CURRICULUM VITAE
Family name: ANDREATTA First name: Moreno Citizenship:
Italian
Date and place of birth: 28.04.1971 Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
Address in Italy: Via Vitt. da Feltre, n°20, I-38043,
Piazze di Bedollo (Trento)
Address in France: 130, Rue Amelot, 75011 Paris - Ph.:
+33 (0)1 43574709
Professional address: IRCAM, 1 Place I. Stravinsky,
75004 Paris - Ph: +33 (0)1 44 78 16 49
E-mail: Moreno.Andreatta@ircam.fr
Present position: Coordinator of the maths/music activities
inside of the Music Representation Team, IRCAM (Institut de Recherche
et Coordination Acoustique/Musique)-CNRS UMR 9912 and teacher
on twentieth-century music theory, formalization and analysis
inside of the PhD program "History, Music, Society"
co-organized by Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS),
IRCAM, Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Conservatory of
Paris (CNSMDP).
Musical and scientific studies:
- Sept.1985/July 1990: Liceo Scientifico " G. Galilei
", Trento.
- Nov.1990/May 1996: Collegio Ghislieri, Pavia.
Faculty of Mathematics
- Dec.1993/June 1995: Composition and Conducting (with
M° Francesco Valdambrini)
- Nov.1994/May 1995: Electronic music (with Prof.
Goffredo Haus).
- June 1996: Summer Academy at IRCAM.
- Julyt 1996: Masterclass in composition (with Alessandro
Solbiati) and improvisation with Martial Solal at Centre Acanthes
(Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon)
- Oct.1996/June 1997: Visiting Student
at the University of Sussex (Brighton). Composition classes (with
Julian Johnson and David York), XIXth and XXth
century Esthetics and Sociology of Music (with Prof. David Osmond-Smith)
and advanced mathematics (with Prof. Roger Fenn).
- Nov.1997/June 1998: composition (with Alessandro
Solbiati) and Electronic Music (with Prof. Alvise Vidolin) at
the Civica Scuola di Musica of Milano.
- Oct.1998/Juin 1999: DEA (Master Program) in
twentieth-century music and musicology (EHESS, IRCAM).
- Oct.2000/June 2001: DEA on Algebraic Methods,
University of Paris VI (auditeur libre).
- 21-24 June 2003: Intensive course on transformational
music theory (Mannes Institute, New York). With a financial support
of CNRS UMR 9912.
- Oct.1999/Dec. 2003: PhD Program in twentieth-century
music and musicology (EHESS, IRCAM, ENS, CNSMDP).
Diploma:
- July 1990: "Maturità scientifica",
Liceo Scientifico " G. Galilei ", Trento. Results:
60/60.
- May 1996 : Laurea in Mathematics at the
University of Pavia with a dissertation on algebraic methods
applied to music. Results: 110/110.
- Sept.1998: Piano Diploma at the Conservatory
of Novara, Italy.
- June 1999: DEA in twentieth-century music and musicology
("The mathematical music theory of Guerino Mazzola and the
rhythmic canons", supervised by Hugues Dufourt and Marc
Chemillier). Results: "très bien".
- December 2003: PhD in computational musicology ("Algebraic
methods in twentieth-century music and musicology: theoretical,
analytical and compositional aspects", supervised by Alain
Poirier). Results: "mention très honorable et félicitations
du jury".
Scholarships and awards:
- Summer 1995: Scholarship at St. Johns College
(Cambridge) and Category Theory Classes.
- July 1995: " O. Giulotto " Piano
Competition Award and concert given at the Festival Pavia
Musica 1995.
- Year 1998-1999: Three-month Scholarship of the French
Government and nine-month Scholarship Maria Rossi of the
Collegio Ghislieri of Pavia.
- Year 1999-2000: Scholarship of University of Padova
(Italy).
- Year 2000-2001: " Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet "
Foundation Award (European Scholarship for researches on mathematics
and music).
Research and teaching positions. Organization of International
Colloquia
- Since 1999: Researcher in the field of relationships
between music and mathematics inside of the Music Representation
Team IRCAM-CNRS UMR 9912 (temporary contracts).
- From 2001 to the present: Co-organization and coordination
of the IRCAM MaMuX Seminars (Mathematics/Music and relationship
to other fields): http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/mamux/
- Year 2002-2003: Teacher of the course "New theories,
formalization and analysis I and II", as part of the PhD
program "Music, History, Society" .
- Co-chair and coordinator of the International Colloquium
Around Set Theory, Ircam, 15-16 October 2003. In
collaboration with the French Society of Music Analysis and the
Conservatory of Paris: http://resonances.ircam.fr/
- Year 2003-2004: Teacher of the course "New theories,
formalization and analysis I and II", as part of the PhD
program "Music, History, Society". http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/MHS/programme.html
Presentations and invited talks:
- "Armonie matemusicali: canoni non canonici e sonorità
frattali", Collegio Ghislieri, Pavia, June 1996
- "Nastri, Orologi e Ciambelle: dalle scale musicali alle
matematiche di Iannis Xenakis", Conservatory of Cuneo,
March 1997.
