Do you have a project proposal for Dark Music Days?

The curatorial team welcomes project proposals for Dark Music Days 20267. The festival will take place on the 28th-31th of January 2027.

Dark Music Days was founded in 1980 by the Icelandic Composers society as a platform for the performance of contemporary music. The focus of the festival is to perform and promote contemporary music with an emphasis on new works by composers and performers working and living in Iceland. The festival's partners include Iceland Symphony Orchestra, CAPUT and Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, as well as others.

The festival emphasizes original creations and projects that appeal to a diverse audience. Projects displaying a diversity in terms of programming and artistic content are preferred as well as projects connected to Iceland or involving composers and performers living in Iceland.

All artists are free to submit ideas for the festival and ideas at any stage of development are welcome. Note, however, that larger and more expensive projects need to be co-financed with their own funds in order to be considered. The festival does not cover the travel costs or accommodation for its artists. The festival pays all performers a performance fee.

Proposals must be submitted by completing this electronic form.

Collaborators: CAPUT Ensemble and Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra

The festival accepts proposals for individual works for its collaborators, CAPUT Ensemble and the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, via this form. 

Collaborator: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

The festival does not accept proposals for works for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, but you may submit proposals to them directly here.

The deadline for submission is midnight 20th of APRIL 2026.