Calls — Julian Rubisch
A Curated Directory of Sound Art and Electroacoustic Music Related Calls in and around Austria

Spatial-sound residency built around the 4DSOUND system in Budapest, HU. Runs on a rolling/open basis — contact info@spatialsoundinstitute.com with a proposal. Strong fit for spatial/immersive and Ambisonics work.

Rolling, self-directed residency at the OTTOsonics immersive sound studio (Alter Bauhof, AT). No fixed deadline; propose your own timeframe (single days up to two weeks). EUR 50/day lump sum, own travel. Apply by emailing a proposal + short CV to contact@ottosonics.com (subject "CO-FUNDED RESIDENCY").

Call for original fixed media / acousmatic compositions on the theme "Sound Bathing (Mandi Bunyi): Wellness, Healing & Inner Harmony".

• Duration: 7–10 minutes
• Format: 24-bit / 48 kHz WAV
• Configuration: 8.1 surround plus stereo downmix, or stereo (2.1) only
• Labelled stems following the naming convention (e.g. Title_FL.wav)

Submit: download link to the audio files, programme note (max 200 words), composer biography (max 200 words), high-resolution portrait photo, and an AI disclosure form where applicable.

Klang, Copenhagen's festival for adventurous music, seeks projects across experimental music, sound and performance that explore the intersection of music and movement. "Movement" is open to interpretation.

• 1–3 projects selected, curated by the artistic duo toaspern|moeller
• Projects should be production-ready, smaller in scale, and realisable within a single day
• Klang aims to cover production costs and performer fees; travel and accommodation negotiated individually. No commission fees for open call submissions.

Submission: one-page PDF proposal to opencall@klang.dk with artistic description, budget overview, artist bios, duration, and media links (not attachments).

Residency programme for musicians and artists working with sound and sound media whose practice reflects an in-depth interest in one of the institute's research areas.

Five residency tracks for 2027:

• Spatial Audio
• Klavierautomat (algorithmic composition)
• Moving Loudspeakers
• Dance and Generative AI
• Object Performance

Residents receive technology, knowledge and infrastructure support from ICST experts, use of the institute's facilities, per diems covering lodging and meals, and a travel contribution. Each track is described separately on the programme website; applications go through the online form there.

International call from the NOIS//E Association, building on its 2025 festival in Calabria (50+ artists from 19 countries). The 2026 edition, themed "Practices of Presence in the Post-Generative Age," seeks work that restores value to physicality, listening, materiality, and situated experience, repositioning technology critically within embodied, spatial, and relational practice.

• Themes: presence, body, listening, gesture, matter, space, memory, environment, and the critical use of technology
• Five categories: sound/electroacoustic music and live electronics; audiovisual, film and moving image; installation, space and immersive practices; expanded arts (matter, body, image, space); research papers, posters, talks and lecture-performances
• Presentation forms: live performances, audiovisual screenings, listening rooms, installations, immersive/VR experiences, artist talks
• Selected artists appear in the 2026 programme at a historic venue in Milan; standout artists may be considered for a future residency in Calabria (May 2027)
• Results notified 1.10.2026

Successor to the CTM Radio Lab, a collaboration between CTM Festival, Deutschlandfunk Kultur (Klangkunst) and ORF (Ö1 Blaue Stunde / musikprotokoll). Seeks works grounded in experimental sound practice and audio art, responding to the CTM 2027 theme "Process…ing" and to active listening as an individual or relational process. Each commissioned work must be developed for two complementary outputs: a live event at CTM 2027 and a 40–55 minute radio broadcast.

• Live setup: intimate seating around the performer(s) with a 6.1-channel PA in the silent green Kuppelhalle; stereo, mono or fewer channels welcome; video and complex scenography out of scope
• Radio version must be conceived for individual listening, not a recording of the performance; broadcast in a late-night slot to a largely German-speaking, non-specialist audience
• Two works selected, EUR 6,000 fee each; travel to Berlin and lodging during production/festival covered; technical/staging costs covered separately
• Submit (PDF, max 20 MB, in English): project description with rough budget (max 4 pages), technical requirements, and CV; label all files with your name
• Winners announced mid-October 2026; remote production late October 2026 to January 2027; broadcast Spring 2027

The leading academic journal for electroacoustic and sonic-arts research. Each themed issue accepts scholarly articles, often with accompanying audio/media examples. Suits composer-researchers working in fixed-media, spatial, and acousmatic practice.

