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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T223000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260422T142107Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 1a: History of Computer Music
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed: \n  \nHyunmook Lim: “The History of Japanese Electroacoustic Music for Piano from the Perspective of Media Genealogy”\nMore info to follow \nPaulo C. Chagas: “Beyond Execution: Unrealizability and the Ontology of Sound in Computer Music”\nMore info to follow\nAndrea Agostini: “Computer-Aided Composition: A Retrospective and Prospective Outlook”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-1a-history-of-computer-music/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, 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:20260511T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260421T083405Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction & Welcome to ICMC HAMBURG 2026
DESCRIPTION:ICMC HAMBURG 2026 welcomes this year’s conference community to Hamburg. On this first full conference day\, the team shares a few words about the week’s program before Robert Henke gives his keynote about his life as a toolmaking artist. \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/introduction-welcome-icmc-hamburg-2026/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:11-05,General
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260511T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260421T082545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T143423Z
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SUMMARY:Keynote | Robert Henke: "My Life as a Toolmaking Artist: A Personal Reflection on the Challenges and Rewards of Building My Own Instruments"
DESCRIPTION:I had the privilege of witnessing—and participating in—the historic shift of computer-generated music from an academic pursuit to something accessible in a bedroom studio. I embraced this opportunity wholeheartedly\, using environments like IRCAM’s Max to explore new sonic and structural territories. This allowed me to move beyond the constraints of physical instruments I could afford\, the limitations of my own hands\, and the rigid mental models of established MIDI sequencing software. \nDriven by a desire to achieve unique and personal results with limited computing power and knowledge\, I came to value the creative freedom found in self-imposed limitations. This experience led to a deep appreciation for simple yet powerful concepts\, algorithms\, and interfaces. \nSince the beginning\, my music emerged from an iterative process: building instruments\, being surprised and inspired by the results\, and then revising the instruments in response. The insights I gained not only informed a successful commercial product but\, more importantly\, shaped my identity as an artist and my approach to computer-based creation. \nIn my talk\, I will examine selected works of mine from a critical toolmaker’s perspective: did I reinvent the wheel again\, or did I achieve an artistic outcome which justifies the effort? \n  \nRobert Henke\nRobert Henke is an artistic toolmaker and a toolmaking artist\, exploring the creative potential of technology. His practice spans musical compositions\, concerts\, large-scale audiovisual installations\, and computer graphics. His work frequently involves inventing custom algorithms and machines\, blending rigid structure with controlled randomness. His music channels the raw\, repetitive energy of techno culture\, as well as the intricate details and textures of abstract contemporary works. His visual art builds on the legacies of Minimal Art and early computer graphics pioneers.\nSince 1995\, he has recorded and performed as Monolake\, initially a duo with Gerhard Behles and\, since 1999\, a solo project. His artistic collaborations include works with Marko Nikodijevic\, Tarik Barri\, and Christopher Bauder\, among others.\nHenke is also a co-creator of Ableton Live\, software that revolutionised music production and electronic performance. He lectures and writes on sound and creative computing\, and has taught at institutions such as the Berlin University of the Arts\, Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) and IRCAM in Paris.\nHis installations\, performances\, and concerts have been presented at leading venues worldwide\, including Tate Modern\, Centre Pompidou\, PS1\, MUDAM\, MAK\, Palazzo Grassi\, and countless music festivals. \nMore about Robert Henke: www.roberthenke.com \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/keynote-robert-henke/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:11-05,Keynote
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T103000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260415T131848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T194651Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 3a: Music Notation & Representation I
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n  \nTianze Zhang\, Shingyui He and Lei Xuan\, “CNN-BiLSTM Hybrid Model with Physical Constraints for Automatic Piano Fingering Generation”\nMore info to follow \n\nJuan Carlos Vasquez and Zhonghao Chen: “Recursive Radiance: Multimedia Interpretations of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics”\n\nMore info to follow\nRob Canning: “Scores That Run: Graphic Notation with Embedded Performance Semantics”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-3a-music-notation-representation-i/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, 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:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260415T132858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T194706Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 4a: Music Notation & Representation II
