Forum Wallis promotes electronic music
At the beginning of the year, the Forum Wallis launched an international call for acousmatic works under the title "Ars Electronica 2015". The results are now known.
During the 6-week submission period, a total of 230 composers submitted over 350 works. The submissions came from over 40 countries and all 5 continents. According to the Forum's press release, 18 works were selected from over 350 submissions.
The "remarkable international response and the exceptional quality of the works submitted" prompted the festival management to double the number of entries and to spread the selected works over two concert evenings instead of a single concert.
In alphabetical order, they were: Marc Ainger (USA), Alfredo Ardia (Italy), Marie-Hélène Breault / Martin Bédard (Canada), Stijn Govaere (Belgium), Michael Fuchsmann (Russia), Volker Hennes (Germany), René Baptist Huysmans (Netherlands), Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece), Dimitris Maronidis (Greece), Alain Michon (France), Felipe Otondo (Chile), Andrián Pertout (Australia), Frederic Robinson (Germany/Switzerland), Nicolas Vérin (France), Jaeseong You (Korea).
Their works will be performed at Leuk Castle on May 22 and 23 as part of the Forum Valais festival. The Forum Wallis Festival for New Music is the festival of the Valais section of the IGNM (International Society for New Music) and takes place annually over Whitsun at Leuk Castle. The 2015 program includes Stockhausen's spectacular helicopter string quartet with the Arditti Quartet, André Richard, Air-Glaciers and TPC over the Valais Alps on Whit Sunday.
More info: www.forumvalais.ch/programm-2015arselectronica.htm
