Contemporary and Modern Classical Music

and Art Music
20th and 21th Century Classical Music

Zeitgenšssische Musik

La musique contemporaine

La musica contemporane

 

A Guide to the Best Contemporary Music Websites

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Electro-Acoustic Music
Integral serialism Microtonal Minimalism
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20th Century music
Country Index
Online music
See also: The general composers index

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Accessible Contemporary Classical Music
Concert schedule for the classical music organization based in Chicago, devoted to performing and promoting music written since 1975.
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African-American Music
International Association of African-American Music
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The Archive of Contemporary Music
America's largest collection of poular recordings with over 1.6 million discs.
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Arditti Quartet
Pre-eminent interpreters of contemporary and early 20th century music. Winners of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 1999.
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Articles on Modern Composers, from The Harbinger.
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Australian Music Centre
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Austrian Music Centre
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Bang on a Can, a well-known American contemporary music group.
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Blogs

Modern Classical Blog
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Continuo
One of the greatest experimental music MP3 blog on the web. Categories include: avant rock, contemporary European, continuumix, electronic, field recording, sound art, sound sculpture, radio art and much more.
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Sequenza 21
The contemporary classical music community. News, reviews.
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Classical music blogs, a web directory.

Boosey and Hawkes
Boosey and Hawkes composers index.
Index of compositions recently published by Boosey and Hawkes.
British contemporary composers

British Contemporary Composers
Over thirty composers, with MP3 samples.
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Contemporary British Composers
A web directory from Sound and Music. Sound and Music has a unique collection of scores, recordings and background material from the UK. Most of the Collection (formerly the BMIC Collection) is of post-1960 and contemporary material, but it also encompasses music and sound from the earlier 20th century, stretching back to 1900.
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British Composers Project
An index for contemporary music composers.
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The British Music Information Centre (bmic),
a leading resource for 20th and 21st century new music in the UK.
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BBC - Radio 3
Contemporary British Composers on Radio 3.
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The NMC Songbook

Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York.

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Centre for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers (CPCC)

Includes information on contemporary composers. A large informational resource for composers and performers of contemporary classical music.
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Composers, general web indexes of contemporary composers.
Contemporary composers web directory.
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Composers Site
Includes information on contemporary composers. A large informational resource for composers and performers of contemporary classical music.
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Open Directory Project
alphabetical name web directory of contemporary composers.
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Twentieth Century classical music. Wikipedia entry.
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Twenty-First Century classical composers. Wikipedia entry.
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Twenty-First Century classical music. Wikipedia entry,
Contemporary classical music, Wikipedia entry.
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Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland
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Contemporary music links (from BUBL)
Twentieth century music, new music, new music from Ireland, America, Britain, Scotland, Finland.
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Damstadt School
Darmstadt School/DarmstŠdter Ferienkurse, Wikipedia entry.
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Des Internationalen Musikinstituts Darmstadt
Deutsche Grammophon
Music of Our Time, Recordings of contemporary and 20th Century music.

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Early and Contemporary Music
Frans Waltmans, musician and musicologist, offers promising young composers - and budding music ensembles and soloists, both vocalists and instrumentalists in early music or more contemporary repertoires - the opportunity to present themselves on this site, free of charge.
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Electro-Acoustic Music, Electronic Music , New Media
See: Electro-Acoustic Music
Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC).
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MIT Hyperinstruments Lab,
The Hyperinstrument Group at the MIT Media, established with the goal of designing expanded musical instruments, using technology to give extra power and finesse to virtuosic performers. 
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Indiana University - Center for Electronic and Computer Music (CECM).
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Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC).
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CNMAT - Center for New Music and Audio Technologies at UC Berkeley.
Ensemble Modern
A professional ensemble of soloists specializing in new music, based in Frankfurt.
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Festivals of contemporary music
See also: Music Festivals

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
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Ultima  Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
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Cortona Contemporary Music Festival
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HighSCORE Contemporary Music Festival and Master Classes
The festival and classes are held annually in Pavia, Italy, in mid-July. It attracts emerging composers and musicians from around the world.
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Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
International annual festival attracting leading composers and performers.
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La Biennale di Venezia 53rd Intl. Festival of Contemporary Music
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Ultima '09 Oslo Contemporary Music Festival

Finnish Music Information Centre
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French contemporary music, composers. Musique Nouvelle en Liberte

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