L’Ircam et les 50 ans du Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou celebrates 50 years. Next Tuesday, at the Center Pompidou in Paris, I will give a talk about the history of IRCAM (founded by Pierre Boulez to associate […]
Angelo Paccagnini and Eugenio Carmi. In hoc signo vinces
My chapter “Angelo Paccagnini and Eugenio Carmi. In hoc signo vinces” has just been published in the book “Angelo Paccagnini. L’utopista indipendente”, edited by Maria Maddalena Novati and Marina Vaccarini, published by DieSchachtel records and NoMus, produced by Bruno Stucchi and Fabio Carboni, and with an attached CD with music by Paccagnini.
My keynote speech at the XXIII CIM Colloquio di Informatica Musicale
Last Thursday (October 27) I gave a keynote speech at the XXIII CIM Colloquio di Informatica Musicale in Ancona: “The Computer Instrument: mixed methods to study past, present and future […]
The Electroacoustic Music Archives at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini: A Review of the Camillo Togni, Fausto Romitelli and Giacomo Manzoni Collections
What can tell a personal archive about the composer or anyone who has collected-organized (or disorganized) their contents over the years? In this article (just published and downloadable for free […]
Computer Sounds in Luigi Nono’s Prometeo
As part of my research on collaborative creativity, on the music-technology relationship, and on the role of computer music designers / musical assistants, I studied the genesis of the computer […]
Teresa Rampazzi: “La nuova alleanza tra musica e computer”
Nell’articolo “La nuova alleanza tra musica e computer“, pubblicato sul sito dell’Università di Padova https://ilbolive.unipd.it/it, Francesca Bastianon racconta la storia di Teresa Rampazzi. All’interno, potete ascoltarmi in un video mentre […]
My review of Electronic Inspirations: Technologies of the Cold War Musical Avant-Garde, by Jennifer Iverson (2019)
The final version of my review of this wonderful book was published in August 2021 in the Journal of the American Musicological Society.
Fluxus (1979) by Teresa Rampazzi at the final concert of the Darmstadt Summer Course
Alongside the new version of the mesmerizing piece Dust III (2018-21) by Rebecca Saunders, this evening the quadraphonic work Fluxus by Teresa Rampazzi will be performed during the final concert […]
A JOURNEY AMONG ELECTRONIC MUSIC SOURCES #4 – #5
My last two articles for the column A JOURNEY AMONG ELECTRONIC MUSIC SOURCES focusses on a couple of amazing material sources (the Music 5 software in Padova and Pierre Schaeffer’s […]
Between the Tracks (2020), the new book edited by Kerry Hagan and Miller Puckette
The book Between the Tracks-Musicians on Selected Electronic Music edited by Kerry Hagan and Miller Puckette is finally published! My chapter focuses on the analysis of “Taras su tre dimensioni” […]
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