CIME / ICEM - International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music

27/09/2025

~Results announced~
Prix CIME 2025 Electroacoustic Music Competition

I am happy to inform you the results of the PRIX CIME electroacoustic music competition 2025. The compe-tition received 597 anonymous submissions from all around the world.
422 (70.7%) submissions in Section 1: Prix CIME – Open to all composers regardless of age
175 (29.3%) submissions in Section 2: Residency Prix CIME – Open to all composers born after 12/31/1990.
72.7% stereo, 13.1% octophonic, 6.9% ambisonics, and 7.3% other.

On behalf of the PRIX CIME jury:
James Andean BEAN/UK, Ainolnaim Azizol MEMLab/MY, Gonzalo Biffarella FARME/AR, Joris De Laet FeBeME-BeFEM/BE, Marcelo Espindola CECH/CL, Dominik Kautz ZKM/DE, Andreas Mniestris HELM-CA/GR, Adolfo Núñez AMEE/ES, Yemin Oh KEAMS/KR, Catalina L. Peralta GrupLAC/CO, Aguan Peng EMAC/CN, Szigetvári Andrea HCMF/HU, Mark Vaughn SEAMUS/USA.

Section I: Prix CIME (open to all composers regardless age)

Prix CIME 2025
The Prix CIME 2025 has been awarded to Giulio Colangelo for Hyperion

Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention goes to David Bird for Dark Ethnography
Honorable Mention goes to Loïse Bulot for Blooms
Honorable Mention goes to Jon Christopher Nelson for The Persistence of Time and Memory

Distinctions per Category
Category 1: Fixed audio to Nikos Stavropoulos for Par une belle fin d'apres-midi
Category 2: Instrument(s) & elec to Alessandro Ratoci for ERGOPHOBIA (Noise Study for Dino Campana)
Category 3: Video music to Nahuel Litwin for Cuento de Pulgas
Category 4: Sound art, new interfaces, other to Diane Schuh for Mycelium Garden

Finalists
Shai Cohen for Remain calm
Stéphane Roy for Après, les cendres
Marcello Vitale for Neottolemo
Gabriel José Bolaños Chamorro for Cuarteto de bongos
Sergey Khismatov for Suono Povero

Section II: Residency Prix CIME (Open to all composers born after December 31, 1990)

Residency Prix CIME
Pedram Diba for Pazhvak Astaneh
Eli Stine for Where Water Meets Memory
Yansu Niu for CAM
Rodrigo Valente Pascale for Chained reflections [within reflections]
Deniz Çağlarcan for Shadows
Stevie J. Sutanto for My Computer's Interpretation of Falling Down
Patrick Reed for PRIMOR D’AION
Stefano Catena for Travelling Without Moving

Finalists
Arash Azadi for Manic-Depression
Levy Oliveira for Comigo me Desavim
Erich Barganier for Receiving The Wound
Ellen Preuss & Miriam Jochmann for Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
Hunter Brown for Derivatives

Congratulations!
On behalf of the Jury
Panayiotis Kokoras, CIME-ICEM President, CIME Prix Coordinator
and ICEM Main Board Marek Chołoniewski and Todor Todoroff

* All works listed in order of jury evaluation

More info at CIME / ICEM - International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music and https://www.cime-icem.net

SoundingFuture
AUDIOMAT
International Music Council

19/02/2025

[english below]

Z przyjemnością ogłaszamy I Międzynarodowy Konkurs Kompozytorski poświęcony pamięci wybitnego polskiego kompozytora i pedagoga – Andrzeja Dobrowolskiego oraz jego twórczości.

Termin:
3 ​​kwietnia 2025, 24:00 (UTC+2)

Temat edycji:
Kompozycja na obój z elektroniką

Nagrody:
I miejsce – 2000 zł
II miejsce – 1500 zł
III miejsce – 1000 zł

wszystkie utwory finałowe zostaną wykonane podczas koncertu w ramach 54. Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Muzyki Współczesnej „Poznańska Wiosna Muzyczna”

Jury:
Panayiotis Kokoras (GRECJA/USA)
Dariusz Mazurowski (POLSKA)
Alla Zagaykevych (UKRAINA)
Lidia Zielińska (POLSKA)
Natalia Kok (POLSKA)

Szczegóły:
https://pcmfoundation.com/dobrowolski-competition/

[english]

We are happy to announce the 1st International Andrzej Dobrowolski Composition Competition dedicated to the memory of the outstanding Polish composer and pedagogue Andrzej Dobrowolski and his work.

