International Society for Contemporary Music

Thank you for sharing! ARS ELECTRONICA FORUM WALLIS 2020 :::: VI. CALL FOR ACOUSMATIC WORKS IS OPEN NOW International Contemporary Music Festival Forum Wallis hosted by the Valais ISCM Section in Switzerland announces a call for acousmatic works to be programmed during Forum Wallis 2020. The call opens 20 Dec 2019. Submission deadline: 28 FEB 2020, 10am UTC. No entry fee. No age limit. No style restriction. Up to 2 works/composer. Works selected in previous festival editions are no longer eligible. Composers selected in former festival editions can submit again. The selected pieces will be played during Forum Wallis 2020 in Schloss Leuk 28 May - 1 June 2020, presenting a selection of international compositions representative of current trends in electronic music. *** SUBMISSION DETAILS https://forumwallis.ch/fw20-callforacousmaticworks.pdf (Eng/Chin) 1 In order to submit your work(s) please send an e-mail to calls@forumwallis.ch 2 In The Subject please write ARS ELECTRONICA 2020 3 In The Body of the email provide a link to listen to your work online (e.g. soundcloud). 4 Please add for each submitted piece 1 PDF with all the following information matched together: a) your CV (max. 200 words) b) the title and description of the submitted work c) your address (e-mail, phone, website) d) please provide again a link to your work online. 5 Please name the PDF as following: FW20_Call_First Name_Given Name_Title e.g. FW20_Call_Miller_Andrew_Title 6 Only tape works are eligible. Any music style is welcome. Any duration is accepted up to 20min, but we encourage submissions around 10 minutes. 7 Only the selected composers will be notified of the selection (by e-mail). 8 The results will be published online at www.forumwallis.ch *** Jury members: Kotoka Suzuki (USA/JP) Reuben de Lautour (NZ) Jaime Oliver (USA/Peru) Javier Hagen (CH, ISCM Switzerland)

ISCM Romania organized 8 days of SONIC GARDENS in November 2019 The ISCM Romanian Section (part of the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists) organized the 15th edition of MERIDIAN International New Music Festival between November 3-10 2019 in Bucharest as well as in other 4 cultural centers in Romania: Arad, Cluj, Timişoara and Sibiu. The new team of ISCM Romania – composers Diana Rotaru (president), Gabriel Mălăncioiu, Alexandru Ștefan Murariu, Constantin Basica and composer, performer and musicologist Irinel Anghel (artistic consultant) conceived an exciting theme, “Sonic Gardens”, each event of the festival being structured after the model of an imaginary or real type of garden. “Garden of Delights”, “Wild Garden”, “Electronic Jungle”, “Labyrinth Garden”, “Garden of Fog” or “Zen Garden” are just a few of the concepts that were discovered during MERIDIAN in 2019. During 8 intense days, 25 events took place (concerts, talks, electronic music, improvisations and film projections), including 28 brand new works and 36 Romanian premieres. SONIC GARDENS was the Romanian debut of the “ISCM Collaborative Series” project between members of ISCM, as 6 works from ISCM-Israel, ISCM-Switzerland and Musikagileak (Basque Country) were selected by the organizers to be performed by Romanian ensembles and musicians during the festival (Archaeus Ensemble, Marius Ungureanu – viola, Diana Moş – violin, Mihai Măniceanu – piano and ATEM Ensemble). Two Round Tables around the activities of ISCM and the present state of new music were organized in Bucharest and Cluj. Amongst the participants, ISCM Romania had the honor to have a very special guest, George Kentros (Sweden, member of the ISCM Executive Board) who gave an explosive violin and electronics recital on November 10th, part of the “Electronic Jungle” theme: “This Violin Must Die”. Apart from George Kentros, SONIC GARDENS hosted international artists such as flutists Mario Caroli (Italy/France), violonist and viola player Luosha Fang (USA), pianists Alfredo Ovalles (Venezuela/Austria) and Michael Djupstrom (USA), or performer Aleksander Gabryś (Poland), alongside Romanian artists such as flutists Matei Ioachimescu, Ionuț Ștefănescu, performer Irinel Anghel, GAME Percussion ensemble, SonoMania ensemble, pianist Horia Maxim, Trio Contraste, PERCUSSIOnescu, INTER-ART and so on. MERIDIAN – SONIC GARDENS was co-financed by the National Culture and Identity Ministry, with the aid of the Romanian Cultural Institute, the “Dinu Lipatti” House of Arts, the National “Tinerimea Română” Art Center, the National “George Enescu” Museum, the Arad State Philharmonic and the Sibiu State Philharmonic. Full program and full list of partners at https://snr-simc.org. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeridianFestival https://www.facebook.com/ISCMRomanianSection. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZM64B9KXk