Since 2011, Semibreve has played host to some of the most renowned electronic music and interdisciplinary works by artists from all over the world, cementing an active role in promoting digital arts in Portugal. Taking place between 23 and 26 October, the 15th edition will occupy several venues in the city of Braga, which will host dozens of “unique collaborations, audiovisual performances, installations and clubbing, as well as workshops and conferences”.

This year's first confirmations include the presentation of “Concrète Waves”, a performance commissioned by the Spanish festival Sónar and the British arts center Barbicanque, bringing together British producer Actress and American composer Suzanne Ciani.

The premiere of the new work by Iranian composer, pianist and bassist Ava Rasti, “The River”, accompanied by a string quartet.

Directly from London and marking her return to Hyperdub, the experimental artist aya (Aya Sinclair) presents her second album “hexed!”, one of this year's most intense musical projects in which confronts despair and the dysfunction of addiction.

After making their debut at the Tate Modern in London, the British project emptyset - by James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas - returns to Braga (where they played in 2012) to present their latest album “Dissever”, reflecting “a retrospective of the history of electronic music and Media Arts in the 20th century”.

Ukrainian composer Heinali - Oleh Shpudeiko's creative vehicle - joins the Ukrainian singer Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko to present “Гільдеґарда” (‘Hildegard’ in Ukrainian). In a unique reimagining of Hildegard von Bingen's music, the performance will combine the vocal approaches of Ukrainian folk singing with modular synthesis techniques, bringing to life the paradoxical viscerality inherent in Hildegard's visionary writing.

The program also includes the encounter of British cellist and musician Lucy Railton with Italian-Australian artist and director Rebecca Salvadori and British visual artist Charlie Hope, materialized in “Not A Word From Me”, a performance that plunges into an experience of sensory exploration, immersing the listener in a series of visceral and psychoacoustic states.

With the 15th edition returns the Edigma Semibreve Award, a prize that “celebrates and promotes the creation of works that explore interactivity, sound and image through the use of digital technologies”. Applications are open until June 24 and the winner will have their work exhibited at the festival.

The next names on the programme will be announced soon. All the information about the line-up, tickets and the open call for the Edigma Semibreve Award can be found at SEMIBREVE FESTIVAL.