COMPOSING WITH PHYSICAL MODELS. TOOLS, PRACTICES, AND LANGUAGES OF THE VIRTUAL.

The book thoroughly addresses one of the most fascinating and innovative areas of music research in recent decades: sound synthesis through physical models. In over fifty years of experimentation, this technology has provided composers with a constantly evolving “digital lutherie,” opening up new scenarios for musical creation and performance.

The work of Andreuccetti stands out for a careful survey of the main modeling techniques, accompanied by a critical reflection on the compositional practices that have emerged from them. The aim is to explore the relationship between virtual gesture and compositional process, highlighting how abstraction and realism can represent the extreme poles of a new expressive space defined by a “physical thought” of sound.

Through the analysis of significant works – including those of Michelangelo Lupone, Juraj Kojs, and Mauro Lanza – the volume contributes to restoring the complexity and richness of a suspended sound universe between scientific rigor and creative freedom, between technical languages and poetic tensions. This is a valuable text not only for scholars and composers but also for anyone interested in the intersections between art, science, and new technologies applied to music.

Nicoletta Andreuccetti, the author of the volume, is a reference figure in the contemporary electroacoustic music scene. A composer and professor of Electroacoustic Music Composition at the “Bruno Maderna” Conservatory in Cesena, she has directed her research towards a continuous exploration of the performance’s intermediate spaces, integrating acoustic instruments, live electronics, fixed media, sound spatialization, and audiovisual languages. She studied piano, composition, and electronic music with Ivan Fedele, perfecting herself with prominent figures such as Hugues Dufourt, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Helmut Lachenmann. She obtained a doctorate in musicology from the Universities of Tours and Pavia with a thesis dedicated precisely to physical model synthesis.

Numerous awards have been obtained throughout her career: among others, the first prize at the International Electroacoustic Music Competition Musica Nova in Prague (2009), the first prize at the Utrecht Dutch Harp Composition Contest (2012), and important commissions from the Venice Biennale, New York University, and international reference festivals. Her works have been performed all over the world, from Vancouver to Tokyo, from Milan to Mexico City, and presented at events such as ISCM World New Music Days, ICMC, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Bienal de Fin del Mundo, Festival Nuova Consonanza, Expo 2015, and many others.

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