Max Summer School in Geidai 2025Biographies of Instructors
Suguru Goto
Goto is a composer and new media artist who is internationally acclaimed and active worldwide. His works are known for their innovative approach, incorporating new technologies in a stimulating manner. He has served as a guest composer and researcher at IRCAM, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and as an associate professor at Bordeaux School of Arts. Currently, he is a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.
He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra Fellowship, the Koussevitzky Prize from the Tanglewood Music Festival, and First Prize at the Marzena International Composition Competition in Washington State. In Germany, he was awarded the Berliner Kompositionsauftrag in 1994. His work was also selected at the IMC International Rostrum of Composers at UNESCO in Paris. He has received the DICREAM grant from the French government and was honored with the Music Theatre Now Award in Berlin in 2008. In France, he won the "OFQJ Dance and New Technology Award" at Bains Numériques 4, an international digital arts festival in Enghien-les-Bains. In Brazil, his work was recognized with the FILE PRIX LUX "Electronic Sonority Honor Award" at the FILE Festival in 2010. He also received the Grand Prize at Action Sharing 2 in Italy in 2011, Second Prize at the KAO International Kinetic Art Competition in 2013, and an Honorary Mention in Digital Music & Sound Art at Ars Electronica in Austria in the same year.
His works have been performed at prestigious festivals and venues worldwide, including Resonance/IRCAM, the Tanglewood Music Festival, ICC, SONAR, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, ISEA, NIME, and the Venice Biennale.
http://gotolab.geidai.ac.jp/
He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra Fellowship, the Koussevitzky Prize from the Tanglewood Music Festival, and First Prize at the Marzena International Composition Competition in Washington State. In Germany, he was awarded the Berliner Kompositionsauftrag in 1994. His work was also selected at the IMC International Rostrum of Composers at UNESCO in Paris. He has received the DICREAM grant from the French government and was honored with the Music Theatre Now Award in Berlin in 2008. In France, he won the "OFQJ Dance and New Technology Award" at Bains Numériques 4, an international digital arts festival in Enghien-les-Bains. In Brazil, his work was recognized with the FILE PRIX LUX "Electronic Sonority Honor Award" at the FILE Festival in 2010. He also received the Grand Prize at Action Sharing 2 in Italy in 2011, Second Prize at the KAO International Kinetic Art Competition in 2013, and an Honorary Mention in Digital Music & Sound Art at Ars Electronica in Austria in the same year.
His works have been performed at prestigious festivals and venues worldwide, including Resonance/IRCAM, the Tanglewood Music Festival, ICC, SONAR, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, ISEA, NIME, and the Venice Biennale.
http://gotolab.geidai.ac.jp/
Hiromichi Kitazume
Kitazume is active in multiple fields as a composer, musician, engineer, and producer. His works range from solo to orchestral instrumental and vocal compositions, as well as electroacoustic music, live electronics, music for automated instruments, and installations.
Through the exploration of various instrumental techniques, the creation of unique instruments and automated performance devices, and research and development of new devices and electroacoustic technologies, he integrates composition and implementation. He has also been responsible for producing and operating the electronic music components and performance systems of numerous works by other composers.
In 2024, the new spatial audio system he developed was consecutively invited to and presented at both the Paris and Seoul editions of the IRCAM Forum's 30th Anniversary Special Edition, held twice within the year.
From a young age, he studied piano, conducting, double bass, and composition theory, and later completed his studies in composition at Tokyo University of the Arts. Simultaneously, he majored in conducting at Toho Gakuen School of Music and conducted numerous premieres of new works.
He was later admitted to and graduated at the top of his class from both the First and Second Composition Courses at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, as well as the Composition and Computer Music Course at IRCAM.
After returning to Japan, he served as a lecturer at institutions including Tokyo University of the Arts, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Kunitachi College of Music, and the University of Tokyo. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Composition Laboratory of the Music and Culture Department at Hokkaido University of Education and the director of INTEG’Lab.
