The workshop is articulated as a journey in several stages. A group of performers, musicologists and researchers active in the fields of electroacoustic music, contemporary composition, and sound studies aim to investigate through a dynamic and dialogic methodology the borderscape of electroacoustic improvisation today.
A first moment of discussion was held in Cremona, at the Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage on 16 September 2024.
A final workshop will be held in Cremona from 26-29 March 2025 articulated as four days of musicological and improvisation sessions. The workshop will close with a collective improvisation concert.
For the first time in an academic research context, three of the top performers on the international electroacoustic improvisation and live coding scene – Alexandra Cárdenas (Berlin), Walter Prati (Milan) and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (Lugano) – will engage in a dialogue with musicologists Miriam Akkermann, Giacomo Albert, Pierre Couprie, Simone Faraci, Candida Felici, Francesco Giomi, Leo Izzo, Giovanni Mori, Ludovico Peroni, Sandro Pizzichelli, Ingrid Pustijanac, Luisa Santacesaria and Francesca Scigliuzzo.
A group of young musicians selected through a call for applications is involved in the various sessions, both theoretical and practical: Nicolò Baldi, Gianmarco Canato, Jacopo Greco D’Alceo, Michele Isoni, Matteo Lorito, Leo Magnien, Piero Poli, Matilde Sartori and Dong Zou.
During this workshop, we will explore issues related to improvisation in electroacoustic and digital contexts: the boundaries and points of intersection between composition and improvisation, the collective and social dimension, the role of the body and devices, and the possible creative spaces of artistic expression.
