electro // acoustic day 2026

Installation: on common ground | unfolding
West Road Foyer – All day long, opening at 9:30am
Carmack Composition Award
West Road Concert Hall, 10 – 11am
Public performance of the finalists’ original compositions for vocal ensemble. Choral Consort, conducted by Edward Wickham.
concert 1 | voices
West Road Concert Hall, 1 – 2.15pm
This concert, curated by Marta Gentilucci and Edward Wickham, spans vocal music from the Italian Trecento and the English Baroque through to Luciano Berio’s vocal and electronic works, alongside a new piece by Tim Watts.
intermezzo | cries
West Road Foyer, 2:30 – 3:15pm
Richard Causton and Marta Gentilucci host a conversation with Olivier Tonneau and Edward Wickham.
concert 2 | chambers
West Road Concert Hall, 3:30 – 4:30pm
Contemporary music performed by the Riot Ensemble
intermezzo | exiles
West Road Foyer, 6:30 – 7:15pm
Richard Causton and Marta Gentilucci in conversation with Monty Adkins, Edmon Colomer and Isaías Fanlo.

concert 3 | solos
West Road Concert Hall, 7:30 – 8:30pm
Margit Kern: Contemporary accordion repertoire with electronics and Roberto Gerhard’s tape experiments

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