Prominent acts at the Forum Wallis

As in 2020, the Festival for New Music Forum Valais will take place over three days this year instead of at Whitsun in August due to the pandemic. School and choir projects as well as the art exhibition have been postponed to 2022. Lovers of interdisciplinary, chamber music and experimental formats, music theater and new electronic music will still get their money's worth: The Competition for acousmatic music, Ars Electronica Forum Walliswill be held for the 7th time this year. The electro-acoustic works will be interpreted by Simone Conforti from the CIMM Biennale Musica Venezia and IRCAM Paris. The composer and percussionist Lukas Ligeti will also be a guest in Leuk. He is the son of György Ligeti and has been one of the world's most important promoters of African music in the western world for 30 years. The musicians of the Ensemble Modern are also coming to Leuk for the second time. Around 30 contemporary works by composers from as many countries can be heard, as well as some of the most exciting and important Swiss acts with the Hyper Duo, UMS 'n JIP, Lukas Huber, Urban Mäder, Silke Strahl, Hanspeter Pfammatter, Gerry Hemingway, Roberto Domeniconi and Manuel Mengis.

A premature Seat reservation is recommended due to the reduced number of seats available due to the current safety regulations. The complete program is available at http://forumwallis.ch to find.

The Forum Valais is an international festival for new music and takes place every year at Leuk Castle on the German-French language border in the heart of the Valais Alps. It is run by the IGNM-VS, the local branch of the International Society for New Music IGNM (ISCM), and has co-produced over 300 world premieres since 2006: Highlights of the festival's history include Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet together with the Arditti Quartet and Air Glaciers, Cod.Acts Pendulum Choir as well as regular guest performances by world-class ensembles such as recherche, Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Modern.