bio

Versatile artist, Alberto is active as composer, electroacoustic performer, code artist, programmer, hacktivist, sound engineer and educator. He teaches Electronic Music and Live Electronics at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana of Lugano (CH), and Systems for assisted music composition at the Ricerca Musicale (IRMus) of the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado of Milan (IT).

He is part of the Basemental galaxy.

As a guitarist, he obtained the Diploma and the Master Degree at the Conservatories of Turin and Brescia (IT). At the Polytechnic University of Turin (IT) he graduated in Cinema and Media Engineering. After studying with mathematician and composer Giovanni Albini he obtained the Master of Arts in Composition and Theory and the MAS (Master of Advanced Studies) in Composition at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana of Lugano (CH), studying with Nadir Vassena, Giovanni Verrando and Sylviane Sapir, among others.

He worked with several contemporary music ensembles including the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble - MCME (RUS), the Eutopia Ensemble (IT), the Filarmonica del Regio di Torino (IT), the Ensemble Recherche (D), and he participated in international festivals such as La Biennale Musica di Venezia (IT), Electric Spring (UK), ARS ELECTRONICA Garden Lugano (CH), MA/IN Festival (IT), ElectroPark Festival (IT), Nachtstrom (CH), Art Test Fest (IT), Zed Festival (IT), Paco Urondo (ARG), Lugano Musica (CH), Lugano In Scena (CH), FIT Festival (CH), TARA Festival (ARG), Maggio Elettrico (IT), AFEKT (ET), Teatri di Vetro (IT), Festival Aperto (IT), Seeyousound (IT), EstOvest Festival (IT), Festival COMA (ES).

He is the winner of the Werkjahr2017 of the Christoph Delz Foundation of Basel (CH), with a research project about the interaction between orchestral instruments and electronic devices, with which he created the show Invisible Through Bach, a concert-installation for resonant motorized metal plates, cello, live electronics and visual art. He is constantly supported by institutions and production agencies in Switzerland and Italy (Pro Helvetia, SIS, SIAE, Fondazione San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, Regione Piemonte, etc.).

From 2019 he collaborates with digital visual artist Rajan Craveri, both in the creation of multimedia shows and in the design and development of multimedia softwares. From 2022 he performs in duo with saxophonist Bera Romairone with the project Oratorio Virtuale and QORA!. Together they are working on the hacktivist project erro. .

He is the executive Producer of the Association for contemporary music OGGIMUSICA and Producer and artistic Director of the Festival MMC (Meet Music Code).

Alongside his artistic activity he develops applications and softwares for music creation, education and performance (tiascolto, EARME, Ormè, SOLO, FRAMES, addesso).

In his creations he combines acoustic instruments, electronic devices, digital art, programming and critical thinking.

teaching

Electronic music and programming (Max/MSP)

from 2018, for the Master of Arts in Composition and Theory at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana

Computer Music (Max/MSP)

from 2022, for the student of the Master Courses at the Ricerca Musicale (IRMus) of the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado

Live electronics

from 2018, for the student of the Master Courses at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana

Music technology

from 2017 to 2024, for the student of the Master Courses at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana

Music technology and actual music

from 2017 to 2021, for the Double Master CSI-DFA at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana

Acoustics

from 2022 to 2024, for the student of the Bachelor Courses at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana

Workshops

Constantly he holds workshops on Electronic Music, Live Electronics, Javascript Web Audio API, Audio-Video Interaction with Max/MSP/Jitter, Sound Spatialization.

e-mail

mail@albertobarberis.it
alberto.barberis@conservatorio.ch