Alan Turing (1912-1954)
Mathematician and cryptologist

Born on June 23, 1912 in Maida Vale (London), Alan Turing was a British mathematician, logician and cryptanalyst. He is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of computer science and artificial intelligence. In 1938, he joined a department of the British Secret Service. During the Second World War, Turing played a crucial role in deciphering German codes, working on the Ultra project at Bletchley Park. His contributions, including the design of the Enigma machine, had a significant impact on the Allied victory. After the war, Turing continued to work on fundamental concepts in computer science, notably the Turing machine, a theoretical model for a computing device, often considered the foundation of computational theory. He also formulated the Turing Test, a measure of artificial intelligence that has sparked much debate in the field. Unfortunately, Alan Turing's life was marked by personal difficulties. In 1952, he was convicted of homosexuality, which was then illegal in the UK. Against the backdrop of the Cold War, he was tried by the British state and sentenced to chemical castration; he was excluded from scientific circles, and the psychological consequences of the treatment imposed on him led to great isolation. Turing died in 1954 in tragic circumstances, officially recognized as a suicide, although speculation and debate persisted. In 2013, Queen Elizabeth II posthumously pardoned him in recognition of the injustice of his conviction for homosexuality.

Pierre Jodlowski
Composer

Pierre Jodlowski développe son travail en France et à l’étranger dans le champ des musiques d’aujourd’hui. Sa musique, souvent marquée par une importante densité, se situe au croisement du son acoustique et du son électrique et se caractérise par son ancrage dramaturgique et politique. Son activité le conduit à se produire dans la plupart des lieux dédiés à la musique contemporaine mais aussi dans des circuits parallèles : danse, théâtre, arts plastiques, musiques électroniques. Il est également fondateur et directeur artistique associé du studio éOle – en résidence à Odyssud Blagnac depuis 1998 – et du festival Novelum à Toulouse et sa région (de 1998 à 2014). Son travail se déploie aujourd’hui dans de nombreux domaines, et, en périphérie de son univers musical, il travaille l’image, la programmation interactive pour des installations, la mise en scène et cherche avant tout à questionner les rapports dynamiques des espaces scéniques. Il revendique aujourd’hui la pratique d’une musique “active” : dans sa dimension physique (gestes, énergies, espaces) comme psychologique (évocation, mémoire, dimension cinématographique). En parallèle de son travail de composition, il se produit également pour des performances, en solo ou en formation avec d’autres artistes. Dans ses projets, il a collaboré notamment avec les ensembles Intercontemporain, Ictus en Belgique, KNM à Berlin, le chœur de chambre les éléments, l’ensemble MusikFabrik, l’Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, le nouvel Ensemble Moderne de Montréal, Ars Nova en Suède, Proxima Centauri, l’ensemble Court-Circuit, le Berg Orchestra de Prague, L’ensemble Soundinitiative, l’ensemble LUX:NM et de nombreux·ses solistes de la scène musicale internationale… Il mène par ailleurs des collaborations privilégiées avec des musiciens comme Jean Geoffroy aux percussions, Cédric Jullion à la flûte, Wilhem Latchoumia au piano, Philippe Spiesser aux percussions, pour des projets d’écriture et de recherche autour de nouvelles lutheries. Son travail sur l’image l’amène à développer des collaborations avec des artistes plasticiens, en particulier David Coste avec qui il a développé plusieurs projets. Il travaille également l’écriture de l’espace scénique dans des œuvres à la croisée du théâtre, des installations, concerts scénographiés ou oratorio.
Il a reçu des commandes de l’Ircam, de l’Ensemble Intercontemporain, du Ministère de la Culture, du CIRM, du GRM, du festival de Donaueschingen, de la Cinémathèque de Toulouse, de Radio France, du Concours de Piano d’Orléans, du festival Les Musiques, du GMEM, du GRAME, de la fondation SIEMENS, du Théâtre National du Capitole de Toulouse, du projet européen INTEGRA, du studio EMS à Stockholm, de la fondation Royaumont, du Cabaret contemporain, de la Biennale de Venise, du Ministère de la Culture Polonais, des Percussions de Strasbourg, du Concours International de Genève…Lauréat de plusieurs concours internationaux, il a obtenu les Prix Claude Arrieu (2002) et Hervé Dugardin (2012) attribués par la Sacem ; il a été accueilli en résidence à l’Académie des Arts de Berlin en 2003 et 2004. De 2009 à 2011, il est compositeur en résidence associé à la scène conventionnée Odyssud - Blagnac (dispositif initié et soutenu par la Sacem et le Ministère de la Culture). Il a reçu en 2013 un Prix de l’Academie Charles Cros pour son disque « Jour 54 » paru aux éditions Radio France. En 2015, il est lauréat du Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs avec son œuvre « Time & Money ». De 2017 à 2019, il est artiste en résidence au Lux - Scène nationale de Valence. À partir de 2019, il devient Directeur artistique du festival Musica Electronica Nova, produit par la Philharmonie de Wroclaw en Pologne.
Ses œuvres et performances sont diffusées dans les principaux lieux dédiés aux arts sonores contemporains en France, en Europe, au Canada, en Chine, en Corée, au Japon et à Taïwan ainsi qu’aux États-Unis. Ses œuvres sont en partie publiées aux Éditions Jobert et font l’objet de parutions discographiques et vidéographiques sur les labels éOle Records, Radio France, Kaïros, Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Il vit actuellement entre la France et la Pologne.

