PRIX RUSSOLO | listening evening

ConcertCella Gallery and Hovorny, Opava

PRIX RUSSOLO | listening Evening 13 November 2025, 6:00 PM Galerie Cella, Opava

We invite you to a listening evening featuring works selected for the international competition PRIX RUSSOLO. The evening will include an audience vote for the best composition.

The list of works will be published prior to the event.

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Since its founding in 1979, the Prix Luigi Russolo has been exploring new sonic territories opened through the interdisciplinary research of the composer, painter, and metaphysician Luigi Russolo (1885–1947).

As a key figure in 20th-century music, Russolo became famous in 1913 for his manifesto The Art of Noises (L’arte dei rumori), in which he developed the idea that all sounds – especially those of the industrial world – have their place in musical orchestration. He moved from theory to practice by constructing a number of sound machines, including the famous: • Intonarumori (noise instruments / “bruiteurs”), • Rumorharmonium / Russolophone,

and thus became a pioneer of noise music, which foreshadowed concrete and electronic music.

From the very beginning, Russolo sought to reach higher states of consciousness through both images and sounds. In this spirit, Prix Russolo, starting from its 33rd edition, expands its field of exploration to include all acousmatic and electronic music that makes the immaterial visible or audible – in the dual movement of the materialization of spirit and the spiritualization of matter.

From the submissions by composers and musicians from around the world, seven works have been selected to be presented between July and December 2025 in several cities. The winner of the Prix Russolo will be determined by audience vote during these concerts and announced at the final Prix Russolo event.