{"id":2387,"date":"2024-12-02T18:16:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T17:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reach.ircam.fr\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2024-12-18T00:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:14:53","slug":"improtech-paris-tokyo-the-concerts-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reach.ircam.fr\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/improtech-paris-tokyo-the-concerts-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Improtech Paris &#8211; Tokyo : The Concerts Movies !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Improtech Paris-Tokyo 2024 Workshop &#8211; Festival in Tokyo &#8212; july 29 to august 2, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/improtech.ircam.fr\/ikparistokyo\">https:\/\/improtech.ircam.fr\/ikparistokyo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Improtech&nbsp;is both a&nbsp;musical festival&nbsp;and an&nbsp;interdisciplinary workshop&nbsp;bringing together actors of research and creation from all over the world fostering&nbsp;musical improvisation&nbsp;in interaction with&nbsp;digital intelligences, in an assumed approach of human-machine&nbsp;co-creativity. After praised editions in New York, Philadelphia, Athens and Uzeste,&nbsp;Improtech Paris-Tokyo&nbsp;(ikTokyo&rsquo;24) lands down in Tokyo, the sizzling japanese metropolis on july 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Improtech Paris Tokyo 2024 Documentary\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66hQwfuDz1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the regular programme, a truly exceptional event will enlight this year&rsquo;s Improtech with a a performance at&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.konno-hachimangu.jp\/history.html\">Konnoh Hachimangu Shrine<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in Shibuya, a one thousand year old cultural milestone linked to the Shibuya clan and Japan&rsquo;s tumultuous medieval history, also known as one of Tokyo&rsquo;s rarest early Edo architectural jewels. The shrine is also associated with the life of the great writer Yukio&nbsp;<strong>Mishima&nbsp;<\/strong>who was a regular here. This crazy adventure was made possible thanks to&nbsp;<strong>Joni Waka<\/strong>&nbsp;(Johnny Walker), a character in&nbsp;<strong>Murakami<\/strong>\u2019s novel Kafka on the shore who happens to be very real and part of Tokyo\u2019s living legends. Composer&nbsp;<strong>Georges Bloch<\/strong> performs in the shrine with the Butoh dancer&nbsp;<strong>Taketeru Kudo<\/strong>&nbsp;who renews the Butoh genre and opens it to contemporary music, along with the bass player&nbsp;<strong>Takashi Seo<\/strong>&nbsp;who unleashes all the power of free impro on his instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Improtech Paris-Tokyo 2024 Hashimangu Shrine\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2SHf49gLUoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This edition of IMPROTECH in Tokyo welcomes a number of truly exceptional personalities, including celebrated multi-award jazzman&nbsp;<strong>Steve Lehman<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Jim O&rsquo;Rourke<\/strong>&nbsp;from the legendary Sonic Youth group and avant-garde beacon,&nbsp;<strong>Jo\u00eblle L\u00e9andre<\/strong>, the double-bass diva with life time achievement award, contemporary classical composer&nbsp;<strong>Lara Morciano<\/strong>&nbsp;exploring the limits of hybrid acoustic\/digital composition with composer and computer music designer&nbsp;<strong>Jose-Miguel Fernandez<\/strong>, the immense Malagasy zither virtuoso&nbsp;<strong>Justin Vali<\/strong> with <strong>Marc Chemillier <\/strong>on Djazz generative electronics,&nbsp;<strong>Jean-marc Montera<\/strong>, avant-garde guitarist specializing in free improvisation and sound experimentation,&nbsp;<strong>Turner Williams Jr<\/strong>&nbsp;the the spirited musician playing the syncretic orient-occident instrument shahibaaja, <strong>Ana\u00efs del Sordo<\/strong> an amazing singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Improtech Paris-Tokyo 2024 Geidai Concert\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pjZ5GIgrUEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miller Puckette<\/strong>, Inventor of the Max software system and&nbsp;<strong>Venice Silver Lion<\/strong>&nbsp;for his life in computer music, also graces us with a keynote lecture and a musical performance in duo with the celebrated electronic musician&nbsp;<strong>Irwin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Who\/Men<\/strong>&nbsp;from Ircam (Marco Fiorini, Mikhail Malt, G\u00e9rard Assayag) along with&nbsp;<strong>Marc Chemillier<\/strong> create a sonic space thanks to the cocreative AI tools from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reach.ircam.fr\/\">REACH<\/a>&nbsp;project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual in Improtech series, the floor is wide open to major artists from the host country. This year we welcome&nbsp;composer <strong>Nicolas Brochec<\/strong>&nbsp;, <strong>Michiyo Yagi<\/strong>, renewing the art of the Koto in the electronic esthetic,&nbsp;<strong>Mari Kimura<\/strong>, visionary virtuoso violinist creating her own gestural interaction systems,&nbsp;<strong>Akira Sakata<\/strong>, a cherished veteran of the japanese free scene,&nbsp;<strong>Tamami Tono<\/strong>&nbsp;celebrated Sh\u014d player, Gagaku and computer music composer,&nbsp;<strong>Nao Tokui<\/strong>&nbsp;both musician and researcher exploring AI potentialities in electronic music and live coding, and many others remarkable musicians and researchers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improtech Paris-Tokyo 2024 Workshop &#8211; Festival in Tokyo &#8212; july 29 to august 2, 2024 https:\/\/improtech.ircam.fr\/ikparistokyo Improtech&nbsp;is both a&nbsp;musical festival&nbsp;and an&nbsp;interdisciplinary workshop&nbsp;bringing together actors of research and creation from all over the world fostering&nbsp;musical improvisation&nbsp;in interaction with&nbsp;digital intelligences, in an assumed approach of human-machine&nbsp;co-creativity. 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