It is with due pride that I would like to announce that, long time before the world premiere of "The Cloud-Messenger", the compositional qualities of "Dust Against the Wind", a work from "The Cloud-Messenger", were much appreciated by the international jury of International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM).
This work, one of only two selected compositions from the Dutch contemporary music repertoire, has been appointed to the selection of foreign compositions during the International Festival, ISCM "World New Music Days 2012.
About "the World Music Days"
“The World Music Days are more than just a festival. They also are a meeting place, a window to the world and a unique opportunity to put our new music sector in the international spotlights. A world exhibition of new music, as it were.
The World Music Days are the annual meeting of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and are organised each time by another section. After Hongkong, Lithuania, Sweden, Australia and Croatia, ISCM-Flanders receives the opportunity to organize this mega-event in 2012.
The World Music Days aim to be a meeting moment for organizations, performers and composers from the whole world, with an additional focus on the music and the ensembles from the host country. To this end concerts, meetings, colloquia are being organized.
The General Assembly of the ISCM (with about a hundred representatives of the national ISCM-sections) also takes place during the World Music Days.” (Source website ISCM)
From 25 October to 4 November 2012 are the cities of Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven and Mons in the sign of the new international contemporary music, where the brand-new multimedia project "The Cloud-Messenger" will be in the attentional spotlight of listeners, professionals and media. More information about the program will soon be available via the websites of ISCM-Flanders and World Music Days 2012 or elsewhere on the Internet.
Finally, I would like to express a special thankfulness to the Dutch Performing Arts Fund, Province of Noord-Brabant, BKKC Fund, Festival November Music, OxArt Foundation, RAZ Foundation and Concinnitas Foundation for financial support of "The Cloud-Messenger".
A grateful gratitude and a high esteem for all support, effort and confidence.
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