The 2015 edition of the International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) took place in Tallinn, Estonia, from May 12th to 15th 2015 and was, for the first time in history, co-organised by Estonian Public Broadcasting. Over more than six decades of existence, the IRC has become one of the most important projects in promoting contemporary creation in music via radio broadcasting and is today a unique forum for professional exchange among radio music producers. Its central purpose, supported by the European Broadcasting Union, is to provide contemporary musical creations the largest possible number of broadcasts worldwide.

The 2015 Rostrum gathered representatives from 28 national radio networks from four continents, which presented 55 works composed within the five years preceding the Rostrum. 14 of these works were by composers under the age of 30. After the listening sessions, the assembly of delegates selected and recommended the most distinctive works in two categories: general and “young composers under 30”. These and other works will be presented in concerts and broadcast by the participating and other interested radio stations.

In the general category, Songr for Orchestra (2014) by Norwegian composer Jan Erik MIKALSEN was selected as most outstanding. In the “young composers” category, the work selected as most worthy for worldwide broadcasting was Cancro (2015), for symphony orchestra by young Slovenian composer Matej BONIN.

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