Projects
ARTMUSFAIR/2009 planned in Glasgow
Under the motto “Creating a Future for Contemporary Music”, ARTMUSFAIR.2009 in Glasgow/Scotland aims to bring together contemporary classical/art music composers from all over Europe to share their different and common experiences, to celebrate some of the best of contemporary composition, to look at the place of the composer in today’s society and generally to raise [...]
The European Composers' Forum (ECF)
is representing all Art&Classical Music composers in Europe and is the central network organisation
linking together all national composers' associations active in this genre.
Irrespective of political divisions in Europe, the ECF believes in an all-European artistic community beyond EU-borders.
ECF has been joined by 27 countries in Europe already!
Our members are the composers' associations from:
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
e-mail us at: info(at)composersforum.eu
News
European composers participate in EU Culture Sector Platform
The three platforms "Intercultural Dialogue", "Access to Culture" and "Cultural Industries" are currently working on recommendations to be presented during ...
Calls & Competitions
27th edition of the Corciano International Competition for Original Band Composition
1st Prize € 4.000
2nd Prize € 1.000
Deadline to enter composition in the competition: 15 October 2009
Mauricio Kagel composition competition
Looking for piano pieces written for children and young adults which, although limited in their technical difficulty, remain uncompromising in their artistic aim; pieces written with a contemporary compositional technique which offer the young student stimulus, insight and new experiences: experiences about oneself and the world in which we live. Deadline: 1st Ocotober 2009
Carillon Composition Competition 2009
Iowa State University Department of Music is proud to announce the Carillon Composition Competition 2009. The Competition is a part of the Carillon Festival to be held on September 5, 2009.
The purpose of the competition is to encourage the writing of original carillon compositions by young composers under age 35. Prizes include one cash [...]
2nd European competition for live-electronic music projects
Deadline: 1 April 2009
What’s in it for you?Finals in Gothenburg 4 October 2009 Nefertiti, during ISCM 2009
18th International Review of Composers, Belgrade, November 13-16, 2009
Call for Scores, Deadline for submission: June 1, 2009
Law & Copyright
ECSA welcomes the EU Legal Affairs Committee’s decision on extending the term of copyright for sound recordingsECSA believes that this decision demonstrates the committee’s recognition of the value of the work of all creators of music
Events
ExTra! Final event and EMC Annual Conference 2009ExTra! Final event and EMC Annual Conference 2009
23-26 April 2009
Athens, Greece
Registration Deadline: 10 April 2009
Registration and more information are now available here.
The conference will take place alongside with the EMC Annual conference and meeting. It will be discussed how music can serve as a tool for integration in education as well as in a political…
ISCM World Music Days 2009 - Göteborg
Listen to the World!
The 2009 edition of ISCM World New Music Days will be held in Sweden between September 24 and October 4. The festival will move through three cities, each with a strong contemporary music profile. The first part will be in medieval Visby on Gotland, the meeting place in the Baltic Sea, the [...]
International Bartók Seminar & Festival, 7-18 July, Szombathely
The International Bartók Seminar and Festival, held from 6 to 18 July, 2009 in Szombathely/Hungary, will be focus on music and stage this year
Norcode/WIPO arrange training programme copyright management, 2-19 June 2009
2-19 June, Norcode and WIPO arranges a training programme on management of copyright and related rights
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