<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><i>The 36th</i><b><i> Bourges International Competitions 2009 is opened.</i></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><i>In the competition, you can particularly notice a new part</i><b><i> "Electronic Arts" </i></b><i>with 3 categories.</i></font></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><i> 1. new pratices of sound and music creation</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><i> 2. Performances</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><i> 3. Netart</i></font></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><b><i>An full english version is also available on the IMEB website</i></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font color="#2300ee" face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 0, 238); "><i><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imeb.net/MFLi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1116&Itemid=330">http://www.imeb.net/MFLi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1116&Itemid=330</a></i></font></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><i>Thanks to diffuse information to everybody who can be interested.</i></font></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><i>For the artists they don't know about the Bourges Competition, that's the most important competition in electroacoustic music. It has been founded in 1973. It is devoted to composers coming from all levels, but also to sound artists, performers,... they practice different forms of sound arts. The registration is free. The selection is made anonymously (except the Magisterium). The jury is made with artists and personalities well-known in the esthetical fields related to the competition.</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><i>Several awards to notice in the rules.</i></font></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><i>For any question in add, please send an email to </i><font color="#2300ee" style="color: rgb(35, 0, 238); "><u><i><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:competition.bourges@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:competition.bourges@gmail.com">competition.bourges@gmail.com</a></i></u></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2300EE" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><br></i></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">___________________________________________________________________________</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></div></div></div><span></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>