Eufònic 2026: fifteen years expanding the limits of sound and digital art in the Ebro Delta

From July 16 to 18, Eufònic reaches its fifteenth edition, consolidated as one of the leading festivals of sound, visual and digital-performative arts in southern Europe. For three days, Amposta and various spaces of the Ebro Delta are transformed into a large territory of contemporary creation, where nearly fifty artists deploy a program that combines live music, immersive audiovisual shows, installations, sound actions, light pieces and performances that dialogue with the landscape and architecture of the territory.

The celebration of the festival's fifteenth anniversary reaffirms a trajectory marked by the desire to explore new forms of perception and artistic experimentation. Beyond the stage program, Eufònic continues to propose a unique way of inhabiting spaces, turning the city of Amposta into a fluid journey between disciplines, formats and atmospheres. Facilities such as La Fila, Casal d'Amposta, Casino Recreatiu, Lo Pati, the Terres de l'Ebre Museum, FabLab and various temporary exhibition spaces connect in a cultural geography that invites the public to constantly move between contemplation, discovery and celebration.

The professional dimension of the project also once again plays a prominent role with a new edition of Eufònic Pro, which is being held on July 16th and 17th in Tortosa in co-production with the Centre d'Art i Cultura de la Diputació de Tarragona. This meeting space brings together artists, professionals, cultural managers, researchers and creators to reflect on contemporary practices linked to digital arts, sound and new audiovisual languages.

The opening of the festival perfectly synthesizes the diversity of languages that characterize this edition. The afternoon of Thursday, July 16, opens with three very different but complementary proposals: the quintet of sound archers by Arnau Casanoves and the Fletxes Xiuladores in the moat of the Castell d'Amposta; the reunion between the visual artist Alba G. Corral —linked to the festival since its beginnings— and the Polish pianist YANA in a new audiovisual show at La Fila; and a light intervention by Antoni Arola created in collaboration with COMEBE, which recovers the memory of the Battle of the Ebro by connecting the towers of Carrova and Campredó, on both sides of the river, with a laser beam.

La Fila's audiovisual programming continues to focus on immersive experiences that place the audience in a state of attentive listening, where image and sound build a single story. Among the premieres stands out Under the Sun , a collaboration between electronic composer Maya Shenfeld and experimental filmmaker Pedro Maia, developed between Berlin and a deep marble quarry in southern Portugal. Through electroacoustic compositions for analog synthesizers, wind instruments, voice and field recordings, the work reflects on the relationship between geological time and human experience, establishing a hypnotic dialogue with Maia's analog images. The piece, initially planned for Eufònic 2024, finally arrives at the festival after having to be canceled for personal reasons.

Also part of this audiovisual tour is the new show by the Berlin-based American sound artist Nexcyia, with visuals by Barcelona designer Laia Ferran; Bird Signals for Earthly Survival , by Mehmet Aslan and Malo Lacroix, which turns the migratory patterns of birds into a reflection on contemporary environmental crises; and the debut of violinist, vocalist and composer Vanessa Bedoret, who combines her solid classical training with an experimental approach to composition.

Listening as a physical and perceptual experience takes center stage in this edition thanks to the exceptional participation of Francisco López, one of the essential figures of international sound art. The Madrid artist will offer an immersive concert that the audience will experience blindfolded, a radical proposal that eliminates vision to enhance the auditory experience. His presence will be completed with a masterclass dedicated to the creative processes that have defined a decades-long trajectory expanding the limits of sound perception. In the same space, Citlali Hernández, Jon James and Roc Lilith will present Descolonizar nuestros patrones , a performance that investigates the traces of colonialism by placing the body, movement and sound at the center of the action.

When night falls, the festival takes on a new intensity. The Sala B Teatre becomes the stage for the Cabaret Eufònic, a space dedicated to performative practices, dissident identities and new queer expressions. The program brings together artists such as the Russian-French Jenys, the British James Indigo, LaFrancessa —one of the most unique voices of the Catalan queer scene— and the paratheatrical proposal of Queer Falafel, configuring a journey between hyperpop, queer hip-hop, performative pop and experimental performing arts.

From midnight, the Casal d'Amposta takes over with a program focused on electronic music and live audiovisual performances. Friday will be the turn of Yu Su, a Chinese DJ, composer and sound artist who has become one of the most recognized figures in the international electronic scene, thanks to a universe that crosses the atmosphere, club culture and sound experimentation. The night will continue with the DJ set of Ángel Molina, one of the historical figures of Spanish electronic music who returns to the festival fifteen years after having participated in the first edition of Eufònic. Saturday will see the debut in Spain of the British Oslo Twins, with an immersive live performance where synthesizers, atmospheric guitars and syncopated rhythms come together, before producer Adrian Marth closes the festival moving between the most mutant Italian, electro and acid.

The Casino Recreatiu completes this artistic cartography with a free program dedicated to the most daring musical proposals. The space combines artists from different origins, generations and aesthetics in an open commitment to the most transgressive expressions of contemporary electronics, reaffirming the exploratory nature of a festival that, fifteen years after its birth, continues to turn Terres de l'Ebre into one of the great European laboratories of contemporary audiovisual and sound practices.