Rolf´s Infotalk 11 – “The World of Giorgio Sancristoforo parts 1+2”

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

dreaming of a future modular synthesizer design

the birth of electronic music reproduced in software: Berna 3

mass market tools force you to think in a certain direction

producing non-electronic music and a new album

the use of particle detectors in music production

about doing a lot of different things and about time tables

about social media

has using affordable musical instruments replaced listening to music?

next projects and a coming book