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.

Inés Wickmann and Francis Dhomont are guest artists of the L’opus à l’oreille festival, that takes place from September 25 to October 21, 2009 at Fondation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence (France). During the festival, they will premiere 3 videomusics: Urbs, Terres et ciels, and Kronos. On October 10, Dhomont will give a conference. On the same evening, Dhomont’s work Corps et âme will be presented in a concert. Also on the programme of the festival: videomusics by Inés Wickmann (video), Ingrid Drese (music), and Beatriz Ferreyra (music).

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.

For Sonic Explorations the London Sinfonietta will present the London premiere of the multitrack work Vol d’Arondes by Francis Dhomont on October 1, 2009 in Hall One of Kings Place in London (England, UK). Also on the programme, electroacoustic works by Ligeti, Nono, and Berio.

Louis Dufort will present the concert “Bifurcation” at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal on August 6, 2009. On the programme, a new version of Particules III performed by the pianist David Cronkite; Matério_*, Matério_**, and Matério_*** — available on Matériaux composés — and the premiere of a work (Nervosité) inspired by his readings on systemics.

The 2009 Futura festival will take place on August, 20 — 23, 2009 in Crest, France. On the programme, works by Otomo Yoshihide, Luc Ferrari, Denis Dufour, Francis Dhomont (Corps et âme), Michel Chion, Michèle Bokanowski, Chantal Dumas, Ivo Malec, Bernard Parmegiani, Christian Zanési, Christian Calon and many others.