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This Bachelor Thesis in composition explores an alternative compositional process for creating improvised music through the approach of sound design. The questions addressed in the thesis are concerned with how the soundscape can be... more
An analysis of the formal qualities of Luigi Nono's Post-Prae-Ludium, no. 1 for solo tuba and electronics.
Questa tesi indaga attraverso la formula del Live Electronics il rapporto tra umano e non umano mettendo in relazione l’estemporaneità del performer strumentista con due mondi molto diversi: le macchine, che elaborano una serie di... more
Краткая история электроакустической музыки, обобщение способы исполнения произведений для сольного фортепиано с живой электроникой, исследование исполнительских особенностей на примере трёх произведений: " ...sofferte onde serene..." Л.... more
Questa analisi, iniziata durante i corsi di Analisi della musica elettroacustica ed Esecuzione ed interpretazione della musica elettroacustica, è stata sviluppata a Kürten, durante i Kürten Kurse ad agosto del 2017: un'esperienza che... more
Il live coding è una forma di improvvisazione che consiste nella scrittura di algoritmi in tempo reale. In sostanziale continuità con la tradizione della ricerca nel campo della musica algoritmica, la pratica del live coding è emersa... more
Questo articolo è focalizzato su Atomi distratti, un lavoro per ensemble e live electronics del compositore italiano Mario Garuti, ed è organizzato su tre differenti livelli: 1. analisi poietico-estesica del brano; 2. presentazione... more
The nature of the recording artist and how they engage within the recording studio as a technological space is changing. The recording studio is an instrument and an artistic process, and so too, technology has enabled the musician to... more
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Since Barry Truax’s early pioneering work, the increasing availability of powerful and inexpensive desktop computers has led many composers, researchers and artists to experiment and work with granular synthesis and/or granulation... more
In questo articolo si opera un’analisi di Anthèmes 2, un lavoro di Pierre Boulez datato 1997 per violino e dispositivo elettronico della durata approssimativa di 20 minuti. Il brano del compositore francese, di estrema rilevanza per... more
"Only a long apprenticeship will give the composer the knowledge to be really free with regards to a machine"
This article describes an instrument developed by the author for improvised electroacoustic performances: fXfD. It first describes the conditions that led to the design of this instrument , contextualizing it with the no-input practice. A... more
When performing digital music it is important to be able to acquire a comparable level of sensitivity and control to what can be achieved with acoustic instruments. By examining the links between sound and touch, new compositional and... more
"The further you push the boundaries of consciousness up, the more the mysteries comes." Jonathan Harvey
O presente trabalho propõe uma análise e discussão a respeito do papel desempenhado pelas ferramentas digitais de produção, recepção e mediação sonora na produção musical contemporânea a partir de observações e análise de um repertório... more
Martin Parker’s gruntCount is a multi-version, configurable composition for improvising musician (or musicians) and computer. Performers embark on a journey through sound processing modules that are specifically customised to individual... more
The Hyper-Flute is a standard Boehm flute (the model used is a Powell 2100, made in Boston) extended via electronic sensors that link it to a computer, enabling control of digital sound processing parameters while performing. The... more
A partir de 1982 a música eletroacústica e todos os tipos de música sobre suporte tecnológico - se alguns preferirem classificar de forma mais detalhada - tomaram novos rumos e ampliaram-se devido a fatores econômicos, tecnológicos e a... more
Esta tese discute a utilização de metapadrões como ferramenta para a composição musical com formas abertas, partituras gráficas, improvisação, interação entre linguagens artísticas e eletrônica ao vivo, a partir do pensamento... more
The relationship of interaction and usability between musician – instrument expands greatly from the appropriation of new digital technologies in artistic practices, in order to promote the sound creation and its subsequent flow in the... more
At the premiere of Point Ones for small ensemble and augmented conductor (2012) by Alexander Schubert (1979-), I had a front row seat to Daan Janssens’ impressive performance as the augmented solo-conductor. There was an observable and... more
A major problem of the composition process involving music technology is the selection of the tools within the broader context of the ever- changing language of multimedia production. The focus of this contribution will be on creative... more
This work looks at improvisations produced by the OMax, ImproteK, and Djazz ML generators, through the lens of the elements of music and suggests a musically-oriented evaluation methodology. This idiomatic music analysis is presented from... more
Text for the first Round Table at the conference: UTOPIAN LISTENING - the Late Electroacoustic Music of Luigi Nono Technologies, Aesthetics, Histories, Futures International Conference/Workshop/Concerts March 23-26, 2016 Tufts University,... more
Mixed pieces combining instruments and electronics call for extending the conventional concepts of pitch, duration, dynamics and timbre. A preoccupation with pitch in the instrumental domain is opposed to a predominance of timbral... more
Diese Arbeit versucht einen Überblick über die Entwicklung der Elektronischen Musik zu geben, die in Verbindung mit Instrumenten und Interpreten in kammermusikalischen Konfigurationen wie Solo- und Ensemble-Kompositionen steht, und als... more
Mocap (motion capture) techniques applied to music are now very widespread. More than two decades after the earliest experiments (1), there are many scientists and musicians working in this field, as shown by the large number of papers... more
Discussions of pedagogical approaches to computer music are often rooted within the realm of higher education alone. This paper describes Sound, Electronics and Music, a large-scale project in which tutelage was provided on various topics... more
This article examines the adaptation of site and time specific processes in the performance of live electronics. A worked example of a site and time specific concert in a public bus is provided allowing for evaluation of performative... more
Alto-recorder and fixed medium piece, performed by Erik Bosgraaf.
Electric Cowboy Cacophony is a quartet of musicians from different countries and with distinct musical backgrounds, ranging from rock to avant-garde classical, from bluegrass to computer music. In the second half of 2008 they met to... more
Electroacoustic Drama - Messa in scena musicale elettroacustica.
Considering the recent discussion involving the improvisational techniques and the more speculative structural process in the creation of live electronic music, we present, in this paper, the computational implementation of Pousseur's... more