Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2020 revise dates and programme

Natalie Sharp, awarded a Covid-19 Commission
Event will now take place online between 20–22 November with more than 20 new commissions
This year hcmf// have replaced its usual ten-day festival with a three-day online concert series. “Whilst this is a huge disappointment to everyone involved with the festival, the safety and wellbeing of our staff, volunteers, artists and audiences – many of whom come to Huddersfield from across the UK and around the world – has been the primary consideration in reaching the decision,” states the festival’s Artistic Director, Graham McKenzie.
The festival has also announced that the Israeli-American composer Chaya Czernowin, who was to take the role of Composer in Residence for the 2020 edition, will now do so for 2021.
To date, the festival has awarded more than 20 commissions for its 2020 and 2021 editions, including for James Dillon, Laurence Osborn, John Butcher, Laura Bowler, Rebecca Saunders, Sam Hayden, Chaya Czernowin, Ailie Robertson, Una Monaghan, and Angharad Davies. They've also set up a specific Covid-19 fundraising project to help fund five UK based artists for a work to be presented at a future edition of the festival. Winners of that £1000 fund are Natalie Sharp, Timothy Cape, Nwando Ebizie, Luke Nickel and Cath Roberts.
Another award sees the festival team up with the Riot Ensemble on the solo instrument project Zeitgeist, with commissions given to Auclair, Heloise Tunstall-Behrens, Tonia Ko, Matthew Grouse, Anna Appleby and Hannah Kendall.
hcmf// takes place online from 20–22 November. Full information can be found on their website.