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Musica Nova 2001

The results of the 2001 Musica Nova International Electroacoustic Music Competition, organized by the Society for Electroacoustic Music of the Czech Republic under the auspices of the Czech Music Council, were announced in Prague in November 2001. The jury, Rainer Bürck, Lenka Dohnalová, Juraj Ďuriš, Jan Jirásek, Pavel Kopecký, Rudolf Růžička, and Milan Slavický considered 63 pieces from 21 countries. In Category A, compositions of autonomous electroacoustic art music, the first prize was awarded to Natasha Barrett (UK) for Industrial Revelations. Honorary mentions were made of Ian Stewart (Canada) for Phosphor Bronze and of Hans Tutschku (Germany) for Migration pétrée. In Category B, compositions for acoustic instrument, voice, or ensemble, and electroacoustic media, the first prize and special prize for a composition by a young composer was awarded to Dagmara Jack (Poland) for Raasz II. Honorary mention was made of Massimo Carlentini (Italy) for Recycled. Three special prizes for Czech compositions were awarded: to Karel Šimandl for Dreaming, to Alois Piňos for Zimní slunovrat and to Michal Rataj for . . . per saecula saeculorum. . . . More information about the Musica Nova competition is available from the competition's Web site at www.musica.cz/musnova.

CIMESP 2001

The results of the fourth International Electroacoustic Music Contest of São Paulo (CIMESP) have been announced. Ten pieces were chosen for the finalists' concert on 27 October 2001 in São Paulo, Brazil. These were selected from the 204 compositions by 160 composers of 37 nationalities from 30 countries, which were submitted to the competition. The finalist pieces were: Neon by Elizabeth Anderson, Industrial Revelations by Natasha Barrett, Rondeaux Trouvés by Andre Bartetzki, Lichtempfindliche Erinnerungen by Gary Berger, Soledad by Gilles Gobeil and Arturo Parra, Response by Panayiotis Kokoras, Shadows by Theodore Lotis, Alinea I-III by Kent Olofsson, Voix Oubliées by Augusto Valente, and Liquid Sky by John Young.

The first prize was awarded to Kent Olofsson (Sweden) for Alinea I-III (1997–2000) for string quartet, tape, and live electronics and the second prize went to John Young (UK) for Liquid Sky (1998) for electroacoustic sounds. The public prize, given by the audience at the concert on 27 October, went to Gilles Gobeil (Canada) and Arturo Parra (Spain) for Soledad (1998–2000) for guitar and electroacoustic sounds. All the finalists received honorable mentions; the CD of the IV CIMESP 2001 will comprise the prize-winning works plus the pieces by Andre Bartetzki and Gary Berger.

Immersion in Melbourne, Australia

Immersion is a biennial event curated by Philip Samartzis that examines cultural and technical developments related to surround sound theory and practice. The most recent Immersion was held 7–9 September 2001 and presented three concerts featuring the Acousmonium, the loudspeaker orchestra conceived by the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) of France. Daniel Teruggi, current director of the GRM, was a special guest of Immersion, presenting two specially curated evenings of music reflecting musical innovation over a 50-year period, as well as a workshop explaining the principles of the Acousmonium and its relevance to contemporary music practice. The first concert, entitled "Historical" and curated by Daniel Teruggi, celebrated 50 years of musique concrète and featured works by Pierre Schaeffer, Bernard Parmegiani, François Bayle, Alain Savouret, Jean Schwarz, Daniel Teruggi, and Christian Zanési. Teruggi's second concert was dubbed "Contemporary European" and presented music by Benjamin Thigpen, Philippe Leroux, Hans Tutschku, and Daniel Teruggi himself. The final concert of Immersion was given by Philip Samartzis under the title "Contemporary Australian" and featured new performances by Carl Priestly, Dominic Redfern, Byron Scullin, François Tétaz, Darrin Verhagen, and Philip Samartzis himself.

Workshop in Italy on Computer Aided Music Pedagogy

A workshop on computer-aided music pedagogy was held in Florence, Italy, 5–6 October 2001, organized by the Centro Tempo Reale (CTR) in Florence with the sponsorship of the Associazione Informatica Musicale Italiana (AIMI). The multilingual two-day program offered 13 presentations. On the first morning, Jacopo Baboni Schilingi, Michele Tadini, and Nicola Zonca (CTR) spoke on "A music ABC for Children," Irène Deliege and Marc Mélen (Belgium) spoke on "Possible Directions for a Common Research...