The 11th Sound Travels festival started on June 14, 2009 in Toronto and will last until October 31. On August 7 Nicolas Bernier will premiere his work Courant.air and will present a 8-channel version of Les arbres. Also on the programme, Champs de fouilles (Excavations) by Martin Bédard. On August 8 there will be a concert with Annette Vande Gorne who will present works on Exils: Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Est, Exil, chant II, Figures d’espace.

On August 20, 2009, Robert Normandeau will present Francis Dhomont’s work Premières traces du Choucas selected for ICMC 2009 (International Computer Music Conference) to be held in Montréal on August 16 - 21, 2009. Also on the programme of the 18 concerts, listening sessions and installations: Bastet by Elsa Justel, Kuppel by Robert Normandeau, Winternacht by Hans Tutschku, Dédales by Todor Todoroff, and many others.

The Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon (France) will take place from July 13 to 31, 2009. Coming up:

• July 27: diffusion of Pentes by Denis Smalley;
• July 28: diffusion of Sémaphores by Christian Zanési;
• July 30: diffusion of Pierre Schaeffer’s works Étude pathétique [Étude aux casseroles] and Bilude as well as the premiere of Le travail du rêve by Francis Dhomont.

Gilles Gobeil will be in Dresden (Germany), on June 24 - 25, 2009 to present a conference and a concert at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. He will perform his works Castalie (8-channel version), and Le miroir triste on June 25.

Francis Dhomont will participate to the 6th Festival di interpretazione della musica acusmatica 2009 that will take place in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) on July 9 - 12, 2009. Dhomont will have a “Carte blanche” and will present, amongst others, Lamento (chœur des femmes I) and Combattimento (chœur des femmes II) by Annette Vande Gorne, and extrémités lointaines by Hans Tutschku. Dhomont’s work Premières traces du Choucas will also be presented during the festival.

Élektrophonie (France) will present the 8th “Nuit bleue” on July 11, 2009 at Saline Royale in Arc-et-Senans (France). Many works are programmed during the “Nuit acousmatique” concert: Cyclo by David Berezan, Premières traces du Choucas by Francis Dhomont, Champs de fouilles (Excavations) by Martin Bédard, Voix de l’aurore by Ingrid Drese, L’escalier des aveugles by Luc Ferrari, Dancing on the Edge of Silence by Monique Jean and many others. A portrait of Patrick Ascione will also be presented on the same night during the “Cinéma pour l’oreille” concert.