Cursus 2016.17

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)

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 electronic - by Gonzalo Joaquin Bustos
  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 for voices and electronic - by Sivan Eldar, Cordelia Lynn
  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 Zimmerman...
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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 M...
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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 Matalo...
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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 studi...
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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 Tri...
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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 soun...
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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 ...
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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 mixe...
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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...