The vagaries of improvisation in art music

Cdmc
Coordination Pierre Albert Castanet and Patrick Otto

Improvisation became integrated into art music styles in the course of the second half of the 20th century and its various roles had ramifications. Its fields of investigation were diverse; improvisation took part in, among other things, matters concerning composition, the shaping of educational practice, accompanying the birth of digital arts, and this in different forms ranging from the solo to pre-existent, structured ensembles such as the orchestra. It also developed in original directions, particularly with generative improvisation.
Taking account of this ontological aspect within the heterogeneous mass of manifestations is no doubt one of the most marked characteristics of improvisation today.

10h On improvisation in contemporary art music
Pierre Albert Castanet

10h30 On improvisation in Chinese musical practice
François Picard

11h15 Vinko Globokar and improvisation: an all-inclusive engagement
Dragana Stojanović-Novičić

11h45 Improvisation in institutional transmission
Frank Kuntz

12h15 Free Improvisation: tabula rasa or networking memory. The example of the generative improvisation class of the Paris Conservatory
Alexandros Markéas

14h30 Improvisation as the manifestation of lyricism
Patrick Otto

15h Free association of ideas: the poiesis of Bernard Lubat
Jean-Luc Tamby

15h30 Improvised performance in ethno-pop culture: the Tagaq case
Sophie Stevance

16h15 Improvisation and electro-acoustic music: towards a redefinition of musical media (1960-2000)
Cyrille Delhaye

16h45 The improvised instrument. Perspectives opened up by technology for the constitution of playing devices in performance time
Frédéric Dufeu

18h Round table led by Anne Montaron with the participation of Lori Freedman, Joëlle Léandre, François Rossé, Alain Savouret