CAGE-FEST

The SoundaXis '08 festival, a major festival in Toronto, is taking place just these days. The festival includes a portrait of Robin Minaud, performances by Frances-Marie Uitti and Lori Freedman, a reading by Sharon Kanach of works from Giacinto Scelsi's writing, a performance of word poetry by Minard and Jaap Blonk, a piano recital by Jenny Lin with a work by James Tenney, a panel on new music led by James Harley, and a multitude of other events. Among them Cage-Fest.

Cage-Fest, produced by Musicworks Magazine in collaboration with Electronic Music Foundation ...

electronic music in athens

Tim Ward offers a report on Electromediaworks 08, a major festival of electronic music held in Athens from May 14-18.

The event was held during the eveings in the center of a working factory, such that by day one would here the clangs and whirrs of heavy machinery, and by night one would here the experimental work of over 200 composers and performers of electronic music, including Iannis Xenakis (photo)

sound travels:
phil dadson in india (#1 of 3)

Sound and intermedia artist Phil Dadson relates the sights and sounds of his adventure in India.

In the first of three "dispatches", Phil recounts experiences in Delhi, Varanasi, Sanskriti, Darjeeling, and Mehrauli, and all the rails and roads in between.