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20th Anniversary Composition Contest submissions available online
April 27th, 2026
Hi everyone!
The Freesound 20th Anniversary Composition Contest was launched on February 2025, by Fundació Phonos and the Freesound team. For the record, terms for participation are available here. The contest invited sound artists, composers, and explorers from around the world to create works a...
2025 in numbers
January 30th, 2026
Dear Freesounders,
It looks like 2025 is already over, and many things have happened this year. We celebrated the 20th anniversary of Freesound with a composition contest, a sound installation, and the Freesound Day, which featured talks from people from the Freesound community (the video recordi...
Freesound Day video recordings available online
January 30th, 2026
Hi everyone,
As most of you know, on the 28th of October 2025 we celebrated the Freesound Day. The Freesound Day brought together members of the Freesound community for a full day of talks, listening, and exchange around sound practices connected to Freesound. Hosted at the Campus Poblenou of Uni...
Preserving the sound of San Fermín in Pamplona/Iruña
December 22nd, 2025
This year, Freesound celebrates its 20th anniversary, and Intangible Heritage has been chosen as the main theme of the celebration. Intangible heritage encompasses the ephemeral and immaterial elements that shape our world, whether rooted in human culture, natural environments, or the complex int...
“Sounds to Be Protected: 20 Years of Freesound” installation @ CCCB, Barcelona
October 21st, 2025
(text adapted from the CCCB website)The collaborative digital platform Freesound, created in 2005 by the Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University, is celebrating its 20th anniversary, having become one of the largest databases of creative-commons licensed sounds in the world. With more ...