- Carl Faia
Carl Faia (born 1962 at
Tinker Air Force Base inOklahoma ) is an Americancomposer and liveelectronics designer.Faia studied composition at the
University of California, Santa Barbara ,Florida State University and the Royal Academy of Music inDenmark on aFulbright grant. Some of his past teachers includeEdward Applebaum ,Peter Racine Fricker ,Per Nørgård and Karl Aage Rasmussen. Later, he participated in masterclasses withTristan Murail ,Philippe Manoury andHarrison Birtwistle .Since 1995 he has been active as a live electronics designer working at
IRCAM inParis , at the CIRM inNice where he has also been studio manager and a freelancer. He has collaborated with numerous composers including James Dillon,Jonathan Harvey ,Harrison Birtwistle , Fausto Romitelli, Luca Francesconi,Alejandro Viñao , Philippe Leroux, as well as, the National Jazz Orchestra of France. He has collaborated with artists to present new works with computer electronics in various festivals throughout Europe including Ars Musica (Brussels ),Holland Festival (Amsterdam ), Musica (Strasbourg ), Agora (Paris ), Gaida (Vilnius ), MaerzMusik (Berlin ),Lille 2004 as well as theCasa da Musica (Porto ) etLille 2004 and Queen Elizabeth Hall (London ).He has worked regularly with Studio
Art Zoyd (France) and theForum Neues Musiktheater derStaatsoper Stuttgart (Germany ) as a live electronics designer with invited composers for music theatre, opera, concerts and multimedia projects.In 2002, he founded the non-profit association, "Lieu", based in
Nice ,France to promote the creation and diffusion of contemporary music using technology. "Lieu" has realized several projects in the development of new tools for sound creation and has been present in the production of new works using technology.External links
* [http://www.artzoyd.com/ Art Zoyd] (English, French)
* [http://www.synart.org/ Lieu] (English)
* [http://www.vinao.com/ Alejandro Viñao] (English)
* [http://www.opasquet.fr/fnm/files/en_index.html Forum Neues Musiktheater] (English, German)
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