Dr Julio d'Escriván
GMus, PhD
Reader in Creative Music Technology
Room: Hel 242
Email: Julio.D'Escrivan@anglia.ac.uk
Telephone: 0845 196 2978
International: +44 1223 363271 ext 2978
Reader in Creative Music Technology
Room: Hel 242Email: Julio.D'Escrivan@anglia.ac.uk
Telephone: 0845 196 2978
International: +44 1223 363271 ext 2978
Julio d'Escriván is a composer who uses music technology, both for concert music, and in its applications to film, video and new media. He is at present helping set up the Digital Performance Laboratory as part of the University's Cultures of Digital Economies Research Institute. Between 1991 and 2003 he was a successful writer/producer of music for film and TV for Latin America and the Caribbean region, working on national and international advertising campaigns as well as documentaries and feature films and shorts.
Julio has been twice winner of awards at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition, France, in 1987 and 1989. He has also won awards for his film (Festival de Mérida, 2008) and advertising work (Premios ANDA) in Venezuela as well as mentions in the National Composition prizes there. His music has been performed at numerous music festivals in countries such as The Netherlands (Gaudeamus), Spain (Centro Reina Sofía), The Basque Country (Festival Klem), France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Argentina, Sweden, Mexico, Norway, U.S.A. and Venezuela. His work has been broadcast in America and Europe on stations such as BBC Radio 3, VPRO Amsterdam, Radio Nacional de España, and RAI (Italy) among others.
Julio is keen to supervise research in the areas of:
Julio has been twice winner of awards at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition, France, in 1987 and 1989. He has also won awards for his film (Festival de Mérida, 2008) and advertising work (Premios ANDA) in Venezuela as well as mentions in the National Composition prizes there. His music has been performed at numerous music festivals in countries such as The Netherlands (Gaudeamus), Spain (Centro Reina Sofía), The Basque Country (Festival Klem), France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Argentina, Sweden, Mexico, Norway, U.S.A. and Venezuela. His work has been broadcast in America and Europe on stations such as BBC Radio 3, VPRO Amsterdam, Radio Nacional de España, and RAI (Italy) among others.
Julio is keen to supervise research in the areas of:
- Digital Music Composition, Performance and Interaction, especially for interdisciplinary work.
- Sound and Music for immersive game-like environments
- Sound Design and Music for Film and TV
Publications
Wilson, Scott and d'Escriván, Julio. (forthcoming, 2009) 'Composing with SuperCollider', in The SuperCollider Book, MIT Press.d'Escriván, Julio, (forthcoming, 2009) 'Sound Art (?) in/on Film', Organised Sound, Cambridge University Press.
d'Escriván, Julio, (2008) 'El Asunto de la Descarga Gratuita' in Sonic Ideas/Ideas Sónicas. CMMAS journal, Vol 1, no.1. Mexico.
d'Escriván, Julio (2007) 'Imaginary Listening', EMS07 (Electroacoustic Music Studies Network), EMS07 Online Proceedings.
Collins, N. and d'Escriván, J., 2007. The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
d'Escriván, J., 2007. 'Electronic Music and the Moving Image' in Collins, N. And d'Escriván, J., eds. The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ch. 9.
d'Escriván, J., 2006. 'To sing the body electric: Instruments and effort in the performance of electronic music'. Contemporary Music Review. Volume 25, Issue 1&2, 2006 , pp 183 - 191
d'Escriván, J., 1989. 'Reflections on the poetics of time in electroacoustic music'. Contemporary Music Review. Volume 3, Number 1, 1989 , pp. 197-201(5)
Conference Papers
d'Escrivan, Julio & Jackson, Paul (2008) 'Applied Plunderphonia: tagging electronic music with electronic music' at Musique Concréte, 60 ans après. Electroacoustic Music Studies Network, 5th Conference, EMS08, Paris, June 3-7 2008. INA/GRM, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France.d'Escrivan, Julio, & Trutzschler von Falkenstein, Jan (2008) 'Teatracks: A demonstration of an auditory display for a Multitrack sound sequencer' at International Computer Music Coference, Belfast 24-28 August, 2008.
d'Escrivan, Julio (2008) 'Online social networking for learning and teaching Music for Digital Media', at Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, INSPIRE, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, June 2008.
d'Escrivan, Julio (2007) 'Random approaches to plundering useful computer music code in the creation of electroacoustic music', Festival Visiones Sonoras in November 2007, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y Centro Mexicano de Música y Artes Sonoras (CMMAS), Mexico-DF, Mexico.
Discography
Cintas: Anglia Music Publishing (online). http://www.ampublishing.co.uk/Sin Tí Por El Alma Adentro, Eleanor Dawson, flute, in Flight: Exploring flute sonorities 2003; Rossignol Records Dublin
Noronquí, Paul Jackson, piano, Damien Royannais, Saxophone in Noronquí 2004; CD. AMPublishing.org, UK
Salto Mortal in IMEB: 15 Concours Internationale de Musique Eectroacoustique de Bourges, Chant du Monde LDC 278049-50, dist. Harmonia Mundi
Sin Ti por El Alma Adentro in IMEB: 17 Concours Internationale de Musique Eectroacoustique de Bourges, Chant du Monde LDC 278044-45, dist. Harmonia Mundi
Bagatelles du Bongo in Vientos Alisios, Luis Julio Toro, Flute, AIRCD-00293, Caracas.
