We are pleased to present the full festival program for Nordic Music Days, taking place for the first time in history in Glasgow, Scotland 31st October to 3rd November. Five days with a wide range[…]
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New chair of the Norwegian Society of Composers
Composer and artistic researcher, Knut Olaf Sunde, was elected as new chair of the Norwegian Society of Composers at this year’s general meeting on the 10th of June, after Jørgen Karlstrøm who has served for[…]
New chair of the Icelandic Composers’ Society
On April 22nd Páll Ragnar Pálsson was elected new chair of the Icelandic Composers’ Society after Þórunn Gréta Sigurðardóttir who had decided not to stand again after eight years on the post. Páll Ragnar Pálsson was[…]
Project manager for Nordic Music Days 2024 has been appointed!
Shortly before Christmas, Danish Composers’ Society advertised on behalf of the Nordic Composers Council the position of a project manager for the Nordic Music Days festival, which we are working to hold in Scotland in[…]
Denmark needs a composition professor
The future of music composition studies at Danish conservatories looks uncertain as the Minister of Culture has not for the time being reinstated the country’s only professorship in composition. This worries the Nordic Composers Council,[…]
NMD in Scotland 2024
NKR has been discussing ambitious plans to hold the Nordic Music Days in Scotland in 2024, and on 23rd June the main partners met in Copenhagen to move the plans forward. The festival is planned[…]