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n  \nRodrigo Cadiz: “Composer-in-the-Loop Generation of Motivic Variants Using State-Space Models and Preference Learning”\nMore info to follow \nSolomiya Moroz\, Nicolo Merendino and Massimo Sterlino: “Co-Composing with Plants: Early Experiments in Bio-Responsive Score Design”\nMore info to follow\nOrm Finnendahl\, DSP and the Metalevel: “Program-name – an integrated environment for algorithmic composition and interctive realtime performance”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-4a-music-notation-representation-ii/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, 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:20260512T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260421T144640Z
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SUMMARY:Keynote | Falk Hübner: "The artist-researcher as a connector in times of crises: Four questions to computer music"
DESCRIPTION:In the last 5–10 years\, artistic research has undergone a process of growing maturity: often transdisciplinary in nature\, the discipline has grown into an immense diversity\, and out of a “need for syntheses”\, the focus of the discourse is “shifting more towards methodological aspects and best practices” (Craenen 2025). The artist-researcher is a central persona in this field\, that is typically characterised by hybridity and fluidity\, taking part in several practices\, contexts\, and discourses — connecting all of these\, both within and outside the arts.  \nAt the same time\, however\, we live in a time characterised by multiple crises that don’t seem to end very soon\, and leave the world in extreme continuous instability on a global scale. This includes late-stage neoliberalism and capitalism\, climate change and questions of climate justice\, rising fascism and multiple wars\, to mention only the largest and most devastating examples.  \nWhile the arts can never literally “solve” any of these issues\, artists have always related to the world and times they live in\, in one way or another. And just as several scientists have taken more activist stances recently (Heinzen-Ziob 2026)\, artistic research arguably can take (more) responsibility to address social-societal issues\, and explore what kinds of “shifts” might be suggested\, provoked\, proposed\, speculated\, or imagined.  \nIn this lecture\, Falk Hübner will offer various examples of such socially engaged artistic research projects\, and discuss the persona of the artist-researcher as a “connector” and the methodological consequences such a positionality implies. From this perspective\, he develops a series of questions to the field of computer music\, to explore and discuss bridges and potential connections between topics of socially engaged artistic research and the disciplines and discourses of (research in and through) computer music.  \nFalk Hübner\nSince completing his composition and double bass studies at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem\, The Netherlands\, he has been active in contemporary jazz\, experimental music theatre\, and a wide range of interdisciplinary collaborations within and beyond the arts. Between 2008 and 2013\, he conducted his doctoral artistic research project Shifting Identities at DocARTES/Leiden University\, which led to a series of experimental music theatre works as well as his first book\, Shifting Identities: The Musician as Theatrical Performer (2014). From 2019 to 2021\, Falk conducted postdoctoral research at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht on artistic research methodology and ethics. \nAs a teacher and research supervisor\, he has worked at HKU University of the Arts\, the Master NAIP (New Audiences and Innovative Practices) at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague\, the ArtEZ Master in Music Theatre\, and as Director of Research and Writing for the ArtEZ International Master Artist Educator. \nFalk’s current research focuses on the social and activist potential of artistic research\, transdisciplinarity\, artistic research methodologies\, practices of care and care-fulness\, climate justice\, circularity\, and anti-racism. He is part of the Dutch research network Creating Cultures of Care and a member of the Graduate Committee of the Professional Doctorate in Arts & Creative Practices. He currently supervises two Professional Doctorate candidates and four PhD candidates. \nAmong other publications\, Falk is the author of Method\, Methodology and Research Strategy in Artistic Research: Between Solid Routes and Emergent Pathways (2024) and co-editor (with Henny Dörr) of the volume on the collaborative transdisciplinary artistic research project If You Are Not There\, Where Are You? (2017). Together with Annelys de Vet\, he is co-editor-in-chief of Forum+\, a journal for research and the arts based in Antwerp. \nIn addition to his professional life\, Falk is an (ultra-)marathon runner. He lives in Rotterdam with his partner and their five children. \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/keynote-falk-hubner-the-artist-researcher-as-a-connector-in-times-of-crises-four-questions-to-computer-music/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:12-05,Keynote
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T180000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260421T190439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T115857Z
