Paul Clift and Iris Szeghy at the ISCM World Music Days 2026
Paul Clift and Iris Szeghy will represent Switzerland at the ISCM World Music Days 2026 in Romania with «On the celestial hierarchy» and «Elegies and Arabesques» respectively.
The this year's World Music Days will take place in Bucharest from May 23 to 31. Its motto «Columna Infinita» is a reference to the sculpture by the important Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși.
The Swiss Music Edition (SME) for the first time on behalf of the ISCM Switzerland (Swiss section of the International Society for Contemporary Music) entered the Swiss works. These were compositions by Alice Hoi-ching Yeung, Barbara Rettagliati, Benoit Moreau, Christophe Schiess, Manuel Valverde and Paul Clift from the ISCM Switzerland Call for Scores last fall. The selection was made by Christian Spitzenstaetter (President of ISCM Switzerland/SME), Aline Sarah Müller (SME office), Mathias Steinauer (SME/artistic director ISCM WMD 2004 in Switzerland) and Javier Hagen (SME/a. President ISCM Switzerland).
The work of Iris Szeghy was submitted by the Slovakian section. Iris Szeghy (2016/2026) is the fifth Swiss composer at the ISCM World Music Days after Helena Winkelman (2015), Junghae Lee (2004/2019), Esther Flückiger (2020/2023) and Karin Wetzel (2021).
Further information: https://iscm.org/wnmd/2026-romania/