Deadline:
3 April 2025, 24:00 (UTC+2)

Subject:
Composition for oboe with electronics

Prizes:
1st place – 2000 PLN
2nd place – 1500 PLN
3rd place – 1000 PLN

all finalists will be performed during a concert
at the 54. International Contemporary Music Festival "Poznań Musical Spring"

Jury:
Panayiotis Kokoras (GREECE/USA)
Dariusz Mazurowski (POLAND)
Alla Zagaykevych (UKRAINE)
Lidia Zielińska (POLAND)
Natalia Kok (POLAND)

details:
https://pcmfoundation.com/dobrowolski-competition/

CIME / ICEM - International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music
Poznańska Wiosna Muzyczna
Studio Muzyki Elektroakustycznej - SMEAMuz Poznan

09/02/2025

PRIX CIME 2025 – Call for Submissions
International Electroacoustic Music Competition
http://www.cime-icem.net/

Dear friends, the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM) is excited to announce the PRIX CIME 2025 International Electroacoustic Music Competition! This biennial event celebrates innovative electroacoustic music and provides a platform for composers worldwide.

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2025

Feel free to share this opportunity and spread the word!

PRIX CIME 2025
Electroacoustic Music Competition
IMC - NGO official partner of UNESCO
http://www.cime-icem.net/

The International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music is pleased to announce the biennial PRIX CIME 2025 International Electroacoustic Music Competition.

Founded in 1981 in Bourges, France, ICEM has been a member of the International Music Council (IMC) since its inception. It is a non-profit international organization consisting of National Federations, Organizations, Institutions, and Associate Members.

Today, ICEM includes eighteen National Federations:
FARME (Argentina), FeBeME - BeFEM (Belgium), CECh (Chile), EMAC (China), LNME (Cuba), Charm of Sound (Finland), FeFraME (France), BEAN (Great Britain), HELMCA (Greece), HCMF (Hungary), AARSOM (Mexico), PSeME (Poland), Miso Music (Portugal), KEAMS (South Korea), AMEE (Spain), AMEG (Switzerland), UAEM (Ukraine), SEAMUS (USA).

Additionally, it includes sixteen International Organization and Associate Members:
ACMA (Australia), GrupLac (Colombia), Maison des Arts Sonores (France), ZKM (Germany), Spectro Center (Iran), Tempo Reale (Italy), CMMAS (Mexico), Institute of Sonology (Netherlands), NOTAM (Norway), MEMLab (Malaysia), CEAMMC (Russia), Orquesta del Caos (Spain), ICST (Switzerland), CEMI (USA), Musiques et Recherches (Belgium), DME (Portugal).

For more information, please visit:
🌐 http://www.cime-icem.net/
📌 https://www.facebook.com/pg/cimeicem/

📅 Deadline for Submissions: May 1, 2025

Eligibility
The competition is divided into two main categories:
• Section I: Prix CIME - Open to all composers regardless of age.
• Section II: Residency Prix CIME - Open to composers born after December 31, 1990.

Competition Guidelines
• The competition is open to all regardless of gender, nationality, or affiliation. Residency in an ICEM member country is not required.
• Each applicant may submit only one composition.
• Only works written within the last 5 years will be considered
• Anonymous submission is required, please ensure that you do not include any personally identifiable information in your responses.
• No duration limitations apply
• No entry fee is required
• Open to all forms of electroacoustic music in the following categories:
_ Category 1: fixed audio
_ Category 2: instrument(s) and electronics (fixed and/or live)
_ Category 3: video music
_ Category 4: sound art, new interfaces, and other
• Works in progress will not be considered.

📌 Submission Guidelines
Complete the online application form here:
https://forms.gle/y9KGaJFdtiggGN8CA

• submitted files must be anonymized
• audio files must be uncompressed (16/24-bit, 44.1/48kHz sampling rate)
• for multichannel works, include a stereo or binaural version of the piece
• for multichannel works, submit the audio files in a separate folder along with spatial information on a separate document
• For installations, include audio, video, photographs, and any other documentation relevant to the work.

