Open Call: On Live Electronics - Sonic Practices Conference 2026
Roberto Bresin
***Apologies for cross-posting***
Open Call:
The Sonic Practices Conference 2026
On Live Electronics – December 3-5, 2026, KMH Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden
www.kth.se/navet/sonic-practices-conference-2026
The Sonic Practices Working Group invites you to a three-day, single track conference on Live Electronics at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH) in celebration of
the 20 year anniversary of the KMH Live Electronics Ensemble. The conference will feature paper presentations, lecture performances, and live concerts.
The conference is arranged by the Sonic Practices Working Group, a collaboration between the Royal College of Music (KMH), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), and the
University of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), in Stockholm. The group, founded in 2025 at the KTH NAVET Center for Research in Art, Technology, and Design, aims to discuss and meet around methods, tools, and technology for the sonic material used within
music, fine arts, and research.
Preference will be given to submissions that deal with how Live electronic musicians play together and this is true also for music submissions: Live performances are preferred
over fixed media pieces, and submissions with more than one performer are encouraged.
Lecture and concert performances will be held in Lilla Salen at KMH, fitted with a 29.4 hemispheric loudspeaker setup. Non-standard loudspeaker setups are possible and will
be assessed on a per-proposal basis.
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
- Performance strategies in electronic music ensembles
- Digital, analog, and electroacoustic lutherie for live performance
- Speculative, critical, and non-standard instrument design
- Notation and interpretation practices for electronic music ensembles
- Shared instrumentality
- Source separation and spatialization in live electronic performance
- Human and non-human ensemble interplay
- Co-creative composition, distributed agency and improvisation
Submissions
All submissions will be reviewed in a single-blind peer review process and do not need to be anonymized. All accepted submissions that are presented at the conference will
be collected and published in a digital conference proceedings.
Submission categories are:
Short Paper Presentation - Short Paper (2-4 pages), 10 minute presentation.
Paper Presentation - Paper (4-6 pages), 15 minute presentation.
Lecture Performance - Short Paper (2-4 pages), 20 minute presentation including 5-10 minutes of live performance.
Performance - A 5-15 minutes live performance, preferably in ensemble form.
Deadlines
Submission deadline: 1st of September
Result notification: 1st of October
Registration
Attending and presenting at the conference is free of charge, but registration is required.
More information and instructions for how to submit will follow at:
www.kth.se/navet/sonic-practices-conference-2026
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Roberto Bresin, Professor, KTH, Sweden
Email: rob...@kth.se