THE CONTEMPORARY COMPUTER MUSIC COMPETITION 2026 (CCMC2026)
Application Guidelines
organized by Atelier de Création Sonore et Musicale 116 (ACSM116) in cooperation with Motus, compagnie musicale
About ACSM116 and CCMC
The Atelier de Création Sonore et Musicale 116 (ACSM116), is a Japanese voluntary organization founded by Japanese composers and academics. Since 2001, ACSM116 has organized The Contemporary Computer Music Concert (CCMC) Festival in Tokyo and/or in Kyoto. We’ve also created the prizes ACSM116 (since 2004), FUTURA and MOTUS (both since 2007) and the prized works are performed at the Festival FUTURA (MUSIQUE ACOUSMATIQUE ART RADIOPHONIQUE VIDÉO) organized every year in Crest (FRANCE) by the French musical company MOTUS.
The CCMC concerts are characterized by the use of an Acousmonium.
The Acousmonium is a sound diffusion system designed in 1974 by a French composer François Bayle, who was then leading the famous “Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM)”. This system is called the “orchestra of loudspeakers” as it combines various loudspeakers to “project” into space the electroacoustic music sound.
For more information about past CCMC concerts, please click here.
CCMC2001-2010 https://acsm116.com/ccmc2001-2010/
CCMC2011-2020 https://acsm116.com/ccmc2011-2020/
CCMC2022 https://acsm116.com/ccmc-2/ccmc2022-and-over/ccmc2022concert/
CCMC2023 https://acsm116.com/ccmc-2/ccmc2022-and-over/ccmc2023/ccmc2023-call-for-music/
CCMC2024 https://acsm116.com/ccmc-2/ccmc2022-and-over/ccmc2024/
CCMC2025 https://acsm116.com/ccmc-2/ccmc2022-and-over/ccmc2025/
photos of CCMC2025 concert CCMC2025Documentary
We call for works to be performed at the CCMC2026 Computer Music Festival scheduled on March 2026 in Japan (Tokyo or Kyoto).
The entry period: September 1st, 2025, 00:00 to October 31, 2025, 23:59 (GTM+9)
The entry fee: US$25 (twenty five US dollars) payment through Paypal required.
[Schedule]
31 October 2025 Closing date of the call
January 2026 Announcement of the Selected Works on our website: works are selected by academic music professionals.
March 2026 The CCMC2026 Concert (scheduled in Japan)
Announcement of the winners of the three prizes (The ACSM116, FUTURA and MOTUS prizes) on our website.
RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY
Eligibility
There’s no limit of age or nationality, Group entry is also accepted.
However, winners of the past Prize ACSM116 cannot submit.
One person can submit only one entry, double entries even as group and individual are not allowed.
In case of participation by minors, they must confirm that they have parental consent to participate.
All works selected for CCMC2026 will be performed at the concert.
Participation in the concert is not mandatory.
However, composers of selected works are encouraged to perform their own works in concert using an Acousmonium (orchestra of speakers). The Acousmonium is an electroacoustic music performance tool that is rarely performed. It is built to fit the concert venue. This is a rare opportunity to experience an Acousmonium system to play a stereo work by projecting the music into the space and moving the sound through your own manipulations. A brief lecture on how to perform will be provided, so there is no worry even for non initiate.
If they choose to perform, the schedule for rehearsals and performances must be in accordance with the schedule provided by the organizer.
Please note that All expenses for transportation, lodging, etc. are to be borne by the participant.
If you don’t come to the concert, your work will be performed by a performer chosen by ACSM116,
Work
Conditions:
– Original Electroacoustic music work or acousmatic work (fixed media), unreleased or unpublished. Remix work is not accepted.
-Sound file format: 48khz/24bit Stereo2ch WAV file
-Duration: minimum 3 minutes, maximum 7 minutes
(The length of the sound file at the time of application must be between 3 minutes 00 seconds and 7 minutes 00 seconds; failure to comply with the minutes rule will result in disqualification.)
[Caution!!]
All work must be kept unreleased or unpublished until the selection of the work in January 2026, and if your work is selected for CCMC2026, the unreleased or unpublished period will be extended until its performance at the CCMC2026 concert. “Unreleased or unpublished” means that you may not release, present, perform or publish it in another concert, festival, broadcasting or in any other means that may cause the work to be known by the public. If we find a violation, the entry will be cancelled even after the selection of the work. The entry fee will not be refunded in any case.
HOW TO ENTRY
(1) Prepare the sound file of the work. The sound file name should be the work title. Do not use your name as the file name.
[Caution!!] for the sound file name, do not use “space hyphen space “(_-_).
(2) Prepare the information necessary for entry:
Entrant’s e-mail address
Work information （Title, program note or work concept, Time duration）
Entrant’s information （name, (group name, co-creator name) ,short bio, occupation (if a student, school name) nationality, address.
(3) Please pay the entry fee with Paypal and save the receipt (payment information) as a PDF file.
Paypal link:
(4)Please fill out the application form (Google form) and submit it along with your sound file and Paypal payment information.
https://forms.gle/iU7GhcX1fEF98Syq6
Google form link (to be open on September 1st, 2025):
※Please do not forget to attach your work and the Paypal receipt to the application form.
About your personal information
The protection of your personal information matters to us. Your name, e-mail address, and all other personal information will be used only for the purpose of organizing and managing the concert, in accordance with Japan’s Personal Information Protection Law.
If you have inquiry about our use of your personal information, please contact us:
Attn: Hisako Hashiguchi / acsm116@gmail.com
【CCMC2026 Festival information】
The Festival will be held on March 2026 in Japan.
More details on the venue and the date will be announced in next autumn on our ACSM116 website https://acsm116.com .
Program (tentative)
- Computer Music competition concert
- French and Japanese composers’ concert
- Workshops /Lectures
About ACSM116 （Atelier de Création Sonore et Musicale 116）
President
Kazuko Narita (Composer, Specially Appointed Professor at Doshisha Women’s College)
Committee members
Kenji Ashimoto (Composer, Associate Professor, Kunitachi College of Music)/Hidefumi Izukawa (Composer, Shakuhachi Performer, Junior Associate Professor at Osaka University of Arts)/Motoki Ohkubo(Composer, Lecturer at Nagoya University of the Arts)/Hisashi Okamoto (Composer, Professor at Kansai University of International Studies)/Masanori Kasai (Composer, Specially Appointed Professor at Doshisha Women’s College)/Takuro Shibayama (Composer, Professor at Tokyo Denki University)/Hiromu Takano (Composer, Sound engineer)/Hisako Hashiguchi (Translator)/Tomonari Higaki (Composer, Acousmonium performer, Associate Professor at Tokai University)/Masatsune Yoshio (Associate Professor, Showa University of Music)/Taro Yoshihara (Composer, Lecturer at University of Yamanashi)/Ai Watanabe (Composer, Lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts)
Honorary President
Naonori Isomura (Former director of the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris)
Honorary Vice President
Suzuko Yoshida (Former Director of the Fujita Contemporary Music Documentation Center)
Office: 6-12-804 Katamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan
Email: acsm116@gmail.com (Secretariat: Ms. Hashiguchi) Website: http://www.acsm116.com/