Organized by the CMMAS, the 6th Visiones Sonoras festival will place in Morelia (Mexico) on November 3 - 6, 2010 with the guest composers, amomgst several others, Åke Parmerud, jef chippewa, Julio d’Escriván, and Mathew Adkins (premiere of Entangled Symmetries). jef chippewa will return to CMMAS in mid-November for a two-week residency to work on a new composition.

The Prix Ton Bruynèl 2010 was awarded ex æquo to Crystal Counterpoint by Åke Parmerud and to Préludes suspendus III by Horacio Vaggione. Honorary mentions were also awarded to works by Ricardo de Armas, Strijbos & Van Rijswijk, Martin Bédard, and Jacob ter Veldhuis.

Åke Parmerud will visit the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal on November 11, 2009. His presence starts with a conference at 7 pm followed by a concert at 8 pm where four students from the electroacoustic composition course will be diffusing four of his works. The concert will end with his new work Crystal Counterpoint to be diffused by its composer.

The World New Music Days organized by the ISCM will take place on Septembre 24 - October 4, 2009 in Visby, Växjö, and Göteborg (Sweden). Amongst the works on the programmes: Rituals by Åke Parmerud on September 28; Champs de fouilles (Excavations) by Martin Bédard and Sub Terra by Natasha Barrett on September 29; and finally Vol de rêve (first movement of Trois songes) by Gilles Gobeil on October 1.

The acousmatic and multimedia festival Sonoimágenes will take place on September 2 - 4, 2009 at Lanús’ National University, near Buenos Aires (Argentina). On September 3, Elsa Justel will present her works Débris, Bastet, as well as the videomusic Moure el món. On September 4, Åke Parmerud will present La vie mécanique, Bows, Arcs and The Arrow of Time, and Crystal Counterpoint. The Festival also features À propos de K by Francis Dhomont, Champs de fouilles (Excavations) by Martin Bédard, and a concert by João Pedro Oliveira.

The 1996 disc Grains of Voices by Åke Parmerud in back in stock, but in limited quantity!