol

Internationale Akademie für Neue Komposition und Audio-Art

Marianne Penz-van Stappershoef
Innsbrucker Straße 35 b, 21
A-6130 Schwaz, Tirol
Austria
t: +43-676-5518767
fax: +43-5242-61199
office@avantgarde-tirol.at
www.avantgarde-tirol.at 

Avantgarde Tirol is the organising body of the "International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art", held annually in Schwaz from 1993 until 2000. In 2005 the ‘Akademie’ moved from Schwaz to Seefeld in Tirol.

avantgarde tirol 2007 - 11th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art August 19 - September 2, 2007, Seefeld in Tirol

The International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art offers concentrated tuition in composition and Performance Art. Tuition and practical experience is offered in the following fields: - Instrumental composition, (Boguslaw Schaeffer; Salzburg/Krakow) - Audio-Art: (Edwin van der Heide; Rotterdam) The International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art was founded by Marianne Penz-van-Stappershoef in Schwaz/Tirol in 1993. From 1993 to 2002 more than 60 talented composers from five continents took part in the Academy in Schwaz. In 2005 the Academy moved from Schwaz to Seefeld in Tirol. The Seefeld Plateau, with its friendly population and overwhelming natural beauty will provide an inspiring setting for the artistic activities of the Academy.

avantgarde tirol 2008 - 12th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art August 22 – September 5, 2008, Seefeld in Tirol

‘avantgarde tirol’ is the organising body of the “International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art, held annually in Seefeld in Tyrol, Austria. In 2008, the Academy will be held in the Building of the Ski Jumper´s Center in Seefeld in Tyrol from August 22th until the 5th of September. The most promissing composers will be chosen from the applicants to attend this advanced Postgraduate Academy in Seefeld in Tirol. The concentrated training in composition and Performance that the International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art has offered in Tirol for many years (since 1993) is a unique undertaking. The training is structured with clearly defined goals, and contains distinctive elements such as Audio-Art, seldom found on other composition courses. Tuition and practical experience in instrumental composition (Prof. Boguslaw Schaeffer -Salzburg – Krakow) and lectures in Audio-Art (Edwin van der Heide) come together at this Academy to create a project that transcends the accepted boundaries of conventional composition courses. During the Academy, the participants will be instructed in newest composition techniques. All composers will be required to write a completely new work within the short period of 14 days. 4 outstanding soloists – they also teach at the Academy - are available for consultation. The new works will be performed by 4 outstanding international performers at the final concert that is part of the Festival avantgarde tirol 2006.

How to apply - Composers up to the age of 30 who wish to participate in 2008 in the class of Prof. Boguslaw Schaeffer (Instrumental Composition) are kindly invited to contact avantgarde tirol for application forms. - Application forms can also be downloaded from our homepage www.avantgarde-tirol.at .

Please contact office@avantgarde-tirol.at and return:
1. - 3 completed forms,
2. - a score of a recent composition,
3. -one cd’ with own music, to the office of avantgarde tirol.

- Composers and Audio-Artists up to the age of 30 who wish to participate in 2008 in the class of Prof. Edwin van der Heide (Audio - Art) are kindly invited to contact avantgarde tirol for application forms. - Application forms can also be downloaded from our homepage www.avantgarde-tirol.at . Please contact office@avantgarde-tirol.at and return:
1. - 3 completed forms,
2. - CDs, DVDs and Videorecordings of own works

- The deadline for sending in these scores, audiovisual materials and forms is February 29, 2008. However, as in previous years, applications for 2009, 2010 etc. may already be sent to our office, too.

Boguslaw Schaeffer and Edwin van der Heide will make the selection and decide which composers will be invited to Seefeld in Tyrol to participate in the 12th International Academy for New Composition and Audio – Art 2007.

Grants: Grants can be provided by the society avantgarde tirol.

Budapest Music Center Kht

Adrienne Mankovits, programme director
Lónyay u. 41
H-1093 Budapest
Hungary
tel: +361-455 8071
fax: +361-2106908
eszter.vida@bmc.hu
www.bmc.hu

Budapest Music Center (BMC) was established in 1996, and its main aim was to create a Hungarian music database on contemporary music, jazz and classical music which is available free to everyone through the Internet. In 2002 the database got a new structure, the information site was redesigned, and the content of the database is expanding countinuously. In the next few years BMC is going to develop a multimedia library where all records and scores of Hungarian contemporary compositions can be found.

CDMC/ Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea

Jorge Fernández Guerra, director
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
C/Santa Isabel 52 (Atocha)
E-28012 Madrid, Spain
tel: +34-91-4682310 / +34-91-4682931
fax: +34-91-5308321
cdmc@inaem.mcu.es
cdmc.mcu.es    

 
This body forms part of the National Institute for the Performing Arts and Music (INAEM), which is an Autonomous Body attached to the Ministry of Culture. The CDMC is entrusted with creating and implementing activities aimed at boosting the development of contemporary musical creation. In fulfilling its remit, it has traditionally staged a series of concerts in Madrid, the city where the body is based, as well as managing the Music Festival of Alicante and the Laboratory for Computer-Based and Electronic Music (LIEM). At the same time, it has a series of collaboration agreements with different institutions, mainly through the auspices of the Spanish Regional Governments. It also takes part in specific measures with different institutions, such as the Cervantes Institute, the Youth Institute (INJUVE), the Spanish College in Paris, La Casa de Velázquez, etc.

