Today August 31 is the birthday of:

• Paulo C Chagas (1953)
• Dror Feiler (1951)
• Paula Matthusen (1978)
• Felipe Otondo (1972)

More recent and upcoming birthdays:

• August 24 : Ian Baxter, George Brunner (1951), Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), Peter Paul Koprowski (1947), Luís María Serra (1942-2024)
• August 25 : Ned Bouhalassa (1962), Luc Brewaeys (1959-2015), Élise Caron (1961), Christian Clozier (1945), Karl Korte (1928-2022), Joel Vandroogenbroeck (1938-2019), Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972)
• August 26 : Sally Beamish (1956), Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2011), Martin Gotfrit (1952), Oliver Rappoport (1980), Wouter Snoei (1977)
• August 27 : Reginaldo Carvalho (1932-2013), Basilio Del Boca (1976), Robert Dow (1964), Aki Onda (1967)
• August 28 : Robert Aitken (1939), Peter Bellotte (1943), Hellmuth Kolbe (1926-2002), Michael Matthews (1950), Kristi McGarity (1974), Paul Pedersen (1935), Robert Sazdov (1969)
• August 29 : Gilbert Amy (1936), Jean-François Cavro (1963), Diamanda Galás (1955), Brent Lee (1964), Theodoros Lotis (1967), Andra McCartney (1955-2019), Serge Provost (1952), Gilbert Rovère (1939-2007)
• August 30 : Guillaume Cliche (1979), Andrew Culver (1953), Griselda Labbate, Arne Mellnäs (1933-2002), Yann Paranthoën (1935-2005), Arnold Walter (1902-1973)
• August 31 : Paulo C Chagas (1953), Dror Feiler (1951), Paula Matthusen (1978), Felipe Otondo (1972)
• September 1 : Renaud De Putter (1967), Mats Persson (1943), Elizabeth Pizer (1954), Dick Raaymakers (1930-2013), Paul Steenhuisen (1965), Ruth White (1925-2013)
• September 2 : Tzvi Avni (1927), Ata Ebtekar (1972), Zoë Letendre (1970), Maurizio Martusciello (1961), Michael Rother (1950), Jorge Sad Levi (1959), Sote (1972), Patricia A Vrobel (1964)
• September 3 : Roland Kayn (1933-2011), Ulf Stenberg (1941-2025), Lothar Voigtländer (1943)
• September 4 : Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), Brian Cherney (1942), Yanka Dyagileva (1966-1991), Hildur Gudnadóttir (1982), Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), Hubert Tanguay-Labrosse (1989), Graeme Truslove (1978), Alejandro Viñao (1951), Seth Parker Woods (1984)
• September 5 : John Cage (1912-1992), Christian Calon (1950), François Guérin (1952), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Shelly Knotts (1985), Maylis Raynal (1990)
• September 6 : DJ Spooky (1970), Jens Hedman (1962), Gilles Tremblay (1932-2017)
• September 7 : Sabine Breitsameter (1960), Eivind Buene (1973), Charles Saudrais (1938-1993), Ana Sokolović (1968), Fulya Uçanok (1984), Rolf Wallin (1957)
• September 8 : Joe Gallivan (1937), Alfred Jarry (1873-1907), Karl Lubomirski (1939), Thierry Madiot (1963), Spyros Sakkas (1938)
• September 9 : Roald Baudoux (1970), Chris Brown (1953), Martina Claussen, Andrzej Dobrowolski (1921-1990), Lucien Francoeur (1948-2024), Mara Helmuth (1957), Jojo Hiroshige (1959), Christopher Hobbs (1950), Marilène Provencher-Leduc (1989), David Rosenboom (1947), Alessandro Solbiati (1956), Kirsten Volness (1980)
• September 10 : Élisabeth Chojnacka (1939-2017), R Luke Dubois (1975), Craig Harris (1953), Diane Maheux (1960), Lasse Marhaug (1974), Philippe Ménard (1946-1999), Wolfgang Motz (1952)
• September 11 : Roland Cahen (1958), Annie Gosfield (1960), Stefan Östersjö (1967), Micheline Roi (1963), Harry Somers (1925-1999), Inés Wickmann (1955)
• September 12 : Larry Austin (1930-2018), Joëlle Léandre (1951), Benoit Rolland (1954), Claude Vasori (1930-2019)

Today August 31 is the premiere anniversary of:

• Les symphonies d’Hildegarde from Hildegard of Bingen, Bernard Fort (Premiered on August 31, 2023)

More recent and upcoming anniversaries:

