Ars Electronica Forum Valais 2026
24 compositions were selected for the Concert Selection of the 11th Ars Electronica Forum Wallis as part of the call for acousmatic works.
41 works by 49 composers from 23 countries were selected for the 11th Ars Electronica Forum Wallis Call for Acousmatic Works. 24 works made it into the Concert Selection. There was a Special Mention for a further 17 works. 157 composers from 42 countries and all continents submitted a total of 182 works. The jury consisted of Kotoka Suzuki (JPN), Jaime Oliver La Rosa (PER), Reuben de Lautour (TUR/NZL) and Javier Hagen (Festival Director Forum Wallis).
The concerts will take place this year on June 5 and 6 and on July 3 and 4 as part of the Festival for New Music Forum Wallis at the MEbU (Münster Earport) in Goms.
The Forum Valais is an annual international festival for new music in Switzerland. It is run by the Valais chapter of the International Society for New Music (IGNM-VS). Since 2006, it has co-produced over 350 world premieres and presented works by over 500 composers from all over the world. Regular guests of the festival include ensembles such as recherche, Zafraan, UMS'nJIP, dissonArt, Steamboat Switzerland, Cod.Act, Arditti String Quartet, Klangforum Wien, ensemble für neue musik zürich, Contrechamps and Ensemble Modern
The winners of the Concert Selection
(in alphabetical order)
Bai Boyi (CHN) - Take me back to Indonesia
Bernard Bruno (FRA) - lune(s)
Blackburn Manuella (GBR) - Train of Thought
Borrel Stéphane (FRA) - La Grenouille de Lycie
Cho Youngjae (KOR) - narthex
Delap Gordon (IRL) - An Insect that Shuns the Light
Duchenne Jean-Marc (FRA) - On a Changing Sky
Eghdami Pierre (FRA/GER) - Fulgurite
Harrison Jonty (GBR) - Chamber music
Hayashi Kyohei (JPN) - Butterfly Garden
Karkatselas Theodoros (GRC) - Quarks
Kokoras Panayiotis (GRC) - Useless box
Kulari Daniel (ALB/ITA) - Variations and Disintegrations on a Theme by Çesk Zadeja
Lund-Jensen Pascal (CHE/DEN) - Building the Anthropocene
Moyers Jr. Timothy (USA) - Heliosphere
Noiseau Etienne (FRA) - Jardins d'Épicure
Otani Yasuhiro (JPN) - Thresholds of Presence
Prod'homme Lucie (FRA) - Espèces de gros sons
Stollery Pete (GBR) - Bosque
Totaleee (ITA, Giuseppe Pisano, Andrea Laudante, Paolo Montella) - Non è un atlante di traiettorie algo-siderali
Vanderburg Kyle (USA) - Tempest in a Teakettle
Yağlı Berk (CYP/TUR) - False Awakening on a Mediterranean Island
Yang Wei (CHN) - Rain contained, rain contains
Zouning Anne Liao (CHN) - Dust Storm
Awarded with a Special Mention
(in alphabetical order)
Alsina Tarrés Ariadna, Andrić Andreja, Bermúdez Chamberland Diego, Bravo Benard Hector, Carcassi Daniele, Casolino Alessandro, Harper Nathan, Kishore Varun, Lampropoulou Magda, Laudante Andrea, Lewis Andrew, Li He, Montella Paolo, Naylor Cameron, Oliveira João Pedro, Parisse Mattia, Parry Jake, Pastorino Paolo, Scott Richard, Sismann Valentin, Snapir Jonatan, Tesorini Riccardo, Zaiceva Sofia
