This research integrates methods from social neuroscience and participatory sense-making to explore interdisciplinary approaches in contemporary Western Art Music composition and performance. Central to this investigation is the Sonified MirrorGame, a joint improvisational task developed within the European socSMCs project to examine social interaction dynamics through the lense of sensory-motor contingencies. The sonification and game play guiding the experimental design was heavily influenced by the author artistic practice, underscoring the reciprocal and dialogical nature of this collaboration. By analyzing coordinated movement under various sensory feedback modalities, the experiment provided insights into how real-time motor interaction shapes shared experience and social cohesion. Different aspects of the Sonified MirrorGame experiment were subsequently adapted into artistic creative processes through choreographic-musical scores, involving musicians, actors, and dancers. This reciprocal flow between scientific inquiry and artistic research exemplifies resonance as an interplay across disciplines, aiming at fostering growth and informing adapted methods in both fields.
Pedro González Fernández
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC)
Pedro González is a Spanish violinist, composer, and researcher specialized in intermedia art projects. His compositions have been performed at festivals such as the Internationales Musikfest Hamburg, ICMC, Centre National de Création Musicale, Musica Festival, and Klangwerkstatt in Berlin. In March 2021, Pedro was appointed Professor for Contemporary Music at ESMUC in Barcelona. In 2023, he was the recipient of a Fulbright visiting scholar grant at CCRMA, Stanford University. He also gives seminars on multimedia at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and works as a freelance composer and violinist.