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The following works have been chosen for performance during the 2024 ISCM World New Music Days festival:
 

CATEGORY #1 – Large Chamber Orchestra

Janco Verduin: korenveld met kraaien (wheatfield with crows) [submitted by the ISCM Netherlands Section]

Haimoni Balgava: Carpathian timbre [submitted by Music Centre Slovakia]

Tom Irvine: Cardboard [submitted by the Scottish Music Centre]

Victoria Frances Young: Piano Concerto [individual submission]

Kristian Blak (Faroe Islands): úr Holminum

Sunleif Rasmussen (Faroe Islands): Chorals and Dances
 

CATEGORY #2 – Chamber ensemble

Michal Wróblewski: How to Avoid a Mental Breakdown [submitted by the Prague Spring Festival]

Ivan Buffa: Identity [submitted by Music Centre Slovakia]

Liu Huan: Bewegende wolken des Gesangs [submitted by the ISCM Shanghai Section]

Martyna Kosecka: Ourobóros [submitted by the ISCM Norwegian Section]

Zhong Juncheng: Blast [submitted by the ISCM Nanning Section]

Kristupas Bubnelis: split seconds, shifting sand… [submitted by the ISCM Lithuanian Section]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #3 – Chamber ensemble

LIU Qiqi: MEET-II [submitted by the ISCM Chengdu Section]

Tryggvi Þór Pétursson: Lífsprettur [submitted by the ISCM Icelandic Section]

Jordan Nobles (Canada): Chiaroscuro [individual submission]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #4 – String Chamber Ensemble

Eric Egan: in some or other Oasis (i en eller annen Oase) (2014 rev. 2023) [submitted by the ISCM Irish Section]

Raimonda Žiūkaitė: 1000 Mouths [submitted by the ISCM Lithuanian Section]

Maciej Kabza: The Infinity Mirror II [submitted by the ISCM Polish Section]

Carlos Brito Dias: was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? [submitted by the ISCM Portuguese Section]

Natasha Bogojevic: Dissolvenza for string orchestra [submitted by the ISCM Serbian Section]

Pauli í Sandagerði (Faroe Islands): Vel op før dag for string orchestra
 

CATEGORY #5 – String Quartet

Amy Brandon: Lysis [submitted by the ISCM Canadian Section]

MAO Zhu: The Island for String Quartet [submitted by the ISCM Chengdu Section]

Eli Tausen á Lava: Múrurin [submitted by the ISCM Faroe Islands Section]

Kenneth Li : Singing Our Swan Song Of Serenity (Speaking of Satire) [submitted by the ISCM Hong Kong Secton]

Máté Bella: AEOLUS [submitted by the ISCM Hungarian Section]

Yfat Soul Zisso: Together alone [submitted by the ISCM Israeli Section]

Ig Henneman: ‘Outside the Rain has Stopped’  [submitted by the ISCM Netherlands Section]

Filipe Lopes: Clusia Rosea [submitted by the ISCM Portuguese Section]

Tomaž Svete: Bourgeons [submitted by the ISCM Slovenian Section]

Caroline Bordignon (United Kingdom): Incandescence [individual submission]

Harry Crowl (Brazil): String Quartet no.4 “Uma qualquer esperança” (“Just any hope”) [individual submission]

Plus an additional work from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #6 – Percussion ensemble

Olof Cornéer: Three sisters [submitted by the ISCM Gotland Section]

Manuel Zwerger: OHNE TITEL [submitted by the ISCM Austrian Section]

Laura Manolache: Colour Combinations [submitted by ARFA, Romania]

David Biedenbender: Ferrum [submitted by Michigan Technological University]

Leandro A. Martin: ARTISTN [submitted by COSIMTE, Canary Islands]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #7 – Trios or Quartets

Svetlana Savić: Tempo variabile [submitted by the ISCM Serbia Section]

Đỗ Hỗng Quân: “The Sounds of the Jungle” Trio for 3 Flautists [submitted by the Vietnam Contemporary Music Centre (VCMC)]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #8 – Duos

Seitaro Shibata: A letter from grandchild [submitted by the Japan Federation of Composers (JFC)]
 

CATEGORY #9 – Solos

Chesney Palmer: Reflections of South Africa [submitted by the ISCM South Africa Section]

George-Ioan Păiș: Giant robots in a picnic basket [submitted by the ISCM Romanian Section]

Zoë Martlew: G-lude [submitted by the ISCM British Section]

Frederik Croene: Turin Horse [submitted by the ISCM Flemish Section]

Eloise Gynn: Quietening [submitted by the ISCM Welsh Secion]
 

