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Our guest at Soundologia, Alba Triana, is examining the acoustical property of a violin.

Episode 03: Creating a Sound Sculpture with Composer Alba Triana

In this episode, composer and multimedia artist Alba Triana takes us on a journey into her world of sound sculpture. Alba explains how she pushes the boundaries of sound and nature by creating vibrational objects and resonating spaces.

About Alba Triana

Alba Triana’s artistic practice focuses on exploring the inherent intelligence of nature. Her artworks—including sound and light sculptures, vibrational objects, and resonating spaces—are hybrid and cross the boundaries of diverse fields. Artburst Magazine describes her as a “sound sculptor explor[ing] the interface between natural science and music… she combines rigor and poetic finesse.”

After earning her Bachelor’s degree at Javeriana University (Colombia) and achieving Academic Excellence and Merits, Triana became a Fulbright scholar. Next, she obtained a double emphasis Master’s degree in Composition and New and Integrated Media at California Institute of the Arts. Finally, she pursued Ph.D. studies at the University of California, San Diego, for Music Composition.

Triana’s work has been featured internationally in the US, France, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Moldova, and so on. She received the 2023 Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Award (Iberoamerica), the Civitella Foundation Fellowship (Italy/US), South Arts State Fellowship (U.S.), and was the winner of awards in Colombia, such as IDCT National Composition Contest, National Electroacoustic Music Contest, “Otto de Greiff” National Contest, and French Alliance Best Exhibition of the Year Award. She has obtained commissions, residences, and grants from Kronos Quartet, Pro Helvetia (Switzerland), American Composers Forum, Oolite Arts (U.S.), GMEB (France), and the Ministry of Culture (Colombia).

To find out more about Alba Triana

https://www.albatriana.com

Alba’s books recommendation to our listeners

El eco está en todas partes by Manuel Rocha Iturbide

Sound Art: Sound as a Medium for Art by Peter Weibel

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Pedja Kovačević
Pedja Kovačević

Pedja Kovačević is a Serbian-born musicologist, curator, and music producer, and the founder of Soundologia — a curatorial platform, record label, podcast, and festival dedicated to contemporary and experimental music. He moved to the United States in 2018 and holds degrees in musicology from the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, and in Music Management and Production from Florida International University’s School of Music.

As curator and executive producer of the Soundologia Anthology series, Pedja has commissioned, produced, and released three volumes documenting the work of South Florida’s contemporary composers and sound artists, presented in connection with the Soundologia Anthology Festival in Miami. He has taught experimental and electroacoustic music at FIU’s School of Music and has worked as a program coordinator and music administrator at music and arts schools in Miami.

As a musicologist and music writer, Pedja has published articles and presented research at international conferences and forums in the United States, Poland, Greece, and Serbia. His writing explores the relationship between music and other art forms, including painting, architecture, poetry, prose, and photography, as well as questions of listening, sound, and musical perception. His research has also examined Deep Listening, a concept introduced by American composer Pauline Oliveros, as a way of reconsidering the aesthetic dimensions of sound. Through Soundologia, Pedja promotes contemporary and experimental music and presents extended conversations with composers and sound artists about their work.

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