Results of the Valais Ars Electronica competition
33 works have been selected from 310 submissions for the Ars Electronica 2018 of the Festival for New Music Forum Wallis. A total of 287 composers from 53 countries submitted works, which is more than 100 works more than last year.
The selected works will be performed on May 18 and 19 at Leuk Castle on the occasion of the 12th Forum Wallis International Festival of New Music. The quality of the works by female composers is remarkable, writes the Forum Wallis. With almost 20 percent of the submissions, they make up 35 percent of the works performed.
In the ranks came (in alphabetical order): James Andean (Finland/UK), Siamak Anvari (Iran/NL), Devin Ashton Beaucage (Canada), Manuella Blackburn (UK), Aaron Cassidy (USA/UK), Christopher Chandler (USA), Kyong Mee Choi (Korea/USA), Damian Gorandi (Argentina), Hubert Howe (USA), JoAnne C. Maffia (USA), Nicolas Marty (France), Georgios Nikolopoulos (Greece), Maggi Payne (USA), Sofia Scheps (Uruguay), Nikos Stavropoulos (Greece/UK).
There was a Special Mention for Siamak Anvari (Iran/NL), Ana Dall'Ara-Majek (France/Canada), Carolyn Chen (USA), Juro Kim Feliz (Philippines/Canada), David Gedosh (USA), Carlos Gonzalez Bolanos (Spain), Andrea Guterres (Australia), Linda Leimane (Latvia), Léo Magnien (France), Robert McClure (USA), Alain Michon (France), James O'Callaghan (Janada), Joao Pedro Oliveira (Portugal/Brazil), Marcela Pavia (Argentina/Italy), Tania Rubio (Mexico), Stavros Sakellariou (Greece), Nikos Stavropoulos (Greece/UK), Esteban Zuniga Dominguez (Mexico/France).
The jury consisted of Javier Hagen (Festival Director Forum Wallis, President ISCM Switzerland), Kotoka Suzuki (Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts), Reuben de Lautour (Center for Advanced Studies in Music Istanbul Technical University ITÜ MIAM) and Jaime E. Oliver (Waverly Labs for Computing and Music, New York University NYU).
