Aimaako Festival 2009: Llamado a obras/ Appel à Oeuvres/ Call For Works

The Electroacoustical Chilean Community (CECh) annually organizes the International Electroacoustic Music Festival of Santiago de Chile, “Ai-maako”.

The ninth edition of the festival will take place between the 1st and the 10th of October 2009. During its existence, more than 500 works by creators from diverse countries have been performed. Audiovisual submissions are especially encouraged for this version.

CECh invites the electro-acoustical community to participate in our festival. Submissions must be sent before May 31, 2009 (the post office stamp will be valid as a reference) to the following address: 
 
José Miguel Candela (CECh) 
Casilla 104 
Correo Villa La Reina 
La Reina – Santiago de Chile 
Chile 
 
The works sent must fulfill the following conditions in order to be eligible: 
 
a) Acousmatical or tape pieces (only 1 work) 
– Format: Audio CD or DAT. 
– CD-data and technical notes or diffusion score, in case of multi-channel pieces 
– Pieces of a duration no longer than 10 minutes 
 
b) Mixed Pieces (depending on the organizers’ possibilities of available soloists; only 1 work): 
– Works for soloist and electronics 
– Duration no longer than 10 minutes 
– Format: Audio CD or DAT 
– CD-data and technical notes or diffusion score, in case of multi-channel pieces 
– The instrumental score must be sent by regular or registered post 
– Please include a recording of the electronic part alone as well as another one with the piece as a whole (electronics + acoustic instruments)

c) Audiovisual works
– Format: DVD
– If the audio is 5.1 (surround) only AC3 (Dolby Surround) will be accepted. We have no DTS decoders available.
– Duration must not exceed 10 min. 

d) Send contact information, biography and program notes (100 words maximum each) via email to the following address: aimaako@cech.cl. If this information is not received by email, the application will not be processed at all. Spanish translations are very welcomed.

The list of selected works will be published by July 31, 2009. Selected composers will be notified by email. 

More information is available at www.aimaako.cl or www.cech.cl


— 
Rodrigo F. Cadiz, Ph.D.
Centro de Investigacion en Tecnologias de Audio
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

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