Frank Witzel
Writer and essayist

Frank Witzel, born November 12, 1955 in Wiesbaden, is a German writer and essayist. He has published some twenty books, including "How a Manic-Depressive Teen Invented the Red Army Faction in the Summer of 1969", which won the Deutscher Buchpreis 2015 and has been translated into several languages. Witzel has written several radio plays for Bayerischer (BR), Hessischer (HR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), including the fifteen-part radio play "Stahnke (BR 2018)", for which he also composed the music. His latest publications include the metaphysical journal "Désespoir non-véritable" (2019) and with philosopher Marcus Steinweg "Humour et grace" (2019).

Ircam
Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique / Musique

Ircam is one of the world's largest public research centers dedicated to musical creation and scientific research. A unique place where artistic prospective and scientific and technological innovation converge, the institute is directed by Frank Madlener and brings together more than one hundred and sixty collaborators. Ircam develops its three main axes - creation, research and transmission - through a season in Paris, tours in France and abroad, and an annual event, ManiFeste, which combines an international festival and a multidisciplinary academy. Founded by Pierre Boulez, Ircam is associated with the Centre Pompidou under the auspices of the French Ministry of Culture. The STMS (Sciences et technologies de la musique et du son) joint research unit, housed at Ircam, is also supervised by the CNRS and Sorbonne University. In 2020, Ircam created Ircam Amplify, its audio innovation marketing company. A genuine bridge between state-of-the-art audio research and the world of industry, Ircam Amplify is helping to revolutionize sound in the 21st century.

Claire Saint Blancat
Set designer

Claire Saint Blancat is a graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, as well as of the University, with a degree in Theatre Studies. She soon developed a passion for the visual arts associated with the stage. She discovered the profession of set designer working alongside Laurent Peduzzi in France, and then tried her hand at it in Montreal during productions at the Théâtre de quat'sous, where she assisted set designers Jasmine Catudal and Magalie Amyot. On her return to France, she made a few forays into film and television, creating sets for music videos, and training in various techniques on the job (painting at the Théâtre du Soleil, creating sets and costumes for the Cie Isôko in Rwanda, sculpting in several workshops in the Paris region such as Plastic Studios, Double FX, les Décors Papillon). In 2011, wishing to perpetuate this link with the material, she trained as a prop-maker-director at the CFPTS in Bagnolet. Claire Saint Blancat has been working as a set designer and sculptor for over ten years, and regularly collaborates with directors (Laurent Pelly then Galin Stoev at Théâtre de la cité in Toulouse, Sebastien Bournac of Cie Tabula Rasa, Yohan Bret of Cie l'An 01, Lou Broquin of Cie Créature, Sonia Belskaya), composers (Pierre Jodlowski, Marin Bonazzi) and visual artists (Marie Sirgue, Lou-Andréa Lasalle) to conceive and produce works crossing the fields of object and space, in various modes of representation ranging from exhibition to live performance to interactive installation.

