Past events
Below you can browse posters and images, and read details of our previous festivals and events.
MANTIS Festival March 2017
Van Gorkom (dutch-uk network project), MacKay and Blackburn
Sines and Squares Festival November 2016
A celebration of Analogue and Modular Synthesis
MANTIS Festival October 2016
Oikawa, Stavropoulos, Dhomont, Weaver
MANTIS Festival March 2016
Terri Hron (Canada, recorder and electronics)
MANTIS Festival October 2015
Kees Tazelaar, Institute of Sonology, The Hague, Julian Elvira (flute) + International Works Curated by Metanast
MANTIS Festival March 2015
In collaboration with NAISA (Toronto, Canada) and Metanast
Sines and Squares Festival October 2014
Celebrating the resurgence of Analogue and Modular Synthesizers
MANTIS 10 Year Festival - March 2014
Featuring guests Francis Dhomont and Trevor Wishart
MANTIS Festival October 2013
New works, Sonic Spaces, Marij van Gorkom, and works by NOVARS composers
MANTIS Festival March 2013
Featuring guest percussionist Miquel Bernat
MANTIS Festival October 2012
John Young, Barry Truax, Andrew Lewis and NOVARS composers
MANTIS Festival March 2012
With guest composers Jonty Harrison and Diana Salazar, and composers based at the University of Manchester
MANTIS Festival October 2011
Electroacoustic music by local, UK and international guest artists
MANTIS Festival March 2011
Manchester's Sonic Meta-Ontology Programme
MANTIS Festival October 2010
Featuring MANTIS composers, Psappha, and guest composers Dominique Bassal, Federico Schumacher and Jef Chippewa
MANTIS Festival February 2010
Battle of Gestures and Textures, Acousmatic Concert, Audio-Visual Works and Cello Performance by Francesco Dillon
MANTIS Festival October 2009
With Denis Smalley, Theodore Lotis and Federico Reuben
MANTIS Festival March 2009
Two concerts of works, a special matinee and a night of experimental music
MANTIS Festival November 2008
First anniversary of NOVARS and tenth edition of MANTIS