Instagram story viewer> @temponewmusic> Posts

Tempo

@temponewmusic

939

followers

713

following

The world’s leading magazine for new music.
📖 Independent. Community-driven. Global.
🔗 Subscriptions & single copies via the link below ⬇️

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Download All

🎻 Tempo Nº317 out now.

The cover says it all: loss of control as a source of sound.

One question runs through this issue: what are we actually hearing when we listen? @zdscomposer traces a musical metamodernism through @__nobuto__ and @oliver_leith. @toegrim and @miazabelka ask why free improvisation barely registers in music history despite feeling present in the moment of listening. @seppegebruers maps a relational field between creation and listening beyond linear causality. Geoff Hannan turns 30 years of Xenakis Sieve theory into his own “Emotional Mathematics.” @fusun.koksalmusic develops a spatio-temporal model of musical expression from Debussy to Grisey and Jarrell. And @chankaiyoung.composer asks what it takes to write choral music in a tone language like Cantonese without the text turning to gibberish.

Plus reviews from Chicago, Wellington, Berlin, Leipzig, Aarhus, Cologne and Witten – on @dr.tyshawnsorey_official, @okkyung_lee, @riotensemble & many more.
Tempo 317 is available now, by subscription or single copy. Link in bio.

Papers and reviews by and about: @frequency_festival_chicago_ @noahjenkinsmusic @aotearoanzfest @berlinerfestspiele @jef_chippewa @oper_leipzig @gregorforbesmusic @sporfestival @viola_zo @orbit.cologne @wittenertage @drkirstydevaney @routledgebooks @oxunipress @theothertoby @cambridgeuniversitypress @christianbcarey @dr.tyshawnsorey_official @liairenekohl @maciestewart @dreammmusics @london.sinfonietta @smithonsounds @jackfrsheen @mrttrml @zooliejoo @pablodiserens @anniehuihsinhsieh @dbzucchi @hannahbarnes66 @josephbranciforte @jozefdumoulin @ihlaramcindoe @decibelnewmusic @cathope @nathanielotley @luisongolilongo @djmoderne @rubenmattiasantorsa_guitarist and many more

Editor-in-Chief: @fantasticdrfox Co-Editor: @getcoopered Reviews Editor: @celesteorama Copy-Editor: @annamheslop Advertising & Marketing: @ceceli.lea Cover, design & artwork: @d.vodenicharska / @di.vo.art Typography: @schaumtraumweinsein & @d.vodenicharska /@di.vo.art by @temponewmusic

155

1

3 months ago

🥳 Big news for new music!

TEMPO — The Quarterly Review of New Music is now independent!

From January 2026, the world’s leading magazine for the sound and music of today will be published by @wolke_verlag, the home of radical music books.

💥 Independent. Community-driven. Global.
This move is only possible through you — our readers, artists, and supporters.
Your subscriptions make independent music journalism real.

👉 Join us, subscribe now, and help shape the future of new music journalism.

🔗 Link in bio
🎓 Student discount available!

Thanks to @dagmar.ahe for the great design! 😍

#TempoMagazine #SubscribeNow #IndependentMusicJournalism #IndependentJournalism #IndependentPublishing #NewMusic #ContemporaryMusic #Avantgarde #ExperimentalMusic #SoundArt #MusicJournalism #WolkeVerlag #BooksOnMusic #NewMusicCommunity #BigNews by @temponewmusic

296

42

a year ago

OPEN CALL:

[theoriae doxa]
RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR MUSICOLOGISTS, WRITERS, SCHOLARS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

An international residency exploring IDEALS, REALITY, SURPRISE: A New Introduction to New Music as a framework for critical inquiry, collaborative research, and independent public discourse through online seminars, working groups, and festival presentations.

The residency concludes at the seventh Bled Contemporary Music Week in June 2027.

For detailed information on the programme and how to apply, see link in bio. For future opportunities, follow @institut.abeceda.

#musictheory #musicresearch #musicology #residency #bled taken in Lake Bled by @temponewmusic

17

0

a month ago

.abeceda Institute presents the residency programs of the seventh Bled Contemporary Music Week.

