Fernando Iazzetta: Musica Practica: the role of technology in music experience

FERNANDO IAZZETTA teaches Electroacoustic Music at the Music Department of the University of São Paulo where he coordinates the Laboratório de Acústica Musical e Informática (LAMI).

ABSTRACT:
Professor Iazzetta will present some of his theoretical ideas as well as samples from his recent multimedia works.

About Fernando Iazzetta:
Fernando Iazzetta teaches Electroacoustic Music at the Music Department of the University of São Paulo where he coordinates the Laboratório de Acústica Musical e Informática (LAMI). He is also a Research Associate at the Graduate Program on Communication and Semiotics at PUC-SP. He holds a Percussion degree from the Institute of Arts of the Sao Paulo State University and a Doctoral degree in Communication and Semiotics from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo with a thesis entitled "Sons de Silício: Corpos e Máquinas Fazendo Música" (Silicon Sounds: Bodies and Machines Making Music). As a composer he has written for different instrumental ensembles as well as for electronic media. His research is directed towards the study of new forms of music technology and music interaction. During 1994-95 he visited the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) at the University of California, Berkeley where he developed a research project which studied interactive music systems. He is the author of the book Música: Processo e Dinâmica (AnnaBlume, 1993) and a number of articles about music.
CIRMMT/MTAC Lecture Series

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