Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts

ascolta is a public listening series at the ICST Composition Studio of the Zurich University of the Arts. In an intimate setting with a higher-order Ambisonics speaker system, we listen to acousmatic and electroacoustic music — works by composers from the ICST residency programme and from the international repertoire, presented in immersive spatial audio.

Upcoming Dates 2026 · 02 April 2026 · 21 May 2026 · 18:00–19:00 · Free admission

Listening

A selection of online resources for listening to Ambisonics and spatial audio:

• Sounding Future — spatial audio archive
• HOAST Library (IEM) — Higher-Order Ambisonics recordings
• Nimbus UHJ — classic Ambisonics UHJ recordings

ICST B-Format Archive

The ICST maintains an archive of works recorded and encoded in ambiX B-format.

→ Explore the B-Format Archive

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