In November 2017, Canada welcomed the world when Vancouver hosted the ISCM World New Music Days 2017.
Since its founding in 1922, the International Society for Contemporary Music has been the world’s premier network for new music. Its annual festival is hosted in different cities across the globe. In 2017, the Canadian League of Composers and Music on Main welcomed more than 50 countries for a festival of new music and a 7-day celebration of new ideas, new collaborations, and new fusions.
Other ISCM World New Music Days
2022 Auckland & Christchurch, New Zealand
2021 Shanghai & Nanning, China (cancelled)
2020 Postponed to 2022
2019 Tallinn, Estonia
2018 Beijing, China
2017 Vancouver, Canada
2016 Tongyeong, South Korea
2015 Slovenia
2014 Wrocław, Poland
2013 Košice & Bratislava, Slovakia; Vienna, Austria
2012 Belgium
2011 Zagreb, Croatia
2010 Sydney, Australia
For a complete list of ISCM festivals since 1923, click here.
ISCM World New Music Days 2017
David Pay, Artistic Director
Morna Edmundson, Administrative Director
Jim Hiscott, President, ISCM Canadian Section
Presented with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage, Canada Council for the Arts, Province of British Columbia, Creative BC, City of Vancouver, SOCAN Foundation, Deux Mille Foundation and Hamber Foundation.