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SUMMARY:Panel A: Physiological and Physical Foundations of Creative Systems
DESCRIPTION:TBA \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/panel-a-physiological-and-physical-foundations-of-creative-systems/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:12-05,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260513T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260513T223000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260415T134754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T194733Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 5a: Novel Concepts in 3D Audio including Wireless Multi-Channel Audio as well as Physical
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n  \nLaura Call Gomez\, Gabriel Decker\, Jayson Faupel\, Aditya Rajesh Pawar\, Jacob Westerstahl and Henrik von Coler: “BIKES: A Mobile Networked Music Instrument in Interdisciplinary Research and Education”\nMore info to follow\nTeresa Carrasco: “Spatial Listening: perceptual\, phenomenological and participative perspectives across sonic disciplines”\nMore info to follow\nMauro Cantonetti\, Paolo Malpeli and Alessandro Anatrini: “MetaConcert: A Shared VR Audio-Visual Experience Model Reducing User Isolation Through Synchronized 360 Video on HMDs and HOA Playback on a Multichannel Dome”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-5a-novel-concepts-in-3d-audio-including-wireless-multi-channel-audio-as-well-as-physical/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, 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:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260415T140923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T194748Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 6a: Immersive Media & 3D Audio
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n  \nFelipe Otondo and Leonardo Santos: “Listening Across Spaces: Perceptual Evaluation of an Ambisonics-Based Sound Installation”\nMore info to follow \nYu Chia Kuo: “Tree Rings: Ecological Memory and Linguistic Traces in an Immersive Dome Composition”\nMore info to follow\nPiero Poli: “Dancing Cabiria: An hyper-environment study through corpus-based techniques”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-6a-immersive-media-3d-audio/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, 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:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260421T172024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T133137Z
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SUMMARY:Piece & Paper Session
DESCRIPTION:Three pieces & papers will be presented: \n  \nTombeau de Barleau\nRaphael Radna \nSpores: A Physarum-Inspired Instrument for Agent-Based Ecological Interaction\nKyle Smith \nRemnants \nNikos Baskozos \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/piece-paper-session-hamburg/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:13-05,Piece & Paper,Session
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:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260422T135320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T194806Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 7a: Signal Processing I
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n  \nNeal Anderson and Sanjay Majumder: “MBHD: A Modular Audio Playback and Manipulation System for Loop-Based Performance”\nMore info to follow \nSam Pluta and Ted Moore: “The MMMAudio Computer Music Environment”\nMore info to follow\nJeremy Hyrkas: “Vibrato Matching for Modulation Control and Blending in Sound Mixtures”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-7a-signal-processing-i/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, 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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T123000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260415T141437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T194814Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 8: Signal Processing II
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n  \nAlexandre Francois: “Real-Time\, Low-Latency\, High Resolution Audio Spectral Analysis: Phase Matters”\nMore info to follow\nRobert Esler: “Pd++: A C++ Library of Pure Data’s DSP Objects”\nMore info to follow \nTian Cheng\, Tomoyasu Nakano and Masataka Goto: “Exploring Masked CE Losses to Enhance Word Offset Estimation in CTC-based Lyrics-to-Audio Alignment”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-signal-processing-ii/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, 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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260421T143705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T143727Z
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SUMMARY:Keynote | Psyche Loui: Scales for Predictions\, Creativity\, and Music-Based Interventions
