The ISCM World Music Days is an annual contemporary music festival organized by the International Society for Contemporary Music, originally created in 1923 as the ISCM Festival as a means to support the most advanced composition tendencies. Each edition is held in a different location, and the programmes are organized by a jury after evaluating the submissions of each ISCM national section.

Editions

György, Lukas and Vera Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow and Michael Daugherty (l.t.r.) at the 1982 ISCM World Music Days in Graz, Austria
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Year Venue 1923 Austria Salzburg 1924 Czech Republic Prague and Austria Salzburg 1925 Czech Republic Prague and Italy Venice 1926 Switzerland Zürich 1927 Germany Frankfurt 1928 Italy Siena 1929 Switzerland Geneva 1930 Belgium Liège and Brussels 1931 United Kingdom Oxford and London 1932 Austria Vienna 1933 Netherlands Amsterdam 1935 Italy Florence 1936 Spain Barcelona 1937 France Paris 1938 United Kingdom London 1939 Poland Warsaw and Kraków 1941 United States New York City (abbreviated festival) 1942 United States Berkeley, California (abbreviated festival) 1946 United Kingdom London 1947 Netherlands Amsterdam 1948 Italy Palermo and Taormina 1950 Belgium Brussels 1951 West Germany Frankfurt 1952 Austria Salzburg 1953 Norway Oslo 1954 Israel Haifa 1955 West Germany Baden-Baden 1956 Sweden Stockholm 1957 Switzerland Zürich 1958 France Strasbourg 1959 Italy RomeYear Venue 1960 Germany Cologne 1961 Austria Vienna 1962 United Kingdom London 1963 Netherlands Amsterdam 1964 Denmark Copenhague 1965 Spain Madrid 1966 Sweden Stockholm 1967 Czechoslovakia Prague 1968 Poland Warsaw 1969 West Germany Hamburg 1970 Switzerland Basel 1971 United Kingdom London 1972 Austria Graz 1973 Iceland Reykjavík 1974 Netherlands Rotterdam 1975 France Paris 1976 United States Boston 1977 West Germany Bonn 1978 Sweden Stockholm and Finland Helsinki 1979 Greece Athens 1980 Israel Tel Aviv 1981 Belgium Brussels 1982 Austria Graz 1983 Denmark Aarhus 1984 Canada Toronto and Montreal 1985 Netherlands Netherlands 1986 Hungary Budapest 1987 West Germany Cologne, Bonn and Frankfurt 1988 Hong Kong Hong Kong 1989 Netherlands Amsterdam 1990 Switzerland Zürich 1991 Norway Oslo 1992 Poland Warsaw 1993 Mexico Mexico City 1994 Sweden Stockholm 1995 Germany RuhrYear Venue 1996 Denmark Copenhagen 1997 South Korea Seoul 1998 United Kingdom Manchester 1999 Romania Romania and Moldova Moldova 2000 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2001 Japan Yokohama 2002 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2003 Slovenia Ljubljana 2004 Switzerland Switzerland 2005 Croatia Zagreb 2006 Germany Stuttgart 2007 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2008 Lithuania Vilnius 2009 Sweden Visby, Växjö and Gothenburg 2010 Australia Sydney 2011 Croatia Zagreb 2012 Belgium Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven and Mons 2013 Slovakia Košice, Bratislava and Austria Vienna 2014 Poland Wrocław 2015 Slovenia Slovenia 2016 South Korea Tongyeong 2017 Canada Vancouver 2018 China Beijing 2019 Estonia Tallinn 2020 New Zealand Auckland and Christchurch (rescheduled to 2022 to the COVID-19 pandemic) 2021 China Shanghai and Nanning (cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions) 2022 New Zealand Auckland and Christchurch 2023 South Africa South Africa 2024 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2025 Portugal Portugal 2026 Romania RomaniaYear Venue
1923Austria Salzburg
1924Czech Republic Prague and Austria Salzburg
1925Czech Republic Prague and Italy Venice
1926Switzerland Zürich
1927Germany Frankfurt
1928Italy Siena
1929Switzerland Geneva
1930Belgium Liège and Brussels
1931United Kingdom Oxford and London
1932Austria Vienna
1933Netherlands Amsterdam
1935Italy Florence
1936Spain Barcelona
1937France Paris
1938United Kingdom London
1939Poland Warsaw and Kraków
1941United States New York City (abbreviated festival)
1942United States Berkeley, California (abbreviated festival)
1946United Kingdom London
1947Netherlands Amsterdam
1948Italy Palermo and Taormina
1950Belgium Brussels
1951West Germany Frankfurt
1952Austria Salzburg
1953Norway Oslo
1954Israel Haifa
1955West Germany Baden-Baden
1956Sweden Stockholm
1957Switzerland Zürich
1958France Strasbourg
1959Italy Rome
YearVenue
1960Germany Cologne
1961Austria Vienna
1962United Kingdom London
1963Netherlands Amsterdam
1964Denmark Copenhague
1965Spain Madrid
1966Sweden Stockholm
1967Czechoslovakia Prague
1968Poland Warsaw
1969West Germany Hamburg
1970Switzerland Basel
1971United Kingdom London
1972Austria Graz
1973Iceland Reykjavík
1974Netherlands Rotterdam
1975France Paris
1976United States Boston
1977West Germany Bonn
1978Sweden Stockholm and Finland Helsinki
1979Greece Athens
1980Israel Tel Aviv
1981Belgium Brussels
1982Austria Graz
1983Denmark Aarhus
1984Canada Toronto and Montreal
1985Netherlands Netherlands
1986Hungary Budapest
1987West Germany Cologne, Bonn and Frankfurt
1988Hong Kong Hong Kong
1989Netherlands Amsterdam
1990Switzerland Zürich
1991Norway Oslo
1992Poland Warsaw
1993Mexico Mexico City
1994Sweden Stockholm
1995Germany Ruhr
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1996Denmark Copenhagen
1997South Korea Seoul
1998United Kingdom Manchester
1999Romania Romania and Moldova Moldova
2000Luxembourg Luxembourg
2001Japan Yokohama
2002Hong Kong Hong Kong
2003Slovenia Ljubljana
2004Switzerland Switzerland
2005Croatia Zagreb
2006Germany Stuttgart
2007Hong Kong Hong Kong
2008Lithuania Vilnius
2009Sweden Visby, Växjö and Gothenburg
2010Australia Sydney
2011Croatia Zagreb
2012Belgium Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven and Mons
2013Slovakia Košice, Bratislava and Austria Vienna
2014Poland Wrocław
2015Slovenia Slovenia
2016South Korea Tongyeong
2017Canada Vancouver
2018China Beijing
2019Estonia Tallinn
2020New Zealand Auckland and Christchurch (rescheduled to 2022 to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2021China Shanghai and Nanning (cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions)
2022New Zealand Auckland and Christchurch
2023South Africa South Africa
2024Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
2025Portugal Portugal
2026Romania Romania
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