The fundamental principle of IRCAM is to encourage productive interaction among scientific research, technological developments, and contemporary music production. Since its establishment in 1977, this initiative has provided the foundation for the institute’s activities. One of the major issues is the importance of contributing to the renewal of musical expression through science and technology. Conversely, sp…
IRCAM is an internationally recognized research center dedicated to creating new technologies for music. The institute offers a unique experimental environment where composers strive to enlarge their musical experience through the concepts expressed in new technologies.
In support of IRCAM's research and creation missions, the educational program seeks to shed light on the current and future meaning of the interactions among the arts, sciences, and technology as well as sharing its models of knowledge, know-how, and innovations with the widest possible audience.
At the center of societal and economic concerns combining culture and information technologies, the current research at IRCAM is seen by the international research community as a reference for interdisciplinary projects on the sciences and technologies for sound and music, constantly exposed to society’s new needs and uses.
The fundamental principle of IRCAM is to encourage productive interaction among scientific research, technological developments, and contemporary music production. Since its establishment in 1977, this initiative has provided the foundation for the institute’s activities. One of the major issues is the importance of contributing to the renewal of musical expression through science and technology. Conversely, sp…
IRCAM is an internationally recognized research center dedicated to creating new technologies for music. The institute offers a unique experimental environment where composers strive to enlarge their musical experience through the concepts expressed in new technologies.
In support of IRCAM's research and creation missions, the educational program seeks to shed light on the current and future meaning of the interactions among the arts, sciences, and technology as well as sharing its models of knowledge, know-how, and innovations with the widest possible audience.
At the center of societal and economic concerns combining culture and information technologies, the current research at IRCAM is seen by the international research community as a reference for interdisciplinary projects on the sciences and technologies for sound and music, constantly exposed to society’s new needs and uses.
Birke J. Bertelsmeier (Germany, 1981) studied paino with Pavel Gililov at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and composition with Wolfgang Rihm at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe. His compositions have been performed by the Quatuor Arditi, Tabea Zimmermann, Christoph Eschenbach (with the Bamberger Symphoniker), and the Ensemble Modern. She has been invited to several festivals including the Munich Biennale, the Wittener Tage für Neue Musik, and the Printemps de Heidelberg. In 2012, she won the Schneider-Schott award and received a scholarship from the Académie internationale de l'Ensemble Modern. In 2013, she was a resident at the Villa Massimo in Rome. During her stay there she wrote an opera based on Jean Genet's Querelle premiered by the Deutsche Oper Berlin in June 2014. In 2015, she won the Ernst von Siemens composition award.
Email : Birke.Bertelsmeier (at) ircam.fr