Dijous 21 de juny del 2007 12:00 Aula 350, ESMUC Seminari de Sonologia

Leon Theremin (1896-1993); Overview of main inventions; Invention of the
theremin - first commercialy available electronic musical instrument
(1919-1920); Music and Gesture: invention of the terpsitone (1932);
Operating principles of theremin and terpsitone; Body movement and
gestural control over sound; Leon Theremin's eavesdropping systems and
the art of vibrations (since 1945); Theremin-sensors - most recent
applications of Leon Theremin's inventions Operating principles and
practical applications.
+ Practical demonstration of the theremin-sensors.

Andrey Smirnov (1956) is an independent researcher and developer of
electronic music techniques, with a particular interest in design and
development of both hardware and software sensor technology with complex
relationships between the performer's actions and the interpretation of
this information in non-linear methods using custom software. He is an
interdisciplinary artist, composer, performer, instrument builder,
programmer, author, curator, educator. He is a founder and director of
the Theremin Center for Electroacoustic Music at Moscow State
Conservatory, member of Russian Association for Electroacoustic Music,
member of Electronic Music Foundation Advisory Council, director and
founder of Altermedium International Festival for Electroacoustic Music,
Moscow, founder and artistic director of Moscow Laptop Cyber Orchestra.
Since 1976 he is conducting independent research and developments of
electronic music techniques, gestural interfaces, hardware and software
sensor technology with particular interest in non-linear methods of
interpretation using custom hardware and software.

And don't forget about this practical workshop on the subject:
http://www.aa-vv.org/?av_0201=WORKSHOPS