Miguel Azguime: De part et d’autre

Miguel Azguime (photo by Perseu Mandillo)

(submitted by ISCM – PORTUGUESE SECTION) The creative universe of Miguel Azguime (b. 1960) reflects an approach based on his multifaceted capacities as composer, performer and poet. This three-dimensionality concomitantly challenges a certain, almost mystical vision of the art. The beginnings of his music path are marked by the participation in various formations dedicated to…

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Dimitri Voudouris: Panta Rhei

Dimitri Voudouris

(Submitted by ISCM – SOUTH AFRICA SECTION) Dimitri Voudouris, born in 1961 in Athens, Greece, is a citizen of South Africa. Voudouris is a clinical pharmacist and self-taught composer who curated UNYAZI, the first electro-acoustic music festival and symposium in Africa, in 2005. His compositions are for acoustic instruments, electronics, multimedia, dance, and theatre. His…

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Rebecca Saunders: dust – module 1

Rebecca Saunders

(Submitted by ISCM – GERMAN SECTION) Berlin-based British-born Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967) is one of the leading international composers of her generation. Her compositions focus on the sculptural and spatial properties of organized sound, often created in close collaborative dialogue with a variety of musicians and artists. Saunders has received numerous prizes, including the Ernst…

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Chris Cree Brown: Inner Bellow

Chris Cree Brown

(Submitted by ISCM – NEW ZEALAND SECTION) Chris Cree Brown (b. 1953) is currently a freelance Composer and Sonic Artist. In 2018, he retired from his position as Associate Professor at the School of Music, University of Canterbury. His main interests include conventional instrumental composition, electroacoustic and computer music, and inter-media art. In August 2018, he…

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James O’Callaghan: Piano reduction

James O'Callaghan (Photo by Anna Van Kooij)

(Submitted by ISCM – CANADIAN SECTION) James O’Callaghan (b. 1988) is a composer and sound artist based in Montréal praised for his “mastery of materials and musical form.” (Electromania, Radio France) His music has been described as “very personal… with its own colour anchored in the unpredictable.” (Goethe-Institut) Never having studied an instrument, he came…

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Tytti Arola: Touko

Tytti Arola

(Submitted by ISCM – FINNISH SECTION) Tytti Arola (b. 1990) is a composer and sound artist who is interested in bringing daily life to concert venues, doing multisensorial compositions and exploring spatial sound. Arola’s artworks often include electronics and lately she has been drawn towards performance art and instrument building. Her oeuvre has been presented…

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Alissa Long: Popoto Waiata

Alissa Long

(Submitted by ISCM – NEW ZEALAND SECTION) Alissa Long was born in Jordan, raised in Taiwan, and is now permanently based in New Zealand. She studied at Soochow University in Taipei, and finished her Master of Arts degree in 2012. She is a composer, arranger, and educator, with over a decade of experience in creating new…

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Benoît Mernier: Piano Trio

Benoît Mernier (photo by Bernard Coutant)

(Submitted by ISCM – Wallonian Section) Benoît Mernier was born in 1964 in Belgium. He studied organ and improvisation with Firmin Decerf and harpsichord with Charles Koenig, continuing his studies at Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Liège where he graduated in many subjects, including the Higher Diploma in organ in the class of Jean Ferrard, for…

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Abril Padilla: Grimja

Abril Padilla

(Submitted by ISCM – SWISS SECTION) Abril Padilla is a Buenos Aires-born composer and sound artist who has been living in Basel since 2006. Her compositions are mainly electroacoustic and radiophonic, but she also writes for instrumental ensembles. Her creation Emulsion d’air (2019) with the ensemble Contrechamps was supported by the Nicati-de-Luze Foundation and recorded…

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Sukhi Kang: Lye-Buhl

Sukhi Kang

(Submitted by ISCM – SOUTH KOREAN SECTION in remembrance the late Sukhi Kang (1936-2020), Honorary Member of the ISCM, who is Honorary President (Chairman) of ISCM Korea section and Founder of the PAN Music Festival.) Sukhi Kang was born in Seoul, Korea, on October 22, 1934. He graduated from the Seoul National University College of Music, and continued his…

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