Please provide a valid permanent link to your work using a file hosting service such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.
• Upload a single .zip file named as follows: Title_2025.zip (e.g., MyComposition_2025.zip).
• The .zip file must include all submission materials, such as:
_ Audio files (with stereo/binaural reduction for multichannel works)
_ Video files (if applicable)
_ Musical score in .pdf format (if applicable)
_ Any additional documentation
• Ensure that the link remains active until August 30, 2025.

🎼 Jury Members
To be announced soon

🏆 Awards
The competition will award the following prizes:
• Section I
_ Prix CIME - open to all composers regardless of age
. Main prize (divisible in case of ex-aequo)
. Honorable Mentions
. Distinctions (one per category)
• Section II
_ Residency Prix CIME - open to all composers born after December 31, 1990
Studio Residencies (for category 2 composers) include 1-2 weeks of studio support, accommodation, and lodging arranged by each center independently. The number of Prix CIME residencies depends on the participating studios, which will be announced in due time.
The selected works from both categories will receive:
. Inclusion in the ICEM CD/DVD release http://audio.art.pl/audiomat/
. Distribution to the ICEM members for concert/broadcast programming
. Performance at the ICEM annual festival
. Online publicity and recognition
🔹 Note: There is no monetary prize for awarded works
🔹 The Jury's decision is final and unappealable. The jury reserves the right not to award a prize.
🔹 Finalists will be publicly announced

📅 Important Dates
- Call for submissions opens: February 2025
- Submission deadline: May 1, 2025.
- Final deliberations and results announcement: during the ICEM General Assembly, late September 2025.

📩 Contact
The competition is administered by the ICEM Main Board. For inquiries about the competition or the submission process, please contact ICEM President, Panayiotis Kokoras at [email protected]

15/10/2024

06/10/2024

CIME-ICEM days 2024
Opéra Comédie - Montpellier - France
11 & 12 October 2024

***Le français suit le texte en anglais***

We are thrilled to invite you to the CIME/ICEM 42st General Assembly 2024, organized by maison des arts sonores – KLANG! in Montpellier, France and Julien Guillamat.
The main ICEM activities and GA meetings will take place on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th of October. The concerts and the meeting will take place at salle Molière, Opéra Comédie of Montpellier; Maison des Arts Sonores will deploy a 75 high-quality speakers orchestra at the Montpellier Opera House.
You will meet electroacoustic music delegations from the four corners of the globe !

For the occasion, maison des arts sonore will be deploying its entire loudspeaker orchestra at the Montpellier opera house. That's 75 top-quality loudspeakers with a brand new digital quality sound never before equalled in Europe!
The audience is totally immersed in an extraordinary sound space. In a subdued atmosphere that lets you dream away.
It's not just THE festival for pioneering electro music, it's also an experience you can enjoy with KLANG!

Maison des Arts Sonores is also celebrating its 10th anniversary, so we're bringing back the big names who have made this festival and association what it is, as well as some new names, because our role will have been to open up new horizons for you right to the end.

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Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à la 42ème Assemblée générale 2024 du CIME/ICEM, organisée par la maison des arts sonores - KLANG ! à Montpellier, France et Julien Guillamat.
Les principales activités du CIME et les réunions de l'AG auront lieu les vendredi 11 et samedi 12 octobre. Les concerts et la réunion auront lieu à la salle Molière de l'Opéra Comédie de Montpellier ; la Maison des Arts Sonores déploiera un orchestre de 75 haut-parleurs de haute qualité à l'Opéra de Montpellier.
Vous rencontrerez des délégations de musique électroacoustique venues des quatre coins du monde !

Pour l’occasion, maison des arts sonore déploiera l’entièreté de son orchestre de haut-parleurs à l’opéra de Montpellier. Soit 75 haut-parleurs de qualité supérieur avec un tout nouveau son de qualité numérique encore jamais égalé en Europe !
Le public est ainsi totalement immergé dans un espace sonore extraordinaire. Dans une ambiance tamisée permettant se laisser aller à rêver.
Ce n’est pas seulement LE festival des musiques pionnières de la mouvance électro, c’est également une expérience que vous vivrez avec KLANG!

Maison des Arts Sonores fêtes également ses 10 ans alors nous retrouvons les grands noms qui ont fait de ce festival et association ce qu’ils sont mais également de nouveaux noms car notre rôle aura été de vous ouvrir de nouveaux horizons jusqu’au bout.


Detailed prog soon to come !
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