The term acousmatic refers to sounds rendered by unidentifiable sources; applied to music, it describes fantastic pastiches fashioned with natural sounds, distorted samples and more. Get up to speed when Francis Dhomont presents his psychologically probing electronic classics during his first-ever New York performance, at Issue Project Room Fri 30.

CIRMMT is presenting two events with master Francis Dhomont: a diffusion workshop on October 28, 2009 and a concert with the works of his new CD Études pour Kafka on October 29 in the Multi-Media Room of McGill University in Montréal.

The Electronic Music Foundation presents Francis Dhomont’s Brooklyn debut concert on October 30, 2009 in the Issue Project Room of the Old American Can Factory (USA). [The concert was sold out.]

The Acousmonautes will present a special concert at Marseille Médiathèque, France, on Octobre 15, 2009 to celebrate 61 years of musique concrète. On the programme, works by Pierre Schaeffer, Francis Dhomont, Jacques Diennet, Fabrice Martin, Christophe Modica, Lucie Prod’homme, Marc Spiga…

Ai-maako, the 9th Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Santiago de Chile, will take place on October 1 - 10, 2009 in Santiago (Chile). Amongst the selected works: Sisyphe by Francis Dhomont, Yegl by Elsa Justel, Murmures by Robert Normandeau, and Still Voices by Pete Stollery. Annette Vande Gorne will present a concert “carte blanche” on October 1 with amongst other, her works Figures d’espace, and Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Est. Elsa Justel will also present a “carte blanche” concert on October 8.

Inés Wickmann and Francis Dhomont are guest artists of the L’opus à l’oreille festival, that takes place from September 25 to October 21, 2009 at Fondation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence (France). During the festival, they will premiere 3 videomusics: Urbs, Terres et ciels, and Kronos. On October 10, Dhomont will give a conference. On the same evening, Dhomont’s work Corps et âme will be presented in a concert. Also on the programme of the festival: videomusics by Inés Wickmann (video), Ingrid Drese (music), and Beatriz Ferreyra (music).