Electroacoustic Spring is the annual (since 2014) electroacoustic music festival in Rethymno, Crete. The program includes compositions from various trends in electroacoustic music where recent and older works of the international repertoire are presented. The works are played with a loudspeaker orchestra around the audience.

Electroacoustic Spring 2024 presents a special tribute, with five compositions, to Francis Dhomont (1926–2023). The program also includes works by Rocío Cano Valiño, Horacio Vaggione, Elizabeth Anderson, Thomas Gorbach, João Pedro Oliveira, Mario Mary, Christine Groult, Bjarni Gunnarsson, Dimitris Barnias, Nikolas Valsamakis, Stelios Giannoulakis, Stelios Zoumadakis and Katerina Tzedaki.

The festval will take place on May 31 & June 1, at 8.30 pm, in the auditorium of the Department of Music Technology & Acoustics (HMU).

Friday, 31 May

Francis Dhomont – Transfert I (1984) 06:31
Francis Dhomont – Here and There (2003) 10:09
Francis Dhomont – Phonurgie (1998) 12:42
Francis Dhomont – Premières traces du Choucas (2006) 15:04
Francis Dhomont – En Cuerdas (1998) 11:26
56:00

Rocío Cano Valiño -    Okno (2020) 10:00
Horacio Vaggione – Mécanique des Fluides (2015) 19:17 [8-channel]
Elizabeth Anderson – Solar Winds (2012) 9:37 [8-channel]
Elizabeth Anderson – and Beyond (2014) 8:07 [8-channel]
Thomas Gorbach – Impact from Mars (2020) 11:37
56:00

Saturday, 1 June

João Pedro Oliveira – N’vi’ah (2019 ) 11:49 [8-channel]
Mario Mary – Le Sophistiqué Son du Dasein (2018) 17:00 [8-channel]
Christine Groult – Etincelles (2005) 15:03
Bjarni Gunnarsson – Ubieties (2015) 09:55 [8-channel]
53:50

Dimitris Barnias – Silent Luminesence Ignites (2024) 11:18
Nikolas Valsamakis – Katasterismoi (2024) 10:00 [8-channel]
Stelios Giannoulakis – Transmission Adjust (2024) 12:27
Stelios Zoumadakis – Hidden (2024) 06:37
Katerina Tzedaki – The River (2024) 20:00 [8-channel]
60:22

Festival organisation:    Nikolas Valsamakis & Katerina Tzedaki