The International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) is a yearly international conference for computer music researchers and composers. It is the annual conference of the
International Computer Music Association (ICMA).
History
In 1986, the
Institute of Sonology The Institute of Sonology is an education and research center for electronic music and computer music based at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague in the Netherlands.
Background
The institute was founded at Utrecht University in 1960 under the n ...
institute was moved to the
Royal Conservatory of The Hague
The Royal Conservatoire ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Nether ...
, hosting the International Computer Music Conference there during its inaugural year.
Each year there is a specific theme. For example, in 2007, the theme was "Immersed Music" and immersive media. ICMC 2007 took place in Copenhagen. On August 28, there was an "Underwater/Water Concert" at the
DGI-byen
DGI-byen is a facility that houses various spa facilities, restaurants, hotels, conference facilities, a bowling alley, flexible multi-centres, sports clubs, a superellipse shaped swimming pool and Vandkulturhuset, (Danish for "Water Cult ...
swimcenter, in the hundred-metre DGI-byen pool, as well as the various other pools of the Vandkulturhuset.
This "Immersed Music" theme of ICMC 2007 explored important issues in
musical instrument classification and immersion.
2014 40th ICMC is organised joint with the 11th
Sound and Music Computing Conference in Athens, Greece 14–20 September 2014.
2017 43rd ICMC took place from Oct 16, 2017 - Oct 20, 2017 in Shanghai, China. 2018 44th ICMC took place from 5–10 August 2018 in Daegu, Korea.
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See also
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List of electronic music festivals
The following is an incomplete list of music festivals that feature electronic music, which encapsulates music featuring electronic instruments such as electric guitar and keyboards, as well as recent genres such as electronic dance music (E ...
References
External links
CMA historyICMA– International Computer Music Association
ICMC 2008 2008 Conference website, hosted by the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast
ICMC, SMC 2014 2014 Conference website, hosted by the
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...
, th
Institute for Research on Music & Acousticsand th
Onassis Cultural Center
ICMC2016 12–16 September 2016 in Utrecht, the Netherlands
ICMC2018 5–10 August 2018 in Daegu, Korea
Computer conferences
Computer music
Computer science conferences
Music conferences
Electronic music festivals in the United Kingdom
Electroacoustic music festivals
Music festivals established in 1974
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