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" Eco-Soundscapes | International Artist Selection "

Eco-Soundscapes | International Artist Selection

Cooperation project for 5 artists focuses on soundscape ecology, sustainability, and environmental listening

ECHOES – European Concert Halls Offering Eco-Solutions invites emerging and mid-career artists from Creative Europe participating countries to join an international co-creation process dedicated to soundscape ecology, sustainability, and environmental listening.

This Open Call will select 5 artists who will collaboratively compose and produce the Eco-Soundscapes Album and participate in an international tour in 2027.

* ECHOES is a European cooperation project designed to integrate sustainability into the live music ecosystem - from venues and artists to audiences and communities.

The project operates at the intersection of:

- Environmental sustainability
- Contemporary music creation
- Transnational artistic collaboration
- Digital innovation

INFO

AMOUNT

All travel and recording expenses are covered by the project. Each of the 5 selected artists will receive a participation fee of 1,000 euros. All works will be co-produced with clear agreements regarding authorship and rights and will be distributed internationally.


APPLICATION DEADLINE

31 May 2026


ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland, Republic of (EIRE) - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Ukraine

ELIGIBILITY

Artistic Concept

The Open Call focuses on the relationship between:
- Sound and environment
- Music and sustainability
- Listening and ecological awareness
- Place and acoustic identity

Applicants are invited to propose artistic ideas that:
- Engage with natural, urban, or hybrid sound environments
- Reflect on biodiversity, climate change, or human - environment relationships
- Explore emotional, social, or ecological dimensions of sound
- Can evolve into a shared album concept through collective creation


NOTE

*The calls that are listed on our website are shared for informational purposes and are sometimes subject to change. Please visit the organization's official open call website for up-to-date information.


DEADLINE

2026-05-31


TYPE OF SUPPORT

Public funding


FUNDING COUNTRIES

All EU Countries


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KEYWORDS
Audio-visual arts - Bio-art - Environment - Music