Through the exploration of various instrumental techniques, the creation of unique instruments and automated performance devices, and research and development of new devices and electroacoustic technologies, he integrates composition and implementation. He has also been responsible for producing and operating the electronic music components and performance systems of numerous works by other composers.
In 2024, the new spatial audio system he developed was consecutively invited to and presented at both the Paris and Seoul editions of the IRCAM Forum's 30th Anniversary Special Edition, held twice within the year.
From a young age, he studied piano, conducting, double bass, and composition theory, and later completed his studies in composition at Tokyo University of the Arts. Simultaneously, he majored in conducting at Toho Gakuen School of Music and conducted numerous premieres of new works.
He was later admitted to and graduated at the top of his class from both the First and Second Composition Courses at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, as well as the Composition and Computer Music Course at IRCAM.
After returning to Japan, he served as a lecturer at institutions including Tokyo University of the Arts, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Kunitachi College of Music, and the University of Tokyo. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Composition Laboratory of the Music and Culture Department at Hokkaido University of Education and the director of INTEG’Lab.
Seiichiro Matsumura
Matsumura specializes in the creation of digital art using sound, live performance through programming, and sound design. After working at Sega Enterprises (now Sega), serving as an assistant professor at the Arts Information Center of Tokyo University of the Arts, and as an associate professor in the School of Design at Tokyo University of Technology, he became a professor at the Graduate School of Design at Tokyo University of Technology in 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Information Studies.
His works have been performed and exhibited at international conferences such as Sound and Music Computing (SMC) and the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), as well as at events like the WRO Media Art Biennale and Audio Art.
His publications include Pd Recipe Book (BNN, 2012), Getting Started with Sound Programming in Max: A Visual Programming Environment for Creating Sound and Visuals (Kogakusha, 2017), Introduction to Music Tracking with Renoise (Kogakusha, 2020), and Media Technology Series 8: Sound Design (co-authored, Corona Publishing, 2024).
His works have been performed and exhibited at international conferences such as Sound and Music Computing (SMC) and the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), as well as at events like the WRO Media Art Biennale and Audio Art.
His publications include Pd Recipe Book (BNN, 2012), Getting Started with Sound Programming in Max: A Visual Programming Environment for Creating Sound and Visuals (Kogakusha, 2017), Introduction to Music Tracking with Renoise (Kogakusha, 2020), and Media Technology Series 8: Sound Design (co-authored, Corona Publishing, 2024).
Masatsune Yoshio
Born in Kobe, Yoshio is a composer and Media Master No.75. Specializing in the creation of computer-based artistic works, his research and creative activities focus on algorithmic composition, sound synthesis, live electronics, and media expression. His electroacoustic works have been performed at various international and domestic events, including the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Contemporary Computer Music Concert, FUJI Acousmatic Music Festival, MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING, and Festival FUTURA.
He graduated from the Department of Composition at Showa University of Music and the Art and Media Lab at IAMAS. He is a member of the Japan Federation of Composers, the Japanese Society for Sonic Arts, and the Special Interest Group on Music Information Science of the Information Processing Society of Japan. He also serves as a board member of the Japanese Society for Electronic Music and as an associate professor at Showa University of Music.
http://masatsu.net/
He graduated from the Department of Composition at Showa University of Music and the Art and Media Lab at IAMAS. He is a member of the Japan Federation of Composers, the Japanese Society for Sonic Arts, and the Special Interest Group on Music Information Science of the Information Processing Society of Japan. He also serves as a board member of the Japanese Society for Electronic Music and as an associate professor at Showa University of Music.
http://masatsu.net/
Hideaki Isobe
Hideaki Isobe is a composer and media artist. In addition to his computer-based composition activities, he frequently operates electronic works for various other composers. In recent years, he has been engaged in the creation of electronic instruments utilizing sensors, the development of performance-assistive devices, and research on works produced at the NHK Electronic Music Studio. His major works have been performed in Japan as well as in Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, and South Korea. He is a part-time lecturer at Tokyo College of Music and the director of the electronic music group Maximum.
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