Cursus Program on Composition and Computer Music 2026-2027

education program·higher education composition program·announced·also: IRCAM Cursus

One-year advanced IRCAM program for composers integrating computer music, generative AI, sound synthesis, spatialization and a public final project.

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Official site	https://www.ircam.fr/en/education/higher-education/cursus-program-on-composition-and-computer-music ↗
Geography	Paris, France
price	EUR 2,000 for 2026-2027; includes two years of IRCAM Forum Premium membership
title	Cursus Program on Composition and Computer Music
format	in_person
topics	computer music; generative AI; sound synthesis; spatialization; live electronics; computer-assisted composition
duration	1 academic year
end date	2027-09
language	French; English
location	IRCAM, Paris
provider	IRCAM
recurrence	Cohort-based; the page says the next call will concern 2028-2029
start date	2026-10
instructors	Simone Conforti; Grégoire Lorieux; Sébastien Naves; Claudia Jane Scroccaro; Eva Reiter; Philippe Langlois; Murielle Ducas
program type	advanced composition and computer-music program
prerequisites	Age under 37 at the application deadline; three recent works including at least one electronic work; portfolio patch demonstrating computer-music practice
program state	announced
target audience	composers with advanced musical training and an existing electroacoustic or computer-music practice
learning outcomes	Develop an independent computer-music compositional practice; create and publicly present an end-of-program work
application deadline	unknown
credential or outcome	IRCAM Cursus completion recognition
scholarship and funding	IRCAM states it does not award scholarships or pay travel, but may support external funding searches