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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T223000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
CREATED:20260422T142327Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 1b: AI & Music
DESCRIPTION:Two papers will be presented and discussed: \n\nHiroshi Yamato\, OrbitScore\, A Domain-Specific Language for Polymetric Live Coding Based on Multilayered Temporal Structures\nYuan Zhang and Xinran Zhang\, Hexagram-Based Semantic Composition: Discretizing Embedding Spaces into Symbolic Compositional States for Improvised Performance
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-1b-ai-music/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:11-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
CREATED:20260415T131036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T142303Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 2: Music Information Retrieval
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n\n\nAxel Berndt\, Aida Amiryan-Stein\, Manuel Peters\, Meinard Müller and Stefan Balke\, ChoraleWind: An Expressive Wind-Quartet Dataset for End-to-End Rendering from the Neues Thüringer Choralbuch\n\n\n\nMário Pereira\, António Sá Pinto\, Treasa Harkin and Gilberto Bernardes\, Computational Analysis of Expressive Tempo in Irish Traditional Dance Music\n\n\nGilberto Bernardes\, Nádia Moura and António Sá Pinto\, Perpetual Dialogues: A Computational Analysis of Voice–Guitar Interaction in Carlos Paredes’s Discography\n\n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-2-music-information-retrieval/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:11-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T223000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
CREATED:20260415T132257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T142516Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 3b: Physiological and Physical Foundations of Creative Systems I
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n  \n\nAmir Abbas Orouji\, Ayoub Banoushi and Gilberto Bernardes\, Vibrational Analysis of Traditional Persian Kamanche Sound Box: Experimental and Computational Investigation of Structural Modifications\n\nNikolaus Knop\, Ponticello: An Interactive Conducting System for Mixed Music Performance\n\nRuby Crocker\, Lucas Ong and George\, Fazekas Emotion-Based Film Music Retrieval with Handcrafted and Deep Models\n\n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-3b-physiological-physical-foundations-creative-solutions/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:12-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
CREATED:20260415T133949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T142713Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 4b: Physiological and Physical Foundations of Creative Systems II
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n  \n\nRolf Bader and Simon Linke\, Impulse Pattern Formulation (IPF) Brain and Larynx Model as a Co-Musician Sound Synthesis Method\n\nTim Ziemer\, Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients and Recording Studio Features for the Analysis of Producer-Driven Music\n\nSimon Linke\, Rolf Bader and Robert Mores\, Designing responsive rhythms utilizing the Impulse Pattern Formulation (IPF)\n\n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-4b-physiological-and-physical-foundations-of-creative-systems-ii/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:12-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260513T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260513T103000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
CREATED:20260415T133500Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 5b: AI & Machine Learning I
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n  \n\nJeff Kaiser and Gregory Taylor\, Building Loopers\n\nNicolas Brochec and Jean-Louis Giavitto\, Automatic Following of Flute Playing Techniques for Real-Time Mixed Music: A Case Study with Antescofo and ipt~\n\nMinami Kojima\, Takayuki Itoh and Rafael Ramirez\, Factor Analysis of Similarity in the Same Orchestral Piece\n\n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-5b-ai-machine-learning-i/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:13-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260513T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260513T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
CREATED:20260415T134319Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 6b: AI & Machine Learning II
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n  \n\nGiovanni Roma and Alba Francesca Battista\, Supervised Memory: How Machines Can Preserve What We Cannot Hold\n\nAbhirup Saha\, Hans-Ulrich Berendes\, Meinard Müller\, and Ben Maman\, Snapping Matters: Context-Aware Onset Refinement for Automatic Music Transcription \n\nYu Foon Darin Chau and Andrew Horner\, Classical Music Mashup System and Compatibility Heuristics
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-6b-ai-machine-learning-ii/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:13-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260513T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260513T180000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
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SUMMARY:Special Panel: Clarence Barlow
