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De-composing classical music

Denise Petzold publishes zine ‘De-composing Classical Music’

Denise Petzold, assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and researcher at MCICM, published a zine titled ‘De-composing Classical Music: Decoloniality and Resistance’ based on the event of the same name held on October 2025.
MCICM

MCICM publishes new book ‘On Innovating Classical Music’

MCICM recently published a book titled ‘On Innovating Classical Music: Looking Back on Eight Years of MCICM.’
MCICM symposium ‘Rethinking Relevance’

Successful MCICM symposium ‘Rethinking Relevance’ at Opus 9

On 15 and 16 April 2026, MCICM hosted the symposium ‘Rethinking Relevance: Breaking the Classical Frame’ at Opus 9, the offices and rehearsal space for Philzuid in Maastricht.
SoundLab

SoundLab

On September 19, 2025, the MCICM introduced a new form of interactive audience participation, the Sound Lab.
MCICM

'De-composing Classical Music’ event was a success

On 13 October 2025, the Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music hosted the event ‘De-composing Classical Music: Coloniality and Resistance’ at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Maastricht.

Stories and Articles

MCICM Berlin

The audience as a test subject

 Neil T. Smith and Peter Peters

MCICM Lorentz workshop 2

Lorentz Workshop Leiden 2022

 Co-hosted by MCICM researchers
 

Musicians of Tomorrow

 Peter Peters

Behind the scenes

 Peter Peters

Veerle Spronck

PhD Defense Veerle Spronck

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MCICM philharmonie zuid

Futures

 Neil T. Smith and Peter Peters

MCICM een lerend orkest

A learning orchestra

 Peter Peters and Ties van de Werff

MCICM Noordwest Maastricht

How does Maastricht Northwest sound?

 Ties van de Werff, Imogen Eve Cooney and Peter Peters

MCICM Sounding Heritage

Sounding Heritage

 Denise Petzold

Imogen Eve

 "The Same but Differently"

 Imogen Eve

Royal Albert Hall

The Concert Hall and the Orchestra

 Neil Thomas Smith

 

Musiciking online

Digital message in a bottle?

 Peter Peters and Ties van de Werff

peters

Etudes for a new classical music practice

 Interview with Peter Peters

AINSI foyer

The People's Salon
 

 Ties van de Werff, Imogen Eve and Peter Peters

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