resource center

The resource center includes the online catalog of the media library, as well as access to Ircam's documentary databases and audiovisual archives.

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In homage to Kurt Schwitters’ Ursonate, Simon Steen-Andersen presents UR! on 5–6 November 2026 at the Espace de projection, a work that blends performance, video, and electronics, in collaboration with Michael Schmid.

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About

The purpose of the documentation center is to build up and disseminate a body of references on contemporary music, on the relationship between art, science and technology, and on musical research. It also brings together all of the Institute's knowledge and creative resources: concert and conference archives, scores, scientific and popular articles, etc. All these resources are available to the public through the Ircam media library (open Tuesday to Friday, 2:00 to 5:30 pm) and the databases accessible through the portal.

Resources type

The documentation center portal lists all the resources accessible online or on site in the Ircam media library. It therefore includes:

  • The physical documents available in the media library (books, scores, CDs, vinyls, program notes, etc.).
  • Digital resources.

Multimedia library

The IRCAM Media Library is open to the public Tuesday to Friday, from 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm. Anyone may browse the collection; however, only members may borrow items.

Structure and history of the Resource Center’s databases

IRCAM's Resource Center provides access to resources through several online databases:

  • BRAHMS: a database of contemporary composers' lives and works, formally known as the Relational Database of Hypertext Articles on 20th- and 21st-Century Music.
  • Analyses: a database of musicological articles that document works composed at IRCAM.
  • Médias: a database of IRCAM's audiovisual archives.
  • Sidney: a database that brings together documentation on electronic works produced at IRCAM, with a view to their future performance.

Credits

Editor-in-Chief: Frank Madlener

Head of the Documentary Department: Philippe Langlois

For descriptions of the various databases within the Documentary Department, see the section above, Structure and History of the Resource Center's Databases. See here.

Contact persons for the BRAHMS database

ISSN of the BRAHMS database: 2557-8928

Editor-in-chief

Philippe Langlois
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Documentation, editorial and administrative support, public relations

Aurore Baudin
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Jérôme Boutinot
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opening times

From Tuesday to Friday, from 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm

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