Heart.FM, selected for ERC proof-of-concept funding, is an app-creation initiative to deliver tailored music therapy with physiological feedback in cardiovascular disease.
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Two-piano Londonderry Air for World Piano Day 2020
Brigitte d’Andrea-Novel and Elaine Chew play Londonderry Air on two pianos between Paris and London for World Piano Day 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, with brief introductions to the tune and to playing over the Internet.
Teleworking across FR/GB/ES
The COSMOS Team working across Paris, London, Strasbourg, and Valencia during the coronavirus lockdown.
Solveig’s Song on No. 42
Hear different mic captures of Grieg’s Solveig’s Song on the Bösendorfer VC280 Enspire PRO.
Prof. Michael Casey (Dartmouth College) Visits
Composer-neuroscientist-informatician Michael Casey visits the COSMOS Team
COSMOS Concert @ IRCAM Studio 5
This concert has been postponed until further notice due to covid-19. Meanwhile, please enjoy this musical interlude we have prepared. STMS Director Brigitte d’Andrea-Novel has organized a concert for two pianos and other ensembles as an expression of thanks to all the people who have made it possible for COSMOS to be hosted at the […]
The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Turns 42
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” had its radio premiere on 8 March 1978. It was later adapted into a series of novels, a TV series, video games and a film. See article in the Economist. Meanwhile, here is an excerpt that helps explain the significance of the number 42 and why we were so […]
STMS talk by Prof. Michael Casey: Auditory Stimulus Reconstruction from High-Resolution fMRI
On “Auditory Stimulus Reconstruction from High-Resolution fMRI of Music Perception and Imagery” in Salle Stravinsky, IRCAM, at 11am on Wed, 11 March 2020.
La Pause Ludique
COSMOS team members and colleagues at IRCAM hard at work during the weekly “la pause ludique”. More photos here.
Bösendorfer Disklavier No. 42 Arrives at IRCAM
After too many months and a long story that will one day make it into a comic strip, the ERC COSMOS project piano, a Bösendorfer Disklavier 280VC ENSPIRE Pro, has arrived from Vienna in Paris this morning. The 9-foot, 500 kg grand instrument made a dent in the floor outside Studio 5, quickly patched up […]