DESCRIPTION:  \nMusic unites listeners through shared predictions and reward. At the heart of this process is the musical scale—a designed object that quantizes pitch into structures capable of generating and fulfilling expectation. A survey of the world’s scales reveals five core design features and a single overarching dimension of enculturation\, ranging from deeply familiar tonal systems to entirely novel sonic environments. The Bohlen-Pierce (BP) scale occupies a unique position in this multidimensional space: combining a non-octave equivalence interval with near-zero enculturation\, it sits at the intersection where the need for rigorous enculturation research is most acute. Harnessing the capacity of the BP scale to generate genuinely new predictions\, this talk presents behavioral and neuroscience findings from the MIND Laboratory examining how children and adults across different countries acquire musical structure from an unfamiliar system. Results illuminate the developmental trajectory of statistical learning\, the neural signatures of prediction error\, and the timescales over which aesthetic preferences emerge from exposure. Beyond perception\, the BP scale serves as a test bed for studying creative cognition\, enabling novel assessments of musical improvisation and imagination. The talk closes by connecting these findings to clinical applications\, considering how principles of enculturation and prediction inform optimal dosage design for music-based interventions targeting cognition and brain health.   \n  \nPsyche Loui\nPsyche Loui is Associate Professor of Music and Psychology at Northeastern University\, where she directs the MIND (Music\, Imaging\, and Neural Dynamics) Lab and serves as Associate Dean of Research in the College of Arts\, Media and Design and Associate Director of the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health. She brings a unique perspective to music research as both a neuroscientist and performing violinist\, bridging experimental rigor with artistic practice. Loui’s research explores how the brain learns\, processes\, and creates music\, with particular emphasis on using artificial musical systems as controlled laboratories for understanding neural mechanisms. Her pioneering work with the Bohlen-Pierce scale—a microtonal system based on the tritave rather than the octave—demonstrates how novel tuning systems can reveal fundamental principles of musical learning\, prediction\, and pleasure. By creating controlled compositional experiments that exist outside of Western tonal traditions\, she illuminates how brains adapt to unfamiliar sonic worlds and what this reveals about music cognition more broadly. Loui directs the MIND Lab (Music\, Imaging\, and Neural Dynamics laboratory) which combines cutting-edge neuroscience methods (fMRI\, EEG\, diffusion tensor imaging) with computational approaches including machine learning and natural language processing to decode musical experience. Recent work investigates how people generate mental imagery in response to music\, revealing that seemingly idiosyncratic imaginings are often broadly shared across listeners. She has developed novel computational tools to analyze free-response descriptions of music listening\, enabling robust empirical study of subjective experiences previously considered intractable. Loui’s research extends from fundamental discovery to clinical translation. Her work on gamma-enhanced music interventions for Alzheimer’s disease leverages technological advances in sound synthesis to create therapeutic applications\, supported by multiple NIH grants. She has secured over $6 million in external funding\, including an NSF CAREER award for her work on artificial musical systems. \nLoui plays violin in Boston’s Longwood Symphony Orchestra\, advises the Boston Landmarks Orchestra\, and plays banjo and mandolin in a chamber music/indie rock ensemble. She is also author of the forthcoming book Strange Scales: How Novel Music Reveals the Secrets of the Predictive Brain (MIT Press) and co-editor of Science-Music Borderlands (MIT Press\, 2023)\, which won the Ruth A. Solie Award from the American Musicological Society. Her work has appeared in leading journals including Psychological Science\, Journal of Neuroscience\, NeuroImage\, and Cognition\, and has been featured in The New Yorker\, New York Times\, BBC\, and NPR. \nLoui serves as President-Elect of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition and Associate Editor of Cognition. She holds a PhD in Psychology from UC Berkeley and dual bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Music from Duke University. \nMore about Psyche Loui here. \n  \n  \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/keynote-psyche-loui-scales-for-predictions-creativity-and-music-based-interventions/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:14-05,Keynote
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260415T142150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T194821Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 9: Music & Health
DESCRIPTION:Two papers will be presented and discussed:\n\n  \nSophie Rose: “CALM: Translating Somatic Experience into Compositional Structure as a Trauma-Informed Methodology”\nMore info to follow\nYunze Mu\, Lorna Segall and Zhixin Xu: “Acoustic Interactive Sand Tray Therapy System: An Em-bodied Interface for Multisensory Sound Interaction”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-9-music-health/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:14-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260514T183000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260421T133619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T133619Z
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SUMMARY:Panel: Music\, Technology and the Mind
