Europe's Fifth Student 3D Audio Production Competition in Ambisonics 2021

In 2021, the Student 3D Audio Competition was held for the fifth time in a row. There were again high-quality, elaborate submissions with trend-setting ideas. The award ceremony took place on November 19, 2021 online and with public viewing events live with binaural audio.

The 3D categories:

  • Contemporary / Computer music
  • Audio drama / Documentary / Soundscapes
  • Music recording / Studio production

The winner productions

Robert Seaback

Gold Winner in Category 1: Category 1: Contemporary Music, Computer Music. Norwegian Academy of Music, with "Still Life"
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Wei Yang

Silver Winner in Category 1: Contemporary Music, Computer Music

Silver Winner in Category 1: Contemporary Music, Computer Music. University of Washington, with "a_voi(ce)_d"
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Michael McCrea, Selina Oakes, Rapolas Daugintis

Bronce Winner in Category 1: Contemporary Music, Computer Music. Aalto University, with "The edge of the sea chatters with a lifetime of echoes, whistles and blows"
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Chung Tat Sham

Gold Winner in Category 2: Audio Drama / Documentary / Soundscapes. Universität der Künste Berlin, with "What is your Soundmark of the year?"
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Marcel Remy

Silver Winner in Category 2: Audio Drama / Documentary / Soundscapes. Stuttgart Media University, with "Darkride"
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Julian Zehnder

Bronce Winner in Category 2: Audio Drama / Documentary / Soundscapes. Hochschule der Künste Zürich, with "Flowerfield"
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Selim Mrad

Gold Winner in Category 3: Music Recording / Studio Production. Erich Thienhaus Institut Detmold, with "On the art of misleading"
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Stefanos Ioannou

Silver Winner Category 3: Music Recording / Studio Production

Silver Winner Category 3: Music Recording / Studio Production. Erich-Thienhaus Institut der HfM Detmold, with "Volière"
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Lucca Riitano, Jan Lukas Feldmann

Bronce Winner in Category 3: Music Recording / Studio Production. HAW Hamburg, with "Prelude in g-minor WoO10 – Spatial Organ"
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Many thanks to the Jurors who evaluated the contributions with highest verve and compentence:

  • Joseph Anderson, DXART, Washington University, Seattle, USA
  • Thibaut Carpentier, ircam, Paris, France
  • Michael Iber, University of Applied Science, St. Pölten, Austria
  • Mads Kjeldgaard, NOTAM, Oslo, Norway
  • Daniel Mayer, IEM, Graz, Austriy
  • Robert Mores, HAW, Hamburg, Germany
  • Filip Pantelic und Marko Peric, University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Magdalena Piotrowska, University Techn., Gdansk, Poland
  • Martin Supper, University of Arts, Berlin, Germany
  • Van der Loo, NOTAM, OSLO, Norway
  • Sebastia Amengual Gari, FB Reality Labs, Redmond, USA
  • Tom Ammermann, New Audio Technology, Hamburg, Germany
  • Joseph Anderson, Washington University, Seattle, USA
  • Natasha Barrett, Oslo, Norway
  • Hans-Martin Buff, Buffwerk, Rimsting, Germany
  • Florian Camerer, ORF, Wien, Austria
  • Thibaut Carpentier, ircam, Paris, France
  • Clovis Gouaillier, Univrsité du Québec à Montréal, Canada
  • Michael Iber, University of Applied Science, St. Pölten, Austria
  • Mads Kjeldgaard, NOTAM, Oslo, Norway
  • Matthias Kronlachner, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Mantautas Kruskauskas, Lithu. Acad. of Music and Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Paweł Małecki, AGH Univ., Krakow, Poland
  • Daniel Mayer, IEM, Graz, Austria
  • Nils Meyer-Kahlen, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
  • Ana Monte, DELTA Soundworks, Sandhausen, Germany
  • Annika Neidhardt, TU Ilmenau, Germany
  • Lasse Nipkow, Silent Work GmbH, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Filip Panelić, Visoka Škola Elektrotehnike i Računara, Belgrad,Serbia
  • Gerriet Krishna Sharma, Berlin, Germany
  • Martin Supper, University of Arts, Berlin, Germany
  • Dietz Tinhof, Tonmeister/VSL, Vienna, Austria
  • Christian Vaida, cvmusic film/ton, Heidenheim, Germany
  • Ernst van der Loo, Oslo, Norway

Sponsors of the Competition

Munk Productions

New Audio Technology

Harpex Ltd

SSA Plugins

ambiXes

FLUX:: Immersive

Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik der Kunstuniversität Graz (IEM) and Verband Deutscher Tonmeister (VDT)

The Competition is a cooperation of the Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik der Kunstuniversität Graz (IEM) and Verband Deutscher Tonmeister (VDT). The contribution format is 5th order Ambisonics as there are many free production tools available and no licence fees have to be paid.

Contributing to the Competition is an important step for the students into the professional world of pro audio. At the same time there are attractive prizes for the winners waiting. Many thanks to the sponsors of this year's Competition!

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Productions of other years

Become curious? All award-winning submissions of the 3D-Audio Competitions since 2020 can be heard binaural with headtracking here:

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