DESCRIPTION:Panelists\n\nFabian Czolbe\nBernd Härpfer\nJohn Chowning\nAnne Wellmer\n\nModerator: Georg Hajdu \n  \nFabian Czolbe\, Bernd Härpfer and Julian Rohrhuber  \nAmplifying Participation. The digital Barlow Archive (dBA) as an Approach to the Recording of a Digital Computer Music Legacy \nThe archiving of computer music presents specific challenges that arise from the process-oriented\, software-based\, and technologically contingent nature of digital compositional practices. Digital artifacts such as source code\, algorithmically generated data\, and custom compositional tools encode not only musical outcomes but also procedural knowledge that is often implicit and difficult to formalize. This paper presents the Digital Barlow Archive (dBA)\, which may be taken as a case study for addressing these challenges through a translational and participatory approach to archiving computer music.\nThe born-digital legacy of Clarence Barlow (1945–2023) is open-ended and comprises heterogeneous materials. For doing justice to this openness and diversity\, the dBA adheres to existing archival standards while extending them to account for computer-music-specific objects and workflows. Thereby\, an object/event framework is employed to translate non-linear and iterative compositional processes into structured metadata representations that remain interoperable with institutional and international archival infrastructures. At the same time\, the framework acknowledges the limits of formalization and preserves interpretative openness.\nExtending the old idea of computing as an amplification of the intellect\, this paper argues that such archival methods do not only passively conserve material\, but need to translate and amplify the possibility of participation: they actively shape access\, interpretation\, and creative reuse of digital musical materials. Archiving should be conducted as an epistemic practice that mediates between technological history\, compositional knowledge\, and the contemporary computer music community.  \n  \n\nBernd Härpfer  \nFrom pioneer to role model – a tribute to Clarence Barlow’s legacy to computer music and the ICMC \nFor over five decades\, Clarence Barlow (1945-2023) has made significant contributions to contemporary music and\, in particular\, to computer music. He is recognised worldwide as a composer\, interdisciplinary researcher\, author\, software developer and professor. Another defining characteristic was his talent for bringing people together\, networking the scene and demonstrating great organisational stamina. A key milestone in this regard was the organisation and hosting of the 14th ICMC – the first time the event was held in Germany – in Cologne in 1988.  \n   \nAnne Wellmer  \nTBA  \n   \nRaphael Radna  \nTombeau de Barleau: An Interactive Ludic–Algorithmic Composition in Honor of Clarence Barlow \nTombeau de Barleau is an interactive\, generative\, and audiovisual composition dedicated to the pioneering computer-music composer Clarence Barlow (1945–2023)\, a teacher of the author. In this work\, two performers play a Pong-style video game in which collisions between the ball and a portrait of Barlow play a MIDI-controlled piano. The performers affect this process only indirectly\, as the gameplay itself governs musical parameters including harmony\, density\, rhythm\, dynamics\, and tempo. As a result\, the work balances novelty and determinism: while its musical surface varies across performances\, its underlying algorithmic structure provides a stable form. \nTombeau de Barleau adopts several elements of Barlow’s compositional style\, including rigorously formalized algorithmic processes\, unconventional uses of piano automata\, translations between visual and musical domains\, and playful or outlandish premises. It also applies some of his theoretical contributions\, namely his methods for quantifying the consonance of harmonic intervals (harmonicity) and priority of metrical pulses (indispensability). This paper describes the design and implementation of Tombeau de Barleau and reflects on its function as an homage to one of algorithmic music’s most inventive and influential figures.  \n  \nJohn Chowning  \nTBA  \n   \n  
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/special-panel-clarence-barlow/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:13-05,Panel
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T103000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
CREATED:20260422T134949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T135612Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 7b: Interactive Media
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n  \n\n\nAdriano C. Monteiro and Rafaela B. Pires\, Exploring DIY Cassava-Starch Bioplastic Interfaces with EFT-Based Touch Sensing in an Interactive Sound Installation\n\n\nGuanjun Qin and Yunxuan Jia\,  Reimagining Athletic Gesture: Transforming Basketball Sound into Narrative Electroacoustic Music\n\nSitong Wu and Jinshuo Feng\, Gestalt: A Symbiotic Framework for Real-Time Collaboration  between Performers and Mass Audiences\n\n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-7b-interactive-media/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:14-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260515T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260515T103000
DTSTAMP:20260422T200012
CREATED:20260415T142419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T140704Z
UID:10000099-1778835600-1778841000@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
SUMMARY:Paper Session 10b: Interactive Media II
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n  \n\nFabian Ostermann\, BbMuse: A Blackboard-Driven Framework for Real-Time Interactive Music\n\nEun Ji Oh\, Jun Woo Beck and Alexandria Smith\, The Singing Skin: An Audience-Centered Biofeedback System for Musical Interaction Based on Galvanic Skin Response\n\nPenelope Bekiari and Anastasia Georgaki\, Hyponoia: An Affective Computing System for Augmented Musical Performance — A Case Study\n\n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-10b-interactive-media/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Ditze Hörsaal (0.016)\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:15-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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