DESCRIPTION:Lars Rye Bertelsen: MusicStar\nLars Rye Bertelsen will present on the MusicStar app. as a technology for health. The background\, thoughts and visions for its development will be presented\, along with an overview of its use and distribution worldwide. The app has been in use as a personal coping-strategy both clinically for patients during admittance and after dismissal from hospital\, in refugee rehabilitation and several quality studies ad research projects\, and it is also available for private use. \nAbout the panelist\nLars Rye Bertelsen began his music therapy training at Aalborg University in the program’s first cohort in 1982. He has since worked as a private music therapy clinician since 1987 and later established a private music therapy clinic in 1999 with three colleagues. From 2004 to 2024\, he held a part-time position at the music therapy research clinic at Aalborg University Hospital – Psychiatry\, where he conducted both clinical work and research in music therapy and music medicine. Bertelsen is co-inventor of the MusicStar app and specializes in designing playlists for arousal regulation. He earned his PhD in music therapy at Aalborg University in 2025. Moreover\, he is a certified Bonny Method GIM therapist and a fellow of the European Association for Music and Imagery (EAMI). \nPia Preissler und Goran Lazarevic: The Healing Soundscapes\nWe will be presenting our work and the most recent developments in the Healing Soundscapes project – an interdisciplinary project at the intersection of music therapy\, psychology\, composition\, and technology\, where each of these branches is simultaneously supporting and enhancing the others. The project integrates scientific research\, artistic practice\, and AI-driven tools to create “neutral” sound environments for clinical spaces – blending seemlesly into the existing environement and at the same time enriching it in ways that promote the well-being of persons experiencing it. Moving beyond purely functional audio\, we explore how complex\, artful sound can resonate across individual preferences in a genre-agnostic way\, offering new listening experiences for patients and staff\, and redefining the role of music outside the concert hall. \nAbout the panelists\nDr Pia Preißler is a qualified music therapist\, psycho-oncologist and research fellow at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)\, and a lecturer at the University of Music and Drama in Hamburg (HfMT). Her work combines clinical practice with research\, as in the ‘Healing Soundscapes’ project\, which she has been leading since 2023 within the context of the ligeti center. Here\, sound installations are implemented in waiting and work areas within the hospital and their effects are studied. \nGoran Lazarevic is a Hamburg-based improviser\, composer\, accordionist and researcher. His main interests lie in the fields of live electronics\, microtonal music\, free improvisation and computer music\, as well as brain-computer-music interfaces (BCMI) and cognitive science. Goran Lazarević works as a project coordinator for the Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU) at the University of Music and Drama in Hamburg (HfMT) and has been a part of the ‘Healing Soundscapes’ project group since 2016. \nMiriam Akkermann: TBA\nAbout the panelist\nMiriam Akkermann conducts research on music of the 20th and 21st centuries\, computer music and music technology\, digital musicology\, musical performance practice and music archiving\, as well as the study of the effects of music on sleep. She received her PhD from the Berlin University of the Arts in 2014 and completed her habilitation at the University of Bayreuth in 2023. Since April 2024\, she has held the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Professorship at Freie Universität Berlin. \nLi Zhong \nLi Zhong’s speech highlights the growing role of music in promoting holistic health\, including emotional\, cognitive\, and social well-being. He underscores China’s efforts under the “Healthy China” strategy to advance interdisciplinary collaboration across music\, technology\, medicine\, and psychology. The Central Conservatory of Music is presented as a key driver in this field\, actively leading cross-disciplinary research and innovation in areas such as music neuroscience and artificial intelligence\, and expanding the role of music in public health. The speech calls for stronger international cooperation to further advance this field and contribute to global well-being. \nAbout the panelist\nLi Zhong was born in September\, 1972 in Shuozhou\, Shanxi province\, Han nationality. Started working in July 1995\, he achieved the Master of Laws degree. Being the Master’s Supervisor in the major of  Intercultural Communication and Language Broadcasting at the Communication University of China and the associate research fellow\, he has been the Vice Chairman of the University Council of the Communication University of China and is the Vice Chairman of the University Council of the Central Conservatory of Music presently.\nHe is the supervisor of the 11th Council of the Party Building Research Association for Universities in Beijing; Vice President of the first Party Building Research Association for Radio and Television of China Federation of Radio and Television Social Organizations; Member of the 9th Council of the Ideological and Political Education Branch of Chinese Association of Higher Education.