A true musical laboratory, the FORUM offers emerging composers the opportunity to work with the NEM over a period of several days, leading up to the concert performance of their work. Thanks to the previous thirteen editions presented in Montreal, but also in Adelaide (2000, Australia), Amsterdam (2006, Netherlands) and Lyon (2008, France), 85 composers from 29 countries have benefited so far from this wellspring of musical culture.
Previous editions
FORUM 2016
- Alican Çamci (Turkey)
- Sebastian Dumitrescu (Romania)
- William Kuo (Canada)
- Quentin Lauvray (United States)
- Sky Macklay (United States)
- Stefan Maier (Canada)
- James Miller Daniel (United States)
- Zacharry Sheets (United States)
FORUM 2014
- Arthur Akshelyan (Armenia)
- Matei Gheorghiu (Romania)
- Dominique Lafortune (Canada)
- Theocharis Papatrechas (Greece)
- Matthew Ricketts (Canada)
- Francisco Castillo Trigueros (Mexico)
- Nina Young (United States)
- Itzam Zapata (Mexico)
FORUM 2012 - Scandinavia and Canada
- Zosha Di Castri (Canada)
- Christopher Goddard (Canada)
- Frédéric Le Bel (Canada)
- Lauri Mäntysaari (Finland)
- Rane Bauck Martin (Norway)
- Duncan Schouten (Canada)
- Lisa Streich (Sweden)
- Lauri Supponen (Finland)
FORUM 2010 - Music and art video
- Taylor Brook (Canada)
- Raffaele Grimaldi (Italy)
- Esaias Järnegard (Sweden)
- Juan de Dios Magdaleno (Mexico)
- Hugo Ribeiro (Portugal)
- Diego Soifer (Argentina)
- Lu Wang (China)
- Yuan Peiying (Singapore)
FORUM 2008 - Lyon
- Sébastien Béranger (France)
- Jimmie LeBlanc (Canada)
- John Ritz (United States)
- Adam Roberts (United States)
FORUM 2006 - Amsterdam
- Geof Holbrook (Canada)
- Marko Nikodijevic (Serbia)
- Ezequiel Menalled (Argentina)
- Karola Obermueller (Germany)
FORUM 2004
- Ondrej Adamek (Czechia)
- Julien Bilodeau (Canada)
- Guilherme Carvalho (Brazil)
- Sampo Haapamäki (Finland)
- Derek Johnson (United States)
- Laurent Torres (France)
- Du Yun (China)
FORUM 2002
- Luca Antignani (Italy)
- Alain Beauchesne (Canada)
- Kueiju Lin (Taiwan)
- Joshua Penman (United States)
- Christopher Tonkin (Australia)
- Eneko Vadillo-Perez (Spain)
- Luis Rizo-Salom (Colombia)
FORUM 2000 - Australia
- Brian Current (Canada)
- Juliana Hodkinson (United Kingdom)
- Dominik Karski (Australia)
- Luis Tinoco (Portugal)
FORUM 1998
- Sérgio Azevedo (Portugal)
- Kirsty Beilharz (Australia)
- Brooke Joyce (United States)
- Javier Maldonado Torres (Mexico)
- Yannick Plamondon (Canada)
- Olga Rayeva (Russia)
- Jixue Wu (China)
FORUM 1996
- Chengbi An (China)
- Daniel Augusto D'Adamo (Argentina)
- Inouk Demers (Canada)
- Elliott Gyger (Australia)
- PerMagnus Lindborg (Sweden)
- Shafer Mahoney (United States)
- Michael Oesterle (Germany)
FORUM 1993
- Mélissa Hui (Canada)
- Raffaele Marcellino (Australia)
- Christoph Neidhöfer (Switzerland)
- Makiko Nishikaze (Japan)
- Gediminas Rimkevicius (Lithuania)
- Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez (Mexico)
FORUM 1991
- Marco Beltrami (United States)
- Jacques Desjardins (Canada)
- Mary Finsterer (Australia)
- Stefano Gervasoni (Italy)
- Erik Ona (Argentina)
- Bernfried Pröve (Germany)
- Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Japan)
Group photo, FORUM 2010
Group photo, FORUM 2014
Group photo, FORUM 2016
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