Michele Zaccagnini: the 'Adorno Rule'

Michele Zaccagnini studied clarinet at the Conservatorio
Santa Cecilia in Rome, graduated cum laude with a bachelor in
Economics at Universita’ La Sapienza in Rome. At Brandeis
University in Waltham, Massachusetts he graduated with a Ph.D. in
Music Composition and Theory where he studied with Martin Boykan,
Yu-Hui Chang and Eric Chasalow.


Michele’s main area of theoretical research focuses on
Algorithmic Composition; he published a paper about Aldo Clementi
compositional process in Perspectives of New Music, a description
of one of his own compositional processes in The OM Composer’s
Book n.3 (published by Ircam) and a paper about the Nonlinear
Sequencer for the SEAMUS Conference in 2020 which is also
available as a tool package in MaxMsp’s Package Manager. His
research on  has been presented at University of Plymouth
within the First International Workshop of Brain Computer Music
Interface, at the Ircam Forum Conference in Sao Paulo, at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Michigan
Technological University within the 29th International Conference
on Auditory Display.


Michele’s creative work consists of both music and audiovisuals
implemented with idiosyncratic algorithmic techniques that are
aimed at exploring static, non-narrative music. His music has
been performed in the US, Italy and Germany by ensembles such as
the Radnofski Saxophone Quartet, ICE (International Contemporary
Ensemble), Dedalo Ensemble and L’Arsenale Ensemble. More recently
his work exists mainly on YouTube where he regularly posts new
audiovisual works and tutorials about audiovisual
composition.

More about Michele ZaccagniniMichele’s
YouTube channel
Michele on Twitter: @michele_zacca


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