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").

Biennial spatial music festival held in August (2026 edition: 21.-23.8.2026, theme "Spoken Words", see https://icat.vt.edu/events/2026/08/cube-fest-2026---spoken-words.html). Past editions were programmed from an international pool of submissions; the call typically appears on the ICAT events page in January/February of the festival year, with results in early March. Next expected edition: August 2028.

Formats sought in past calls: multichannel spatial music, poetry, immersive art and sound for concert presentation, plus live performance with acoustic/electro-acoustic instruments. Delivery as HOA up to 5th order, mono stems (8+ ch for Perform Studio, 25+ ch for the Cube) or generative code (Max/MSP, Pd, SuperCollider); 48 kHz.

Contact: icat@vt.edu, +1 540 231 1318 (artistic contact in past calls: Eric Lyon)

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.

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

First Various Artists compilation on the Submerge label, a curated collection exploring ambient and experimental music. Released free-to-download on the label's Bandcamp. International call, no entry fee.

Sought: work exploring atmosphere, texture, space, emotion, experimentation and the boundaries of electronic and contemporary sound.

Requirements:

• Track must be unreleased at the time of submission and may not be released anywhere other than Submerge
• Applicant must own the rights to the submitted track (third-party material must be declared)
• Upload up to 5 files, max 100 MB each, or supply a private SoundCloud/Google Drive download link
• Form fields: artist name, full name, e-mail, Instagram, location, Bandcamp/SoundCloud, track name, a statement on the track (core inspiration; ideas, emotions, spaces or sounds explored), optional press kit (photo + biography)

Submission via Google Form (Google sign-in required). Selected artists are contacted directly with further information on the release, artwork, credits and promotional materials.

Contact: joole81@gmail.com

Month-long rural residency by spolek 100 vteřin building collaborative site-specific sound environments around ecological listening and accessibility. Disciplines: sound and experimental music, performance, installation and spatial practices, ecological/site-responsive work.

• Fully funded via Culture Moves Europe: travel €400–800, €30/day, accommodation and workspaces
• Open to artists legally resident in Creative Europe countries
• Apply by email (grill.michal13@gmail.com) with CV, portfolio, motivation statement

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.

Federal composition stipends for freelance composers engaging professionally with contemporary music: 15 Staatsstipendien (12 months, €18,000), 15 four-month (€6,000) and 15 two-month (€3,000) stipends, €1,500/month.

• Austrian citizenship or permanent residence, completed studies or professional track record
• Excludes current BA/diploma students and holders of other federal stipends in the same period
• Submit composition plan with premiere details, CV, scores and audio links

Theme "Not Knowing". Open worldwide to poetry, prose, visual art, experimental, video and sound art, asemic/textual work.

• No submission fee
• Video/sound as hosted links (YouTube etc.) plus up to 3 stills; visual art JPEG ≥300 dpi
• 50–100 word third-person bio required

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

SEAMUS national conference with a theme explicitly targeting AI, immersive audio and next-generation tools. Double-blind review; SEAMUS membership required (open internationally); registration and attendance mandatory if selected.

• Fixed media stereo, quad, 8-ch, Dolby Atmos 7.1.4, up to 32 channels, or Ambisonic decoding on an up-to-89-channel Meyer system
• Video up to 4K; installations (XR studio); live electronics with instruments
• Works under 12 minutes preferred; one proposal per category (creative / research)

Collaborative art-science project with microbiologists (soil/freshwater ecosystems) on climate, sustainable agriculture, geoengineering, permaculture and water. Must produce a spatial (non-screen) work plus community engagement, presented at the Ars Biologica Festival in spring 2028.

• €24,000 total: €6,000 artist fee, up to €15,000 production, up to €3,000 travel
• 5+ years professional practice, prior art-science collaboration, eligible to work/travel in the EU

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.

Commission for an interactive sound-and-light installation in a 17–20 m² cabinet as part of a centenary exhibition. The piece should evoke "festivity and joy", be self-explanatory and accessible to children and mobility-restricted visitors.

• €6,000 total budget (honorarium, materials, transport)
• Sounds generated mechanically or via touch/motion sensors; low acoustic level; simple on/off operation by staff (no laptop/control panel)
• Submit 2-page concept, visualisations/audio, timeline, cost estimate, 1-page CV to bewerbung@haus-im-schluh.de

Second edition of a spatial-audio showcase celebrating "excellence, experimentation, and innovation in immersive sound"; the 2026 edition used a mobile lab of 25 Genelecs + 3 subs.

• Free submission in all categories: Emerging Talent, Established Talent, Binaural Online Exhibition
• Multichannel WAV/AIFF, ADM, Ambisonics (3rd order or higher preferred), Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 / 9.1.6
• Up to 10 minutes of each work played; excerpts allowed; submission via Hiike

Themes: sound interaction, music & movement, sound design, audio processing, 3D immersive audio, generative/improvised music, computer-assisted composition. Proposals in English accepted; only complete submissions considered. Presenters register and cover their own travel/accommodation.

• Conference (20 min + 10 Q&A), Demo (20 + 10), Installation (up to half a day), Workshop (75 min), Performance (max 30 min)

K!ART (Danish hybrid-music platform) seeks experimental instrumental, staged, multimedia and performance concepts from sound/computer/multimedia artists not yet accepted to the academy; a guaranteed academy place if selected. Final presentation 15.2.2027 at MUMUTH. Analogue Electronics Workshop with Annesley Black at IEM Cube and Forum Stadtpark. "Expanded Music" (installation/performative focus) has a mandatory online meeting on 30.11.2026.

• €120 academy registration fee (binding on acceptance)
• K!ART: concept/sketch/finished piece + brief CV (max 1,000 chars), motivation, technical rider; equipment up to 8 small speakers, 4 PA speakers, projector, digital mixer

Any subgenre of experimental electronic music, open worldwide and at any career stage. Blind jury. Prizes CAD 500 + profile + CD release, CAD 200, CAD 100, plus the Marcelle Deschênes Prize (CAD 300) for female/non-binary entrants.

• Fee CAD 30 (includes one-year subscription)
• MP3 or MP4 only, max 10 minutes, previously unreleased

20th edition on the sonic fingerprints of urban spaces and how city living shapes social habits and planetary health. Interactive installations, live performances and small-group workshops; not audio-only, no projection-based work.

• Free to apply; honorarium USD 500–1,500 (no travel/lodging)
• Weather-resistant, low-power, low-bleed (headphones/directional speakers) preferred
• Artists must be on site both festival days

General proposal portal (Google Form) for performances, live sets, concerts and hybrid formats in experimental music and sound art; no duration limits, no fee stated. The dedicated sound-art installation call of 2026 has not been reissued for 2027. Organisers archive proposals and do not guarantee a reply.

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

Concerts of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network conference. Live diffusion, preferably by the composer; selected artists must attend and introduce the work.

• Fixed media stereo or multichannel up to 8 channels on a horizontal 8-ch array; Ambisonic works as decoded 8-ch renders plus stereo reduction and speaker diagram
• WAV 44.1/48/96 kHz; up to 10 minutes preferred; one work per applicant; works from the last five years preferred
• Program note ≤150 words, technical note ≤250, bio ≤100