Call for works open for Nordic Music Days 2027 – submit proposals by 24 August
Nordic Music Days will return to Helsinki in November 2027, and we would now like to invite you to make a submission to the open call. The call is open until 24 August.
The NMD 2027 Open Call has six categories:
- artists (performing own works/ sound art practice)
- electronic and acousmatic works
- ensemble works
- installation and sound based works
- orchestral works
- self-produced cinema works
We welcome one submission to one of the six categories from all composers and artists living in, or from, Åland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sápmi, Sweden, or Scotland. We welcome one submission to the ensemble or orchestral categories from all composers living in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania.
The festival program will be curated by a five-member curator team: David Fennessy from Scotland, Jana Winderen from Norway, Juhani Nuorvala from Finland, Kajsa Antonsson from Sweden, and Þráinn Hjálmarsson from Iceland. The team is curious about where contemporary sound and music are at and wishes to make a festival that echoes what is going on across the Nordics, Baltics and Scotland.
Download the full call details in large text word or PDF format and submit your work in our submission system: http://nmdsubmission.org
Support:
If you have any questions about Nordic Music Days or the call process, or if we can help you in any way to ensure you can access this opportunity please contact either: Rachel Faulkner, Project Manager rachel@nordicmusicdays.org, or Petra Piiroinen, Producer petra.piiroinen@composers.fi.
There will be two online question and answer sessions with Rachel, Petra and members of the Curator Team where you can find out more about the calls, ask questions and meet other composers and artists: on Friday 14 August (book your slot here by Thursday 13 August) and Monday 17 August (book here by Friday 14 August). The meetings will be in English and booking is required.