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.
Engaged with societal and economic issues at the intersection of culture and IT, research at Ircam has forged a reputation for itself in the world of international research as an interdisciplinary benchmark in the science and technology of sound and music, constantly attentive to the new needs and uses in society.
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.
Engaged with societal and economic issues at the intersection of culture and IT, research at Ircam has forged a reputation for itself in the world of international research as an interdisciplinary benchmark in the science and technology of sound and music, constantly attentive to the new needs and uses in society.
Xue Han (China, b.1989) is a composer whose musical imagination is often inspired and nourished by spoken languages and certain linguistic features, body gestures and their musical expressions, theatrical manifestations and sound phenomena that derive from nature or stem from her culture. She has been pursuing her composition studies primarily at Central Conservatory of Music (China), Longy Music School of Bard College (US), Schulich Music School of McGill University (CA), and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (AT) with Philippe Leroux, Franck Bedrossian, John Morrison, Jeremy Van Buskirk, Min Xiang and Guoping Jia.
Her music has been performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Radius Ensemble, Quasar Saxophone Quartet, Meitar Ensemble, Exaudi Vocal Ensemble, Ensemble Multilatérale, and Les Métaboles, and soloists from Ensemble intercontemporain, Ensemble Suono Giallo, Ensemble Schallfeld and Ensemble Riot, among others.