Applications are now open.

A range of international residency programs offers opportunities to develop, discuss, and present your artistic or research practice, culminating in the seventh Bled Contemporary Music Week in Bled, Slovenia, June 14–25, 2027.

Find the program that supports your practice and join us in Bled in 2027. @bledslovenia @bledlake @bledcastle

Explore the residency programs and apply:
.abeceda Institute
Bled Contemporary Music Week 2027
June 14–25, 2027

For detailed information on the programmes and how to apply, see link in bio. For future opportunities, follow @institut.abeceda.

#residency #bcmw #bled #contemporarymusic #festival taken in Lake Bled by @temponewmusic

225

1

a month ago

OPEN CALL:

[codex]
RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INVENTORS, DESIGNERS, AND DEVELOPERS

SOURCE, SUBSTANCE, AND STRUCTURE
Paradigms as Musical Knowledge: Genealogies and Future

An international residency investigating the historical foundations and future trajectories of originality, authenticity, and excellence.

The residency concludes at the seventh Bled Contemporary Music Week in June 2027.

For detailed information on the programme and how to apply, see link in bio. For future opportunities, follow @institut.abeceda.

#instrumentmakers #instrumentinventors #musicdevelopment #newmusic #bled taken in Bled Castle, Slovenia by @temponewmusic

26

2

a month ago

Turn the page.

Tempo 317 – published 15 July 2026.

New music, new writing, and a few things that refuse to stay still.

In Tempo 317, we dive into the topic of what do we actually hear when we listen with @zdscomposer, who follows threads of musical metamodernism through @nobuto and @oliver_leith, while @toegrim and @miazabelka consider the place of free improvisation in music history. @seppegebruers explores the relationship between musical creation and listening, questioning the idea of a simple cause-and-effect relationship.

The issue also brings together @fusun.koksalmusic’s exploration of musical expression from Debussy to Grisey and Jarrell, Geoff Hannan’s transformation of Xenakis’s Sieve theory into “Emotional Mathematics,” and @chankaiyoung.composer’s investigation of writing choral music in Cantonese — and what happens when language, sound and musical structure collide.

Alongside the essays, Tempo 317 takes us to concerts and festivals in Chicago, Wellington, Berlin, Leipzig, Aarhus, Cologne and Witten, with reviews featuring @dr.tyshawnsorey_official, @okkyung_lee, @riotensemble and many more.

Tempo 317 is out now. Find it by subscription or as a single copy — link in bio.

Papers and reviews by and about: @frequency_festival_chicago_ @noahjenkinsmusic @aotearoanzfest @berlinerfestspiele @jef_chippewa @oper_leipzig @gregorforbesmusic @sporfestival @viola_zo @orbit.cologne @wittenertage @drkirstydevaney @routledgebooks @oxunipress @theothertoby @cambridgeuniversitypress @christianbcarey @dr.tyshawnsorey_official @liairenekohl @maciestewart @dreammmusics @london.sinfonietta @smithonsounds @jackfrsheen @mrttrml @zooliejoo @pablodiserens @anniehuihsinhsieh @dbzucchi @hannahbarnes66 @josephbranciforte @jozefdumoulin @ihlaramcindoe @decibelnewmusic @cathope @nathanielotley @luisongolilongo @djmoderne @rubenmattiasantorsa_guitarist and many more.

Editor-in-Chief: @fantasticdrfox
Co-Editor: @getcoopered
Reviews Editor: @celesteorama
Copy-Editor: @annamheslop
Advertising & Marketing: @ceceli.lea
Cover, design & animation: @d.vodenicharska / @di.vo.art
Typography: @schaumtraumweinsein & @d.vodenicharska / @di.vo.art by @temponewmusic

75

1

2 months ago

YES! getting back to writing — about the convergence of wonky new music notation and improvisational practices.

my festival review of maerzmusik 2026 is published in the latest issue of @temponewmusic (pp. 111–114). many thanks to @celesteorama (reviews editor) for your wonderful editing comments and suggestions… much tighter!