- "La théorie mathématique de la musique
et le modèle algébrique des canons rythmiques",
Mathematics/Music day, IRCAM, May 1999 (organised by Gérard
Assayag and Marc Chemillier).
- "Génération de canons rythmiques musicaux
à laide de contraintes", Seminar AFPLC,
Jussieu, November 1999 (in collaboration with Carlos Agon, computer-scientist).
- "The Minkowski-Hajós problem as a mathemusical
problem", invited talk at CERFIM (Research Center
for Mathematics and Physics), Locarno, Switzerland.
- "The Minkowski/Hajós Problem and the Rhythmic
Musical Canons", invited talk at CELC (Centro de Estruturas
Lineares e Combinatórias), University of Lisbon, May 2000.
- Journée détude autour du compositeur
roumain Anatol Vieru. Organization and talk as a special
session of the MaMuPhi Seminar "Mathematics, Music and Philosophy",
IRCAM, 2 December 2000.
- "Méthodes algébriques en musique: aspects
théoriques, compositionnels et analytiques", Seminar
Recherche/Création, IRCAM, May 16th
2001.
- "Musical Experimentswith Canons in OpenMusic",
Second International Seminar on Mathematical Music Theory,
July 22th -29th 2001, Sauen, Germany.
- "Vuza-canons and low-level composition processes",
MaMuX Seminar (Mathematics, Music and relationship to other fields),
session on "Tiling Problems on music", IRCAM, February
2002 (in collaboration with George Bloch, composer).
- "La Set Theory américaine. Parcours introductif
assisté par l'ordinateur", MaMuX Seminar,
session on "American Set Theory and diatonic theories",
IRCAM, March, 2002).
- "De la généralisation comme catégorie
compositionnelle ou lau-delà de la musique symbolique",
MaMuX Seminar, special session on Iannis Xenakis, IRCAM,
April 2002.
- "Modélisation de Nomos Alpha en OpenMusic".
Talk given to the members of the Working group Outils pour
lanalyse (Tools for music analysis), IRCAM, May 2002.
- "Méthodes algébriques en musique : théorie
et implémentations", 17th Meeting of the
International Society of Musicology, Leuven, August 2002.
- "A Trinity of Composers: Milton Babbitt, Anatol Vieru,
and Iannis Xenakis", Third International Seminar on Mathematical
Music Theory, Zurich, Switzerland, Octobre 24th-26th,
2002.
- "Mathemusique. Y a-t-il un lien secret entre les mathématiques
et la musique?", Invited Talk-Workshop organised by the
Club CNRS Sciences et Citoyens of Bobigny, January 21th, 2003.
- "Mathemusique, an introductory seminar to algebraic
methods in music and musicology", Maison des Jeunes et de
la Culture Daniel André, Drancy, Juillet 21th-25th,
2003.
- "The basic principles of Set Theory: an introduction",
International Colloquium Around Set Theory, IRCAM, October
15th 2003, IRCAM (with Stephan Schaub)
- "State of the art of Analysis tools", Music Analysis
Tools Day, Festival Resonances, G. Pompidou Center, October 16th
(with Gérard Assayag)
- "Mathémusique: Evolution de la théorie
musicale et de la composition en rapport avec les mathématiques",
Tremblay-en-France, Sciences en Fête, Octobre 18th
2003.
- "Outils informatiques pour la classification et la notation
des structures micro-intervalliques", MaMuX Seminar, session
on Micro-tonality and modal systematics, IRCAM, November 8th,
2003 (avec Carlos Agon).
- "Applying Denotator Theory to the Case of Klumpenhouwer
and Related Transformational Networks", MaMuX Seminar, session
on Formalization and Representation of Musical Structures, IRCAM,
December 13th, 2003 (with Guerino Mazzola).
- "A Computer-aided exploration of the transformational
process in Xenakis Nomos Alpha", invited talk
from the American Mathematical Society, AMS and MAA Joint-Meeting,
Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis,
Phoenix, AZ (USA), January 7th-10th, 2004.
Unpublished papers:
- Gruppi di Hajós, Canoni e Composizioni, Tesi
di laurea, University of Pavia, 1996.
- Formalizing musical structure: from Information to Group
Theory, Dissertation in Aesthetics and Sociology of Music,
University of Sussex, 1997.
- Group-theoretical methods applied to music, Independent
Study Dissertation, University of Sussex, 1997.
- La Théorie Mathématique de la musique de
Guerino Mazzola et les canons rythmiques, DEA Dissertation,
EHESS-IRCAM, 1999.
