Marco Stroppa

Marco Stroppa (* 1959 in Verona, Italy ) is an Italian composer. It deals both with computer music as well as instrumental works in conjunction with live electronics.

Biography

Marco Stroppa first studied in Italy piano, composition, choral conducting and electronic music. Between 1980 and 1984 he collaborated with the computer sound research center of the University of Padua. In the years 1984 to 1986, a stay followed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA. Here he studied cognitive psychology, computer science and artificial intelligence.

At the invitation of Pierre Boulez, he moved to Paris in 1982, where until 1990 he headed the department of musical research at IRCAM in 1987. In the summer of the same year he was among the composers of the next generation at the Salzburg Festival. Stroppa taught since 1984 at IRCAM. In 1987 he founded the composition and computer music course at the International Bartók Festival in Szombathely (Hungary). After teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Lyon and Paris, since 1999 he is professor of composition at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart.

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Selected Works

Discography

  • Traiettoria on: Computer Music currents 10 Wergo 1992
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