CATEGORY #10 – Choir

Mette Nielsen: Tidlig solopgang (Early sunrise) [submitted by the ISCM Danish Section]

Levente Gyöngyösi: Beati mundo corde [submitted by the ISCM Hungarian Section]

Tsung-Jen Hsieh: Cantate Domino [submitted by the ISCM Taipei Section]

Rhona Clarke: O Vis Aeternitatis [submitted by the ISCM Irish Section]

Sarah Rimkus: Mater Dei [submitted by Michigan Technological University]

James Robertson: I Can’t Breathe [individual submission]

Kári Bæk (Faroe Islands): Videmus nunc per speculum

Kári Bæk: Laudate Dominum

Kaija Saariaho (Finland): Tag des Jahrs [ISCM Honorary Member]
 

CATEGORY #11 – organ solo

Ana Szilágyi: Das Wiedersehen (The Review) [submitted by ARFA, Romania]

Kristian Blak: Ravnating [submitted by the ISCM Faroe Islands Section]

Indra Riše: Procession with Bells [submitted by the ISCM Latvian Section]

Madeleine Isaksson: Span [submitted by the ISCM Swedish Section]

Louis Karchin: Processions [submitted by the ISCM USA Section]

Samuel Hvozdík: Magma [submitted by Music Centre Slovakia]

S. Andrew Lloyd: Étude 7 [submitted by Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas]
 

CATEGORY #12 – Electronic Music with Fixed Media

Boris Jakopović: Alliages II [submitted by the ISCM Croatian Section]

Marianna Liik: Out of breath [submitted by the ISCM Estonian Section]

Jenny Hettne: Rop, Böljande [submitted by the ISCM Gotland Section]

Mikako Mizuno: Time of Laodamia [submitted by the ISCM Japanese Section]

Isabel Urrutia: Haziak for solo live cello and ensemble of digitalized acoustic folk instruments [submitted by Musikagileak, Basque Country]

Manuel Rodríguez Valenzuela: <41> for 2 performers [submitted by the ISCM Spanish Section]

Dimitris Bakas: Apophatic Spectralism X [submitted by the ISCM Greek Section]

Alexander Tillegreen: Phantom Streams [submitted by the ISCM Danish Section]

Anuj Bhutani: east wind melts the ice [submitted by Florida International University]

Bekah Simms (United Kingdom): Jubilant Phantoms [individual submission]

Libby Fabricatore (United States): Midnight Observations At Central Sound Buoy [individual submission]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #13 – Composer-Performer

Lauren Sarah Hayes: TBC [submitted by Florida International University]

Andreja Andric (Denmark): Concert for Smartphone Network [individual submission]

Dario Buccino (Italy): Mi nasco. Per lamiera HN. Nº 1 [individual submission]

Kelvin King Fung Ng (United Kingdom): Brief Version of Seoljanggu – 0, I, II [individual submission]

Annie Aries (Switzerland): It’s Not Quiet In The Void [individual submission]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #14 – Jazz Ensemble

Gary Daley: Hunger [submitted by the ISCM Australian Section]

Francis Heery: Towards A Soteriological Theory Of Bog Bodies [submitted by the ISCM Irish Section]

Gerhard Praesent (Austria): B-Suite [individual submission]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA

CATEGORY #15 – Eclectic Music Ensemble

Olli Moilanen: Paralysis [submitted by the ISCM Finnish Section]

Rūta Vitkauskaitė (United Kingdom): Oracle of May Winds [individual submission]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #16 – Sound Installations

Rosali Grankull: Music for strings & silk [submitted by the ISCM Gotland Section]

Jesse Austin-Stewart: Music for PlayStation [submitted by the ISCM New Zealand Section]

Heðin Ziska Davidsen: Ringar í Vatni (Rings in Water) – a 6 channel sound installation [submitted by the ISCM Faroe Islands Section]

Stéphanie Laforce: EOLIEN-SONORE – The sound of the wind [submitted by the ISCM Wallonia-Brussels Federation Section]

Laura Puras (United States): Muted Tefillah [individual submission]

Plus additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #17 – Poetry & Music in Small Languages

Charlotte Seither: baff for vocal performer [submitted by the ISCM German Section]

Chiu‐Yu CHOU: Ocean‧Sailing [submitted by the ISCM Taipei Section]

Amble Skuse: Chapels with Splendid Glass Windows [submitted by the Scottish Music Centre]

Plus a work by Arnannguaq Gerstrøm (Greenland) and additional works from Faroe Islands TBA
 

CATEGORY #18 – Nature & Music

Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard (Denmark): Fatamorgana [individual submission]

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