Early Bird IN-PERSON (registration until 30 June 2026 CEST):
Early Bird WFAE member:
Early Bird WFAE student:
Early Bird non-member
Early Bird non-member student
290,– €*
150,– €*
330,– €*
175,– €*
IN-PERSON (registration after 30 June 2026 CEST):
WFAE member
WFAE student:
Non-member:
Non-member student:
340,– €*
180,– €*
390,– €*
200,– €*
Full registration IN-PERSON includes access to the opening event and reception; access to all keynote speaker presentations, keynote workshops, paper and poster sessions, concerts, panels, listening spaces, and installations. Full registration also includes access to concerts at the Centralstation/Darmstadt on 5 Sept. 2026 (tbc). Coffee, tea, and water will be provided during the conference’s coffee breaks, a light lunch will be provided during the lunch breaks. The Global Composition 2026 Banquet requires a separate fee (tba).
The conference places great importance on face-to-face presentations and discussions, as well as on listening, hiking, celebrating, dancing, and creating sound together on site. For presenters who are unable to travel, six paper or poster presentations will be offered for remote participation in hybrid sessions. These sessions will be conceived as a new conference format designed to bring together on-site participants and a limited number of online presenters in a specially designed, interactive setting. Through this experimental format, the organizers are committed to creating special conditions for lively exchange among presenters as well as online and on-site participants. – Artistic contributions may also be included in the conference without the artist’s physical presence, provided they are presented as fixed media works.
REMOTE PARTICIPANTS (registration until 8 August 2026):
WFAE member
WFAE student:
Non-member:
Non-member student:
220,– €*
130,– €*
280,– €*
160,– €*
CONFERENCE DINNER
On Friday, 4 September 2026, our conference dinner will take place. Join the dinner for a delightful evening, offering excellent food, stimulating exchange, and a welcoming atmosphere. Please, book well in advance (deadline: 6 August 2026), as space is limited.
Costs: 55,– €*
FOR INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITORS
Exhibitor Pass
900,– €*
- Exhibitor space: 4-5 m², three-outlet extension cord. A table can be provided.
- Dates: Thursday, September 3, until Sunday, September 6, at 2 p.m.
- Cost: 900 EUR. This includes exhibitor space and admission to all conference events for one person. A separate fee is required for the Global Composition 2026 Banquet.
For REMOTE PARTICIPANTS (artistic and scientific/scholarly) all keynote lectures will be accessible via a video conferencing tool, allowing remote listeners to ask questions and participate in the discussion. In case they’ll also present papers or posters, up to six presentations can be accommodated in specially designed hybrid sessions, on a first come first served basis. Concert formats and artistic presentations cannot be streamed, and accessed from remote.
Access to the above mentioned can only guaranteed to participants who buy the REMOTE PARTICIPANTS pass.
We’ll soon publish fees for IN-PERSON day passes.
You can prove your WFAE member status by sending in a valid membership notification, you’ll usually receive by making your payments to your WFAE organization.
You can prove your student status by an ISIC card or by a recent official enrollment certification by your university’s matriculation office proving your students status.
Please, be prepared to show one of these documents in original when joining the conference in person.
Orders can be cancelled until the 2nd of August, subject to a 50% fee of the ticket price. From 3rd August onward, cancellations and refunds can not be processed.
* all prices include vat