A part of the CNRS Échappées inattendues series

What makes our attention drawn to one voice rather than another? Or, on the contrary, what causes our auditory focus to drift and our imagination to wander? In short, how do composers play with our attention? This concert-experience explores the mysteries of musical listening and invites the audience to participate in real time in a scientific experiment using their mobile phones.

Program

Raphaèle Biston Lab (Listening) - Premiere 2026

Distribution

Alaïa Labat-Michon, Luis Perez-Magaña accordions

Organizing Committee

Clément Canonne (CNRS-STMS) Analysis of Musical Practices team, Emmanuel Ponsot (CNRS-STMS) and Patrick Susini (IRCAM-STMS) Sound Design and Perception team.

With the support of the Mission pour les initiatives transverses et interdisciplinaires du CNRS, the French Ministry of Culture, the joint research lab: Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son (UMR 9912), and IRCAM-Centre Pompidou.