XXIII Alicante Music Festival 2007 September 20-29, 2007, Alicante As is the case every year since the event was founded in 1985, the Music Festival of Alicante prepares a veritable fiesta of musical creation: world premières (many of them commissioned by the Festival itself), the latest trends, special spotlights on up-and-coming regions of influence, etc. All of these aspects have made this event the most important in Spain within its specialised field over a period of 23 years.

Composers Association of Macedonia (SOCOM)

Soni Petrovski
Maksim Gorki 18
MK-91000 Skopje
Macedonia
tel/fax: +389-2-3119824
socom@mol.com.mk 
 

SOCOM is founded in 1947 and is the main organiser of the contemporary music life in Skopje and Macedonia. It conists of over 40 members (composers, musicologists and ethnomusicologists). It is the organizer of the contemporary music festival "Days of Macedonian Music" held annually in March, and organizer of many other concerts, meetings, and other contemporary music activities in Macedonia. SOCOM is also a publishing house and has published over 20 cd’s, magazines, scores and books on contemporary music.

Concorde contemporary music ensemble

Jane O’Leary
1 Avondale Road
Highfield Park
Galway, Ireland
tel: +353-91-522867
fax: +353-91-582153
concorde@eircom.net
www.concorde.ie 

Concorde specialise in the performance of new music. Founded in 1976, performances take place in a regular series at the Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, throughout Ireland and at international festivals. Instrumentation features flutes, clarinets, violin, cello, accordion, piano, soprano, percussion. Projects include working with guest performers, commissioning of new work from both Irish and international composers, exchanges with other ensembles, promotion of young Irish composers, international performances.

2007/2008 - Concorde present performances at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, performing informally in exhibition spaces, inviting close contact between musicians and listeners. These sessions run continuously over a 3 hour period and feature new commissions and premieres as well as established repertoire. - Concerts also take place in the regular series of Dublin City Gallery: the Hugh Lane Gallery where new works for larger ensembles are presented. - In the current season, Concorde perform in Norman Villa Gallery, Galway with new commissions by Irish composers Grainne Mulvey, Ben Dwyer, Deirdre McKay and Benedict Schlepper-Connolly in the context of a specially curated exhibition on a musical theme. - Concorde take part in the festival Sincronic in Catalonia in October and participate in educational programmes at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music and Drama.

International submissions from composers welcome Proposals and submissions from composers, performers and promoters always welcome. The ensemble consists of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, accordion, piano, soprano, percussion with occasional guests.

Contemporary Music Centre Ltd

Eve O’Kelly, director
19 Fishamble Street
Temple Bar
Dublin 8,
Ireland
tel: +353-1-6731922
fax: +353-1-6489100
info@cmc.ie
www.cmc.ie  

The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland’s national archive and resource centre for new music, supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland. The Centre is used, nationally and internationally, by performers, composers, promoters and members of the public interested in finding out more about music in Ireland. Its library and sound archive, open to the public free of charge, contain the only comprehensive collection in existence of music by Irish composers.. 

2007 - CMC will participate in Dublin Culture Night on September 14th 2007 with performances by composer/musicians Ian McDonnell, Francis Heery and Muttermal. The artists will perform improvised rhythms, beats and sounds.

- On 28th September a public workshop will be held in the Galway Education Centre at which the ConTempo String Quartet will work on three new compositions by Irish composers Ed Bennett, Rob Canning and David Flynn. This is part of New Music Connects, a collaborative project between the Contemporary Music Centre and the Galway Ensemble-in-Residence. These new works will then be performed on 2nd December in the National Gallery in Dublin at 3pm and on 4th December in the Museum in Galway at 1pm.

- CMC will host a series of musical performances, as part of their salon series. The first of these performances will be by cellist Kate Ellis on the 27th of September, continuing with Electroacoustic Revue (EAR) Ensemble on 25th October and concluding with pianist Ivan Ilic on 22nd November.

Croatian Composers Society

Sanda Vojkovic
Berislaviceva 9
HR-10000 Zagreb
Croatia
tel: +385-1-4872370
fax: +385-1-4872372
info@hds.hr
www.hds.hr   

Croatian Composers Society (HDS) is a modern and well-equipped professional organisation which gathers around 200 regular members and 3500 associate members (composers, musicologists, publicists...). Its primary aim is further promotion of musical life in Croatia and the recognition of Croatian music at home and abroad. Organizer of the Music Biennale Zagreb, Publishes Cantus Magazine

The CCS is responsible for several musical events of utmost importance: the Music Biennale Zagreb, representing not only a window to the contemporary world of music, but also a breakthrough in world musical trends; the Days of Croatian Music, focus primarily on Croatian musical heritage, and the International Music Festival is dedicated to certain musical problems or achievements and includes the participation of various ensembles, soloists and experts in different fields from Mediterranean countries, as well as from countries of the Alpne-Danube-Adriatic region. Apart from these festivals, the CCS is also responsible for festivals like Zagrebfest, the International Jazz Days and the Spring Jazz Festival.

The next Music Biennale Zagreb will be held in 2009

Dartington International Summer School

Rebecca Rickard
The Barn, Dartington Hall
Totnes, Devon TQ9 6DE
U.K
tel: +44-1803-847080
fax: +44-1803-847087
info@dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk
www.dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk  

Dartington International Summer School is a five-week summer school and festival offering a wide range of musical courses for participants of all ages and abilities.

The Summer School offers around 30 courses a week and three concerts a night in Dartington's mediaeval Great Hall. There are specialist composition courses including film music and advanced composition plus a wide range of courses studying contemporary music of all genres. Bursaries and scholarships are available. All instruments, all ages and abilities are welcome.

