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Jeu de Temps/Time Play 2003

The winnersof the Jeu de Temps/ Time Play competition have been announced. Jeu de Temps is a transatlantic competition coordinated by Sonic Arts Network (SAN) in the UK and the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC), aimed at creators of electronic music and sonic art. The intention is to provide an opportunity for emerging artists to get their work heard, and, through a panel of internationally acclaimed composers and artists, to draw comment, feedback, and support.

The awards night was held on 7 October 2003 at the Deluxe Gallery in London. All the UK entries were presented in a headphone listening gallery alongside the winning top five pieces from Canada. Winners of the UK section of the competition are: First place to Theodore Lotis for Arioso Dolente/Beethoven Op.11; second place to Stelios Giannoulakis for Lucidity; third place to Rodrigo Sigal for Friction of Things in Other Places; fourth place to Panayiotis Kokoras for Breakwater; fifth place to Tom Cahill-Jones for Bounce Eye (Study In Marbles); sixth place to Mark Horrocks for Tanzhaus; seventh place to Simon Kilshaw for La Pecora Perduta; eighth place to Tim Shaw for Emergence; ninth place to David Shepherd for Äwhä; and tenth place to Matthew Abrey for F50v.6.

A compact disc of the top 10 pieces from both the UK and Canadian sections will be produced and distributed free to members during 2004.

Seoul International Computer Music Fest

The Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF 2003), hosted by the Korean Electro Acoustic Music Society (KEAMS) and sponsored by the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation and the French embassy, was held at the Korean National University of Arts on 8–12 November 2003. The annual festival has drawn composers and performers of electroacoustic music from around the world since its inception in 1994, continuing to make important contributions to electroacoustic and computer music in Asia.

The festival included seven concerts, with works by Gyoo-Dong Kim (Korea), Ockmi Han (Korea), Minsuk Yang (Korea), Jaeho Chang (Korea), Christopher Dobrian (USA), Jin-Yong Park (Korea), Sundo Chung (Korea), Eunhwa Lee (Korea), Sven Ingo Koch (Germany), Helmut Zapf (Germany), Jan Jacob Hofmann (Germany), Gerald Eckert (Germany), Sun-Young Pahg (Korea), Michael Hirsch Germany), Karl-Heinz Mauermann/ Frank Niehushmann (Germany), Yueyang Wang (China)/Andre Bartetzki (Germany), Ludger Brümmer (Germany), Francesco Galante (Italy), Konstantinos Karathanasis (Greece), David Berezan (Canada), Mi Jung Kim (Korea), Dennis Miller (USA), James Dashow (USA), Paul Rudy (USA), Gi Nyoung Lee (Korea), Jon Christopher Nelson (USA), Michele Biasutti (Italy), Yu-Chung Tseng (Taiwan), Joao Pedro Oliveira (Portugal), Andreas Weixler (Austria), Antonio Ferreira (Germany), Jorge Sad Levi (Argentina), Ricard Climent (Spain), Friedhelm Hartmann (Israel), Joo Won Park (Korea), Christian Banasik (Germany), Mark Zaki (USA), John A. Dribus (USA), Se-Lien Chuang (Austria), Karlheinz Stockhausen (Germany), David Cope (USA), Giacinto Scelsi (Italy), Andre Bartetzki (Germany), JongWoo Yim (Korea), Sung Ho Hwang (Korea), Insik Lee (Korea), Jun Kim (Korea), Young-Mee Lymn (Korea), Donoung Lee (Korea), Jinseob Shim (Korea), and Doo-jin Ahn (Korea).

Digital Music Festival 2003

Digital Music Festival 2003 was held 22–24 November 2003 in Kobe, Japan, on the theme of Art & Technology Digital Music Acousmatic Music, under the auspices of the Executive Committee of the Digital Music Festival 2003, XEBEC Corporation, and the Japan Computer Music Association. It was produced by Kazuo Uehara (Japan Computer Music Association) and was held in the Kobe XEBEC Hall

Day 1 began with a lecture, "Beginning of the Electronic Music in Japan" by Hidechika Serizawa, followed by the Opening Concert featuring Bruce Gremo performing a solo extended technique shakuhachi work, Old New Song 1; a work for shakuhachi and two PowerBooks (Max/MSP application), Halo 1; a multi-application work for three PowerBooks, Plateaus; and a new work for Cilia and several Power Books. On Day 2, Concert 1 featured an exchange between universities, with works from Osaka University of Arts, Tokyo College of Music, Waseda University, Kunitachi College of Music, and Sibelius College of Music. Concert 2 featured live computer music, with works by Shinji Kanki, Shion Tanaka, Kazuya Ishigami, Takayuki Rai, Shigenobu Nakamura , and C. Charles. On the final day there were two concerts of acousmatic music...