2020

WHEN SOUND IS AN ART

Once a year, by means of numerous European radio partners, Phonurgia Nova Awards distinguishes authors who explore reality and imagination with sound

The Phonurgia Nova Prize will be awarded this year for the 25th time. Born in 1986, the Festival is the oldest and most prestigious event in the field of radio and sound art in France. It was not bestowed on an annual basis until 2001. Progressively it has become one of the internationally most important prize for cutting-edge works of radio art.

Last year, 272 productions from 30 different countries were entered, and 35 of those were selected for the Festival at the BnF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France). Our ear is loaded with a new culture of sounds, and a new art of listening, inspired by radio and sound practices. The Phonurgia Nova Awards take the experience of this phenomenon and identifies the outlines of this abundant universe. Amongst many others composers, authors and radio makers, Chantal Dumas (Canada), Yves Meylan (Switzerland), Dominique Petitgand (France), Bernadette Johnson (Switzerland), Alessandro Bosetti (Italy), Andréas Bick (Germany), Hanna Hartman (Germany), Sébastien Dicenaire (Belgium), Joaquin Cofreces (Argentina), Sherre Delys and Russel Stapleton (Australia) have all been crowned as prestigious prizewinners

Again this year, we wish to discover works challenging the radio and sound art universally. During a “weekend marathon”, the submissions will be auditioned and reviewed by a live jury at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (the French national library) by a live deliberative jury.