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The winners of the 32nd Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art (France) have been announced. The Magisterium was awarded to composer Åke Parmerud and his work SubString Bridge, for guitar and interactive computer. Mathew Adkins received a mention in the “abstract music” category for Silk to Steel. Pete Stollery’s Vox Magna was also selected in this category. Other pieces were selected in various categories: Ombres, espaces, silences… by Gilles Gobeil, Cold Storage by Janek Schaefer, Piano Piece (for Peter) by Adrian Moore, and Aesthetics of the Machine by Elio Martusciello. Notably, composer Roxanne Turcotte saw two of her works selected, Sons et tintamarre in the “programme music” category and Micro-trottoir in the “work for installation” category.

Many Canadian artists have received distinctions and special mentions in the “digital musics” category at the recent Prix Ars Electronica 2005 competition. John Oswald was awarded a distinction for his plunderphonics. Gilles Gobeil’s composition Ombres, espaces, silences… received a mention. Duo Skoltz_Kolgen also obtained a mention for their performance work Flüux :/ Terminal. Finally, the Artificiel trio were awarded a mention for the project condemned_bulbes.

Barry Truax’s opera is now available as a double CD on the Cambridge Street Records label. Powers of Two, An Electroacoustic Opera is an electroacoustic opera for six singers, dancers, video and multitrack sound.

Sound artist Chantal Dumas is the featured artist in the latest issue (#91) of Musicworks magazine, from Toronto (Canada).

Recorded during a residency at the Studio 12 of Montréal’s Maison de Radio-Canada, Labo MTL gathers three atypic improvisers for an exceptional session: Martin Tétreault on turntables, the electronic processings of Kaffe Matthews and Léon Lo (aka Helen of Troy) on violin.