Programme 2024

Our matchmaking programme is one of the most important the conference has to offer. These 1-on-1, 10-minute talks allow composers, programmers, agents, musicians, and other professionals to gain knowledge, be inspired and/or expand their network. You can register for the Matchmaking Sessions from October 24. We will attempt to grant everyone with at least two […]

The Bosch Requiem, commissioned by November Music, always surprises. Anno 2024, however, features a Requiem beyond our imagination. It takes the form of an installation, created by composer Micha Hamel and artist Jonas Staal (winner Prix de Rome 2023). Earth Workers Requiem/Jubilate commemorates (Requiem) and celebrates (Jubilate) our collective history and future as earth workers […]

After a matinee performance in the first weekend of November Music, soprano and artist-in-residence Elisabeth Hetherington and composer and piano virtuoso Paolo Gorini will perform the piece Night (e)scape during New Music Conference. It is a new work by Gorini, which can be heard as – according to the November Music website – “an obscure […]

Not everyone in the music industry works for a large organisation. Many of us juggle multiple roles to get our work heard and bring our projects to life. We do everything ourselves, from fundraising, marketing, and bookings to recordings and releases – all on top of composing and performing. The good news is, you’re not […]

In previous years, New Music Conference programmed interviews with composers under the title This is your composer speaking. For this edition, we are turning it into a nonstop talk show, as well as recording all interviews for later podcasts. Everyone we want to talk to and/or topics we want to touch on will be discussed […]

At New Music Conference 2022, seven professorships in the fields of music and art embarked on a journey together by initiating Shifting Boundaries – Situating Contemporary Music Practices, a multi-year research that enquires into the rapidly shifting boundaries in contemporary music. An initial exploration of this vast landscape culminated in the publication Shifting Boundaries (November Music, 2023), […]

Every day you hear original composed music in commercials, games, films, and series. Whether the merging of image and sound is ‘syncing’ or ‘scoring’, it is seen as an increasingly important source of revenue and can be used as a way to reach a broader audience. It has even been described as ‘the biggest promotion […]

Nieuw Geneco invites the movers & shakers of the new music scene for a solid conversation about the position of contemporary music on Dutch stages. Art music is a major force. Contemporary concert practice is constantly changing in relation to online experience, genre broadening/fading, new venues and formats. Moreover, the increasing pressure on finances and […]

During New Music Conference we will honour not just one, but two composers from the Netherlands with a Buma Classical Award. One Award goes to the composer who stood out for his or her presence on the cultural circuit in the past two years. We are also presenting a Classical Lifetime Achievement Award for the […]

Young composers are presenting themselves and their work in the final hour of New Music Conference. Some of them are still studying at the Dutch conservatories, some have just graduated, all have been brought forward by their former teachers. Welcome them to the stage! Let’s see how they manage to pitch their art. A professional […]

Lize Bastiaens (11 years old) can call herself the very first Children’s Composer of the Netherlands. This mentoring trajectory is a project that Anne-Maartje Lemereis carries out in her role as Composer Laureate of the Netherlands 2024-2025. During this year, Anne-Maartje teaches her pupil Lize all the ins and outs of the wonderful world of […]

The best conversations often happen during drinks. Finish the conversations you started during the day or get the chance to meet and speak a potential client or fellow creative you missed earlier. November Music and BumaStemra, the partners of New Music Conference are offering you a drink. Cheers to New Music!