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A network of around 50 classical music competitions, EMCY has also been mounting unusual performance projects, which respond to the challenges posed by Coronavirus and the war in Ukraine.

Since 2020, the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) have been running BRAND New, a series of unusual performance projects joining together young musicians from across the world.

The world stands agog as the US undergoes another election. These composers sought to reveal the brokenness of US politics – and the ability of the American people to come together in spite of it.

The Paul Sacher Foundation is among the most comprehensive archives of contemporary composers on earth, and a forgotten work from there by Boulez will soon see the light of day.

From Schoenberg and Ives to Boulez and Ligeti, landmark pieces of modernist and contemporary solo piano music chart the turbulent progress through the 20th century.

Playing the keys? With your fingers? How passé. Composers have been experimenting with novel piano-playing techniques for over a century now. Here are a few highlights from a hundred years of bizarre things you can get up to with your piano.