Under Notams Spatial Audio Meetup den 26.03 får Mariam Gviniashvili besøk av Eric Lyon, Ágnes Máthé, Youngjae Cho og Avenar Banföldi.
Eric Lyon - The 2025 Spatial Audio Tidepool
Eric Lyon will present the 2025 Spatial Audio Tidepool. The Spatial Audio Tidepool is a new workshop for immersive sound and music, providing an introduction to the spaces for this type of work at Virginia Tech.
Eric Lyon is a composer and researcher focusing on digital interventions, post-hierarchies, and the inspiration for performer-based creativity. His signal processing software includes "FFTease" and "LyonPotpourri." He is also the author of "Designing Audio Objects for Max/MSP and Pd," and of "Automated Sound Design."
https://icat.vt.edu/projects/strategic-initiatives/spaat.html
https://icat.vt.edu/studios/mac/the-cube.html
https://disis.music.vt.edu/eric/main/
Ágnes Máthé - Creating distant and approaching movements in audio-spaces
We perceive the movement of sound in space in a complex way. When we regularly hear certain sounds, we learn to associate them with specific objects, and our past experiences guide us to connect these to a way of perceiving space. In electroacoustic music, creating this perception of space is considerably more complicated, as it usually uses sounds that are not so familiar to the listener. In my work, I try to explore these possibilities, focussing on creating distant and close movements in space.
Ágnes Máthé holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Electronic Music Media Art, at the Department of Composition of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, in the class of Dr Andrea Szigetvári. She has composed music for documentary films, dance performances, exhibitions, and in 2023 she won a competition for music for the travelling exhibition Glassification. In 2024 she won silver, with her piece "Interspace", in the Student 3D Audio Production Competition in the composition/computer music category.
Avenar Banföldi: My connection to the world of spatial sound and live improvisation
In his presentation, Banföldi will address issues related to the notation and visualisation of spatial compositions, the relationship between improvisation and immersive sound, as well as the differences between "analogue" spatialisation and Ambisonics.
Avenar holds a bachelor's degree from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in the Electronic Music Media Art department, under the supervision of Dr Andrea Szigetvári. He is currently completing his master's degree in the class of Wolfgang Heiniger at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. His main fields of interest are Spatial Audio and live improvisation. In his work he combines Hungarian folk instruments with self-developed electronic instruments.
https://www.facebook.com/avenar.banfoldi
https://www.instagram.com/avenarb
Youngjae Cho - Approaching spatialization methods according to artistic goals
Each spatialisation technique has its own unique characteristics. By understanding the sonic and spatial characteristics of the work to be expressed, and choosing appropriate techniques accordingly, it becomes possible to realise the work more effectively. For this meetup, Cho would like to discuss this topic through examples of his own work, and share some thoughts that have arisen during the composition process.
Cho's works have been presented at various festivals including DEGEM, ZKM, ICMC, SICMF, NYCEMF, SMC across Germany, France, China, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, USA and Korea. He studied composition in South Korea and with Prof Peter Gahn at the University of Music in Nuremberg. Since 2021, he has been studying electroacoustic composition with Prof Kilian Schwoon at the University of the Arts Bremen.
