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The Foundation Destellos has announced the results of the 4th edition of its electroacoustic composition competition: the first prize was awarded ex æquo to Panayiotis Kokoras for his work Magic and to David Hindmarch for his work Golden Bowls. The Motus Prize has been awarded to Dans le ventre de la machine by Nicolas Bernier, and the Phonos Prize has been awarded to Caída, memoria y restitución by Ezequiel Esquenazi. A Special mention Musiques & Recherches was given to Les lointains noirs et rouges by Gilles Gobeil. Mentions were also awarded to works by Martin Bédard, Pei-Yu Shi, Peiman Khosravi, Lautaro Vieyra, Chester Udell, Andy Dolphin, Charles Nichols, and Sergio Santi.
Nicolas Bernier and Martin Messier were awarded an honorary mention in the digital musics category at the Prix Ars Electronica 2011 for their project La chambre des machines.
Réseaux presents Akousma (7), Electroacoustic Musics Festival, on October 27 - 30, 2010 at Monument-National in Montréal. 4 evenings with Pauline Oliveros, Alexander Schubert / Sinebag, Mathew Adkins (a concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of empreintes DIGITALes), Mitchell Akiyama, Martin Bédard, Martin Messier, Félix-Antoine Morin, and Nicolas Bernier.
Nicolas Bernier and Martin Messier will perform their La chambre des machines on September 11, 2010 at the Chicago Cultural Center as part of Sonar Chicago.
Nicolas Bernier and Martin Messier will present the North-American premiere of their performance La chambre des machines on June 2, 2010 during Mutek in Montréal, and on June 19 during Sonar in Barcelona (Spain).
Robert Normandeau will present Montréal electroacoustic works on March 24, 2010 at the Soundings concert in Limerick (Irlande). On the programme are works by the composer — Palimpseste, Jeu de langues, and Éden — and by Montréal composers Nicolas Bernier, and Dominic Thibault.
No Type’s disc Les arbres by Nicolas Bernier was awarded the Prix Opus “Album of the year — actuelle and electroacoustic musics” at the 13th Gala Opus on January 31, 2010 in Montréal. Also of interest: Chorals ornés for organ and tape by Yves Daoust — and performed by Régis Rousseau — was awarded the Prix Opus “Premiere of the year.”
Nicolas Bernier and Martin Messier will be at the transmediale festival in Berlin (Germany) on February 6, 2010 to present their new project La chambre des machines at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
empreintes DIGITALes won’t be turning 20 before January 2010. This won’t stop us in starting to celebrate right now with our 100th disc! The trans_canada festival at the ZKM in 2005 was centered around 8 new works by as many Canadian composers: Nicolas Bernier, Darren Copeland, Francis Dhomont, Louis Dufort, Gilles Gobeil, Robert Normandeau, Barry Truax, and Hildegard Westerkamp. The trans_canada DVD-Audio finally brings these works together in 24-bit high definition sound in both stereo and Surround 5.1.
empreintes DIGITALes won’t be turning 20 before January 2010. This won’t stop us in starting to celebrate right now with our 100th disc!
The trans_canada festival at the ZKM in 2005 was centered around 8 new works by as many Canadian composers: Nicolas Bernier, Darren Copeland, Francis Dhomont, Louis Dufort, Gilles Gobeil, Robert Normandeau, Barry Truax, and Hildegard Westerkamp. The trans_canada DVD-Audio finally brings these works together in 24-bit high definition sound in both stereo and Surround 5.1.
The CEC and PeP are taking part in this 100th good news by including a free copy of the recent Cache 2008 CD with the online purchase of our 100th disc (but for a very limited time). The item is automatically added to your shopping cart. [Finished on November 22, 2009.]