John Bateman (he/him) is a Canadian-American musicologist born 1 June 1998, completing graduate studies at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida in the United States. He is fluent in English, French, and Dutch. His research interests focus on late-20th and 21st-century French art music, European High Modernism, the intersection of electronics and multimedia with art music. Bateman is currently working towards a dissertation, focusing on the role IRCAM has continuously played in shaping the landscape of 21st-century art music.