SHAPE, a new 3-year initiative co-funded by Creative Europe programme, gathers 16 European non-profit organisations active within the ICAS – International Cities of Advanced Sound network, to create a platform that aims to support, promote and exchange innovative and aspiring musicians and interdisciplinary artists with an interest in sound. SHAPE attempts to present a variety… >>
A new European platform went live! The European platforms, a new form of support within the European Union’s Creative Europe programme, foster the promotion of emerging talents as well as the circulation of their works throughout Europe. SHAPE – A new 3-year initiative co-funded by Creative Europe programme, gathers 16 European non-profit organisations active within… >>
It feels like a cliche to describe a female cellist’s performance as graceful, but Okkyung Lee’s playing at the Dailes Theatre early Friday evening was built of grace notes in a precise musical sense. Great gusts of splintered appoggiaturas seemed to anticipate a textural resolution into a fully defined attack that was endlessly deferred, like… >>
Skan II is the second edition of a sound-focused art exhibition organised by Riga’s Skaņu Mežs festival – 2007 was the first. Split into three parts between May and August, it featured a rolling programme of numerous works by Latvian and international artists installed around the University of Latvia’s Botanical Gardens, both outside among the… >>
On October 11, 20:00, vocalist and composer Blixa Bargeld will visit the Skaņu Mežs festival for adventurous music and related arts in Riga, Latvia. Bargeld will present his solo vocal performance. He is also known for being the frontman of German band Einstürzende Neubauten and his work as a member of Nick Cave’s group The… >>
On the occasion of the completion of the RESONANCE project, you can now order the richly illustrated catalogue, documenting the sound art works that were commissioned by the network in the four years of its existence. The RESONANCE book contains, complete and unabridged, all the interviews with the participating artists, documenting their reflections about content… >>
The annual contemporary culture event, White Night, will take place in Riga on September 6. As in previous years Skaņu Mežs will host a night of experimental music in the Anglican Church continuing into the small hours of the night. Several current French experimental musicians will be performing at this event, amongst others the electroacoustic… >>