@berlinerfestspiele | @kwinstitutefcontemporaryart by @temponewmusic

36

2

2 months ago

𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞

25. 6. 2026 — IEDC - Bled School of Management @iedcbled @iedcbledschoolofmanagement

Ed Cooper @getcoopered & Tempo @temponewmusic: Practices of Critique: Writing About Your Own Music

Photo by: Boštjan Pucelj @imarathon

#bcmw #iedc by @temponewmusic

66

0

3 months ago

𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊
𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟗–𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐣𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚

Introducing the enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae residency at Bled Contemporary Music Week:

The enuntiatio.praefatio.formulae residency program brings together researchers from across the globe, each pursuing their independent artistic research project. The program provides a framework for presenting research, receiving feedback from peers and mentors, and learning from the diverse approaches of colleagues working across different areas of music and sound-based practice.

Read more: https://abeceda.io/enuntiatio-praefatio-formulae/

#bcmw taken in Bled by @temponewmusic

54

0

4 months ago

🔥 Feature incoming 🔥

Co-Editor @getcoopered sat down with @collective_lovemusic @ljbcomposer and @shamuel6 ahead of their performance of The Sad Album at @kingsplacelondon this Sunday, 7 June 💖

We talked about process, grief, and what it means to make emotional music that draws on both the personal and universal.

A full write‑up of the interview — plus reflections on the concert — will appear in the October 2026 issue of Tempo, our special edition on 🫂👿 NEW MUSIC AND EMOTIONS 👿🫂

Ed will be at the show on Sunday. If you spot them, come say hi! 💜 taken in Kings Place by @temponewmusic

48

0

4 months ago

Tempo no. 316 – “Questions of Scale” 🌍🎼📖

Amid all the excitement of “Tempo’s” new independent chapter, we are delighted to take the time and also share our second issue as an independent quarterly for new music: “Questions of Scale.”

🔬 From microscopic sonic gestures to planetary listening perspectives, this issue explores how contemporary music navigates questions of size, duration, attention, infrastructure and community in a rapidly changing world. 🗣

❤️ To everyone who has subscribed, renewed, shared, recommended, donated or simply cheered us on: thank you.
Join our growing international community with a print or digital subscription – or simply get yourself a single copy from the website of Wolke!
🔗 Link in bio!

Edited by: @fantasticdrfox, @getcoopered, @celesteorama, and @annamheslop
Designed by @nodeberlinoslo
Published by @wolke_verlag

With articles, interviews, reviews by and about:
@adelineymwong • @alex.c.huddleston • @anniehuihsinhsieh • @carolinefrmu • @composinghannah • @donaueschingen.de • @evanjohnson398 • @fantasticdrfox • @getcoopered • @gingerjoanna • @george.friedrich • @gregorforbesmusic • @ihlaramcindoe • @jackquartet • @jamshamilton • @kbmilligan • @keir_gogwilt • @klangforum_wien • @kosvinerdavid • @lizalimcomposer • @malaysianphilharmonicorchestra • @manuelakerer • @marc.sabat • @michellehromin • @monika.zyla • @muenchenerbiennale • @musikfreunde.donaueschingen • @nathanielotley • @new.music.plucker • @nmcrecordings • @pentatonemusic • @pohlitstefan • @ridoutsam • @riotensemble • @robertoliveiraoficial • @schaumtraumweinsein • @seanstshibe • @ultraschallfestival • @viola_zo • @wienmodern

🙌 Supported by @evs_musikstiftung and many others!

#Tempo #IndependentJournalism #wolke #ExperimentalMusic by @temponewmusic

117

0

4 months ago

From our friends at @institut.abeceda and @temponewmusic: FACT FICTION - an interdisciplinary research and development programme for composers, performers, scholars and practitioners seeking to develop original research through artistic practice within an international context, led by award-winning composer Dr. Alastair White (@airfromnewplanets) ✨

Learn more: https://fact-fiction-research.com/ by @temponewmusic

29

0

5 months ago