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Forum Ircam Workshops 2025 Hors-les-Murs

Rīga- Liepāja (LATVIA)

September 25th to 27th, 2025

Retake control of Sound Creation ! 

IRCAM Forum, in partnership with Liepāja Concert Hall « Great Amber », Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Riga Technical University Liepaja Academy with the support of Institut français and within the framework of Boulez Centenary, will feature three days of immersion in scientific research and artistic creation around advanced sound and audio technologies.

The event will take place :

- in Rīga the 25th of September

- in Liepāja the 26th and 27th of September 

All presentations will be in English.

Register now !

The full programme here.

Check out the highlights of this year's event:

➡ Conferences

News from the Ircam laboratories and presentation of updates to ASAP, Partiels, Max librairies, Orchestration

• Keynote “Born in the 20th century, pioneer in the 21st ? IRCAM's challenge today” by Frank Madlener (Director of IRCAM)

• Pre-concert talk "An enticing guide to Boulez’s personality and music" with : Frank Madlener (IRCAM), Grégoire Lorieux (IRCAM), Rolands Kronlaks (Latvian Composers' Society). Moderator : Orests Silabriedis (GREAT AMBER)

• Max Workshop : Boulez Remake - Workshop by Gregoire Lorieux
• Max Workshop - Assisted Computer and Orchestration - Workshop by Gregoire Lorieux
• IRCAM : A Virtual Visit - Keynote by Gregoire Lorieux
• Partiels - Keynote & Workshop - Exploring the content and characteristics of sounds - Talk by Pierre Guillot
• ASAP : Transforming sound in a creative way - Keynote & Workshop by Pierre Guillot

➡ Presentations & Demonstrations by artists and developers from all over the world :

• Lionel Hubert (France)

• Natán Ide (Chile)

• Alex Buck (Brasil)

• Louisa Palmi (Norway)

• Seth Scott (UK)

• Helen Bledsoe (Germany)

• Vasileios Agiomyrgianakis, Haruka Hirayama, Jussi Tuohino, Osmo Hakosalo (Greece)

• Mantautas Krukauskas (Lithuania)

• Eleonora Sofia Podestà (Italy)

• Anders Tveit (Norway)

• Daniel Peter Biro (Norway)
  
  
• Nicola Casetta (Italy)
  
  
• Rodrig De sa (France)
  
  
• Platon Buravicky (Latvia)

➡ Installations (in Great Amber, Liepāja)

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• Francisco Roberto Becerra Bravo : "Embeddings II" (picture 1)
• Jānis Garančs : "Audiovisual scenographies of transactions and speculative AI-mutations" (picture 2)
• Jachin Edward Pousson : "Brain-Computer Music Interfacing for live music performance" (picture 3)

➡ Concert Pierre Boulez

_{(Picture ©️Jean Radel)}

Pierre Boulez Turns 100. Sinfonietta Rīga - September 27th, 6pm at Great Amber.

Within the framework of the Centenary of Pierre Boulez.

Reduced price will be offered at all participants : more information soon. 

➡ And also... 

• Invitation to cocktail party at the end of the event Great Amber the 27th of September 
• Free transport by bus from Riga to Liepaja and Liepaja to Riga
• Visit of the Great Amber
• A wide range of social events (lunch, coffee-break, etc.)