\nFrom April to July 2009\, he visited the University of Reading in the UK to conduct research primarily in student affairs management and educational development. He has been dedicated to systematic research in the fields of cross-cultural communication and language dissemination\, focusing on cultural interaction mechanisms within a globalized context. He explores collaborative training models for international talents in response to the needs for enhanced international communication efficacy\, continually promoting the integration of academic development with practical demands. His achievements are significant both in theoretical innovation and practical application. \nLi Xiaobing: An Introduction to Recent Advances in Music AI\nThis lecture will provide a systematic exploration of the profound impact of artificial intelligence on music creation\, performance\, and reception. It will highlight cutting-edge developments\, including automatic composition systems\, music foundation models\, singing voice synthesis\, robotic music performance\, and research at the intersection of music and brain science. \nBuilding on this\, the lecture will further analyze how AI influences various sub-disciplines of music\, demonstrating that its role has expanded beyond technical applications to reshaping disciplinary structures and research paradigms. The lecture will emphasize that AI is not merely an auxiliary tool\, but a key force driving the transformation of music education systems and the music industry. \nAs AI technologies continue to advance\, the modes of music production and dissemination are undergoing fundamental changes. In addition\, from philosophical and aesthetic perspectives\, the lecture will examine how AI is reshaping mechanisms of musical expression and aesthetic judgment\, prompting a rethinking of the nature of art and the role of the creative subject\, and ultimately leading to a systematic restructuring of the discipline of music as a whole. \nAbout the panelist\nLi Xiaobing is Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Central Conservatory of Music\, Director of the Department of Music Artificial Intelligence\, National Leading Talent in Philosophy and Social Sciences\, recipient of the Central Propaganda Department’s “Four Kinds of Talents” award\, expert entitled to special government allowances\, Principal Investigator of major national social science projects\, the Chair of the China Computer Federation (CCF) Computational Art Branch\, the Chair of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) Art and Artificial Intelligence Commission. He also leads the “National Huang Danian-style Faculty Team” in higher education.\nA Doctor of Composition\, Li Xiaobing graduated from the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music\, where he studied under the renowned composer Professor Wu Zuqiang\, Honorary President of the Chinese Musicians Association and the Central Conservatory of Music. His musical creations span almost all genres\, with works enjoying wide popularity and significant influence. He has been honored with numerous domestic and international awards\, including the Golden Bell Award\, the Wenhua Grand Prize\, the Wenhua Composition Award\, first prizes in national opera and dance drama competitions\, and the “Five One Project” Award from the Central Propaganda Department.
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/panel-music-technology-and-the-mind/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:14-05,Panel
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260515T103000
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 10a: AI & Sonification
DESCRIPTION:Three papers will be presented and discussed: \n  \nBob Sturm and Elin Kanhov: “oljud—ʇᴉnɹq(n): A Sonic Manifesto of Resistance to Generative AI in Music”\nMore info to follow \nLing Qi\, Teng Ma and Alexandria Smith: “Music of Changing Lines: Sonification of the I Ching Beyond Chance Operation”\nMore info to follow \nChangda Ma\, Sunshiyu Wang\, Canting Zhu and Alexandria Smith: “Extending Xenakis: From Architectural Geometry to Sonification of the Philips Pavilion”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-10a-ai-sonification/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, 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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260516T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260516T103000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 11: Studio Reports I
DESCRIPTION:Three studio reports will be presented:\n\n  \nTakeyoshi Mori: “Studio Report: Laboratory of Advanced Music Production\, Senzoku Gakuen College of Music”\nMore info to follow \n\nJosé Ricardo Barboza and Gilberto Bernardes: “Studio Report: A Third-Order Periphonic Ambisonics System for Teaching and Research at the [removed]”\nMore info to follow\n\nLudger Brümmer\, Götz Dipper and Dan Wilcox: “20 Years Zirkonium and Klangdom at ZKM”\nMore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-11-studio-reports-i/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:16-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260516T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260516T123000
DTSTAMP:20260424T121514
CREATED:20260415T143012Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Session 12: Studio Reports II
DESCRIPTION:Two studio reports will be presented:\n\n  \nHefang Ma\, Jingyu Luo\, Paul Francis\, Mara Helmuth\, Sangbong Nam and Wei-Huai Chen: “Studio Report: Center for Computer Music of the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati 2025–2026″\n\nmore info to follow\n\nPedro Rebelo and Craig Jackson: “SARC Studio Report”\nmore info to follow \n 
URL:http://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/event/paper-session-12-studio-reports-ii/
LOCATION:Hamburg University of Technology\, Building H\, Audimax 1\, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 5\, Hamburg\, 21073\, Germany
CATEGORIES:16-05,Paper Session,Session
ORGANIZER;CN="ICMC HAMBURG 2026":MAILTO:info@icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de
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