Welcome to the official opening of Göteborg Art Sounds 2024! Although the festival will have started with some great collaboration concerts already the week before, they wanted to take this opportunity to create a gathering for everybody interested in contemporary, electronic, experimental and improvised music.

The Opening will also be a unique chance to meet the new artistic directors of Göteborg Art Sounds: Stefan Klaverdal (SE) and Clara de Asís (ES/ NL)! There will be live music, opening speeches, snacks, mingle and a possibility to grab this year’s festival program! The restaurant Husette next door will also be open for anybody who wants to take something to eat. At 19.30 we move to House 8 to take part of BrÖtz concert, arranged in collaboration with Göteborg Art Sounds. Very, very welcome!

Schedule

17.30

Door open, live music (artists TBA)

18.00 – 18.30

Speeches with the new Artistic Directors and Introduction of this year’s program

18.30 – 19.30

Music and mingle

About Göteborg Art Sounds

Göteborg Art Sounds, or the GAS-Festival, was founded in 1999. Today it is Sweden’s largest festival for sound art, modern composition, improvisation and electronica. During the festivals, live performances are intertwined with sound installations, pre-recorded sounds and compositions are mixed with live improvisations and sheet music. During the previous editions of the festival, we have hosted artists such as Laurie Anderson, Kim Gordon, Tan Dun, Pharoah Sanders, the Arditti Quartet, London Sinfonietta, Keith Rowe, Phill Niblock, William Basinski, Machinefabriek, Supersilent, Philip Jeck, Sidsel Endresen, Kangding Ray, Maja Ratkje, Denseland and zeitkratzer to name just a few.

In addition to the musical elements we regularly host public talks, workshops and seminars. Göteborg Art Sounds has an international profile and the main focus is to present exciting and relevant contemporary artists. We have ongoing collaborations with other festivals, culture- and educational organizations and promotional networks, both national and international. 2009 – 2023 the artistic director for the festival was Swedish composer and sound artist Staffan Mossenmark. From 2024 the new artistic directors are Stefan Klaverdal (SE) and Clara de Asís.