Illusionary Listening describes a mode of perception in which listening dissolves the boundaries between space, body, and sound, opening pathways into new dimensions.
The festival presents acousmatic compositions, world premieres, live-electronic works, and ambisonic pieces by Martina Claussen, François Buffet, Louise Rossiter, Jakob Schauer, Isabella Forciniti, Enrique Mendoza, Veronika Mayer, Benjamin Kubaczek, Manu Mitterhuber, Simon-Pierre Gourd, Bernard Parmegiani, François Bayle and Thomas Gorbach.
Their artistic diversity spans a panorama from subtle, intimate moments of listening to expansive sonic illusions – a festival that makes the depth and poetry of acousmatic music truly tangible.
Four exceptional loudspeaker installations provide the spaces for this listening experience:
- the Vienna Acousmonium by Thomas Gorbach with its animated sound sculptures,
- the multi-channel listening room for acousmatic repertoire,
- the Hybrid Audio Diffusion System (HADS) by Enrique Mendoza, combining loudspeakers and headphones for an immersive sonic experience,
- as well as the DodecaOtto by Manu Mitterhuber – a quasi 360° sound sculpture that creates its own listening space.
Festival Program – 26–28 September 2018
Friday, 26 September 2025
18:00 – 20:00
- Studio 1 – Multichannel Listening Room
- Studio 2 – Hybrid-Audio-Diffusion-System
- Enrique Mendoza: Inner outer self-variation and my deranged disembodied voices
- Natalia Quintanilla: Interrumpido y fragmentado
- Entrance hall – DodecaOTTO
- Isabella Forciniti: Abluzione
- Veronika Mayer: Momentum
- Manu Mitterhuber: BBMM825
20:00 – 22:00
Svetlana Maraš: Post-excavation activities
i. 1 – Opening (03’44)
ii. 6.6 – Episode 2 (01’01)
iii. 10.10 – Episode 3 (Ending) (01’45)
Matter of Fact
i. People (01’21)
ii. Society (02’16)
iii. Difference (02’14)
Spatialisation: Martina Claussen
Benjamin Alan Kubaczek: Anima Dei Per Machina | I. Aqua | 2024 | 8’
Spatialisation: Benjamin Kubaczek
Pierre-Simon Gourd: Sonance 2023 | 8:23 | Ambisonic projection
Jakob Schauer: Live for Acousmonium | Live Electronics & Tape Music | 2025 | 18’
Spatialisation: Thomas Gorbach
PAUSE
François Bayle: Tremblement de terre très doux
François Bayle: La Fin Du Bruit (Version 2009 Inédite)
Spatialisation: Thomas Gorbach
22:00 – 24:00
Another opportunity to experience the three sound installations:
- Multichannel Listening Room
- Hybrid Audio Diffusion System
- DodecaOTTO
Saturday, 27 September 2025
18:00 – 20:00
- Studio 1 – Multichannel Listening Room
- Studio 2 – Hybrid Audio Diffusion System
- Entrance Hall – DodecaOTTO
20:00 – 22:00
Martina Claussen: The little red suitcase 2025 12’ Uraufführung
Thomas Gorbach: The Tensioactive Interlayer 2023/24 9’00 Multichannel Media Message Format
Thomas Gorbach: Orbiting the Pivot 2025 7’10 Uraufführung
Adam Stanović: Baltazar’s Adventure through The Great Machine 2019 11’29
Spatialisation: Martina Claussen
PAUSE
Composer’s Portrait: François Buffet LIVE
Le Jour – événement/avénement
Anabasis
Holos
Le dÔme
22:00 – 24:00
Another opportunity to experience the three sound installations:
- Multichannel Listening Room
- Hybrid Audio Diffusion System
- DodecaOTTO
Sunday, 28 September 2025
18:00 – 20:00
- Studio 1 – Multichannel Listening Room
- Studio 2 – Hybrid Audio Diffusion System
- Entrance Hall – DodecaOTTO
20:00 – 22:00
Composer’s Portrait: Louise Rossiter LIVE
Black Velvet
Neuronen
Rift
Synapse
PAUSE
Enrique Mendoza: auraL allure | Uraufführung
Francisco Colasanto Mambo
François Bayle: Toupie dans le ciel
Spatialisation: Thomas Gorbach
(No installations after 22:00 on Sunday evening.)
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