Composers have been working with new ensembles in different countries, ensembles have worked closely with composers establishing new relations and integrating new pieces in their programmes. In the last weekend of October 2010 it was the Belgian ensemble Musiques Nouvelles working with the music of Danish Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen and UK Tansy Davies.

RE:NEW MUSIC does not have its own festival – at least not yet. But the Artmusfair in Warszawa in September 2010 is almost a mini festival for the project. Being an annual event hosted by European Composer’s Forum, Artmusfair features trade stands, discussions, meetings, exhibitions, and of course – concerts! And no less than eight RE:NEW pieces will be performed as the two polish ensembles of the network replays all the works they have performed through the project. The works are featured over two concerts which will both be introduced by the project manager of RE:NEW MUSIC, Thomas Demidoff. Read more about Artmusfair at http://www.artmusfair.eu/2010

The Nordic Council Music Prize 2010 goes to the Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen, for "Opus 42". The Adjudication Committee states: “Opus 42” is unique. It represents a renewal not just of Nordic vocal music, but of score-based vocal music in general. This strikingly beautiful piece reveals the common denominators in ancient and ultra-modern sounds, drawing our attention to the similarities between Scandinavian folk traditions and the music we might find in, say, the Middle East or India.

The Léonie Sonning Music Prize of DKK 600,000 is awarded
to the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. During the last quarter of a century, her works have confirmed time and again that she is one of the most outstanding composers of our time. A rare contemporary composer whose music is performed by, for example, the New York Philharmonic, at the Salzburg festival and by the world's greatest soloists.