The world premiere of Adrian Moore’s new work, Rococo Variations, will be held at Reid Concert Hall in Edinburgh (UK) on February 3, 2006, during the Soundings… Festival next concert series.

The Kracfive label recently released Proswell & wwcarpen, a joyful, noizeful, synthetic, and complex collaboration between two active members od the netlabel scene.

Francis Dhomont will give a concert at the [sonor] festival in Nantes (France) on March 9, 2006, featuring Corps et âme, L’air du large, Figures de la nuit / Faces of the Night, À l’orée du conte, Chambre interdite, Un autre Printemps, and L’électro. Afterwards, Dhomont will be the guest of the Lovebytes festival in Sheffield (UK) on March 25, 2006. The composer will present Here and There, En cuerdas, Un autre Printemps, Lettre de Sarajevo, Phonurgie, and Corps et âme.

The 9th Opus Prizes winners were announced yesterday, January 22, 2006, in Montréal. The “Concert of the Year – actuelle and electroacoustic musics” category goes to the Theresa Transistor quartet (Christian Bouchard, Christian Calon, Mario Gauthier, Monique Jean) while the “Disc of the Year — Musique actuelle, Electroacoustics” is Trilogie d’ondes by Gilles Gobeil.

The premiere of Trade Winds by Natasha Barrett will take place on February 5, 2006 at the Harstad Kulturhus (Norway) during the festival for contemporary music Ilios.

Martin Tétreault will begin his tour at the Club Transmediale.06 festival in Berlin (Germany) on February 9, 2006 with a concert alongside Goodiepal and Ignaz Schick titled The Curious Membrane Meets the Happy Accident. Subsequently, Tétreault will proceed along in duo with Ignaz Schick at the Cuba art center, located in the Münster (Germany) train station on February 10, 2006, at the Haferkamp gallery in Köln (Germany) on February 11, 2006, and at the Klanggalerie in Hannover (Germany) on February 12, 2006. Afterward, they will continue to the Stary Browar building in Poznan (Poland) on February 13, as well at the Mozg association in Bydgoszcz (Poland) on February 14, 2006.