International Festivals

Subtitled Space Is The Place, this festival is inspired by the twin spirits of Sun Ra and Stockhausen. Highlights include Sun Ra Arkestra collaborating with Canadian dance company Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, Steve Drury & Aiyun Huang performing Stockhausen’s Kontakte, Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra, Berlin sound and video artist Klimek, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Andre Ristic, AIMToronto Orchestra and more. Toronto The Music Gallery, 21–26 October

Music and art festival supported by The Wire, featuring an installation by Michael Nyman, a show inspired by Warhol’s Empire by Groupshow (Jan Jelinek/Andrew Pekler/Hanno Leightmann), The Necks, Autistic Daughters, Max Richter, Haushka, Colleen, Bruno Pronsato, Pinch, Skream, Benga, plus panel discussions and a journalism academy with Philip Sherburne. Krakow various venues, 18–25 October

Long running festival of improvisation with CK & The 45ers (Christof Kurzmann/Ken Vandermark/Clayton Thomas/Martin Brandlmayer/NN), A Tribute To Albert Ayler (Joe McPhee/Roy Campbell Jr/William Parker/Warren Smith), Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex, Peter Brötzmann/Michiyo Yagi/Paal Nilssen-Love, Lasse Marhaug and more. Wels various venues, 7–9 November

Second annual event this time sponsored by The Wire and focusing on solo strings, with Glenn Jones, Tetuzi Akiyama, MV & EE, Jozef van Wissem, James Blackshaw, Jack Rose, Ben Reynolds, Fursaxa, Fire On Fire, Visitations, Alexander Turnquist, Michael Chapman, Marc Orleans, Marcia Bassett, Steve Gunn and more. Portland, Maine Space Gallery, 10–12 October

A new event of strange music by the organisers of Danubefestival with David Moss, Jaap Blonk, Maja Ratkje, Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, Pere Ubu, Marina Rosenfeld, Cluster, Felix Kubin, Faust, the Austrian premiere of Stockhausen’s Cosmic Pulses and more. Krems Klangraum Minorite Church, 3–11 October

Fifth edition of this international festival of experimental sound, music, film and image supported by The Wire, with performances, experimental film screenings, expanded cinema, installations, talks and discussions with/by Kjell Bjørgeengen, Keith Rowe, Philipp Waschmann, Guy Sherwin, Benedict Drew, Sachiko M, Luke Fowler, Lee Patterson, Gil Wolman, Paul Sharits, Hollis Frampton, Felix Hess and more. Dundee Contemporary Arts, 10–12 October, £25/festival pass, £10/day pass

20th year for this jazz festival with an international line-up including Cecil Taylor, Marilyn Crispell, Billy Bang, Julian Priester, Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra featuring Carla Bley, Maceo Parker, Satoko Fujii & Larry Ochs, Simone (daughter of Nina Simone), Ravi Coltrane and more, plus a 20 year retrospective of Wayne Horvitz. Seattle various venues, 17 October–8 November, times/prices vary

Eighth electronic music and arts festival hosts a Deutsche Grammophon classical/electronic crossover, a conference on sound design, showcases from BPitch Control, Raster-Noton, Tempa, Warp and Watergate, as well as performances from Four Tet, Moritz von Oswald Trio (featuring Vladislav Delay), Theo Parrish, The Mole and more. Turin varius venes, 6–8 November

Ninth edition featuring an array of electroacoustic works plus several works for electronics and chamber ensemble performed by the composers and sfSound Group. Artists include Phill Niblock, Pauline Oliveros & Carl Stone, Richard Teitelbaum, Tujiko Noriko, Myrmyr, Akira Rabelais, Hans Fjellestad and more. San Francisco Project Artaud Theater, 3–7 September

Fourth time around for this conceptual ‘live remix’ affair, featuring Brian Eno with 77 Million Paintings For Punkt and giving lecture (with Jon Hassell), Nils Økland, Rafael Toral, Leafcutter John & Seb Rochford, Gavin Bryars, Maarifa Street, Arve Henriksen and more. Kristiansand various venues, 4–6 September