Retratos de Igor, in Duo Cantabile, Hojas Al Viento, Lyric CD 93052, Caracas.
Soundtrack music in Cien Años de Perdón, con Andy Montañez, Balboa Records, Caracas.
Incierto Insecto, inThe Event Horizon, with Miguel Noya, Luis Paniagua & Nené Quintero, City of Tribes COTCD-018, USA.
Catalogue
Casi Orfeo, a brief digital opera commisioned by KLEM/Bilbao, to be premiered by Iñigo Ibaibarriaga and members of KLEM, at Teatro Recalde, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, in December 2008.Ensayo sobre la bicicleta (essay on the bicycle), 2008. Laptop live compiling with SuperCollider. Premiered by the composer at the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2008) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 2008.
Ensayo sobre la torpeza (essay on clumsiness), 2007. Laptop live compiling with SuperCollider. Premiered at the Festival Visiones Sonoras in Morelia, Mexico, commissioned by the Centro Mexicano para la Musica y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS).
reGoldberg!, 2007, Harpsichord and computer. Written for Dan Tidhar, Harpsichord, and premiered at The SuperCollider Symposium, September 2007, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Carrizos de Porra, 2007, Acousmatic, premiered at the MANTIS festival, Manchester University, Manchester, UK, in March 2007.
Sueño Con Ranitas, Marimba, Sample and video MaxMSP trigger and spatialisation program, 2006. Commissioned (and premiered) by Daniella Ganeva for performance at PASIC, Austin, Texas, November 2006.
Juguete, Marimba, 2006. Commissioned (and premiered) by Daniella Ganeva for performance at PASIC, Austin, Texas, November 2006.
Canción Americana, Marimba, 2006. Commissioned (and premiered) by Daniella Ganeva for performance at PASIC, Austin, Texas, November 2006.
La Revolcón (b), for marimba and piano, 2006. Commissioned (and premiered) by Daniella Ganeva and Paul Jackson for performance at PASIC, Austin, Texas, November 2006.
La Revolcón (a), for two pianos, 2006. written for Paul Jackson and performed by Paul Jackson and Maurice Hodges for the Anglia Ruskin Lunchtime Concert Series.
Tonada Recursiva, 2006, Flute, Harpsichord and laptop. Written for Inge Klaucke and Dan Tidhar, Flute, Harpsichord and Laptop live compiling in SuperCollider, premiered at Kettle?s Yard Art Gallery, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Music, London, in 2006.
Recuerdos del Alambre, 2005, Theorbo and laptop. Written for early music specialist Rubén Riera and premiered by him at Galeria de Arte Nacional Caracas, 25th May 2006.
Concierto Demente, 2005, orchestra and electronics. Commissioned for the Anglia Sinfonia (orchestra) and video game controller soloist (premiered by the composer) at West Road Concert Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK on 19th March 2005.
Noronquí, 2003/4, soprano sax, piano, laptop. Commisioned by Paul Jackson and Damien Royannais and premiered at The Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, November 2003.
Hoketus Creole, 2002, 'carrizo' pan flutes, chamber orchestra and triggered soundfiles. Commissioned by Ensemble Gurrufío and the Camerata Criolla de Caracas, premiered at the XI Festival Latinoamericano de Música, Caracas, Venezuela in November 2002.
Santa Teresa, Sinfonía para gran orquesta y percusión industrial, 1996/97. Commissioned by C.A. Ron Santa Teresa for their bicentenary celebrations and premiered in Caracas, Venezuela at the Teatro Teresa Carreño in 1997.
Sin Medida, for soprano and tape,1990. Written for and Premiered by Lore Lixenberg at Het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (later recorded for both VPRO Netherlands and BBC).
Salto Mortal, Acousmatic 1989. premiered at the Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam.
Son del Seis, 1988, for chamber ensemble, premiered by Agustín Fernandez and City Lights at the Bolívar Hall, London.
Sin Ti Por El Alma Adentro, for Flute and Tape, 1987. Written for and premiered by Nancy Rueffer at the Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam.
Tres Retratos de Igor, for Violin and Piano, 1985. premiered at the West Road Concert Hall, University of Cambridge by Phanos Dymiotis (violin) and Paul Mottram (piano).
Al Filo de las Distancias, for orchestra, 1985. Premiered by the City University orchestra as part of the Society for the Promotion of New Music orchestral workshop at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, February 12th, 1989.
Film Music
El Tinte de la Fama (live action feature film), Dir. Alejandro Bellame, Cenac, Venezuela, 2008.Wrecked (short live action film), Dir. Oscar Foreshaw-Swift, Spark In the Dark Productions, 2007
Buried (short live action film), Dir. Oscar Foreshaw-Swift, Arts Picturehouse, (Cambridge) First Light Project. 2006
Golpes a mi puerta, (live action feature film) Dir. Alejandro Saderman, TNT/Germany, Venezuela, 1994.
Cien Años de Perdón, (live action feature film) Dir. Alejandro Saderman, Cenac/Channel 4(UK), Cuba/Venezuela, 1994.
Rosa, Un Delirio. (short live action film) Dir Carlos Villegas, Venezuela, 2002.
Balloon, Dir Ken Lidster, NSFT, United Kingdom, 1991.
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