Donaueschinger Musiktage

Armin Köhler
c/o SWR2 Neue Musik and Jazz
Hans Bredow Strasse
D-76530 Baden-Baden
Germany
tel: +49-7221-9292247
fax: +49-7221-9292177
donaueschingen@swr.de
www.swr.de/swr2/donaueschingen/  

Festival of contemporary music. Many new works by composers from all over the world, commissioned by the Südwestfunk. Also attention for musical installations, jazz and crossovers, radiophonic works and performances. Exhibition of scores, books, CDs.

Donaueschingen Festival 2007 19th - 21st October, 2007 Once again, unusual performance techniques and full houses will undoubtedly be hallmarks of this year’s Donaueschinger Musiktage. The programme features 26 world premieres by artists from 11 countries. - There will be two concerts by Ensemble Modern, who will be presenting new works by Alex Buess, Arnulf Herrmann, Edgar Reitz/Johannes Kalitzke, James Saunders and Hans Thomalla. For our ensemble workshop we are pleased to welcome ensemble recherche, playing works by Francesco Filidei, Pär Frid, Michael Pelzel, Francois Sarhan and Simon Steen-Andersen. - The interpretative constant of the festival is found in the excellent orchestral concerts of the SWR Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg and the SWR Vocalensemble Stuttgart. Under the direction of Sylvain Cambreling and Rupert Huber, the ensembles will be premiering works by Mark André, Klaus Huber, Makiko Nishikaze, Helmut Oehring, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Enno Poppe and Hans Zender. - Sound art will be especially present this year, with projects from Stefan Fricke, Kristof Georgen, Marc Sabat/Lorenzo Pompa, Erwin Stache, Trimpin and Mario Verandi. The jazz sessions will bring together groups led by Bernhard Lang and Elliott Sharp. - Concerts for orchestra with the SWR Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg and the SWR Vocalensemble Stuttgart. Works by Mark Andre, Klaus Huber, Makiko Nishikaze, Helmut Oehring, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Enno Poppe und Hans Zender - Ensemble concerts with the Ensemble modern under the Direction of Johannes Kalitzke. Works by Alex Buess, Arnulf Herrmann, Edgar Reitz/Johannes Kalitzke, James Saunders, Hans Thomalla und Philippe Manoury

Ensemble workshop with ensemble recherche Works by Francesco Filidei, Pär Frid, Michael Pelzel, Francois Sarhan & Simon Steen-Andersen

Sound Art Projects by Stefan Fricke, Kristof Georgen, Marc Sabat/Lorenzo Pompa, Erwin Stache, Trimpin & Mario Verandi

Jazz concerts Bernhard Lang, Elliott Sharp, Hans Koch, Fredy Studer, Philip Jeck, DJ Todd, LaTasha Diggs, Burkhard Beins, Boris Baltschun, Serge Baghdassarians

Student workshop “The next Generation” his year, following the great success of the student workshop in 2006, we are once again offering 200 workshop places for students under the title ‘Next Generation’, now with an expanded range of activities. In keeping with the previous workshop, there will be a forum for young composers not yet in the Donaueschingen ‘canon’ to present and discuss their own ideas and works. We will also offer two concerts with student works at the Musikhochschule Trossingen, admittance to concerts at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, discussion rounds with festival artists and much more. Once again the workshop will begin on 17 October with a merry party at the F.F. Brauerei.

Donemus

c/o Music Center the Netherlands
Rokin 111
1012 KN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31-20-3446060
Fax.: +31-20-6733588
info@muziekcentrumnederland.nl
www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl

Donemus is the national institution in the Netherlands for composed contemporary music. Our organization supports and promotes this repertoire with the distribution and availability of audio material, and the publication and documentation of musical works. Additionally, Donemus ensures the cultural legacy with its optimal information resources, promotion and the active processing of the professional market.

The Music Publisher:

Donemus is publisher of works by Dutch composers or composers closely associated to musical life in the Netherlands. The catalogue includes to date the work of some 500 composers with more than 10.000 works. The Donemus book catalogue includes titles on Dutch composers present and past. Additionally, composers’ brochures with biographies, discographies and composition lists are frequently published.

Music Information Center.

The library of the Music Information Center (MIC) includes the complete Donemus publishing fund and a collection of Dutch sheet music for amateurs. This catalogue is accessible online. The MIC provides information on Dutch musical life and has access to biographies, composition lists, reviews, program notes and articles on Dutch composers. Additionally the library has a large collection of music journals, bibliographies and other reference works and an extensive collection of music recordings and videos of contemporary Dutch music.

Ensemble Aleph

Hélène Jarry
21 Rue Fructidor
F-71100 Chalon-sur-Saone
France
t: +33-03-8548 9441
f: +33-03-8593 5820
ensemble.aleph@ wanadoo.fr
ensemble.aleph.free.fr

Ensemble Aleph, born in 1983 and still in good health, is a partnership of soloists in a flexible formation, an ensemble of musicians united by their enthusiasm for living theatre, innovators who want to serve composers and explore new ways to relate sound and text, movement and music

5th International Forum for Young Composers - Call for scores Wishing to go on exploring new and varied musical styles and aesthetics, the Ensemble Aleph organizes the Fifth International Forum for Young Composers. The Forum aims to promote artistic exchanges between composers and performers.

