Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music

…a film museum, and the Centre for Musical and Acoustical Research founded by French conductor and composer Pierre Boulez. The music centre comprises rehearsal rooms, studios, and a concert hall and presents concerts devoted primarily to modern music.

…created and directed the experimental Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM), which was housed in the Pompidou Centre in Paris. The instrumental group he established there in 1976, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, became one of the world’s most important contemporary music ensembles; Boulez toured with the group as its…