ArtistsTalk #11: Sensorium Podcast – Yuri Akbalkan with Prof. Dr. Georg Hajdu

A HOOU podcast of the HfMT Hamburg In this special episode of
ArtistsTalk, composer and artistic researcher Yuri Akbalkan engages
in an in-depth conversation with Prof. Dr. Georg Hajdu — renowned
composer, music theorist, founder of the ligeti zentrum, and
initiator of Germany’s first Multimedia Composition program. The
discussion spans a broad range of topics, including music,
engineering, medicine, artificial intelligence,
interdisciplinarity, and the theoretical and technological
foundations of multimedia art. Professor Hajdu reflects on the
origins and development of the Multimedia Composition program at
HfMT Hamburg, its historical roots in the legacy of György Ligeti,
and the pioneering spirit that continues to shape the department.
He also shares personal stories of working with visionaries such as
Clarence Barlow and John Chowning, and offers insights into the
creative potential of new media, virtual reality, and sensory
exploration beyond the visual and auditory. This podcast is part of
the Sensorium project, a series of online lectures on perceptual
construction in art, hosted by the Hamburg Open Online University
at HfMT Hamburg (HOOU@HfMT). Keywords: multimedia art, multimedia
composition, Georg Hajdu, Yuri Akbalkan, music and technology, art
and science, ligeti zentrum, György Ligeti, Clarence Barlow, John
Chowning, microtonality, Bohlen-Pierce scale, music therapy,
artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, virtual reality
(VR), augmented reality (AR), artistic research, interdisciplinary
art, new media, human perception, sensory modalities, Sensorium,
HOOU, HfMT, UKE, HAW, TUHH, MUTOR.