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Eve O’Kelly has announced her intention to resign as Director of the Contemporary Music Centre (CMC).

In 2010 the Cdmc and the Ensemble 2e2m continue the consideration begun in 2008 of the theme of saturation, combining it with that led in the humanities and in architecture. Three day sessions — in three distinct venues — will be devoted to it, at the frontiers of the social sciences and contemporary artistic creation.

On the occasion of the biennial Musiques en scène, an open day for professionals has been organised by Futurs Composés - a national network for musical creation, in partnership with the Cdmc, the NACRe, Grame/Biennale Musiques en scène and the Enba of Lyons.

This years Winter Meeting took place on 22nd of January and 21 member representatives used the opportunity to meet their colleagues in Nice, just prior the MIDEM.

‘Engagement’ is one of the key objectives that Julie Sperring has as she takes up the role of Executive Director of SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music. 
 

One of 2010’s biggest events for the Norwegian folk music scene is without doubt the upcoming Spotlight Norway at Showcase Scotland in Glasgow.

PRESS RELEASE-  The Creators Conference -- the first international conference in Sweden arranged by the creators themselves and their professional organisations.

Denmark at MIDEM in Cannes

On 24-27 January, Denmark will be represented for the 24th time at the world's biggest fair of recorded music.

The Cdmc and the ensemble Arcema present a round table on the contribution of world music to the process of contemporary composition. Jesus Villa-Rojo, Isabel Urrutia, Jorge Fernandez-Guerra, José Luis Campana, Bertrand Dubedout and Daniel Teruggi, composers associated with this ensemble, will take part in a debate chaired by Jeanne Martine Vacher, producer for France Culture.

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Encountered for the first time in 2004, at the 3rd International Forum of Young Composers organised by the ensemble Aleph, it is today thanks to the ensemble 2e2m, of which he is guest composer, that the Cdmc and Makis Solomos join in dialogue again with Dmitri Kourliandski. This young Russian composer defines his music as ‘objective music’, marked by an absence of action.

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In a new 10-minute web documentary Louis Andriessen reflects on his life and music.

Filmed at his home in Amsterdam Louis Andriessen discusses the early influence of jazz and the development of his distinctive compositional style.

during the 26th Music Biennale Zagreb 7-17 April 2011
A half-century anniversary - 50 years of Music Biennale Zagreb

Deadline for entry of projects is: 1st of March 2010

Deadline for submissions for the Gaudeamus Music Week is 31st of January 2010.

This version of Arlesienne  (CD Spring Art Developent 2007®) offers images realized by Gabriella Bartolomei and is the result of a live recording made in Florence.

Three members of the American Music Center staff—CEO Joanne Hubbard Cossa, Membership and New Music Services Director Deborah Horne and Composer Advocate/NewMusicBox editor Frank J. Oteri—participated in the 2009 Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute in Minneapolis in November.

A concert took place Tuesday, November 10, in the National Museum in Ljubljana featuring what the probably the oldest musical instrument in the world — a Neanderthal-era flute or whistle discovered in Divje Babe cave near the town of Šebrelje.