empreintes DIGITALes is releasing the first disc by Belgian composer Ingrid Drese during the ÉlectroBelge concert on March 10, 2010 at Espace Senghor in Brussels (Belgium). Her complete acousmatic work is thus brought together — in high definition sound (48 KHz 24 bits) — on the Interstices DVD-Audio / DVD-Video. Also included is Ingrid Drese and Inés Wickmann’s videomusic Paysage avec miroir.

The LOOP 2 festival of acoustic, electroacoustic and mixed contemporary music from Belgium and abroad… will take place on November 26-28, 2009 at Espace Senghor in Brussels. The first evening is a carte blanche to Ingrid Drese who will present her own work and pieces by Elsa Justel, Philippe Mion, Annette Vande Gorne and other composers.

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).

Élektrophonie (France) will present the 8th “Nuit bleue” on July 11, 2009 at Saline Royale in Arc-et-Senans (France). Many works are programmed during the “Nuit acousmatique” concert: Cyclo by David Berezan, Premières traces du Choucas by Francis Dhomont, Champs de fouilles (Excavations) by Martin Bédard, Voix de l’aurore by Ingrid Drese, L’escalier des aveugles by Luc Ferrari, Dancing on the Edge of Silence by Monique Jean and many others. A portrait of Patrick Ascione will also be presented on the same night during the “Cinéma pour l’oreille” concert.

Synthèse 2009 — 39th Bourges International Electronic Music and Compositions Festival will take place from May 29 to June 6, 2009 in Bourges (France). Amongst guest artists this year: Åke Parmerud, Pete Stollery, Jonty Harrison, Yves Daoust, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Georges Forget, João Pedro Oliveira, Ingrid Drese, and many others.

The Espace Senghor in Brussels (Belgium) will host the next ÉlectroBelge concert on February 26, 2009. The programme includes 9 premieres and performances by, amongst others, Annette Vande Gorne (Ouverture from Yamar Fiesta), Joris de Laet (Cordes et corps), Ingrid Drese (Plis de la nuit) and Todor Todoroff (Subternus).