Composition Guidelines: - Submitted works should be of maximum 7’ duration, and should be scored for 5 to 7 musicians from the following line-up (the performances are undirected): Monica Jordan - Soprano (Voice range: F 2 - H 4), Dominique Clément - Clarinet (A, B flat, E flat, bass, contrabass), Lutz Mandler Trumpet, piccolo trumpet, - Alp horn, didgeridoo (clic here for tessiture), Noëmi Schindler - Violin, Sylvie Drouin - Piano or chromatic accordion, or Synthesiser Fatar SL 880 - 88 keys and Sampler Akai S 2002. NB: 2 of these instruments can be included in the same piece, Christophe Roy - Cello , Jean-Charles François Percussion - 10 works will be selected in February, 2008, possibly including 2 mixed pieces; associating electronics to the musicians - Entries must be postmarked by December, 31st, 2007. Please enclose a CV and complete contact details (birth date, address, phone, fax, e-mail) with your application. - Age limit: 40 years old (born after January, 1st, 1968) - A reading panel, formed by the members of the Ensemble Aleph, will select the musical works (the list will be available on the website on March, 2008). - The 10 selected composers will be the guests of a residency in July 2008 for music sessions with the Ensemble Aleph. This summer session will end with a preview concert. A Logbook, including the recording of the 10 pieces will be distributed to the audience before each concert. The 10 musical works will be performed at the Theatre Dunois in Paris and in at least 6 European countries.

EULEC - (European Live Electronic Centre)
Fortbildungszentrum für Neue Musik Lüneburg

Prof. W. Helmut Erdmann
An der Münze 7
D-21335 Lüneburg
Germany
tel/fax: +49-4131-309390
erdmann@neue-musik-lueneburg.de
www.neue-musik-lueneburg.de   

Main topic of the activity in Lueneburg is live-electronics, to create compositions with voice/instrument and electronic. In the international study week and the festival young composers are working with international interpreters on this topics. The weekend courses are dealing with the diploma course ‘Neue Kompositionstechniken’ and besides this also interpreters can learn to work with voice/instrument and electronics.

The following activities are planed in addition to the International seminar week for contemporary music.

- Festival new music Lueneburg and weekend courses 2008.

- Experimental sound-explorations in schools and music schools - Live-electronic projects, workshops with students - Development of the further diploma course Neue Kompositionstechniken (already placed at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg) in cooperation with the University of Lueneburg, the Stichting Centrum voor Electronische Muziek (CEM), The Estnische Musikakademie (EMA) Estland and the University of Würzburg.

Weekend courses, Lueneburg - New music, computermusic, live-electronic

Prof. Helmut W. Erdmann, Claus-Dieter Meier-Kybranz 2007: 19-20/10, 16-17/11, 14-15/12 2008: 18-19/01, 8-9./02, 15-16/02, 4-5/04, 11-12/04, 25-26/04, 23-24/05, 6-7/6, 4-5/07, 10-11/10, 21-22/11, 19-20/12.08 Topic: Electronic Musik/Live electronics. Live electronics as subsection of composition (areas electronic music/computer music) understands itself mainly as practical discipline. The practice area completed with discussions historically and more theoretically background as by concerts. In the practical work become modulation -, effect devices of different type - similar and digital with instrument/voice and Synthesizern, - sound extensions experimentally tests. The supply with possibilities of experimental video work is extended.

30th Lueneburg International Seminar Week for Contemporary Music April, 27 - May, 4 , 2008, Germany

International lecturer team. In concerts, seminars and Workshops presents the 30.th International seminar week presents tendencies of new music, focusing the sound extensions of voice/instrument with the help of electronic media. Composers, music scientists, interpreters, users and listeners take part on a discovering journey into the fascinating sound world of new music today.

34th Festival Neue Musik Lueneburg October, 12 - 19, 2008, Germany New music at the museum - 2008: 20/01, 14/02, 10/04, 19/06, 20/11

Under the directorship of Professor Helmut W. Erdmann the “Museum für das Fürstentum Lüneburg” offers a series of concerts under the title ‘Neue Musik Im Museum’. The concerts are held in cooperation with the “Fortbildungszentrum für Neue Musik Lüneburg”. The innovative idea is building relationships between new music and objects of the museum. The aim is to create current links between past and present times within an historical environment.

European Centre for the Arts Hellerau

Sibylle Kühl
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 56
D-01109 Dresden
Germany
tel: +49-351-2646218
fax: +49-351-2646223
kuehl@KunstForumHellerau.de
www.KunstForumHellerau.de

21. Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik September 24 - October 7, 2007

Theme: Musik and Philosophy

24/9 - 7/10 - 14:00 - 22:00: Line 8 Streetcar; meta.stasen. Stadt | Klang | Körper | Fluss, audiovisual Installation in a special streetcar line 8 Dresden - Hellerau by Georg Klein

29/9-1/10 - 20:00; Festspielhaus Hellerau. WP of Niebla, Musictheater by Elena Mendoza-López and Matthias Rebstock after a novel by Miguel de Unamuno

2/10 - 20:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Oberlichtsaal; Zwischenwelten. Kailash-Trio makes music with the images of by Nicholas Roerich

3/10 - 20:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Großer Saal; Der Klang des Logos. ‘Five hilosophic Cantates’

4/10 - 20:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Großer Saal; Jubilee Concert - 10 years of ensemble courage

5/10 - 10:00 - 17:00: Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden, Aula; Colloquium - ‘Hören und Denken - Musik und Philosophie heute’

5/10 - 20:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Großer Saal; audible traces. musikFabrik in Hellerau

5/10 - 22:00; Festspielhaus Hellerau, Oberlichtsaal; WP of Wittgenstein. A collage about ‘mathematical thinking and feelingüber’ after texts by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Max Dehn

6/10 - 10:00 - 17:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Oberlichtsaal; Colloquium ‘Hören und Denken - Musik und Philosophie heute’

