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Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music (PSeME)
Polish section of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM/CIME) in Bourges.
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The main goal of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music (PSeME) is a promotion of Polish electroacoustic art (electronic music, video art, sound installation, audiovisual and interactive art) abroad, inside the network of festivals, concert series and all other electroacoustic art projects coordinated by the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (CIME/ICEM) in Bourges (supported by UNESCO). Polish Society of Electroacoustic Music organizes concerts with electronic music of the second half of the XX century and the most modern and advanced forms of electronic art.
General Assembly of CIME in Lisbon on September 22, 2005 confirmed PSeME as a Polish section and full member of the International Confederation for Electroacoustic Music (CIME/ICEM).
On May 7, 2006 Christophe Desjardins with the soloists from Muzyka Centrum Orchestra played the concert on the 2nd anniversary of Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music (part of Bridges project).
On September 29, November 11 and December 2 the CIME concerts were organized in Krakow.
In 2007 PSeME organized 50th Anniversary of the Polish Electroacoustic Music in form of concerts in Krakow (May 7, October 27), Bourges (Synthese Festival: June 2-3) and Beijing (Musicacoustica: October 22-24). On November 24-25 the General Assembly of CIME/ICEM were organized at the Krakow Academy of Music, as well as 2 CIME concerts included to the program of Audio Art Festival in Krakow. Krzysztof Wolek received the 1st Prize at the International Competition for Electroacoustic Music in Bourges in 2007 for his piece Mobile Variations. Another piece of him Changing Lanes and Opalescences by Katarzyna Glowicka received awards on the same competition.
Currently PSeME assiociates 100 Members.
Polish electroacoustic music is based on the activity of many composers and electroacoustic music centres:
1. Experimental Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw - SEPR (director: Marek Zwyrzykowski)
2. Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Academy of Music in Krakow - SME (director: Marek Choloniewski)
3. Studio for Computer Music at the Academy of Music in Warsaw (coordinator: Krzysztof Czaja)
4. Studio for Computer Composition at the Academy of Music in Wroclaw - SCC (director: Stanislaw Krupowicz)
5. Studio for Computer Music at the Academy of Music in Poznan (director: Lidia Zielinska)
6. Studio for Computer Music at the Academy of Music in Lodz (director: Krzysztof Knittel)
7. Studio for Computer Music at the Academy of Music in Katowice (director: Jaroslaw Mamczarski)
8. Studio for Computer Music at the Academy of Music in Gdansk (director: Krzysztof Olczak)
9. Studio for Computer Music at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (coordinator: Dobromila Jaskot)
10. Studio for Computer Music at the Silesian University in Cieszyn (director: Krzysztof Gawlas)
Polish electroacoustic music is presented on many festivals in Poland and abroad. Most of the program including electroacoustic music is presented on concerts of the centres and festivals:
Musica Electronica Nova in Wroclaw, Warsaw Autumn in Warsaw, Audio Art Festival in Krakow, Musica Moderna in Lodz, Poznan Spring Music in Poznan and many others.
The history of Polish Electroacoustic Music by Krzysztof Szlifirski
Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music
Zakopianska 62
address for correspondence:
P.O. Box 40
Poland
tel/fax: 0048.12.2676195
email: pseme@pseme.com
www.pseme.com
Bank Pekao S.A.
Szpitalna str. 15
IBAN: PL07124022941111001008124909
SWIFT: PKOPPLPW
(membership fee: 35 PLN per year)
