Europe's Sixth Student 3D Audio Production Competition in Ambisonics 2022
In 2022, the Student 3D Audio Competition was announced for the sixth year in a row. The submissions were again high quality and elaborate, peppered with trend-setting ideas. The award ceremony took place on Saturday, October 8, 2022, from 7 pm in Graz, online and with public viewing events each with binaural sound. On October 7, the nominated pieces were already presented as part of the ORF musikprotokoll.
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The 3D categories:
- Contemporary / Computer music
- Audio drama / Documentary / Soundscapes
- Music recording / Studio production
The winner productions
Otto Iivari
Johanna Sulalampi
Entities of freedom
Silver Winner in Category 1: Contemporary Music, Computer Music. University of the arts Helsinki, with „Entities of freedom“
Anna Maly
Pietari Nurmi, Kamila Kondraciuk, Mia Savo, Teodors Kerimovs
Tim Philipp, Roland Ernst, Jens Kothe, Andreas Kraft, Arne Morgner, Lukas Münter, Christian Tobias
Philipp Gierlinger
Benedikt Ernst, Walter Schimon
Rohith Sakthy
Christoph Bus
The Jury
Jury Members Category I: Contemporary Music / Computer Music
- Joseph Anderson, U.S.A
- Michael Iber. AT
- Mads Kjeldgaard, DK
- Matthias Kronlachner, LT
- Mantautas Krukauskas. LT
- Daniel Mayer, AT
- Robert Mores, DE
- Marlon Schumacher, DE
- Geriet Krishna Sharma, DE
- Adi Snir, ISR
- Martin Supper, DE
- Fränk Zimmer, AT
- Ernst van der Loo, NOR
Jury Members Category Il: Audio Drama / Documentary/Soundscape
- Sebastia Vicenc Amengual Gari, USA
- Daniel Arteaga, ES
- Michael Iber, AT
- Nils Meyer-Kahlen, FI
- Robert Mores, DE
- Annika Neidhardt, DE
- Ernst van der Loo. NOR
- Christian Vaida, DE
- Matthias Kronlachner, LT
Jury Members Category Ill: Music Recording / Studio Production
- Daniel Arteaga, ES
- Matthias Kronlachner, LT
- Pawel Malecki, PL
- Frank Melchior, DE
- Nils Meyer-Kahlen, Fl
- Filip Pantelic, RS
- Tom Parnell, UK
- Marcel Remy, DE
- Christian Vaida, DE
Sponsors of the Competition
Block 8
IEM Graz together with the ORF musikprotokoll, FH St. Pölten and the VDT
The Competition is a cooperation of the Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik der Kunstuniversität Graz (IEM) and Verband Deutscher Tonmeister (VDT), and this year for the first time also with the ORF musikprotokoll. ORF musikprotokoll will provide the framework for the finals and the award ceremony. The fourth partner is the FH St. Pölten, on whose Audio Mostly the semi-finals took place.
The contribution format is 5th order Ambisonics as there are many free production tools available and no licence fees have to be paid. Contributing to the Competition is an important step for the students into the professional world of pro audio. At the same time there are attractive prizes for the winners waiting.
Headtracking with Camera-Tracked 3D Audio Player (Cat3DA)
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