Joanna Freszel
Soprano

A graduate of the singing class (Prof. Jadwiga Rappé) in the Department of Voice and Acting Studies at Warsaw's Fryderyk Chopin University, Joanna Freszel was awarded a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Education, under the Polonia professional program as well as the ISA2012 program. She was awarded the Młoda Polska scholarship and the Magnacum Laude medal for the best graduate of Chopin University (2013) and is currently, a doctoral student at the Frederic Chopin University of Music. In 2017, she was nominated for the Coryphaeus Prize and won Polityka's Passport Award. The artist has distinguished herself in numerous competitions in Poland and abroad. She was also a finalist in the Viotti Competition in Vercelli. She has performed at the Warsaw International Festival of Contemporary Autumn Music (2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), the Festival Contrechamps in Geneva, the Saaremaa Opera Days in Estonia, MelosÉtos in Bratislava and the Festival of 7 Currents and Concert of 7 Premieres, organized to mark the 70th anniversary of the Union of Polish Composers. In 2011, she gave a recital at Unesco headquarters in Paris. That year, she made her debut as Musetta in G. Puccini's "La Bohème" (Poland), sang the role of Venus and Phrygienne in J.-P. Rameau's "Dardanus" (Ireland, UK), and as Fiordiligi in W.A. Mozart's "Cosi fantutte" (Poland, Italy). She has sung the role of Marguerite in "Faust" by Ch. Gounod at the Estonian National Opera, the role of Machine in "Threads" by K. Wołek at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, the role of Susanna in "Figaro Gets a Divorce" by E. Langer and D. Pountney at the St. Moniuszko Opera in Poznan and the role of Psyche in "Eros and Psyche" at the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera in Warsaw. The artist successfully interprets compositions from all musical eras. She specializes in the interpretation of contemporary music. She has premiered a dozen pieces, including "Stabat Mater" by A. Pärt, "Sadness Untitled" by M. Nikodijevic, "Primordia Rerum" by O. Bianchi, "In Memoriam" by U. Caine, "Canticum Puerorum" by E. Knapik, "Audycja V" by A. Krzanowski, "Wsciekłosc" by C. Duchnowski. The artist has performed on stage with numerous orchestras in Poland and abroad.
In 2015, thanks to DUX Recording Producers, her debut album "Real life song" was released, featuring works composed especially for her by young Polish composers: M Bebinow, A. Kosciów, R. Janiak, A. Zubel, S. Zamuszka, A. Borzym jr, J. Szmytka i K. Szwed. The album was nominated for the 2016 Fryderyk Prize in two categories, and was awarded the Orphée d'Or prize by the Académie du disque lyrique for best interpretation of contemporary music.

Thomas Hauser
Actor

Born in Rosenheim in 1992, Thomas Hauser has received individual vocal and choral training since elementary school. From the age of 14, he began to gain practical theater experience.
After his A-levels, he began his training at the Otto Falckenberg School of Performing Arts in Munich in 2011.
Together with a few fellow students associated with director Ersan Mondtag, he founded the Kapital2Kolektif group, which has been responsible for various free interdisciplinary theater forms that encroach on urban space, such as "Sinfonie", "Party#" and "Scham". Since summer 2015, Thomas Hauser has been a permanent member of the Münchner Kammerspiele ensemble.