6/10 - 20:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Großer Saal; Sound Images. Klavierquintette zu sechst und eine israelische Retrospektive

6/10 - 22:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Seitenbühne; Generator.x , microscope session

7/10 - 11:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Oberlichtsaal; Grenzflächen. Ensemble ‘El perro andaluz’ of the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden

7/10 - 20:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Großer Saal; Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik

7/10 - 22:00: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Oberlichtsaal; Film and Musik. A preview of the 22nd Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik of 2008

Exposition of New Music
Brno International Music festival

Pavla Spurná
c/o ARS/KONCERT s.r.o.
Uvoz 39
CZ-602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
tel: +420 543 420 957
fax: +420 543 420 951
svabova@arskoncert.cz
www.enh.cz

A brief overview of previous events: Chaos and Communication (scientific findings in art - 1997), Unexpected Encounters (search for new relationships - 1998), Apocalypse Now? (seers, prophets, utopians, and we-all - 1999), Czech Accent (Czech music emphasized - 2000), Spring glory (Rites of the Spring in the New Millenium - 2001), Roots in Rock (experimental development of former rock musicians - 2002), We and the World: Looking for the common language (2004) and The Way of Reduction (how the reduction of musical means affects the concept of music and how rich and colourful image it displays - 2006), and the last one in March 2007 “NO A...!” Non-Academic Approach”.

Federazione CEMAT

Gisella Belgeri, President
Via Orazio, 31
I-00193 Rome
Italy
t: +39-06-6880-9222
f: +39 06 6880 9340
info@cematitalia.it
www.cematitalia.it


Federazione CEMAT (Music Art Technology - Federation of Italian Electroacoustic Music Centers), was founded in 1996 with the purpose of promoting the activity of italian computer music research and production centers. The Federation does not replace the centers in their normal activities, and its function is not that of a coordination center. Its function is rather to realize a useful rallying point for independent centers in the field of computer music research, creation and education. In 1999 the Italian Ministry of Culture recognized CEMAT as Institution for National Contemporary Music Promotion.

Federazione CEMAT has the following tasks: - the promotion and organization of conferences, study seminars and workshops on scientific - musical themes - the support of Italian Electroacoustic Music Centers in all negotiations with national institutions - the promotion of electroacoustic and computer music - the support of activities of young musicians - the promotion of Italian New Music abroad with the support of Ministry for Foreign Affairs (SONORA Project).

Festival Forfest Kromeriz

Václav & Zdena Vaculovicov
Artistic Initiative Czech Republic
Kojetínská 1425,
CZ-767 01 Kromeriz
Czech Republic
tel: +420-634-24316
forfest@quick.cz
www.kromeriz.cz/forfest/  

International Festival of contemporary arts with spiritual orientation, each year in June: 8 days with concerts, exhibitions, workshops, and lectures, with local and foreign artists. Presentation of young composers and creative artists. Portraits of wellknown artists.

XIX th Festival Forfest Czech Republic 2008 June 21 - 29, 2008, Kromeriz

21/6 - 5 p.m. - Assembly Hall of the Chateau: Artistic meetings - Slovak Republic - United States of America: Elena Letnanova - piano, Dolly Kessner - piano, Daniel Kessner - flute. Works by Roman Berger, Daniel Kessner, Richard Toensing - 8 p.m. - St. Maurice Church: Nicolas Zourabichvili, France - Messe de Saint-Georges. Choir and soloists of Brno Conservatory, CZ, Soprano - Stella Maris, France, Baritone - Tomas Krejci, CZ, Conductor - Gabriela Tardonová, CZ - 10 p.m. - St. Maurice Church: Stella Maris, France- soprano recital. Works by contemporary France authors 22/6 - 4 p.m. - St. Maurice Church: Opening Day. Polyphony Association Nové Mesto nad Metují, CZ - choir concert. Works by Petr Eben, Petr Vaculovic - 6 p.m. - St. Maurice Church: Romanian Days - Ensemble Archaeus Bucharest, Romania. Liviu Danceanu - Exercitions of admiration - 8 p.m. - Assembly Hall of the Chateau: Opening Concert. Romanian Days - Ensemble Archaeus Bucharest, Romania. Works by Liviu Danceanu, Liviu Marinescu

23/6 - 1 p.m. - Town Hall: Press Conference to Opening of Festival - 4 p.m. - St. Maurice Church: - Ruth Forsbach, Germany - organ concert. Works by Jürg Baur, Karl Michael Komma, Henning Frederichs, Volker Bräutigam, Oskar Gottlieb Blarr - 6 p.m. - Gallery Artus: Iosif Haidu, Romania - contemporary paintings - 8 p.m. - St. Maurice Church: Richard Kravchak, Julia Heinen, USA, - oboe, clarinet - recital. Works by William Toutant, Daniel Kessner. Liviu Marinescu

24/6 - 10 a.m. - The Chateau Garden - Chinese Pavilion. Contemporary Greek art: Works by Ryo Noda, interactive music, dance, painting, free Improvisation - 3 p.m. - Museum of Kromeriz - Chateau Chropyne: Transparency - Exhibition of Czech artists for Los Angeles. With cooperation of the Union of Visual Artist Olomouc. Artists: Zdena Höhmová, Michaela Klimanová, Bozena Rossí, Eva Trizuljaková, Miroslava Trizuljaková, Jan Jemelka, Karel Rossí, Tomás Rossí, Pavel Slegl, Petr Stepán, Marek Trizuljak, Václav Vaculovic, Petr Zlamal - 4 p.m. - Concert Hall of the Conservatory: Presentation of California State University, USA. Daniel and Dolly Kessner, USA - flute, piano - 8 p.m. - Concert Hall of the Conservatory: Jan Skrdlík, CZ - violoncello recital, Petra Besa Pospísilová, CZ - piano. Works by Jan Novak, Jiri Matys, Ilja Zeljenka, Dmitrij Sostakovic - 10 p.m. - Concert Hall of the Conservatory: Presentation of California State University, USA, - workshop. Richard Kravchak, Julia Heinen, USA, - oboe, clarinet. Works by William Toutant, Daniel Kessner, Liviu Marinescu

