The imaginary world of Haïkus and more …
Invitation to Artist Talk & Concert with Annette Vande Gorne
A cooperation between The Acousmatic Project and ELAK Vienna
The Acousmatic Project invites you to an exceptional evening with renowned composer and pioneer of acousmatic music Annette Vande Gorne. In this Artist Talk, she will offer insights into her artistic practice and present her compositional method as laid out in her treatise Treatise on Writing Acousmatic Music on Fixed Media – one of the few and most current texts on composing acousmatic music.
As a young composer in Paris, Vande Gorne discovered musique acousmatique through the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) under Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry, and François Bayle – a moment that defined her artistic path. Upon returning to Belgium, she founded the now internationally recognized Musiques & Recherches, a center dedicated to the promotion and study of acousmatic music. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience in composition and teaching, she developed a practical and comprehensive method, which she has also been teaching monthly in Vienna for the past two years.
On the following evening, Annette Vande Gorne will present her hour-long, five-part composition Haïkus, along with three additional electroacoustic works in the Klangtheater at the mdw – a concert space specifically designed for the projection of multichannel compositions. Her work stands firmly in the tradition of Schaeffer and Bayle, merging deep sonic research with poetic spatialization.
Free admission
An evening for everyone who wants to experience acousmatic music at its most impressive!
Concert Program
Annette Vande Gorne – Haïkus (2016–2020)
16-channel fixed media
A cycle of 17 miniature sound poems inspired by the evocative brevity of Japanese haiku, unfolding across the five seasons in immersive spatial composition.
Marta Domingues – A Cathartic Postcard (2024), 9:35
16-channel fixed media
A powerful electroacoustic work born from the free improvisation of percussionist Francisco Cipriano, reimagined through the lens of acousmatic composition.
Thomas Gorbach – The Tensioactive Interlayer (2024), 8:32
Stereo version
A sonic exploration of friction and transformation, reflecting the tension and fragile harmony of our time.
Daniel Teruggi – Tant de sons (2024), 18:08
16-channel fixed media
An immersive symphonic journey through the memory of sounds, shaped by decades of experience and sonic experimentation.
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