Estonia

‘Seigla’ is an Icelandic word indicating perseverance, resilience, tenacity. It’s also the title of a festival created, curated and directed by pianist Erna Vala Arnardóttir, that for the last 6 years has taken place in Reykjavík’s flagship concert hall, Harpa. More than most festivals i attend, the aspect of curation …

Some of the most remarkable music performed during the 2026 World New Music Days came in the four concerts devoted to orchestral music.

An in previous years – and perhaps inevitably, for reasons of practicality – the majority of the concerts at this year’s World New Music Days were focused on chamber music.

The spectre of Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși was brought to bear on this year’s World New Music Days in Bucharest, which took as its title, ‘Columna Infinita’. Title, not theme, and the invocation of Brâncuși’s famous sculpture therefore acted more as inference than reference point. Nonetheless, both the phrase and …

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