MANIFESTE-2026 In Situ Electronic Composition

Composition Workshop

Tutors: Mauro Lanza (composer), Claudia Jane Scroccaro & Rémi Le Taillandier (Ircam computer music designers)
January-May 2026: Online meetings and work sessions
June 15-27, 2026 @Ircam: workshop, rehearsals, concert

Rethinking Composition in Electroacoustic Music

IRCAM is offering a workshop led by Mauro Lanza, with the collaboration of two IRCAM computer music designers, to approach electroacoustic composition as a practice of form in motion, where continuity, rupture, and transformation become central issues. We will explore different processes for constructing and articulating sound trajectories, transitions, and temporal evolutions. A specific attention will be paid to the construction of large forms and the dramaturgy of listening. Finally, the workshop will open up a field of experimentation around algorithmic tools, extending the expressive potential of “classic” technologies —samplers, drum machines, arpeggiators — by diverting them from their automatisms to make them more open and flexible instruments. 

January 2026 – Online introduction meeting with all six selected composers, Mauro Lanza, the computer music designers, and the Ircam teams.
January to May 2026 – Online preparatory work sessions.
Each composer will then benefit from two one-hour individual online meetings with Mauro Lanza to discuss the project proposed in their application, as well as additional online and email exchanges with the Ircam computer music designers.

----
APPLICATIONS

Applicants must:
- have been born after January 1, 1994;
- not have already taken part in two previous ManiFeste Academy workshops;
- be able to speak and understand English or French.

Online application: https://www.muvac.com/en/masterclass/ircam-ny38v681
Application deadline: Tuesday, December 16, 2025, midnight CEST
Personalized response by email on Tuesday, January 27, 2026

 Jury
The jury that will select the young composers will include composer Mauro Lanza and computer music designers Claudia Jane Scroccaro and Rémi Le Taillandier. 

Conditions of participation for selected composers
Registration fee: EUR 450
The academy does not cover scholarships, travel, or accommodation. Selected candidates must find accommodation on their own.

 Selected composers must, under penalty of cancellation of their participation:
- commit to writing an electroacoustic work that is:
•    original,
•    between 5 and 6 minutes long,
- participate in a group videoconference meeting with all six participants, the guest composer and Ircam teams in January 2026;
- participate in two individual videoconference meetings with the guest composer between January and March 2026 to present and validate their project;
- pay their registration fees by Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at the latest;
- prepare in advance the electronic session necessary for the realization of their project, in collaboration with the computer music producers at Ircam (online meetings will be organized between March and May 2026);
- send their electronic session by Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at the latest;
- make any changes to their score requested by the teaching team;
- attend all rehearsals and dedicated meetings for their workshop from Monday, June 15 to Friday, June 27, 2026 (except Sunday).

Selected composers who submit their electronic session after the specified date or who are absent, even partially, during the workshop will have their participation automatically canceled without the possibility of appeal.

📸 Mauro Lanza ©Andris Kozlovskis/Fujifilm