• August 24 : Lost in the Soundscape from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2008); Fayoum, portraits sortis de terre from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2013); La dernière rose from Livia Giovaninetti (Premiered in 2017); Les demeures des dieux from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2018); Laudes from Michel Chion (Premiered in 2019); Altered States 1: Coastal Waters from Natasha Barrett (Premiered in 2021); Altered States 2: A Forest of Their Own from Natasha Barrett (Premiered in 2021); Allez zou! from Bruno Capelle (Premiered in 2022); Madame Morte from Olivier Capparos, Lionel Marchetti (Premiered in 2022); Le rêve de Yoroboshi from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2024); Vyoma — Weaver of the Stars from Louise Rossiter (Premiered in 2025)
• August 25 : Sanctus Sanctus from Michel Chion (Premiered in 2000); Agnus dei from Michel Chion (Premiered in 2000); Le ciel tremble from Michel Chion, Pascal Fleury (Premiered in 2000); Fantasmagorie from Agnès Poisson (Premiered in 2011); Dans un monde sonore from Tomonari Higaki (Premiered in 2018); 6 suites from Agnès Poisson (Premiered in 2022); Cadence from Michèle Bokanowski (Premiered in 2022); Dix divagations from Bruno Capelle (Premiered in 2023); FA 67-54 from Denis Dufour (Premiered in 2023); Les ombres de la nuit from J-Kristoff Camps, Carole Rieussec (Premiered in 2024)
• August 26 : Vulvatron 2000 from Louis Dufort (Premiered in 1996); Transparence d’un monde from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2011); Le cri from Michel Chion (Premiered in 2017); Dream Logic from Maxime Corbeil-Perron (Premiered in 2022); Les forces contraires — en quête d’espaces from Frédéric Kahn (Premiered in 2023); Ballade n^o 1 – La grande Combe from Agnès Poisson (Premiered in 2023); Éblouissements (hommage à Morton Feldman) from Bruno Capelle (Premiered in 2026)
• August 27 : The Fire Inside from Åke Parmerud (Premiered in 2000); Les invasions fantômes from Thomas Brando, Denis Dufour (Premiered in 2011); Blanc clos, la répétition from Frédéric Kahn (Premiered in 2011); A construção fantástica from Ariel Oliveira (Premiered in 2012); Du noir tombe, où es-tu? from Armando Balice (Premiered in 2016); Il paraît que dans le noir les rêves méritent d’entrer from Armando Balice (Premiered in 2016); Troisième symphonie, l’audio-divisuelle from Michel Chion (Premiered in 2016); Ballata Veneziana from Bruno Capelle (Premiered in 2016); Notes do ou La plus que lente, le plus que piano n^o 2 from Tomonari Higaki (Premiered in 2016); Interstices from Léa Boudreau, Nancy Tobin (Premiered in 2021); Voix from Tomonari Higaki (Premiered in 2022); L’appel de la montagne — Gravir #1 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2022); Souffle from Lucie Prod’homme (Premiered in 2022); Ouverture from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Rite de passage 1 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Rite de passage 2 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Endless Returns from Dante Tanzi (Premiered in 2023); Rite de passage 3 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Rite de passage 4 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Rite de passage 5 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Rite de passage 6 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Rite de passage 7 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Rite de passage 8 from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023); Final from Vincent Laubeuf (Premiered in 2023)
• August 28 : Libellune from Roxanne Turcotte (Premiered in 1999); Exit Variation from Monty Adkins (Premiered in 2008); Il s’est passé quelque chose from Agnès Poisson (Premiered in 2010); Norwid’Ellipse from Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Elżbieta Sikora (Premiered in 2021); Les chants de l’amanite from Émilie Payeur (Premiered in 2022); There is a quiet dignity that comes with carrying a sorrow from Adam Basanta (Premiered in 2022); Suelo rojo from Diego Bermudez Chamberland (Premiered in 2022); Cosmogon-infra from Frédéric Kahn (Premiered in 2026); Un Premier jour & Voyage… rivage from Agnès Poisson (Premiered in 2026); L’au-delà de l’eau from Denis Dufour (Premiered in 2026); Trace à définir from Bérangère Maximin (Premiered in 2026); Velum Audientes from Tomonari Higaki (Premiered in 2026)
• August 29 : Simulacres: un autoportrait from Francis Dhomont (Premiered in 1995); La Messe de terre from Michel Chion (Premiered in 1996); Manhattan Breakdown from Elizabeth Hoffman (Premiered in 2000); Akheta’s Blues from Ana Dall’Ara-Majek (Premiered in 2013); Trouée from Sophie Delafontaine (Premiered in 2021); Étendues from Daniel Perez Hajdu (Premiered in 2021); Créatures composites from Caroline Profanter (Premiered in 2021); Fin de crise from Marie-Jeanne Wyckmans (Premiered in 2021)
• August 30 : L’électro from Francis Dhomont (Premiered in 1995); Lettre de Sarajevo from Francis Dhomont (Premiered in 1995)
• August 31 : Les symphonies d’Hildegarde from Hildegard of Bingen, Bernard Fort (Premiered in 2023)
• September 1 : Forêt profonde from Francis Dhomont (Premiered in 1995); Microclimates III-VI from Natasha Barrett (Premiered in 2007)
• September 2 : Studio de nuit from Francis Dhomont (Premiered in 1995); low memory #1 from Monique Jean (Premiered in 2000); Twilight’s Sleep from Paul Dolden (Premiered in 2001)
• September 3 : Repulse from Åke Parmerud (Premiered in 1986)
• September 4 : Time’s Imaginary Eye from Åke Parmerud (Premiered in 1979); La Sera, a letto, ella rileggeva la lettere del suo artigliere al fronte from Sten Hanson (Premiered in 1979); Enbart för Kerstin from Lars-Gunnar Bodin (Premiered in 1979); Directions from Rolf Enström (Premiered in 1979); Y---OW from Roxanne Turcotte (Premiered in 1985); Sub Terra Cycle from Natasha Barrett (Premiered in 2008); Un cercle hors de l’arbre from Gilles Gobeil (Premiered in 2015); Tapage nocturne from Elsa Justel (Premiered in 2015); Die Mückenmaschine from Hanna Hartman (Premiered in 2016); Rituelpulses from Pete Stollery (Premiered in 2021); Where Shockwaves Become Sound from Natasha Barrett (Premiered in 2021); The Annunciation from Louise Rossiter (Premiered in 2022)
• September 5 : Yegl from Elsa Justel (Premiered in 2007); (de)touch from Suk-Jun Kim (Premiered in 2026)