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COMPOSING with PIEZO (2022)

daniela fantechi

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"Composing with piezo" is the title of my doctoral research which concerns the composition of instrumental music implemented with a specific use of piezoelectric microphones. During the research process, I explored a peculiar use of this technology not only to disclose and amplify the instrumental sound but also to produce otherwise unheard sounds, through a reinterpretation of some instrumental gestures, such as glissando, tapping, scraping, etc, produced by playing with the microphone directly on the instrument. Mainly because of the non-linear quality of unprocessed piezoelectric microphones, which thus present limits and different degrees of controllability and predictability - their introduction in my compositional work changed the relationships with the instrumental sound matter, bringing to question different aspects of my compositional approach. Therefore, during the whole research process, I looked for frameworks, theories, and examples, to understand and bring focus to my evolving compositional practice.
typeresearch exposition
keywordscontemporary music, experimentation, piezo, composition, practice-based research, Cultural material
date01/07/2022
published06/07/2022
last modified06/07/2022
statuspublished
share statusprivate
affiliationOrpheus Instituut (Ghent) - University of Antwerp - Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp
copyrightDaniela Fantechi
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1441327/1441328
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/rc.1441327
published inResearch Catalogue


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