For her outstanding achievements in minority research within the context of ethnomusicology, Ursula Hemetek was recently honoured with the 2018 Wittgenstein Award.
To this day, the ways in which innovation in music is dealt with are complex. And for this reason, our Special section in this issue is devoted to contemporary music. Or as it is also known: new music, music of the present, avant-garde music, music of the 20th and 21st centuries.