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Sounds of the Future

Experiments with sound and coding are at the core of my practice as a composer, as well as in research and teaching. But why experiment with sounds at all, and why on the basis of computer programs?

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Daniel Mayer
PublishedJanuary 24, 2024
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Daniel Mayer

Daniel Mayer's music has been performed at international festivals for electronic and contemporary music and was awarded the Giga-Hertz Prize 2007 at the ZKM Karlsruhe. He studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Graz and composition with Gerd Kühr at the KUG. Postgraduate studies at the Basel Music Academy with Hanspeter Kyburz. Since 2011 working at the Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics Graz (IEM). In the winter semester 2022/23 he was Edgard Varèse Visiting Professor at the TU Berlin. 2023 Habilitation in Computer Music and Sound Art.

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