Georges Bloch

Associate Professor
Université de Strasbourg, Faculté des arts

Associate Researcher
Ircam - CNRS UMR STMS Music Representations

georges.bloch [at] ircam.fr
(+33) 1 44 78 16 49

• Compositions and Performances: Interactive music, music and space, music and image
• Research: Machine improvisation, constraint-based composition, mathematical models for music, spatialisation, dramaturgy of musical theater
• Pedagogy: Music and technology, music and movies

• OMax: Computer-assisted improvisation

• [NIME12] Benjamin Lévy, Georges Bloch, Gérard Assayag, « OMaxist Dialectics: Capturing, Visualizing and Expanding Improvisations », NIME, Ann Arbor, 2012
• [CPM11] Georges Bloch, Charlotte Truchet, “Constraints for an Unfolding Time”, Constraint Programming in Music, Truchet & Assayag, editors, ISTE, London, Wiley, Hoboken, 2011
• [Music@11] Georges Bloch, “La voce, strumento personale per eccellenza”, Music@, 22-23-24, L’aquila, Italy, 2011

Centre Primus, Performing Arts and Music Departments. (Tenured position) Performing Arts Dpt, classes on Film Music, Opera dramaturgy Centre Primus (Tonmeister curriculum). Head in 1994-2000. Responsible in part of the funding for the cursus ($100 000/year) and of relationship with industry and research. Classes on musical analysis and composition. Beforehand (starting 1988) Instructor in the Primus Center and the Music Dpt and Visiting professor at CFMI (Center for Children Music Pedagogy).

Department Head, Sound Department: FSMS (Tonmeister, Music and sound recording curriculum) and Musical Acoustics.

Head of the music program of the ATIAM Master (Acoustics and Computer science applied to music).