Events | International Colloquium "TransVariations" Explores Music Beyond the Limits of Time and Technology

Transvariations is an EEA Grants funded research project, coordinated by INET-md researcher Alfonso Benetti addressing innovative technological approaches to problematize artistic creation and interpretation issues in the context of music.

Involving the University of Aveiro (UA/Portugal), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU/Norway), and the Porto Polytechnic Institute (IPP/Portugal), the project aims to promote the creation/recreation of artistic works and the production of new artistic outputs through the use of contemporary languages based on experimentation with technological interfaces; to provide the testing and improvement of new technologies related to artistic creation according to their applicability, pertinence, and functionality; to reshape the idea of expressivity in music through the interaction between creative/performative actions and instrumental feedback; and to disseminate new resources, technological tools, and practical related strategies for artistic creation and interpretation in music.

In the context of the TransVariations project, the Institute of Ethnomusicology - Center for Studies in Music and Dance (INET-md) and the University of Aveiro (Portugal) will host the international colloquium TransVariations_Music Beyond the Limits of Time and Technology – taking place between September 25 (ceremony and opening performance) and 26 (presentation of selected submissions), 2024.

PROGRAM:

September 25, 2024 – CCCI Auditorium (DeCA/University of Aveiro)

6pm: Opening Ceremony

6.30pm: Performance

Alfonso Benetti, Piano

Øyvind Brandtsegg, Live Sound Manipulation

Trond Engum, Live Sound Manipulation

Francisco Monteiro, Piano

Maria Beatriz Oliveira, Guitar and electronics

Rita Torres, Sound diffusion

PROGRAM (TO BE ANOUNCED)

September 26, 2024 – CCCI Auditorium (DeCA/University of Aveiro)

2-2:45pm:

TransVariations_Music Beyond the Limits of Time and Technology: An Overview

Alfonso Benetti – University of Aveiro/INET-md

Øyvind Brandtsegg – Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trond Engum – Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Francisco Monteiro – Polytechnic Institute of Porto/INET-md

3-3:30pm: (Paper 1)

Between Determinacy and Indeterminacy: Structured Improvisation and Non-Conventional Notation Systems

Sergio Kafejian – University of Aveiro/INET-md/FASM

3:30-4pm: (Paper 2)

Re-enactment of Kagel’s Phantasie

Cláudio de Pina – GIMC/CESEM (FCSH/UNL)

4-4:30pm: (Paper 3)

Comparing innovative saxophone notation approaches

Pantelis Lykoudis – UMass Amherst

4:30-5pm: Coffee Break

5-5:30pm: (Paper 4)

Defy Gravity: Dueling with Constraints of Performing in a Bass and Vocal Duo

Fausto Lessa F. Pizzol – University of Aveiro

5:30-6pm: (Paper 5)

The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder for amplified guitar and live electronics: An overview of the piece, its concept and the role of technology

Rita Torres – University of Aveiro/INET-md

6-6:55pm: (Conference-recital)

Musical Transgressions – sound and space in Scelsi’s Tre Pezzi for saxophone

Ângela da Ponte – ESMAE – P. Porto/CESEM

Miriam Aneiros – Conservatório Regional de Música de Vila Real/freelancer

7pm: Closing Ceremony

ENTRY TO THE EVENT IS FREE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE PRIOR REGISTRATION OR PURCHASE OF TICKETS.

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