25/6 - 10 a.m. - The Chateau Garden - Chinese Pavilion. Samuel Erenberg, Santa Monica, California, USA- multimedia performance. - 4 p.m. - Museum of Kromeriz: Presentation of Louisiana State University, USA - workshop. Works by Dinos Constantinides, Alejandro Argüello, Theofilos Sotiriadis, Mary Loftus, Christopher Prosser, Reid Willis, Gisselle Eastman - 6 p.m. - Museum of Kromeriz: Theofilos Sotiriadis, Greece- saxophone, Ariadni Mikou, Greece - dance, Lena Athanassopoulou, Greece - video art, Panayiotis Goubouros, Greece - animation, Christos Laskaris, Greece - designs - 8 p.m. - St. Maurice Church: Duo Messieri-Selva, Italy, Massimiliano Messieri - live electronics, Michele Selva, Italy - saxophones. Works by S.Bussotti, M. Messieri, G. Scelsi 26/6 - 10 a.m. - Chateau Garden - Pompeii Colonnade. Sound performance of guests of festival - 5 p.m. - Concert Hall of the Conservatory. Miloslav Istvan, CZ - Author’s concert - Sonatas, Zuzana Beresová, CZ - piano, Pavel Budrych, CZ - violin - 8 p.m. - Concert Hall of the Conservatory Jaroslav Stastný, CZ - Author’s concert

27/6 - 10 a.m. - Garden Atelier: Kromeriz studios - Garden Atelier. Flavia Devonas, Switzerland, - interactive multimedia performance - 3 p.m. - The Flower Garden Jiri Janda, CZ - performance. Sam Erenberg, USA - performance, installation - 5 p.m. - Concert Hall of the Conservatory EA Trio Persona, Portugal, Natálie Grossmannová - flute, Filipe Freitas - oboe, Joana Vieira - piano. Works by Jan Grossmann, Ian Clarke, O. Messiaen, F. L. Graça, S. Azevedo - 8 p.m. - Concert Hall of the Conservatory EA: Stepánka Kutmanová, CZ - violoncello, Eduard Spácil, CZ -piano. Works by Dmitrij Sostakovic, Kurt Anton Hueber, Samuel Barber - 10 p.m. - Sala Terrena of the Chateau - Chateau Garden: Andreas Kröper - Flavia Devonas, Switzerland, - “Musikseismograf” Music - Rhythm - Movement- Painting. Works by Andreas Kröper, Flavia Devonas

28/6 - 10 a.m. - Chateau Garden - Chinese Pavilion: Sound performance of guests of festival - 3 p.m. - Rotunda of the Flower Garden: Vít Zouhar, CZ - Author’s concert. - 6 p.m. - Bishop Garden of Chateau: Petr Matuszek - Markéta Dvoráková, CZ - baritone, mezzo-soprano. Works by Bohuslav Rehor, Mark Kopytman, Petr Pokorný, Giacinto Scelsi, Markéta Dvoráková, Alois Pinos, Ivo Medek, John Cage - 8 p.m. - Assembly Hall of the Chateau: Moravian Madrigalists, CZ - choir concert. Works by Theodor Wiprud, Maurice Ravel, Isa Krejcí, Radek Dockal, Bohuslav Martinu

29/6 - 2 p.m. - St. John Baptist Church: Frantisek Emmert - Author’s concert, CZ - Violin works, Milan Pala - violin, CZ - 5 p.m. - Museum of Kromeriz: DAFO Quartet, Poland, Contemporary Poland authors - 8 p.m. - St. Maurice Church: Final Concert. Schola Benedicta Prague, CZ. Works by Michal Rataj, Vincent Rigot, CZ - organ, Stepán Skoch, CZ - saxophone

Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian

Music Department
Luis Pereira Leal
Avenida de Berna 45-A
P-1067-001 Lisbon
Portugal
tel: +351-21-7823000
fax: +351-21-7823041
musica@gulbenkian.pt
www.musica.gulbenkian.pt  

Organisation with its own orchestra, choir and dance company. Different concert series (also classical music and dance), in past years featuring composers such as Stockhausen, Boulez, Nono, Elliot Carter, Xenakis, Ligeti, Kurtág, Berio, Kagel and Nunes.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - 2007-08 6/10 -- Remix Ensemble, Gulbenkian Choir, Peter Rundel cond.. Miguel Azguime - Circundante Circunstância dos Círculos*, Emmanuel Nunes, Duktus , Épures du Serpent Vert II 7/10 - Ensemble Modern, Frank Ollu cond. Emmanuel Nunes, Wandlungen, Épures du Serpent Vert IV** 25 & 26/10 - Gulbenkian Orquestra, Pascal Rophé cond, Antonio Rosado pf, Miguel Borges Coelho pf.. New Portuguese music for piano and orchestra (I). Isabel Soveral, Paradeisoi**, Sérgio Azevedo, Concerto for two pianos and orchestra 1 & 2/11 - Orquestra Gulbenkian, David Alan Miller cond, Antoine Tamestit vla, Ana Telles pf. New Portuguese music for piano and orchestra (II)João Pedro Oliveira, Abyssus ascendens ad aeternum splendorem**, Sofia Gubaidulina, Concerto for viola and orchestra 1/12 - Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling cond, Sabine Lutzenberger S. The New Austrians. Olga Neuwirth, Spazio elastico, Georg Friedrich Haas, new work tba, Bernhard Lang, Die Steine des Hungers

