Joseph Petric presented 25 years of works for accordion and electroacoustics on October 30, 2005 at the Music Gallery in Toronto (Ontario). The concert featured the Toronto premiere of Yves Daoust’s composition L’Entrevue (1991).

A second pioneer of electronic / concrete / electroacoustic music passes away this week. French composer Luc Ferrari died yesterday (August 22, 2005) in Italy at 76.

The pioneer and inventor of one of the first modular analog synthesizers, Robert Moog, passed away on August 21, 2005 at the age of 71. His family has set up The Bob Moog Foundation for the advancement of electronic music.

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Composer Elsa Justel was awarded the Prix Ton Bruynèl 2005 for her work Bastet, for solo tape. The jury admired the refined sounds and immense technical command in this work.

Clarinetist François Houle launched a new album on the Earsay label, titled Double Entendre. The CD features compositions for solo clarinet and tape or electronic environments by Paul Dolden, John Oliver, Pierre Boulez, and Giorgio Magnanensi.