Laura Zattra
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A history of first encounters between Spectralists and Sound Researchers
My talk “Behind the official literature. A history of first encounters between Spectralists and Sound Researchers” is now online. Link to video: https://medias.ircam.fr/embed/media/x8a75e6 It is a recognized fact that studies such the ones developed by Jean-Claude Risset [2], John Chowning [2] and Joseph Fourier [3] on psychoacoustic, synthesis and sound representation, have opened the door to the development…
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Teresa Rampazzi’s voice and her unique piece “Taras”
Curious to hear what Teresa Rampazzi’s (1914-2001) voice sounded like? This is a unique opportunity. This audio track I’ve uploaded on SoundCloud is part of a radio programme aired in 1985 “Le nuove frontiere della musica” (New frontiers of music; director: Tonino Delfino). Rampazzi and Delfino are discussing her piece “Taras su tre dimensioni”. The…
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Behind the official literature. A history of first encounters between Spectralists and Sound Researchers
I’ll be presenting my talk on the next Spectralism Conference, 12-14 June, IRCAM (Paris). ABSTRACT It is a recognized fact that studies such the ones developed by Jean-Claude Risset [2], John Chowning [2] and Joseph Fourier [3] on psychoacoustic, synthesis and sound representation, have opened the door to the development of French Spectralist music. Throughout the pages…
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Call for submissions: ORGANISED SOUND Vol. 25, N. 2
ORGANISED SOUND, Call for Submissions – Volume 25, Number 2 Issue thematic title: Time in Electroacoustic Music Deadline for submission: 15 September 2019 Topics for investigation could include: • critical schema of time representations which have been previously articulated by composers/analysts (e.g. Stockhausen, Xenakis); • comparison of analytical approaches in their treatment of subjective temporal…
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Teresa Rampazzi is a WoMuTe hero!
I am pleased to announce that in celebration of the last International Women’s Day, TERESA RAMPAZZI has been nominated one of the most prominent technological and musical pioneers. I think my research of these years may have contributed to some extent at least to this important recognition for her work in the early days of Italian Electroacoustic…
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Teresa Rampazzi at the Chalton Gallery, March 1st 2019
‘What time are you performing tonight?’ OPENING: Friday, March 01; 7pm Chalton Gallery, 96 Chalton St, NW1 1HJ, London ‘What time are you performing tonight?’, an axhibition curated by Caterina Gobbi, is dedicated to four composers that have shaped the development of early electronic music in Italy: Teresa Rampazzi, Daniela Casa, Ingrid McIntosh, and Maria Teresa…
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Our paper “Analysis of Sound Design Practices [ASDP]. Research Methodology”
Read here (http://cim.lim.di.unimi.it/2018_CIM_XXII_Atti.pdf) the proceedings of the XXII CIM conference (Federico Fontana and Andrea Gulli eds., organized by the AIMI – Associazione di Informatica Musicale Italiana), with a great diversity of researches that bring much excitement and promise to the field of Electroacoustic Music, Computer Music, Sound Design and Sound Studies. The general theme of…
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Von Francesca Caccini zu Francesca Verunelli. Komponistinnen in Italien
The catalogue of the Festival/Conference «Get Real. Music and Reality» (Philarmonie Luxembourg, 13-25.11.2018) is now online, with my article “Von Francesca Caccini zu Francesca Verunelli. Komponistinnen in Italien”, and other contributions by Tatjana Böhme-Mehner (also curator of this astounding catalogue), Philippe Lalitte, Rebecca Saunders, Sivan Eldar, Corinne Schneider, José L. Besada, Martina Seeber, Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre,…
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“ANALYSIS OF SOUND DESIGN PRACTICES” at the XXII CIM in Udine
With my teammates Nicolas Misdariis, Frank Pecquet, Nicolas Donin, and David Fierro, we will be present at the next conference CIM (XXII Colloquio di Informatica Musicale) in Udine, Italy, from 20 to 23 November. Our talk is titled “Analysis of Sound Design Practices. Research Methodology” Our contribution describes an on-going project started in March 2018…
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e-book: Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study
The digital edition of our book Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study is now available on the main online stores. Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study Edited by Friedemann Sallis, Valentina Bertolani, Jan Burle, Laura Zattra, Routledge, 2018. On Amazon.com and on Routledge.com Contents (340 pages) Introduction (FRIEDEMANN SALLIS, VALENTINA BERTOLANI, JAN BURLE AND LAURA ZATTRA) Part I Composition 1…
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