Réseaux presents Akousma (3), a series of 5 portrait-concerts of Elio Martusciello, saxophone quartet Quasar, Francis Dhomont (for and on his 80th birthday), Ludger Brümmer, and Christian Calon. Are also organized 4 master classes, conferences and sound diffusion workshops. On October 31 to November 4 2006 at the Monument-National in Montréal.

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.

The 1st Festival di musica elettroacustica will take place from May 28 to 30, 2004 in Cagliari (Sardinia) and will features works by: Tu M’, Ralf Wehowsky, Michel Chion, Åke Parmerud, Theodore Lotis, Elio Martusciello, François Bayle, Marc Favre, Bernard Fort and many other composers.