Rolf´s Infotalk 11 – “The World of Giorgio Sancristoforo part 1”

Musician, scientist, universal artist, creator of music software like “Berna 2”, “Bento”, “Ongaku” and more. Giorgio lets us have a look into his world of art, science and philosophy.

Timeline/Content of part 1:

00:00 introduction

01:50 “crossing borders” or “electronic music needs to find itself again”

08:00 do we need the spirit of the 1950s to go to unexplored territory in electronic music?

15:11 the music software “Ongaku” and “Bento” a whiff of unpredictability

20:24 the machine as a partner in the process of composing: AI

24:48 substituting sample libraries and plug-ins by AI

26:57 the composers contribution to generative music

29:02 the aesthetics of software interfaces

31:36 getting lost in your software instrument

34:41 use your ears to understand your instrument