BEAST (Birmingham Electroacoustic Sound Theatre) invites artists, composers, performers, technologists and researchers to "explore wildness in all its sonic ferality".

• Works and performances of electronic music, sonic art, and mixed pieces (instruments and electronics) in any style
• Stereo, ambisonic and multichannel works welcome, as well as works involving video or live performance
• Maximum duration 14 minutes
• Talks and installations also accepted

Annual international electroacoustic composition competition for composers under 40. Winning works are presented in concert in Brno. Channel count, duration, and any entry fee to be confirmed on the official page.

The 30th edition of the Phonurgia Nova Awards — the oldest event in the field of creative radio, sound art and podcast in France, running since 1986.

Five prizes are awarded: documentary, fiction, sound and radio art, field recording, and young creation (artists under 30). Submissions are accepted across the entire spectrum of narrative audio, from documentary to fiction, from speech archives to field recording.

In 2026, six creative residencies are also offered, awarded on written project proposals, in partner studios including INA GRM (Paris), GMEM and Euphonia (Marseille), and the Abbaye de Noirlac.

Electroacoustic / acousmatic fixed-media music only — no live instruments, no audiovisual works.

• Format: .wav or .aif, 48 kHz, 24-bit
• Stereo submission mandatory; multichannel versions permitted alongside it
• Duration: 4–12 minutes recommended, maximum 15 minutes

Submit: authorship declaration, biography (max 1,000 characters, PDF), programme notes per work (max 1,000 characters, PDF), and audio files via a cloud link with no expiry date.

8–12 works selected by an artistic committee weighing originality, sound quality, stylistic diversity and overall album coherence. No monetary prizes; selected works are published on a compilation album and performed in concert.

Open to composers and multimedia artists of any nationality and age, individually or as groups. Multiple submissions permitted.

Categories:

• [A] Acousmatic: stereo or multichannel compositions, up to 20 minutes
• [B] Audiovisual: experimental productions with stereo or multichannel audio, up to 20 minutes

Technical requirements:

• Acousmatic stereo: single WAV, 48 kHz, 24-bit
• Acousmatic multichannel: stereo reduction + interleaved WAV (quadraphonic or octophonic) + channel_setup.pdf
• Audiovisual: MP4/MOV/M4V, 1080p, H.265/H.264 with embedded stereo mix; multichannel audio as a separate WAV (48 kHz, 24-bit) plus channel_setup.pdf

Submission via a Google Drive link with viewing permissions only.

Contact: empiricarecords@gmail.com

Organised by Productions Totem Contemporain. Electroacoustic works for loudspeakers, no live intervention, stereo or multichannel up to 8 channels, 7–17 minutes, composed primarily from PTC's sound bank (max 50 of ~1,600 sounds). Open to professional composers of all nationalities and ages, all aesthetics.

Prizes: CAD 2,500 / 1,500 / 1,000, plus an AFRIKA Prize, an Akousma Prize (best acousmatic work), commissions, a 10-day residency at Espace Totem, and a CD release on Kohlenstoff.

Small independent spatial-audio residency built around a 35 m² studio with an 8-speaker Genelec cube array, offering four days of one-to-one mentoring and tuition (five nights) in ambisonic field recording, editing, binaural/VR production, and deep listening. Private accommodation and 24-hour studio access for up to three people. Formats are flexible and longer residencies are available on request; residencies run March to October.

– All applicants should submit a single zip file containing the following files inside a single folder:

i. A short biography, contact information, and information about the piece in the following formats: (.doc, .txt, .rtf or .pdf). ii. 1 Audio file (.aiff or .wav format, 16bit or 24bit at 44,1kHz sampling rate) containing the stereo version of the piece. iii. Additionally, for multichannel pieces the audio files corresponding to each of the channels inside a separate folder along with set-up/routing information on a separate sheet iv. Please include also a pdf copy of the payment receipt for the 15€ entry fee