Cort Lippe

ISEA Bio(s) Available:

ISEA96

Studied composition with Larry Austin. He spent three years in Utrecht, The Netherlands, at the Instituut voor Sonologie working with G.M. Koenig in the fields of computer and formalized music. Presently he lives in Paris, where he spent three years at CEMAMu, while following Xenakis’ course on formalized music at the University of Paris. For the past seven years he has been employed at IRCAM, where he develops real-time musical applications and gives courses on new technology in composition.

FISEA’93

Cort Lippe (1953, USA) studied composition with Larry Austin. He spent a year in Florence, Italy, studying ancient music and three years in Utrecht, The Netherlands, at the Insituut voor Sonologie working with G.M. Koenig in the fields of computer and formalized music. Presently he lives in Paris, where he spent three years at the Centre d’Etudes de Mathematique et Automatique Musicales (CEMAMu), directed by Iannis Xenakis, while following Xenakis’ course on formalized music at the University of Paris. For the past six years he has been employed at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), founded by Pierre Boulez, where he develops real-time musical applications and gives course on new technology in composition. He has followed composition and analysis seminars with various composers including: Boulez, Donatoni, K. Huber, Messiaen, Penderecki, Stockhausen, and Xenakis, and has written for all major ensemble formations. His works have received numerous international composition prizes and have been premiered at major festivals in North and South America, Europe, and the Far East. His music is recorded by ADDA, Apollon, CBS-Sony, CDCM, MIT Press, Harmonia Mundi, and Neuma Records.

FISEA 1988

Cort Lippe currently works at the Institute de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), in Paris, where he leads the 4X machine applications. He is active as a composer in the Paris-based group New American Music in Europe (NAME), which presents concerts of contemporary American music in Europe.