2008 1/3 - Nash Ensemble: In the 100th anniversary of Elliott Carter. Thomas Adés, Catch or Court Studies, Elliott Carter, Scrivo in vento, Oliver Knussen, Cantata for oboe and string trio, Elliott Carter, Sonata for cello and piano, Esprit rude/ Esprit doux, for flute and clarinet, Oboe Quartet, Canon for 4 2/3 - Remix Ensemble,Peter Rundel cond. Pink Velvet’ Bad Trip. David Horn, new work, Vitor Rua, new work, Fausto Romitelli, Professor Bad Trip, Lesson III, Wolfgang Mitterer, new work 30/3 - Remix Ensemble, Franck Ollu cond, Angel Gimeno vl, Pedro Amaral, Spirales, Frédéric Durieux, 3 pour 2, Tristan Murail, L’Esprit des dunes, Pascal Dusapin, Quad (in memoriam Gilles Deleuze) 17 & 18/4 - Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lionel Bringuier cond, Dame Evelyn Glennie perc. John Corigliano, Concerto for percussion and orchestra * Portuguese premiere, commission by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation ** World premiere, commission by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Gaudeamus c/o Music Center the Netherlands

Henk Heuvelmans
Rokin 111
1012 KN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31-20-3446060
Fax.: +31-20-6733588
info@muziekcentrumnederland.nl
www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl

As a renowned center for contemporary music, Gaudeamus now Music Center the Netherlands organizes and promotes contemporary musical activities and concerts both in The Netherlands and abroad. Founded in 1945, now Music Center the Netherlands focuses on supporting the career development of young composers and musicians through its library facilities, contacts with international organizations, and its own activities.

International Gaudeamus Music Week 2008 September 1 - 7, 2007, Amsterdam The annual International Gaudeamus Music Week focuses on music by young composers. The jury, comprised of Peter Swinnen, Michael Daugherty and David Dramm, selected thirteen works -out of more than 320 entries written by composers from fifty different countries from all over the world for performance during the festival. After listening to performances of selected scores during the Music Week, the jury awards the Gaudeamus Prize for the best composition. The International Gaudeamus Music Week is a unique event, which not only supports young composers but also informs the world about young people’s new music. Program see website

International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition, Amsterdam The next International Gaudeadamus Interpreters Competition, for performers of contemporary music, will be organised from 18 - 26 april 2009. The competition provides an opportunity for performers of contemporary music to meet other musicians from all over the world. During the festival workshops, master classes, and concerts will take place

Contemporary Music Concerts and Festivals Music Center the Netherlands also supports and organizes contemporary music concerts and festivals in numerous countries. Our special projects include courses on and by composers, master classes, lectures, festivals, and exchange programs. We also advise international organizations on new developments in contemporary music, and facilitate the attendance of Dutch composers and ensembles at leading festivals.

Library and Documentation Center for Contemporary Music Music Center the Netherlands houses a library which is a documentation center and a study center also for contemporary music. It offers an extended collection of scores, auditory materials, information on composers, and current periodicals. The library comprises more than 40,000 scores and 50,000 recordings by 20,000 composers.

GRAME, Centre National de Création Musicale does constantly welcome performers, composers and researchers. Associated with the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Grame offers in Lyon and in Rhône-Alpes region, a concert season, with the intense days of the biennial Musiques en Scène festival, and also other initiatives of diffusion within national and international events. In the field of computer music Grame research laboratory’s object is both basic and applied research, focused on today’s musical issues. These artistic and scientific activities are completed by the release of records, softwares and by training.

International Bartók Seminar and Festival
Agnes Széll / Csilla Kádár, c/o
FILHARMONIA Budapest Concert Agency
H-1066 Budapest, Jókai u. 6.
Phone: +36 1 266 1459
Fax: + 36 1 302 4962
kadar.csilla@hu.inter.net  
www.filharmoniabp.hu

International Bartók Seminar and Festival: The event is organized every year in the middle of July. It includes concerts, instrumental and compositional courses, computer music workshop and, lectures on musicology. It focuses on the 20th century and contemporary music repertoire especially on the oevre of Bartók. The musicians are the greatest Hungarian artists from Hungary and abroad, but also several professors, musicians and ensembles are invited from other countries, too

New Music Festival Arena

Raimonds Melderis,
R. Vagnera 4
LV-1050 Riga
Latvia
tel: +371-6426611
fax: +371-7213488
arenafest@music.lv
www.arenafest.lv  

November Music

Bert Palinckx
P.O.Box 11039
NL-5200 EA
‘s-Hertogenbosch,
The Netherlands,
tel: +31-73-6122000
fax: +31-73-6138297
nederland@novembermusic.net 
www.novembermusic.net  

Festival November Music (‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL), Essen (G), Gent (B)) is an annual music festival, founded in 1993. It has own productions and accepts no musical borders. So contemporary music, improvisation music, electronic music as well as avantgarde pop are in the festival.  

