Concert series Kontraklang – REMAIIN’s Berlin partner organization – focuses on the film music of composer Teiji Ito for its first activity as part of the project. A lecture performance/film titled “The Cosmic Music of Teiji Ito”, created by Michiko Ogawa and Manuel Pessoa de Lima, will be published online on March 15. The groundbreaking … Continue reading Kontraklang: The Cosmic Music of Teiji Ito
The Creative Europe-supported SHAPE platform for innovative music and audiovisual art is announcing its 2021 list of artists. The artist selection for the platform’s seventh year traditionally places a number of audiovisual projects and sound artists alongside musical acts that range from club music and forward-thinking media art to free improvisation and spatial music. Keeping … Continue reading SHAPE platform announces 2021 list of artists
From November 11 until November 25, SHAPE platform for innovative music and audiovisual art will collaborate with the US-based online music magazine XLR8R on a string of exclusive live streams and mixes from a selection of 2020 SHAPE artists. The collaboration further highlights a path that the majority of SHAPE festivals chose to take during … Continue reading SHAPE platform & XLR8R announce two-week collaboration
Artists and acts of the festival: Jason Kahn Radu Malfatti NPVR (Peter Rehnberg & Nik Colk Void) Ashley Paul & Otto Willberg 19 Gadi Pirms Sākuma Jay Glass Dubs (SHAPE) Clausthome & Mārtiņš Ratniks Oren Ambarchi & Crys Cole Liudas Mockūnas & Arvydas Kazlauskas Agnese Egliņa (plays world premiere of George Lewis’ „Blombos Workshop”) Marina … Continue reading Pictures from all Skaņu Mežs’2020 events
The 19th edition of Skaņu Mežs festival for innovative music will take place on October 9 and 10 at concert hall Hanzas Perons (16a Hanzas street) with a free-entry opening event on October 2 at event space Fantadroms (74a Gustava Zemgala street, building „Heinrihs”). Tickets can be purchased at www.bilesuserviss.lv; one-day tickets costs 15 EUR, whereas a … Continue reading KTL cancelled; three performances added to the festival program
The 19th edition of Skaņu Mežs festival for innovative music will take place on October 9 and 10 at concert hall Hanzas Perons (16a Hanzas street) with a free-entry opening event on October 2 at event space Fantadroms (74a Gustava Zemgala street, building „Heinrihs”). Tickets can be purchased at www.bilesuserviss.lv; one-day tickets costs 15 EUR, whereas … Continue reading Program announced for Skaņu Mežs’2020
Pictures from the Skaņu Mežs’ hosted “White Night” free-entry event with the following line-up: Rojin Sharafi (Shape), Clara De Asis (Shape), Cam Deas (Shape), Elvin Brandhi (Shape), Anthony Pateras, and MVTE. Pics by Mr. Arnis Kalniņš
SHAPE platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, supported by the “Creative Europe” programme of the European Union announces a new open call for artist submissions for the 2021 SHAPE artist roster. Musicians are asked to provide an up to 10 minute long streamable video or audio excerpt of their live performance, while audiovisual artists … Continue reading SHAPE announces open call for 2021
Skaņu Mežs has launched a new two-year project, collaborating with fellow experimental music organizations from Belgium, Portugal and Germany. An open call for new works has been announced; deadline – April 15. About REMAIIN REMAIIN (Radical European Music and its Intercultural Nature) is a project that investigates non-European cultural influences on the experimental, … Continue reading Skaņu Mežs announces REMAIIN – open call published
Due to current spread of the “Covid-19” virus, and Latvia having closed off its borders, the “SHAPE Riga” lecture/workshop course and concert evening have been cancelled, but might still be organized at the beginning of September, depending on how the situation progresses. For further updates, visit www.skanumezs.lv