José Miguel Fernández – Masterclass: Writing electronics and “centralized electronic scores”
In this seminar I will introduce the synchronous programming language andscore follower«Antescofo», developed at IRCAM, together with a real-time composition and interaction system called «AntesCollider».
The first part will be dedicated to an introduction to the Antescofo programming language in the Pd/Max environment.
Next, I will introduce «AntesCollider», a system that combines the Antescofo programming language with the SuperCollider synthesis and processing software.
This integration allows for the dynamic generation of sound processing, analysis and synthesis chains, and enables precise work in writing electronics in real time, facilitating interaction with acoustic instruments and/or other media (video, lights, etc.).
Through this programming language, numerous algorithmic processes for electroacoustic creation are possible, thanks to the implementable control structures and data models.
Furthermore, AntesCollider facilitates the application of different spatial treatments, both in multichannel and in HOA (High Order Ambisonics), thanks to the use of theambitools library, developed in the FAUST language.
This approach offers great flexibility in spatial composition.
During the seminar I will also present some musical examples that use these systems.
May 19 – 20, 2025 10am-1pm and 2-5pm, Room 13, Villa Favard
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José Miguel FernándezHe studied music and composition at the University of Chile and computer science at the LIPM in Buenos Aires. He later graduated in composition at the Conservatorio Nacional Supérieur de Música y Danza in Lyon and followed the Cursus de Composition at Ircam.
His works have been performed at major contemporary music festivals in North and South America, Europe, Oceania and Asia by international soloists and ensembles.
He was selected at the international competition of electroacoustic music in Bourges in 2000, won the international composition competition Grame-EOC in Lyon in 2008 and the Giga Hertz Award in Germany in 2010. In 2014 he was selected by Ircam to follow the composer in artistic residence program on interaction in mixed music and in 2018 for a residency in collaboration with the SAT in Montréal. In 2021 he obtained his doctorate in music (research in composition) at the Sorbonne University/Ircam and is currently pursuing his post-doctoral work within the RepMus team of Ircam in the framework of the REACH project.
The masterclass is part ofSTEMS Electronic Music Reviewof the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Florence. The event, now in its fourth edition, is conceived and promoted by the department ofNew technologies and musical languages – Electronic Musicof the L. Cherubini Conservatory of Florence with the aim of creating projects and productive activities and to enhance and expand the skills of the students of thePolytechnic of Arts and Design. To this end, the festival lives through the continuous relationship between the Electronic Music department with other departments of the Conservatory and other institutions of the Polytechnic.
The festival is realized through masterclasses, workshops, laboratories, concerts and events