Forum Valais - Festival line-up 2025
From May 28 to June 15, the Forum Wallis will bring new music to Münster, Simplon Dorf, Ried-Brig and Leuk Castle on six performance days, including a detour into folk and world music.
From May 28 to June 15, 2025, Upper Valais will be transformed into a hotspot for new music for the 18th time this year. Popular Swiss and international contemporary music acts will perform at the Festival Forum Wallis and provide an insight into the colorful and diverse work of new music. The festival takes place over three weeks on a total of six days: the acousmatic concerts take place at the MEbU (Münster Earport) (May 28/29) and the experimental live acts at Leuk Castle (May 31). On June 13, 14 and 15, folk and world music will be highlighted in a new focus. The festival will then swarm out to Simplon Dorf, Ried-Brig and Münster for concerts with the Upper Valais Folk Song Choir together with the Egyptian Wael Sami Elkholy.
Lineup 2025
The 18th festival will feature Swiss free jazz greats Manuel Mengis and Hans-Peter Pfammatter, Roberto Domeniconi, Francesco Miccolis, Flo Götte, Patrice Moret, UMS'nJIP and the Greek dissonArt Ensemble.
The Ars Electronica Forum Wallis Selection Concerts, which will take place for the 10th time in 2025 and are curated and performed by Simone Conforti from IRCAM Paris, will take place at the MEbU in Goms. 26 works were shortlisted this year, with a further 14 receiving a Special Mention. 279 works by 249 composers from 39 countries and all continents were submitted.
Forum Valais since 2006
The Forum Valais is an international festival for new music and takes place in Valais. Since 2006, it has co-produced over 300 world premieres and presented works by over 500 composers from all over the world, including Stockhausen's Helicopter string quartet together with the Arditti Quartet, André Richard and Air Glaciers, Holligers Alb-Chehr and Cod.Acts Pendulum Choir. Regular guests at the festival include world-class ensembles such as recherche, Zafraan, UMS'nJIP, dissonArt, Steamboat Switzerland, Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Modern.
