Jérôme Nika (PhD)
Electronic musician & Researcher at Ircam

As an electronic musician and composer Jérôme Nika is involved in numerous musical productions and artistic collaborations, particularly in improvised music (Steve Lehman, Orchestre National de Jazz, Bernard Lubat, Benoît Delbecq, Rémi Fox), contemporary music (Pascal Dusapin, Alexandros Markeas, Ensemble Modern, Marta Gentilucci), electronic music (Fabrizio Rat), and contemporary art (Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains).

Portrait in “Le Monde” by Pierre Gervasoni

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As a researcher at Ircam Centre Pompidou in Paris (ISMM STMS lab), Jérôme Nika focuses on designing interactions with generative sound processes, as well as on modeling, learning, and navigating “musical memory” models in creative contexts. His research aims to develop new creative practices based on symbolic abstraction, making it possible to interpret live electronics at the level of intention and to compose them at the level of narrative.

Numerous artistic productions have used technologies resulting from this research since 2016 (Roulette, Brooklyn, New York; Onassis Center, Athens, Greece; Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria; Frankfurter Positionen festival, Frankfurt; Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, USA; Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands; French embassy in Washington DC; Studio 104 de la Maison de la Radio, Grande salle du Centre Pompidou, Collège de France, LeCentquatre, Paris, France; Montreux Jazz festival; Theatre Plaza, Montreal Jazz Festival etc.).