- Méthodes algébriques dans la musique et
musicologie du XXème siècle: aspects théoriques,
analytiques et compositionnels, PhD, EHESS/IRCAM, 2003.
Review Board Publications
- " Nastri, Orologi e Ciambelle : spunti per
riflessioni matemusicali ", Il Monocordo, Vol.2,
January 1997, pp.5-32.
- " Logica simbolica, teoria dei gruppi e crivelli
musicali nel pensiero di Iannis Xenakis : un punto di vista "
(1a parte), Il Monocordo, Vol. 3/4, May-September
1997, pp. 3-14.
- " Logica simbolica, teoria dei gruppi e crivelli
musicali nel pensiero di Iannis Xenakis : un punto di vista "
(2a parte), Il Monocordo, Vol. 5, May 1998,
pp. 3-30.
- " Elementi di teoria matematica della musica e
problema della classificazione di canoni regolari complementari
di categoria massimale ", Il Monocordo, Vol.
6/7, 1999.
- " On some properties of periodic sequences in Anatol
Vieru's modal theory " (with Dan Tudor Vuza), Tatra
Mountains Mathematical Publications, Vol. 23, 2001, pp. 1-15.
- " Une introduction à la Set Theory: les
concepts à la base des théories dAllen Forte
et de David Lewin " (with Stephan Schaub), Musurgia,
Vol.X/1, 2003, pp.73-92.
- "Formal aspects of Iannis Xenakis Symbolic Music:
a computer-aided exploration of some compositional processes",
Journal of New Music Research (Special Issue on Iannis
Xenakis), forthcoming.
Chapters of books:
- " Group-theoretic methods in compositions and theory ",
in G. Mazzola: Topos of Music, Birkhäuser Verlag,
2002.
- "Note su alcune tendenze compositive contemporanee",
in R. Cresti (éd.), Larte Innocente. Le vie eccentrice
della musica contemporanea italiana, Ruggimenti, Gennaio
2004.
- " Anatol Vieru : formalisation algébrique
et enjeux esthétiques " (with Costin Cazaban,
Carlos Agon and Dan T. Vuza). To be published in Musique et
Mathématique (Ircam/Harmattan). Draft version online:
http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/RMPapers/
- " On group-theoretical methods applied to music:
some compositional and implementational aspects ",
à paraître dans G. Mazzola et T. Noll (éd.),
Perspectives in Mathematical Music Theory, EpOs, Université
dOsnabrück.
Review Board Conference Proceedings
- "OpenMusic et le problème de la construction
de canons musicaux rythmiques " (with Carlos Agon and
Marc Chemillier), Actes des sixièmes Journées
dInformatique Musicale, Paris 1999, pp. 179-185.
- " The Geometrical Groove: rhythmic canons between
Theory, Implementation and Musical Experiments " (with
Thomas Noll, Carlos Agon, Gérard Assayag and Dan Tudor
Vuza), Actes des Journées dInformatique Musicale,
Bourges, 2001, pp. 93-98. Online: http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/RMPapers/
- "Analyse et implémentation de certaines techniques
compositionnelles chez Anatol Vieru " (with Carlos
Agon and Dan Tudor Vuza), Actes des Journées dInformatique
Musicale, Marseille, 2002, pp. 167-176. Online: http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/RMPapers/
- " Tiling problems in music composition: Theory
and Implementation ", Proceedings ICMC 2002, 156-163.
- " Formalisation algébrique des structures
musicales à l'aide de la Set-Theory : aspects théoriques
et analytiques " (with Carlos Agon), Actes des Journées
dInformatique Musicale, Montbeliard, 2003.
- " Implementing algebraic methods in OpenMusic ",
Proceedings ICMC, Singapore, 2003.
Reviews of books:
- Luigi Verdi: Organizzazione delle altezze nello spazio
sonoro temperato (Ensemble 900, Treviso 1998, pp. 382),
Analisi, Ricordi, N. 34, January 2001, 28-31. A
French different Version has been published in Musurgia Vol.
VIII n.3-4, 2001, pp. 147-150.
- Pozzi Escot: The Poetics of simple mathematics in music
(Publication Contact International, 24 Avon Hill, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 1999, pp.124), Spectrum, Rivista di Analisi
e Pedagogia musicale, Curci, Vol 2/3, May/September 2002,
pp.68-71.
Translations:
- Milton Babbitt: " Invarianti dodecafonici come
determinanti compositivi ", dans Il Monocordo, Vol.
5, 1998, pp. 20-30 (Orig. in english : " Twelve-Tone
Invariants as Compositional Determinants ", The
Musical Quarterly, Vol. XLVI, 1960, pp. 246-259).
- François Nicolas: " Questions of Logic:
Writing, Dialectics and Musical Strategies ", in Gérard
Assayag et al. (editors), Mathematics and Music. A Diderot
Mathematical Forum, Springer Verlag, 2002, pp.89-111 (Orig.
in French).