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    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…

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    • Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces
    • Sound Perception and Design
    • Sound Analysis-Synthesis
    • Sound Music Movement Interaction
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    • Analysis of Musical Practices
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    • Sound Workshop
    • The Musical Body
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    • Finished Projects
  • Creation

    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.

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    • Sivan Eldar in Studio
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    • Chloé Thévenin in studio
    • Oren Boneh in studio
    • Tristan Murail in studio
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    Images of a Work Collection

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    Since 2007, IRCAM’s Department of Education and Cultural Outreach has presented one or two films a year on a work in production with electronics produced in the institute’s studios. The series is produced in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou. The films are screened before the work’s premiere and are accompanied by a meeting with the composer and film crew.

    Examining the different steps in creating a piece, watching a composer at work, understanding the sources and issues surrounding recent creations produced at IRCAM: these are the subjects of the “Images of a Work” series. It decodes the creative process of a musical work and lets us in to the inner workings of IRCAM. It shows the involvement of different actors (composer, musicians, computer music designers, scientists, ect.) in the elaboration of a musical project and their various work situations (personal studio, research period, tests, recordings, rehearsals with musicians and other artists, etc.)

    This collection sheds light on the aesthetic, technological, and scientific aspects of a work in progress. The films are part of a global educational effort that accompanies the audience, the listener, in their understanding of a musical work and how the technology and research developed at IRCAM serve an artistic project.

    Photo: Shooting of  Images of a Work #30: 3 femmes disparaissent  by Hélène Frappat, in the IRCAM studios © IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, photo: Murielle Ducas.

    >#1: Stèles d'air by Jérôme Combier
    Director: Jérôme Combier and Pierre Nouvel (2007)

    >#16: Germination by Jean-Luc Hervé
    Director: Philippe Langlois and Christian Bahier (2013)

    >#2: Le Grand Dehors by Pierre Jodlowski
    Director: Maÿlis Dupont and Lionel Escama (2007)

    >#17: Te craindre en ton absence by Hèctor Parra
    Director: Antoine Pecqueur and Christian Bahier (2014)

    >#3: Océan by Philipp Maintz
    Director: Nicolas Donin and Lionel Escama (2008)

    >#18: Quid sit musicus ? by Philippe Leroux
    Director: Thierry Paul Benizeau (2014)

    >#4: Dans le mur by Georges Aperghis
    Director: Nicolas Donin and Benoît Martin (2008)

    >#19: Tour à Tour by Philippe Hurel
    Director: Thierry Paul Benizeau (2015)

    >#5: Deux caprices pour percussion by Luis Naón
    Director: Maÿlis Dupont and Jérôme Polidor (2008)

    >#20: Notturno sulle corde vuote by Francesco Filidei
    Director: Véronique Caye and Philippe Langlois (2016)

    >#6: Les temps tiraillés by Myriam Gourfink and Georg Friedrich Haas
    Director: Martin Kaltenecker and Christian Bahier (2009)

    >#21: SIMPLEXITY la beauté du geste by Thierry De Mey
    Director: Philippe Langlois, in collaboration with Yves Pezet, Aliocha and Boris Van der Avoort (2016)

    >#7: L'électronique de chambre by Marco Stroppa
    Director: Nicolas Donin and Benoît Martin (2009)

    >#22: Infinite Now by Chaya Czernowin
    Director: Marie Losier (2017)

    >#8: Le père by Michael Jarrell
    Director: Laurent Feneyrou and Benoît Martin (2010)

    >#23: La Princesse légère by Violeta Cruz
    Director: Natacha Nisic and Anne Montaron (2018)

    >#9: Un Mage en été by Olivier Cadiot & Ludovic Lagarde
    Director: Marion Stouffet and Benoît Martin (2010)

    >#24: Epigram by Franck Bedrossian
    Director: Véronique Caye and Philippe Langlois (2018)

    >#10: Tensio by Philippe Manoury
    Director: Martin Kaltenecker and Christian Bahier (2010)

    >#25 : Eror (The Pianist) by Georgia Spiropoulos
    Director: Sabine Massenet, in collaboration with François-Xavier Féron (2019)

    >#11: Quartett by Luca Francesconi
    Director: Nicolas Donin and Benoît Martin (2011)

    > #26 : De Tinieblas by Stefano Gervasoni
    Director: Véronique Caye and Philippe Langlois

    >#12: La pierre et l'étang (...les temps...) by Ivan Fedele
    Director: Jérémie Szpirglas and Christian Bahier (2011)

    >#27 : Canzoniere, I et II by Marta Gentilucci
    Director: Isabelle Ingold and Vivianne Perelmuter, in collaboration with Michèle Tosi (2021)

    >#13: Luna Park de Georges Aperghis
    Director: Nicolas Donin and Benoît Martin (2011)

    > #28 : Like flesh by Sivan Eldar
    Director: Christian Barani, in collaboration with Philippe Langlois.

    >#14: Inferno by Yann Robin
    Director: Pierre Rigaudière and Christian Bahier (2012)

    >#29 : Ex Machina by Steve Lehman & Frédéric Maurin
    Director: Catherine Radosa, in collaboration with Philippe Langlois.

    >#15: Assemblage by Roque Rivas
    Director: Nicolas Donin and Benoît Martin (2012)

    >#30 : Trois femmes disparaissent, "Musique-fiction" by Hélène Frappat, Para One and Nathalie Pivain
    Director : Sabine Massenet, in collaboration with Philippe Langlois (2024)

     >Special production: documentary on the Janus project, featuring 4 creations by Jug Marković, Justina Repečkaité, Ariadna Alsina Tarrés, and Adrien Trybucki for electronics and the Maîtrise du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
    Production (in progress): Melocoton Films, Laure Bourru

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      Trailer - Images of Work #29: "Ex Machina" by Steve Lehman and Frédéric Maurin
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      Trailer - Images of Work #26: "De Tinieblas" by Stefano Gervasoni
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      Trailer - Images of a Work #25 : "EROR (The pianist)" by Georgia Spiropoulos
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