The 7th Sampo Composition Contest / Residency
Composition Contest and Residency for Acoustic Instrument and Sampo
Saint-Etienne 24 - 30 May 2020
Musinfo is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the Composition Contest and Residency for Acoustic Instrument and Sampo. With this initiative Musinfo supports the work of contemporary composers in the field of live-electronic. The residency will take place during the 2020 Art & Science Days in Saint-Etienne.
The winning composers will receive a commission from Musinfo to compose a new work for an acoustic instrument and Sampo. Sampo is an electronic device made for any musician or composer to expand the sound field of an acoustic instrument.
The writing of the new composition will include two phases:
• First, the winners will work with the P-Soft software which emulates Sampo. They will exchange with the performers of OpusCentrum ensemble, who will prepare the works on their Sampos.
• The winners will then be invited to carry out their residency in Saint-Etienne, France for one week to finalize their compositions and prepare the concert which will take place during the 2020 Art & Science Days together with the performers. Sampos will be made available to composers during the residency.
This year the performers of the residency are Sara Chenal (violin) and Nico Couck (guitar).
Artex Helsinki
In the autumn 2019 we will start a new collaboration with Helsinki-based oboist Saku Mattila in the framework of the Artex programme. This collaboration consists in:
- a series of concerts with Sampo
- videos from the concerts
- instructional videos on pieces with Sampo
- premiering new works by contemporary composers
- introducing Sampo to Finnish conservatories to be used for instrumental improvisation
Sampo Artist Residency (solo performers)
2020 Residents
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| Sara Chenal | Nico Couck |
| violon | guitare |
| www.sara-chenal.com | www.nicocouck.com |
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:
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| Jean-François Charles (France / USA) |
Hongshuo Fan (China) |
Artex Katowice
In order to meet the goals of the Artex project and thanks to the support of the city of Saint-Etienne and the Institut Français, a partnership was introduced with the Academy of Music of Katowice in Poland.
In the framework of the Artex project, we proposed to
- train the persons interested through individual or collective workshops
- make a Sampo available to the partner for the agreed time period
- foster collaborations between users from different structures
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