Radial String Chimes Instrument

 

Video from a 15 minutes Improvise Live Set by Álvaro Barbosa at Galerija Kapelica in Ljubljana, Slovenia during EARZOM Festival 2010:

The Sound performance included Real time Processing of sound Generated by the Radial String Chimes Instrument and generative sound sequences manipulated from an IPad and an Ipod Touch.

Most of the IPad patches were performed with the Software ReactTable Mobile (released 3 days before this Performance on October 5 - 2010)

 

Álvaro Barbosa (Angola 1970) is a full time professor and researcher at the Oporto's Portuguese Catholic University School of the Arts (UCP), the Portuguese leading research and educational institution in the field of Science and Technology applied to the Arts. He holds a PhD degree in Computer Science and Digital Communication from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain and a Graduate Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Aveiro University in Portugal. His activity is mainly on the field of Music Technology, in which he worked for five years as a resident researcher at the Barcelona Music Technology Group (MTG) under the advisement of Xavier Serra and Sergi Jordà. His recent research has mostly been developed at the UCP's Research Center for Science and Technology of the Arts (CITAR) and is focused on the study and development of experimental Network Music Systems, as well as in Interactive Sound-Design. He has also developed several artistic projects with special emphasis in Music Composition, Design of Interactive Installations and Animation Film Direction. His work as a researcher and an Artist has been extensively published internationally. Presently He is undertaking a Visiting Scholar Research Internship at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) from Stanford University.
 
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