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Free | Hangzhou, China | Deadline: 30 August 2026
MUSICACOUSTICA-HANGZHOU 2026 will present multiple concerts showcasing a wide range of styles in electroacoustic music, highlighting cutting-edge developments in electronic music composition and performance at home and abroad. The festival now invites works from scholars, composers, and students in the global electroacoustic music community. The organizing committee will select outstanding submissions for inclusion in the concert programs according to the focus of each session.
Submission categories include fixed media, instruments with electronics, multimedia compositions, interactive compositions, and other innovative hybrid forms. This year we especially encourage interactive electroacoustic music works — in particular, pieces that integrate artificial intelligence and combine technological innovation with strong artistic expression. Submissions should pursue novel forms and distinct styles, and demonstrate high musical and technical quality. There is no strict time limit, though a suggested duration is under 10 minutes.
Submission deadline: August 30, 2026. Selected works will be announced on the festival website and via multiple platforms including the Electroacoustic Music Association of China (EMAC) WeChat account, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music WeChat account, and the Department of Music Engineering WeChat account.
Please submit works at: https://zjcmmed.mike-x.com/npiOd or scan the QR code below:
Organizing Committee of MUSICACOUSTICA-HANGZHOU 2026
Just bring a thing and bang or twang it in a group setting – no drama, its not the Royal Albert.
Scratch Orchestra – no musical ability needed. Dont overthink, just bring your voice, bring a kazoo, bring a balloon, doesnt matter. Eventually through a symbiosis of innate rythym something magical – or truly awful sounding – will happen. Yeay!
Five exciting new voices in Scottish electroacoustic music will premier their new works made from sounds that they collected together. Composers Tom Macfadyen, Flynn Butler Fraser, Aidan Lochrin, Emily Rae, and Darlene Zarabozo collaboratively recorded sounds that they collected from their homes in Scotland. These everyday sounds have been re-shaped, and layered to produce immersive sound worlds with unexpected twists and turns. Each piece will be diffused over our multichannel speaker system, filling the entire space with sound and enveloping the listener in what promises to be a cinematic and exciting introduction to these experimental sonic artists.
*UK members include anybody currently living/working/studying in the UK, or British Citizens working abroad.
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