Sampo artist residency (solo performers)
In an effort to support the creation and interpretation of contemporary music, Musinfo association organizes a residency for soloists who wish to transcend the sound boundaries of their instrument with the Sampo.
Intended for performers of any instrument, the Sampo (www.sampo.fr) is an extension whose purpose is to widen the sound field of an acoustic instrument. It allows to deepen the musical expression in any place and in complete autonomy.
The purpose of the residency is to hold a concert for the creation of the works of the composers who won the 2020 Composition Contest for Acoustic Instruments and Sampo. The concert program will be composed of the creations as well as repertoire pieces chosen by the performer in collaboration with Musinfo. The concert will be fully performed with a Sampo.
Working on Sampo requires no previous experience in the field of electroacoustic or mixed music.
Art & Science Days 2019
15 - 18 May 2019
New perspective
False or repressed memory? Juxtaposition of perception and memory? A sign of previous life, an illusion, a temporal anomaly? The eternal return of the same? The feeling of déjà-vu intrigues both artists, philosophers and scientists.
The 2019 edition of the Art & Science Days will be held for the first time in Saint-Etienne. While offering new encounters and discoveries, this 6th edition will include some reminders from previous editions – all this in a new context.
We dedicate this 2019 edition of the Art & Science Days to déjà-vu in its different dimensions.
Sixth call for work for composers and multimedia artists
Saint-Etienne – May 2019
False or repressed memory? Juxtaposition of perception and memory? A sign of previous life, an illusion, a temporal anomaly? The eternal return of the same? The feeling of déjà-vu intrigues both artists, philosophers and scientists.
As part of the Art & Science Days, Musinfo proposes to composers and artists from around the world to participate in a call for a sound or multimedia work.
We dedicate this 2019 edition of the call for works to the phenomenon of deja vu in its different dimensions.
Read more: Sixth call for work for composers and multimedia artists
The 6th Sampo Composition Contest / Residency
Contest / Residency Results
The international jury selected two winners of Sampo Contest / Residency:
Jean-François Charles
(France / USA)
Artex
Artex - Artistic & Technologic Exchange
The Artex project consists in establishing artistic exchanges around the innovative instrument Sampo manufactured by Musinfo association in Saint-Etienne.
Our objectives are multiple:
- To develop relations with cultural institutions and independent artists abroad
- To promote the use of new technologies in music
- To support contemporary musical creation
- To sustain the repertoire of mixed music
Art & Science Days 2018
25 - 29 June 2018
Seizing time
“What then is time?” wondered Augustine of Hippo. “If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.”
The present, the past, the future... Basic material for the composer, an object of study for the researcher... Everyone, in their way, watches time pass by, measures it, observes it, uses it. Yet the question remains: what then is time?
We dedicate this 2018 edition of the Art & Science Days to sound and visual / scientific and imaginary time.
Fifth call for work for composers and multimedia artists
Bourges – June 2018
“What then is time?” wondered Augustine of Hippo. “If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.”
The present, the past, the future... Basic material for the composer, an object of study for the researcher... Everyone, in their way, watches time pass by, measures it, observes it, uses it. Yet the question remains: what then is time?
As part of the Art & Science Days, Musinfo proposes to composers and artists from around the world to participate in a call for a sound or multimedia work.
We dedicate this 2018 edition of the call for works to sound and visual / scientific and imaginary time.
Read more: Fifth call for work for composers and multimedia artists
The 5th Sampo Composition Contest / Residency
Contest / Residency Results
The international jury selected two winners of Sampo Contest / Residency:
Nikos Koutrouvidis
(Greece)
Maurilio Cacciatore
(Italy)
