It’s a real pleasure to present a new instalment in my occasional series The Dialogues. This episode is in conversation with composer Monty Adkins, whose music I’ve written about many times on 5:4 and hold in very high regard. Our discussion explores a wide range of topics, including the fundamental aspects of Adkins’ compositional aesthetic, the history and development of his practice, the influence of visual art throughout his output alongside musical influences, considerations of beauty, narrative vs abstract approaches to composition, the relationship between and implications pertaining to ‘authentic’ and artificial sonic environments, types of listening, perceptions of time, notions of the sacred, the imposition (and benefits) of compositional restrictions, the organisation / structuring of non-teleological music, combining electronics with live instruments, and Adkins’ relationship with the listener.

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I want to thank Monty for generously giving me so much of his time, and for being prepared to talk so openly (and for so long!) about his life and work. The trajectory his music has taken over the last twenty years is markedly different from many involved in electronic music, and I hope both newcomers and long-standing fans of his work will find our discussion as fascinating and illuminating as I did.

Les 21 concerts et 5 installations du 3^e New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival auront lieu du 2 au 6 avril 2013. Parmi les compositeurs dont une pièce est présentée, citons ceux d’empreintes DIGITALes: Andrew Lewis, Elizabeth Hoffman, Elsa Justel, Mathew Adkins, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, David Berezan, Manuella Blackburn, Hans Tutschku, Monique Jean et Theodore Lotis.

Le festival Akousma 9, qui aura lieu du 24 au 27 octobre 2012 à l’Usine C à Montréal (Québec), propose huit concerts mettant en vedette, entre autres, Manuella Blackburn, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay et Mathew Adkins.

Elektramusic présente en concert des œuvres acousmatiques et des vidéomusiques de Mathew Adkins, Hans Tutschku, Dominique Bassal, entre autres, le 25 octobre 2012 au Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg (France).

Le concours international de musique électroacoustique Musica Nova 2011 (Prague, République tchèque) a dernièrement dévoilé ses lauréats: Antonio Scarcia, Chien-Wen Cheng, Martin Klusák, Diana Salazar, Roderik de Man, Monty Adkins, John Young et Alla Zahaïkevych.

Le festival SCREAM présente la soirée Sounding Images le 5 novembre 2011 au REDCAT (Los Angeles, ÉU). 11 vidéomusiques sont au programme dont celles de Mathew Adkins / Oliver Jones, Elsa Justel et Francis Dhomont / Inés Wickmann.