Helping those in need in Ukraine
The Swiss Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM Switzerland) is launching an appeal for donations to help musicians in need in Ukraine.
The ISCM Switzerland notes with horror and dismay the invasion and war currently being waged against Ukraine. The International Society for Contemporary Music ISCM was founded 100 years ago out of the desire to contribute to peace and respect in the world through musical cooperation and exchange of experience. The ISCM fears for the safety of its members in Ukraine and fervently hopes that the war can be ended quickly. With its fundraising campaign, ISCM Switzerland is helping musicians in need in Ukraine via the Ukrainian ISCM sister section (ISCM Ukraine). The donations collected will be transferred in full to ISCM Ukraine, which will send them directly to musicians in need.
Link to the complete appeal for donations:
http://iscm-switzerland.ch/PDF/iscmswitzerland_spendenaufruf_ukraine2022_d-f.pdf
The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) was founded in Salzburg in 1922 by the composers Bartók, Schönberg, Berg, Webern, Stravinsky, Hindemith and Honegger, among others, and is the oldest international umbrella organization for the promotion of New Music. It is regarded as one of the most important music-cultural societies in the world and has been organizing the ISCM World New Music Days, which take place in a different country every year, since 1923. The ISCM has 66 international sections in 44 countries and has been chaired by Glenda Keam (ISCM New Zealand) since 2019.
The Swiss ISCM section (ISCM Switzerland / Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Neue Musik SGNM / Société Suisse de Musique Contemporaine SSMC), also founded in 1922, is one of the oldest ISCM sections and has organized the ISCM World Music Days in Switzerland six times in the last 100 years: in 1926, 1929, 1957, 1970, 1991 and 2004. The current board is made up of David Rossel, Arturo Corrales, Antoine Fachard and Javier Hagen (president).
