Composers Andrew Lewis, Felipe Pérez Santiago, Michael Mathews, and Francisco Colasanto along with bassoonist Wendy Holdaway and members from the Dark in the Song ensemble will take part in the first Encuentro Internacional de Instrumentistas y Compositores on May 7 - 9, 2012 at Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras in Morelia (Mexico). This first event is dedicated to the bassoon and new technologies.

The Qwartz Pierre-Schaeffer 2012 will be given at the 8th Gala of the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards on March 29, 2012 at the Centquatre in Paris (France). Francis Dhomont joins the previous awardees (the prize is given since 2006): Bernard Parmegiani; Henri Pousseur, Otavio Soares Brandão; Jean-Claude Risset, Beatriz Ferreyra, Max Mathews; Åke Parmerud, Roger Cochini; François Bayle; and Éliane Radigue.

Switched on by Manuella Blackburn is the only acousmatic work of the 13 finalist works for the Gaudeamus Prize 2012. The competition will take place during Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2012 on September 2 - 9, 2012 in Utrecht (The Netherlands).

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Christian Bouchard compsed the music for the installation Broken Ground by Canadian visual artist Derek Michael Besant. This installation is shown at Phoenix Brighton (England, UK) on February 11 to March 25, 2012.

The 15th Opus Prizes winners were announced yesterday, January 29, 2012, in Montréal. The “Disc of the Year — Musique actuelle, Electroacoustics” is Quelques reflets by Pierre Alexandre Tremblay.