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.
Imsu Choi (South Korea, b.1991) is a composer and ondist. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in composition from Ewha Woman’s University in South Korea before studying composition in France with Jean-Luc Hervé at the CRR de Boulogne-Billancourt. In 2018, she was admitted to the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP) in the composition class of Frédéric Durieux, the new technologies class of Yan Maresz, Luis Naón, Grégoire Lorieux and the ondes martenot class with Nathalie Forget.
Her works are performed by various ensembles and orchestras including Ensemble intercontemporain, Divertimento Ensemble, Picardie Orchestra, Ensemble Timf and Maurice Quartet. She is the winner of the composition prize from the Fondation Marthe Depelsenaire (2023), the Nguyen Thien Dao grant from the Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger (2020) and the Monique Gabus grant (2017).