15th Festival November Music 2007 November 14 - 18 2007, ‘s-Hertogenbosch / Gent / Herne / Münster - Netherlands / Belgium / Germany This year, 2007, November Music will take place for the 15th time. Concerts will be presented in different music centres in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), Gent (Belgium), Herne and Münster (Germany). November Music is an internationally orientated small-scale festival in three countries. The basis for the program is “New Music”, which is put in a broader framework with important links to other kinds of music. Besides the function of November Music as a stage for new Belgian, German and Dutch music (amongst others by an instigative commission policy), the confrontation with the international contemporary music scene is essential. Such a confrontation provides a stimulus for the compositional practice in each of the three November Music countries. Each year November Music presents projects that are initiated by the festival and produces a CD with a compilation of some of the highlights of the previous festival edition.

This years the festival presents: Guus Janssen, Luc Brewaeys (B), Het Brabants Orkest, Ernst Reijseger, Larissa Groeneveld, Nieuw Ensemble, I Solisti Del Vento, International Improvisation Pool, Guus Janssen, Jeroen Doomernik, Teun Verbruggen (B), Mark Helias (USA), Andrew d’Angelo (USA), Harmen Fraanje, Fredrik Ljungkvist (ZWE), Brice Soniano (FR), Toma Gouband (FR), Rense Vrolijk, Daan Manneke, Helios Ensemble, Kamerkoor, Giel Vleggaar, Frank Wingold Astrid Kruisselbrink, Anny Tseng, Heleen Hulst, Nederlands Vocaal Laboratorium, Bruno Nelissen, Marko Ciciliani, Bakin Zub, Composers Club, Rasheed el Rasheedy, Florian Wittenburg (D), Thomas Smetryns (B), Rob van Rijswijk, Jeroen Strijbos, Cilia Erens, Anne Parlevliet, Re: Created, Paul van Kemenade, Ensemble Intrégrales (NL, D), Thomas Myrmel (USA), Wilbert Bulsink, Keren Cytter (ISR), Thomas Heberer (D), Anna Lange, Louis Andriessen, Tom Dissevelt, Brabants Jazz Orkest, Henk Lamers, Radio Art, Karl-Heinz Blomann (D), Armeno Alberts, Nederland Leest, Nederland Luistert, Arthur Sauer, f.c. Jongbloed, Arnold Marinissen, Hawar Tawfiq, November Music Kids, Oorproeven, Frank van Pamelen, Piotr Groen, Boukje Schweigman, Louis Lanzing. The November Music Program will be send at your request, free of charge.

X International Composition Competition “Franco Evangelisti”, Italy - Deadline: 17 September 2007 - Open to all composers. Works for female voice and ensemble (specific instrumentation), Duration max 12 mins. Prize: 2,000 Euro and performance. Entry fee: 50 Euro

44° Festival di Nuova Consonanza December 2007, Rome

Nuova Musica Consonante

Liana Alexandra & Serban Nichifor
Str. Rosia Montana nr 4
Bloc O5, scara 4, apt.165
RO-060955 Bucharest
Romania
tel: +40-1-772.3029
serbannichifor@gmail.com  
lianaalexandra@gmail.com  
www.geocities.com/novacons2001/classic_blue.html

Nuova Musica Consonante - Concerts and workshop realised by the composers Liana Alexandra and Serban Nichifor, and by the violist Valeriu Pitulac. 

Nuovi Spazi Musicali

Ada Gentile
Via Divisione Torino 139
I-00143 Rome
Italy
tel/fax: +39-06-5021208
ada.gentile@tin.it
www.adagentile.it   

Organizes a Festival of contemporary music every year in autumn with concerts and meetingconcerts (with young composers and young performers). It is interested in exchange with other organisations. 

29th edition of the contemporary music Festival
                             “ NUOVI  SPAZI  MUSICALI “-  Rome

Program of the 29^ edition of the contemporary music Festival
"NUOVI SPAZI MUSICALI"- Rome

6 October 2008, 8.30 p.m
PAUL KLEE STRING QUARTET (Italy) and
JEAN PIERRE ARMANGAUD- pianist - (France)
Works by H.Dutilleux, T.Escaich, G.Baggiani
(at Palazzo Farnese, Piazza Farnese, Roma)

9 October 2008, 8.30 p.m
NORIKO KAWAI -pianist- (England)
Works by A.Morricone. I.Fiorini, G. Kùrtag, J.Dillon, J.Weir,
T.Simaku, J,Stringer, H.Birtwistle.
(at Hungarian Academy Hall, Via Giulia 1, Roma)

13 October 2008, 8.30 p.m
PETER SCHUBACK - cellist - (Sweden)
Works by S.Sagvik, M.Maros, P.Simai, P.Schuback
L.Gregoretti, G.Guaccero , P.Rotili
(at Hungarian Academy Hall. Via Giulia 1, Roma)

16 October 2008, 9.00 p.m
: DUO BOWMAN-SOLLBERGER, guitar and flute (USA)
Works by K. Broberg, H.Sollberger, M. Babbit, Y.Haber,
P.Cavallone, A.Ciccaglioni.
(at Villa Aurelia Hall, Porta S.Pancrazio 2, Roma)

20 October 2008, 8.30 p.m. : DUO STUMP-LISHALM - clarinetts - (Austria)
Works by A.Hay, B.Furrer, L.Wennakoski, I.Szeghy,
G.Scelsi, C.Ambrosini, E.Marocchini, M.Hòllos.
(at Hungarian Academy Hall. Via Giulia 1, Roma)

23 October 2008, 8.30 p.m. : PENDERCKI STRING QUARTET (Canada)
Works by L. Catlin Smith, J. Kiri Palmer, A.Gentile,
R. Piacentini, A.Louie, A.Panufnik , C.Penderecki.
(at Polish Institute of Culture, Via V.Colonna 1,Roma)