ManiFeste Festival Academy

Composition Workshops

2026 Auditors

The academy welcomes and trains many young composers, performers, and listeners from all over the world to benefit from our large-scale artistic and technological environment and a large public audience during the workshops.

ULYSSES Ensemble

Inspired by the grand tours of classical musicians travelling through Europe and the goals of training and enriching the practices of young musicians, the ULYSSES Platform brings together 13 European institutions for the promotion and professionalization of young composers and young performers in the domain of new music.

Solo and electronics

From June 15 to 27, 2026, Ircam is offering a composition workshop for solo instruments and electronics led by Sivan Eldar, with three musicians from the Ensemble intercontemporain and two Ircam computer music designers.

In Situ Electronic Composition

From June 15 to 27, 2026, IRCAM is offering a workshop led by Mauro Lanza, with the collaboration of two IRCAM computer music designers, to approach electroacoustic composition as a practice of form in motion, where continuity, rupture, and transformation become central issues.

In Situ Dance Film Composition

From June 15 to 27, 2026, Ircam is offering a composition workshop at CENTQUATRE-PARIS for short dance films, led by Thierry De Mey, in collaboration with the virtuoso soloists of the BL!NDMAN saxophone quartet [sax] and Ircam computer music designers. The aim is to explore the instrumental possibilities offered by electronics, based on a short video.

ManiFeste-2026 Festival Academy

The Festival Academy (June 1-27): Monday June 15 to Saturday June 27, 2026