News – the council of nordic composers

Open Call: Nordic Music Days 2024

Nordic Music Days is a festival presenting Nordic contemporary music and sound. The next edition of Nordic Music Days takes place in Glasgow from 30 October to 3 November 2024. The festival is a collaboration[…]

Put more new music on the program and a better gender balance will follow.

For the third time Danish Composers’ Society, Art Music Denmark, Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Music Publishers’ Association Denmark, and Edition-S publish statistics on the repertoire played in Danish concert halls, opera houses and at festivals around[…]

Nordic Music Days 2024 is looking for a project manager

Are you passionate about music and international collaboration? Do you have experience with project management, fundraising and process facilitation? Do you thrive on keeping several balls in the air and working with many different people?[…]

Statement from the Nordic Council of Composers’ meeting on 2 September 2021

The Council of Nordic Composers strongly objects to the plans of the Nordic Council of Ministers to cut funding for culture in the Nordic & Baltic region by 20-25% between 2021-2024.

Statement from the Nordic Council of Composers’ meeting, March 16th 2020

All composers in the Nordic countries, regardless of gender, must have equal opportunities to obtain a reasonable substantial payment for their compositional work. On March 16th, the Nordic Council of Composers met, within safe corona[…]

The EU copyright directive – council statement

The Council of Nordic Composers met in Reykjavik this week to discuss a wide range of topics.