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  • Research

    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…

    • Research Topics
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    • Research Teams
    • Sound Systems and Signals: Audio/Acoustics, InstruMents
    • Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces
    • Sound Perception and Design
    • Sound Analysis-Synthesis
    • Sound Music Movement Interaction
    • Musical Representations
    • Analysis of Musical Practices
    • Projects
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    • The Musical Body
    • Creative Dynamics
    • 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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    • Mauro Lanza in studio
    • Chloé Thévenin in studio
    • Oren Boneh in studio
    • Tristan Murail in studio
    • Martin Matalon in studio
    • Sébastien Gaxie in studio
    • Murcof in the studio
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    • Lucie Antunes in studio
    • Deena Abdelwahed in the studio
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Cursus 2016.17

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The ten composers who followed this year’s Cursus program on composition and computer music at IRCAM presented their musical creations for soloist and electronics. Ten premieres performed by the musicians of the Conservatoire de Paris.

Program (in French)

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Cursus Concert, June 20, 2017 at the Centre Pompidou

  1. Box in Box for bassoon and electronic - by Birke J. Bertelsmeier
  2. Kaléidoscope for cello and electronic - by Dahae Boo
  3. Temps de terre for cajón and electronics - by Gonzalo Joaquin Bustos (recorded at the Centquatre, 2017)
  4. Réplisome III for oboe and electronic - by Chia Hui Chen
  5. Les possibilités de la liberté for trumpet and electronic - by Lanqing Ding
  6. You'll drown, dear de Sivan Eldar (enregistré au Centre Pompidou, 2018)
  7. Le crabe des cocotiers for accordion and electronic - by Denis Fargeton
  8. Au départ for viola and electronic - by Siting Jiang
  9. Stipple & Shadow for guitar and electronic - by Hiromichi Kitazume
  10. The Fury of Nature for violin and electronic - by Javier Muñoz

The 2016.17 Class

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Birke Bertelsmeier

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,…
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Dahae Boo

Dahae Boo (South Korea, 1988) studied composition at the National University of Seoul in Uzong Choe's class. In 2010, she went to Japan where she audited classes at the Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) and at the Music University of Kunitachi in Mas…
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Gonzalo Joaquin Bustos

Gonzalo Joaquin Bustos (Argentia, 1983) is a composer and conductor. Upon completion of his studies at the National University of Cordoba (Argentina), he moved to Paris to continue his studies in orchestral conduction and composition with Martin Matalon.…
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Chia Hui Chen

Chia Hui Chen (Taiwan, 1986) first studied the violin and piano at the age of 5. In 2008, he received his Bachelor's degree from the Taiwan National University of the Arts in Sue-Ya Wang's composition class. In 2011, he was accepted and began his studies…
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Lanqing Ding

Lanqing Ding (China, 1990) is a Chinese composer. She is currently in her second year of her Master's degree in electroacoustic music composition at the Shanghai Conservatory with the professor Guohui YE. She has taken master classes with composers Trist…
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Sivan Eldar

Sivan Eldar (Israel, 1985), composer living in San Francisco, uses instrumental and electronic sounds in her music for live concerts, dance performances, theater, and art installations. She is particularly interested in the sensorial experience of sound …
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Denis Fargeton

Denis Fargeton's (France, 1981) initial training was in the art of juggling. It was only at the age of 20 he began to study music at the conservatories of Toulouse and Lyon. In 2010, he began studying composition at the CNSMDL. His work focuses on the pe…
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Siting Jiang

Siting Jiang (China, 1986) studied composition and computer music with Shintaro Imai, Takayuki Rai, Keiichi Morigaki, Jacopo Baboni-Schilingi, Cort Lippe, and Cathy Cox. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Kunitachi University of Music in Tokyo. …
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Hiromichi Kitazume

Hiromichi Kitazume (Japan, 1987) received his Master's degree in composition from the Tokyo University of the Arts before studying at the Conservatoire de Paris (Cnsmdp). His works—be they instrumental, orchestral, vocal, electroacoustic, or mixed&…
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Javier Muñoz Bravo

Javier Muñoz Bravo (Chili, 1982) studied composition at the conservatory and university of Chili. Javier holds a Master's degree in composition from the Haute école des arts du Rhin in Strasbourg where he studied under Philippe Manoury and Tom Mays. In 2…
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