We are pleased to present the winners of the first edition of the Totem Électroacoustique contest. For each edition of the contest, a jury composed of local and international artists is in charge of judging all the contest submissions. There are three jury groups representing the Totem Awards, the Akousma Awards and the ViU (Vivier Inter Universitaire) Awards.
The eight finalists are judged one last time in a final public concert. The final of the contest was presented in collaboration with the Groupe de Recherche sur la Médiatisation du son (GRMS) during La Grande Nuit GRMS concert at the Montreal New Music Festival (MNM) on February 25, 2023.
Cash prizes are awarded to the first, second and third place winners of the Totem Prize and the Akousma Prize. Commissions are also awarded at the discretion of TPC to allow selected finalists the opportunity to work directly with Totem instruments for a work in the Totem Electric series. The entire Totem contemporary production team wishes you a pleasant listening experience.
Totem Electroacoustic Prize 2025
FIRST PRIZE (2 500$)
SECOND PRIZE (1 500$)
THIRD PRIZE (1 000$)
Akousma Prize (1 500$)
VIU (Vivier Inter Universitaire) Prize
Audience Prize
Finalistes
Mention Spéciale du Jury
The jury of the Totem Electroacoustic Competition wanted to award a special mention to the work Bombarde by Canadian composer Dominic Jasmin. This magnificent piece could not be among the finalists, as it did not meet all the criteria of the competition (mainly concerning the criterion of the perceptibility of the Totem sound mark in the work). However, the work stood out among all the compositions of the competition. The jury wanted to give it this mention to underline the quality of the work.
Jurys 2025
Totem Jury
- Max Bruckert(FR)
- Julie Delisle (CA)
- Andrea Laudante (IT)
- Pauline Patie (FR)
- Stéphane Roy (CA)
Akousma Jury
- Myriam Bleau (CA)
- Myriam Boucher (CA)
- Louis Dufort (CA)
- Maxime Gordon (CA)
- Devon Hansen (CA)
- Evan Magoni (US)
- Roger Tellier-Craig (CA)
VIU Jury
- Hanna A. Barnes (US)
- Jules Bastin-Fontaine (CA)
- Matthieu Galliker (CA)
- Gabrielle Martin CA)
- Nicholas Ma (CA)
- Lorenzo Paniconi (IT)