RISM in Africa

The 2024 IAML Congress in Stellenbosch, South Africa marked several firsts: the first time a IAML Congress took place on the African continent, the first time so many of our colleagues from Africa could participate in a IAML event, and for many IAML members it was our first time in...

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The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival greets Venice with a hearty “Moin”

The motto of this year’s Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, which runs until 1 September, is “Moin Venedig” – juxtaposing a characteristic North-German greeting with the distant “Pearl of the Adriatic.” Accordingly, the festival focuses on music directly or indirectly related to Venice, as with Gustav Mahler’s 5th Symphony, which (together with...

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Statement on Current Media Reports Concerning the Financial Perspectives of RISM after 2025

Over the past few days, reports and opinion pieces on the current and future situation of the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) have been circulating in various media. The catalyst was an article by Christiane Wiesenfeldt in the Feuilleton section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) published in print...

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Herrnhut is World Heritage

On Friday, 26 July, Herrnhut became a UNESCO World Heritage Site! To be more precise, the settlements of the Moravian church in Herrnhut were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list: Christiansfeld in Denmark has been on the list since 2015, and now Gracehill in Northern Ireland, Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, and...

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Preserving Ukrainian musical heritage

In January we reported on an initiative of the German Musicological Society (GfM) to help Ukrainian institutions preserve their musical heritage. This time we are pleased to share the news that, at the instigation of RISM and the GfM, the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv (RISM library siglum:...

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