The subtitle for the festival was Classical – Improvised – Sound Art – Beat. During the festival there was music being performed in concert halls and trailers, jazz clubs, grocery stores, art galleries and from a rooftop. There was monumental sound and video-pieces, new Swedish sound art and powerful noise music as well as grand symphonic pieces performed by internationally highly regarded orchestras.
Participating Artists
AKKU [NO] | Akos Rozmann [HU] | Andreas Eklöf [SE] | Andreas Nilsson [SE] | Anna Eriksson [SE] | Apartment House [GB] | Arditti Quartet [GB] | Carsten Nicolai/Ryoji Ikeda [DE/JP] | CM von Hausswolff [SE] | Dan Fröberg [SE] | Daniel Hjorth [SE] | David Toop [GB] | D.E.G. (Kevin Drumm, Leif Elggren & Mats Gustafsson) [US/SE/SE] | Ensemblen för Ny Musik [SE] | Fredric Bergström [SE] | Gageego! [SE] | Glenn Larsson [SE] | Granular Synthesis [AT] | Gunilla Leander [SE] | Göteborg Percussion Group, Militanta Jazzmusiker [SE] | Göteborgs Kammarsolister [SE] | GöteborgsMusiken dir. Jerker Johansson [SE] | Göteborgs Symfoniker/Tan Dun [SE/CN] | Hans Sydow [SE] | Henrik Rylander [SE] | Isak Eldh [SE] | Jesper Norda [SE] | Joakim Hauglund [NO] | John Taylor Trio med Anders Jormin och Joey Baron [GB/SE/US] | KammarensembleN [SE] | Kammarensembler från Musikhögskolan dir. Einar Nielsen [SE] | Kim Hiorthøy [NO] | Kudsi Erguner Islam Blues [TR] | Lars Carlsson [SE] | Linda Tedsdotter [SE] | London Sinfonietta [GB] | Martin Revheim [NO] | Mikael Lundberg [SE] | Palle Dahlstedt [SE] | Per-Uno Pettersson [SE] | Pilot-ensemblen [SE] | Poing [NO] | Sebastian Lindholm [SE] | Sonora/Ars Ludi [IT] | Sophia Alexandersson [SE] | Stefan Östersjö [SE] | Supersilent [NO] | Teddy Hultberg [SE] | Tobias Persson [SE] | Tomas Halling [SE] | Tony Blomdahl [SE] | To Rococo Rot [DE] | Unga Stråkar [SE] | Zbigniew Karkowski/Tetsuo Furudate [PL/JP] | Øyvind Torvund/Namik [NO] | 8TUNNEL2 [SE]
General Information
Program Committee
Anders Hultqvist | Composer/Festival Director, Staffan Albinsson | Musik i Väst, Sture Carlsson | Göteborgs Konserthus, Carl-Axel Hall | Composer/Musikhögskolan Göteborg, Ingemar Henningsson | Musikhögskolan Göteborg, Ole Lützow-Holm | Composer, Staffan Mossenmark | Composer and Sound Artist, Åke Parmerud | Composer, Staffan Svensson | Musician/Göteborg Artist Center (GAC), Ebba Westerberg | Musician/Göteborg Artist Center (GAC), Nils Wiklander | Nefertiti Jazz Club.
Organization
Ebba Westerberg | Producer, Staffan Svensson | Chief Financial Officer, Nina Nordström | Graphic Design, Kerstin Nilsson | Editor, Fredric Bergström/fabijan web | Web Produktion
Financial Aid
Framtidens Kultur, Västra Götalandsregionen, Göteborgs Stad Kulturnämnd, British Council, Göteborg & Co
Partners
Göteborgs Symfoniker, Musikhögskolan vid Göteborgs Universitet, Nefertiti/Jazz i Göteborg, Göteborg Artist Center/GAC, Rikskonserter, Musik i Väst, Levande Musik, GöteborgsMusiken, Röda Sten, Konsthallen Göteborg, Paletten, Sveriges Radio