[spectre] ZKM/Festival/trans_canada: Trends in Acousmatics and Soundscapes

[Irina Koutoudis]

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
January 2005
 
Infomail No 3
 
t r a n s _ c a n a d a  F e s t i v a l : Trends in Acousmatics and 
Soundscapes
 
Thursday, 10 February – Sunday, 13 February 2005
Admission to single concerts €5 / €3; festival ticket for all concerts 
€15 / €10
Lectures: admission free (lectures in presenters’ native language)
 
Vast forests, roaring waterfalls, fertile farmland – Canada’s natural 
environment is rich and diverse and so is its musical landscape, 
especially electronic music, which is the focus of the four-day 
trans_canada Festival.
Together with France, Britain and the Scandinavian countries Canada is 
among the world leaders in electroacoustic music. Hugh LaCaine 
developed the predecessor of the modern synthesizer in Ottawa as far 
back as the 1940s. At the same time, Francis Dhomont was creating his 
own musique concrèteindependent of Henry and Schaeffer.
In Dhomont the ZKM has succeeded in attracting to the festival one of 
the most prominent representatives of this music scene, who has exerted 
a major influence on the musical landscape in Canada and especially in 
Quebec. Among his students at the University of Montreal were Louis 
Dufort, Ned Bouhalassa, Gilles Gobeil and Robert Normandeau, all of 
whom have in the meantime become internationally renowned composers in 
their own right and will likewise be attending the festival. 
Representing the younger generation will be Nicolas Bernier, who has 
already won a number of international prizes.
Vancouver and Toronto rank alongside Montreal when it comes to 
electroacoustic music. Their musical representatives will be Barry 
Truax and the German Canadian, Hildegard Westerkamp, from British 
Columbia, while Darren Copeland will be coming from Ontario.
In addition to the concerts, trans_canada will provide a public forum 
for discussions and contributions that will reflect, illustrate and 
discuss the country-specific history of electroacoustic music, its 
present status and the prospects for composers, musicians and 
musicologists.
 
With the kind support of the Embassy of Canada, the Canada Council for 
the Arts and the Quebec Cultural Office
 
Program
 
Thursday, 10 February
 
ZKM Music Balcony
19.30 Opening by the Canadian Ambassador, Paul Dubois, ZKM Cube
20.00 Opening concert, Générations – Generations
Premieres of works by Francis Dhomont, Darren Copeland and Nicolas 
Bernier
 
Friday, 11 February
 
ZKM Lecture Hall
11.15 Christoph von Blumröder, Cologne
12.45 Lunch break
15.00 Hildegard Westerkamp, Vancouver
15.45 Barry Truax Burnaby, British Columbia
16.30 Sabine Breitsameter, Berlin
 
ZKM Media Theatre
20.00 Paysages – Landscapes, Premieres of works by Hildegard 
Westerkamp, Ned Bouhalassa and Louis Dufort
 
Saturday, 12 February
 
ZKM Lecture Hall
10.00 Robert Normandeau, Montreal
10.45 Gilles Gobeil, Montreal
11.30 Daniel Teruggi, Paris
12.30 Lunch break
14.00 Francis Dhomont, Montreal
15.45 Rudolf Frisius, Karlsruhe
 
ZKM Media Theatre
17.00 Sonic Travel, Works by Barry Truax
 
ZKM Cube
20.00 Topographies, Premieres of works by Francis Dhomont, Robert 
Normandeau and Gilles Gobeil
 
Sunday, 13 February
 
ZKM Media Theatre
10.00 Nicolas Bernier, Montreal
10.45 Darren Copeland Brampton, Ontario
11.30 Louis Dufort, Montreal
12.15 Round table discussion
 
Presenters: Sabine Breitsameter, Ludger Brümmer
 
The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the program.
 
 
For more information please visit our website: www.zkm.de
 
Contact:
 
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76135 Karlsruhe
Fon: 0049(0)721 / 8100 – 1200
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