Musica Maximalista Vol. 12

various artists compilation - Musica Maximalista Vol. 12

released in 2006

Works on CD are the winners of the 6th International Electroacoustic Music Contest of Sao Paulo 2005

The International Electroacoustic Music Contest of Sao Paulo (CIMESP) takes place every two years and is promoted by the Studio PANaroma de Musica Eletroacustica da Unesp, directed by the composer Flo Menezes. The CIMESP is open to all composers, of any age and nationality, from both Brazil and abroad. In its sixth edition in 2005, the Contest was dedicated both to acousmatic compositions (for electroacoustic sounds alone), to mixed electroacoustic pieces and to mixed electroacoustic pieces with live-electronics. The CIMESP 2005 received 185 compositions by 130 composers of 32 nationalities from 29 countries and continues thus to be the most significant International Competition on this field in all the Americas. The Jury consisted of four members: Flo Menezes (President of the Jury: Composer, Director and Founder of Studio PANaroma, responsible of the idealization of the Contest, Doctor of Music degree and Professor of Composition and Electroacoustic Music at the State University of Sao Paulo, Unesp); Hans Ulrich Humpert (Composer, Professor and Director of the Studio fur elektronische Musik of the Cologne Music-Highschool, Germany); Gilles Gobeil (Composer, Professor for Electroacoustic Composition in Montreal, Canada); and Jorge Antunes (Composer, Professor for Composition at the Brasilia University, Brazil).

After having analyzed the received material, the Jury decided to select 11 finalists, whose works constituted the Final Concert on November 1, 2005, at the Goethe-Institut of Sao Paulo. After the Concert, the audience gave the Public Prize and the Jury announced the winning pieces:

1st Prize: Styal by David Berezan
2nd Prize: Sublimation by Kyong Mee Choi
2nd Prize Ex Aequo: Time Spell by Joao Pedro Oliveira
Public Prize: Broken Nerve by Diana Simpson

Honorable Mentions:
Vol d'arondes by Francis Dhomont
Historias by Jose Manrique
*La Schiuma dei Rumori by Roger Cochini

Finalist Pieces:
*Silk to Steel by Mathew Adkins
*(Un)folding by Daniel Barreiro
*Computer Music by Thomas Gerwin
*Eden by Robert Normandeau* not on CD

(from the liner notes)
Tracklisting:

1. David Berezan - Styal {14:14}
(2004) for stereophonic electroacoustic sounds

2. Kyong Mee Choi - Sublimation {7:15}
(2004) for marimba and stereophonic electroacoustic sounds; Sean Darby - marimba

3. Joao Pedro Oliveira - Time Spell {13:31}
(2004) for clarinet and 6-channel electroacoustic sounds (stereophonic version); Serge Conte - clarinet

4. Diana Simpson - Broken Nerve {10:15}
(2005) for stereophonic electroacoustic sounds

5. Francis Dhomont - Vol d'arondes {11:44}
(2001) for octophonic electroacoustic sounds (stereophonic version)

6. Jose Manrique - Historias {12:18}
(2002) for quadraphonic electroacoustic sounds (stereophonic version)

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