Rencontres Internationales de la Création Musicale

International conference organized by the ECLLA laboratory - Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Étienne

Thursday 29th, Friday 30th and Saturday 31st January 2026

Free admission with reservation

Presentation

Following on from the Semaines Internationales de la Création Musicale, the Rencontres Internationales de la Création Musicale are designed to bring together researchers concerned with the aesthetic issues surrounding the most recent musical creations. In approaching the second quarter of the twenty-first century, musicology can no longer be content with being “twentieth-century” and must look at what is driving musical life today.

This annual meeting is therefore open to all research concerning aspects linked to creation itself, its relationship with geo-socio-political, technological, philosophical and aesthetic contexts, as well as reception, whether analytical or concerned with issues of dissemination and audiences. An important part of the program is devoted to dialogue with artists and research-creation.

The event will be held in Saint-Etienne on January 29, 30 and 31, 2026

Call for paper / Musical creation : https://ricm2026.sciencesconf.org/ (before Septembre 20, 2025)

Call for papers and musical creations

Scientific and artistic committee

Alain Bonardi (Paris 8 University)
Jean-Marc Chouvel (Sorbonne University)
Pierre Couprie (Paris-Saclay University)
Christine Esclapez (Aix-Marseille University)
Joao Fernandes (Lille University)
Muriel Joubert (Lyon 2 University)
Eric Maestri (INSPE-Sorbonne University)
Louisa Martin-Chevalier (Sorbonne University)
Laurent Pottier (Jean Monnet University - Saint-Etienne)
Nadia Ratsimandresy (compositrice, directrice de GRAME)
Viviane Waschbüsch (Jean Monnet University - Saint-Etienne)

Organizing committee

Jean-Marc Chouvel (SU)
Joao Fernandes (U. Lille)
Vera Geslin (Lyon 2)
Muriel Joubert (Lyon 2)
Eric Maestri (INSPE-SU)
Louisa Martin-Chevalier (SU)
Mauricio Meza (SU)
Laurent Pottier (UJM)
Viviane Waschbüsch (UJM)
Wendi Xiao (SU)

Partenaires institutionnels

Sorbonne University / IReMUS
Lille University / Centre d'études des arts contemporains
Lyon 2 University/ Passages XX-XXI
Jean Monnet University - Saint-Étienne / ECLLA
GRAME - National Center for Musical Creation - Lyon
EOC - Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain
Le FIL - Popular Music Center - Saint-Étienne
Conservatoire Massenet - Regional Conservatory of Music - Saint-Etienne

Previous editions

RICM 2025 Sorbonne University / IReMUS (June 5-6, 2025) - program + Lille University (October 2025)

Contacts : Laurent Pottier <laurent.pottier@univ-st-etienne.fr> & Viviane Waschbusch <viviane.waschbusch@univ-st-etienne.fr>

Secretariat of the ECLLA laboratory and the conference: Nadine LEVEQUE-LAIR <nadine.lair@univ-st-etienne.fr> 04 77 42 16 66

This conference is organized by the ECLLA laboratory in partnership with Sorbonne University, Lyon2 University and the University of Lille