International Society for Contemporary Music

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The International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) is a music organization that promotes contemporary classical music.

ISCM was established in 1922, in Salzburg. Its core activity is the World Music Days Festival, held every year at a different location. The festival includes cutting edge productions of contemporary classical music. The World Music Days include a congress that serves as a meeting place between members of the organization.

Membership in ISCM is organized through national sections that promote contemporary music in each country. These section are usually independent organizations from the ISCM that send delegates to the ISCM General Assembly. Each member of the national section is also a member of ISCM and may send in 6 works that are evaluated for performance at the World Music Days.

National organizations that promote contemporary music, but have not been designated as the nation section of ISCM, are sometimes given an associate membership status. This status also applies to the members of these organizations. Some individual music professionals receive the "honorary membership" status.

ISCM publishes the World New Music Magazine.