In the late sixties, Iannis Xenakis began his research on stochastic synthesis, a kind of microsound synthesis that employs probability distributions to manipulate individual digital samples as if they were elementary and indivisible particles (a digital sample usually lasts 1/44100 seconds). This type of non-standard synthesis aims to produce strong and complex sounds and reflects a desire to explore sound generation possibilities that are exclusive to computers. For eight years I have been working on the development of these synthesis techniques with the help of SuperCollider.
Sergio Luque is a composer of classical and electroacoustic music. He is currently completing a PhD in Composition with Jonty Harrison and Scott Wilson at the University of Birmingham. His main research line is the study and development of Iannis Xenakis’s stochastic synthesis techniques. In 2004, he received a Master’s Degree in Composition from the Conservatory of Rotterdam, studying with Klaas de Vries and René Uijlenhoet and, in 2006, a Master’s Degree with distinction in Sonology from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, studying with Paul Berg and Kees Tazelaar. His music has been performed in Europe, the Americas and Australia. He is an active member of the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST).
Monday 19.12.2011, 18:00h
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC), room 349. Building l’Auditori.
Free admission.
Xenakis and Stochastic Synthesis
In the late sixties, Iannis Xenakis began his research on stochastic synthesis, a kind of microsound synthesis that employs probability distributions to manipulate individual digital samples as if they were elementary and indivisible particles (a digital sample usually lasts 1/44100 seconds). This type of non-standard synthesis aims to produce strong and complex sounds and reflects a desire to explore sound generation possibilities that are exclusive to computers. For eight years I have been working on the development of these synthesis techniques with the help of SuperCollider.
Sergio Luque is a composer of classical and electroacoustic music. He is currently completing a PhD in Composition with Jonty Harrison and Scott Wilson at the University of Birmingham. His main research line is the study and development of Iannis Xenakis’s stochastic synthesis techniques. In 2004, he received a Master’s Degree in Composition from the Conservatory of Rotterdam, studying with Klaas de Vries and René Uijlenhoet and, in 2006, a Master’s Degree with distinction in Sonology from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, studying with Paul Berg and Kees Tazelaar. His music has been performed in Europe, the Americas and Australia. He is an active member of the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST).
Monday 19.12.2011, 18:00h
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC), room 349. Building l’Auditori.
Free admission.