BEAST present the six-concert series Pioneers of Sound on January 31 - February 2, 2014 at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham (England, UK). The February 1 concerts are dedicated to the music of François Bayle and Francis Dhomont, to be presented by the composers.

The Giga-Hertz-Award 2013 celebrates the career of two composers and three production prizes are given to composers for projects to be realized at the ZKM or the Experimentalstudio. The grand prizes for electronic music were attributed to John Chowning and Francis Dhomont while the three production prizes were awarded to Roque Rivas, Alexander Schubert, and Ying Wang. The grand prize for sound art was attributed to Pierre Henry. The awards will be presented on November 30, 2013 at the ZKM (Karlsruhe, Germany).

Francis Dhomont is the keynote speaker of the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium (TES) to be held August 14 - 17, 2013 with 9 paper sessions and 6 concerts (2 of which are part the Sound Travels festival). Amongst the many pieces presented at these concerts are works by Francis Dhomont, Elizabeth Hoffman, Monique Jean, Steven Naylor, and Barry Truax.

Francis Dhomont and Robin Minard will give an acousmatic composition workshop at the Franz Liszt School of Music Weimar (Germany) on July 12 - 15, 2013. Francis Dhomont will also give a solo concert (Meister im Konzert) at the SeaM Werkstattstudio on the first evening.

Both trans_canada reloaded concerts on November 29, 2012 are part of the Sounds: GRM Akusmonium and Sound Dome series of the Imatronic Extended festival at the ZKM in Karlsruhe (Germany). These two concerts present works by Robert Normandeau (including the premiere of the final version of La part des anges), Francis Dhomont, Gilles Gobeil, Louis Dufort, and Barry Truax. The Imatronic Extended festival will take place from November 21 to December 2, is made fo the several series — Piano+, Neuroaesthetics, Sounds: GRM Akusmonium and Sound Dome, TBA21 Sound Space: Spatial Music — and includes the Giga-Hertz-Prize 2012 ceremony.

The Musica Nova 2012 International Electroacoustic Music Competition (Prague, Czech Republic) announced its first prizes: Toys by Orestis Karamanlis and Music for a Maverick by Roderik de Man. Mentions were given to Machin de machine by Francis Dhomont, La part des anges by Robert Normandeau, Irama by Felipe Otondo, Fantasy by Yu-Chung Tseng, and behind the light by Hans Tutschku.