The 2024 winners of the Le Mans Sonore competitions

In 2024, Le Mans Sonore continues to support research and innovation. It rewarded the best French and international acoustic and sound design projects of the year. The winners Sound Design Awards Objects and services :Antoine Charon and Florestan Gutierrez – Sound To Sight: Shift2Rail innovative driving cabin. Life and society :Pitt Weiss – Audiobreeze project… Continue reading The 2024 winners of the Le Mans Sonore competitions

A unique sound dome

A brand new experience. Le Mans Sonore has imagined the world’s very first structure dedicated to immersive sound. An opportunity to push back the boundaries of creation and listening. A 360° revolution! The promise of a return to the very heart of sound. “For centuries, as composers but also as audiences, we have basically had… Continue reading A unique sound dome

Jean-Michel Jarre : a first class patron for Le Mans Sonore !

Save the date ! January, Saturday the 20th, Jean-Michel Jarre will be there for a world premiere, inaugurating the sound dome : a unique structure, espacially created for Le Mans Sonore. The artist will propose to listen to his new creation with 3D sound, OXYMORE : an album composed and produced with surround sound for a full expression… Continue reading Jean-Michel Jarre : a first class patron for Le Mans Sonore !

The 2 international competitions come back for the 3rd edition

The biennial sound competitions Organized by Le Mans Sonore, these are Europe’s biggest sound competitions, rewarding projects and research in two distinct fields every two years: sound design and acoustics.  Since they were created in 2019, the competitions have seen 37 candidate projects analyzed, 13 of which have been winners ! Learn more about the competitions… Continue reading The 2 international competitions come back for the 3rd edition

The “Sound Design in Schools” project

The “Sound Design in Schools” project has been launched. It is supported by Le Mans Sonore, at the Touchard-Washington High School with students of 1er  STI2D. This programme, led by Pierrick Pedron (director of the BleuBruit agency) and Cyrille Blanchard (teacher at the Lycée Touchard-Washington), aims to propose alternatives to traditional school bells by making full… Continue reading The “Sound Design in Schools” project

Le Mans Sonore is going to make some noise! January 20-28, 2024

Le Mans Sonore biennial comes back from January the 20th to the 28th 2024 for a third edition with the main theme « transmissions ». Its ambition stays the same: make the city resound.This hybrid event, at the crossroads between science and culture, will once more offer a diverse program mixing concerts, sound installations, performances, urban circuits,… Continue reading Le Mans Sonore is going to make some noise! January 20-28, 2024