Ensemble Nadar
Musical ensemble composed of
KatrienGaelens, flute
Winnie Huang, violin
DriesTack, clarinet
Thomas Moore, trombone
KobeVan Cauwenberghe, guitar

The Ensemble Nadar was founded in 2006 by a group of young musicians with a shared interest and passion for contemporary music. The ensemble's name was chosen in reference to the real Nadar: the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910), whose interest in multidisciplinarity and adventurous spirit it intends to carry forward. The historical Nadar was a well-known photographer and aeronaut, but also a caricaturist, spy, art critic and much more. He regularly organized informal "salons" to which his contemporaries, artists, thinkers, writers and scientists were invited, creating an interdisciplinary dialogue. The Ensemble Nadar has been invited to perform on numerous international stages. These include Ars Musica in Brussels, Handelsbeurs in Ghent, deSingel in Antwerp, De Bijloke in Ghent, Transit in Leuven, Concer tgebouw in Bruges, Harvest Festival in Denmark, Internationale Ferienkurse für neue Musik Darmstadt (2010, 2012, 2014), Festival Musica in Strasbourg, Tzlil Meudcan in Tel Aviv, Blurred Edges in Hamburg, the Gergiev Philharmonic Festival in Rotterdam and the Donaueschinger Musiktage (2012, 2015), Acht Brücken in Cologne, Forum Neue Musik Deutschlandradio, Tage fur Neue Musik in Zürich, Ultima Oslo, Muffathalle in Munich, Porgy and Bess in Vienna, Open Music in Graz, Nowy Teatr in Warsaw and Platforma in Moscow. In summer 2014, the ensemble performed for the third time at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt (works by Stefan Pr ins and Michael Maierhof, as part of a project organized with the American-Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal). Recently, the ensemble premiered "RECHT", a musical theater piece by Hannes Seidl and Daniel Kötter in Frankfurt (Mousonturm), "Gent" (De Bijloke) and "Berlin" (MaerzMusik). Nadar performs new pieces by Stefan Prins and Michael, at the 2015 Donaueschinger Musiktage. Recently, NEOS released a live recording of Nadar's 2012 concert at the Donaueschinger Musiktage with works by Kreidler, Prins, Pasovsky and Schedl. Michael Maierhof's "EXIT F" for four hot-air balloons and ensemble is out on Migrorecords, and Stefan Prins' "Fremdkörper # 1" is out on a monographic CD on the Sub Rosa label. Nadar's recording of "In Hyper Intervals" will be included on Wergo's forthcoming portrait CD of Johannes Kreidler. Over the past ten years, Nadar has premiered over thirty pieces by composers such as Malin Bang, Michael Beil, Vladimir Gorlinsky, Daan Janssens, Matthias Kranebitter, Johannes Kreidler, Dmitri Kourliandski, Michael Maierhof, Maximilian Marcoll, Yoav Pasovsky, Stefan Prins, Jorge Sánchez-Chiong, Klaus Schedl, Alexander Schuber t, Mar tin Schüttler, Hannes Seidl and Daniel Kötter.

Thomas Goepfer
Computer music producer

From 2000 to 2004, Thomas Goepfer studied flute and applied research in electroacoustics and computer music at the CNSMD in Lyon. After graduating with honors, he devoted himself to musical research and creation, joining Ircam as a computer music producer. Since then, he has collaborated with numerous composers, artists and visual artists, including Stefano Gervasoni and Cristina Branco for "Com que voz", the Ensemble intercontemporain, Hèctor Parra for his opera "Hypermusic Prologue", Georgia Spiropoulos and Médéric Collignon for "Les Bacchantes", Sarkis and his reinterpretation of John Cage's "Roaratorio", Ivan Fedele and Philippe Manoury for his piano concerto.

Manuel Poletti
Computer music producer Ircam

Manuel Poletti, born in 1969, is a composer, computer musician and director of computer music at Ircam, and lives in Paris. He studied classical music at the Besançon and Dijon conservatories until 1986, and studied composition at the ICEM Folkwang Hoschule in Essen, Germany, from 1993 to 1995. He joined Ircam in 1998 as a director of computer music, where he took part in numerous projects involving creation, teaching, promotion and R&D. In 2009, he joined San Francisco-based Cycling'74, which develops the Max software originally created at Ircam. Since 2013, he has been associated with the Montreuil-based music production company Music Unit. At the same time, as a composer and sound director, he takes part in numerous artistic projects in Europe - concerts, dance, theater, visual arts, sound installations...