Ars Electronica Forum Valais 2025
As part of the 10th Ars Electronica Forum Wallis Call for Acousmatic Works, 26 works were shortlisted and 14 others received a Special Mention. 279 works by 249 composers from 39 countries and all continents were submitted.
The 10th Ars Electronica Forum Valais Selection Concerts are curated and performed by Simone Conforti (IRCAM Paris). They will take place on May 28 and 29, 2025 as part of the Forum Wallis festival at the MEbU in Goms. The jury was made up of Kotoka Suzuki (JPN), Jaime Oliver La Rosa (PER), Reuben de Lautour (NZL) and Javier Hagen (Festival Director Forum Wallis).
Results
Concert Selection (26 works)
Alvarez Tobias, Paralelismos (MEX)
Bangun Setyawan Candra, Idrak (IDN)
Behrens Marc, L'écrit fantome (GER)
Bordin Matteo, Symbols (ITA)
Borrel Stéphane, The Favourites (FRA)
Cappelletti Nicola, Parallaxe.Parataxe (ITA)
Castro Pinto Joao, Circumsphere: to bounce and rebounce (PRT)
Cheung Chris, Casting light (HKG)
Curgenven Robert, Across Country (AUS)
Dall'Ara-Majek Ana, Mare Buchlae (FRA)
Delgado Gustavo, Strin[G]i(n)[Mi] (ARG)
Duchenne Jean-Marc, L'énigme des objets (FRA)
Fumo Frattegiani Nicola, Hybris (ITA)
Karkatselas Theodoros, Lacuum (GRC)
Koszolko Martin, Tympan (AUS)
Kubaczek Benjamin-Alan, Impromptu 8 (AUT)
Kuehn Mikel, Dancing In The Ether (USA)
Nguyen David Quang-Minh, Texture Arc The Points (USA)
Oliveira Joao Pedro, Pulses (BRA)
Orlandini Valerio, Jeu de Bruits (ITA)
Perez Simon, Las cifras y las palabras (ARG)
Sambucco Dominic, Sink (ITA)
Sintaratana Tanid, Fragments (THA)
Sismann Valentin, Morphaime (FRA)
Talebi Shahrzad, WatchTheOnlyWayHomeDisappear (IRN)
van der Loo Ernst, Void Population (NLD)
Special Mention (14 works)
Argento Cristian, Diviso in Due (ITA)
Gintas K, Crunchy (LTU)
Guzman Roy, Guasábara (PRI)
Harper Nathan, Nutria No. 4 (USA)
Hernández Elliot, Leviathan (MEX)
Hernandez Omar, de tu piel supura... tristeza /from your skin exudes... sadness (MEX)
Huerta Concepción, somos de los lugares... (MEX)
Magnien Léo, dans la plaine incertaine (FRA)
Moyers Timothy, On the Rim of Conciousness (USA)
Polymeneas-Liontiris Thanos, Tettix 'A (GRC)
Quint Ursel, Es (GER)
Sintaratana Tanid, Phi Fa (THA)
Soria Edmar, PostAnthroposRecord1 (MEX)
Turcotte Roxanne, Alibi des voltigeurs (FRA)
Forum Valais
The Forum Valais is an annual international festival for new music in Valais. Since 2006, Forum Wallis has co-produced over 300 world premieres and presented works by over 500 composers from all over the world, including Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet together with the Arditti Quartet, André Richard and Air Glaciers as well as Cod.Acts Pendulum Choir. Regular guests at the festival include ensembles such as recherche, Zafraan, UMS'nJIP, dissonArt, Steamboat Switzerland, Klangforum Wien, ensemble für neue musik zürich, Contrechamps and Ensemble Modern.
