Diving Between Disciplines: Interdisciplinarity in Music Technology

• Date & Time: May 15, 2025, 9:00-20:00 - add to calendar
• Location: Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University - see map
• Registration: FREE but required - fill out this form

In this inaugural conference we will dive into the interdisciplinary nature of the field and why this boundary-crossing approach is both necessary and highly advantageous.

Music technology is an emerging field in Israeli academia, and this conference aims to foster dialog and network-building between researchers, practitioners, artists, and industry innovators.

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Schedule

9:00-9:15	Welcome
9:15-9:25	Opening remarks
9:25-10:10	Keynote A: Marko Ciciliani, IEM, Graz, Austria
10:10-11:30	1st session: No Sound in a Vacuum
11:30-11:40	Coffee break
11:40-13:00	2nd session: Between Disciplines
13:00-14:20	Lunch break and instrument/installation showcase
14:20-15:10	Lecture-Performance: Real-Time Microtonal Piano
15:10-16:00	Concert A: Acousmatic Works
16:00-16:10	Coffee break
16:10-16:55	Keynote B: Eran Egozy, MIT, MA, USA
16:55-18:15	3rd session: 21st Century Musicality
18:15-18:30	Closing remarks and introducing SaMoT
18:30-19:00	Pre-concert break
19:00-20:00	Concert B: Voice, Percussion, and Technology

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Keynote A: Marko Ciciliani

[9:25-10:10]

Composing Transmedia and Modes of Encounter: Navigating Vertical and Horizontal Attention

Marko Ciciliani is a composer, intermedia artist and performer. The focus of his artistic work lies in the composition of performative electronic music, mostly in audiovisual contexts. Interactive video, light design and laser graphics often play an integral part in his compositions, just as well as elements of ergodic or transmedia storytelling and speculative fabulation. The German magazine Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik referred to him as one of today's most interesting composers in the field of electronic music and multimedia (01/2020).

Read more about Marko Ciciliani

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1st session: No Sound in a Vacuum

[10:10-11:30]

Speakers

Roni Granot (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Data Driven Approach to Coping Songs

Adi Snir (Reichman University, Tel Aviv University)
Multisensory Listening: Audio-Tactile Influences on Spatial Understanding and Emotion in Typically-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Individuals

Yarden Cohen (Weizmann Institute of Science)
The Syntax of Neural and Behavioral Sequences: Lessons from Canary Song

Amir Bolzman (Musrara - The Naggar Multidisciplinary School of Art and Society)
A Nation of Horns

Moderator

Yuval Adler (McGill University)

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2nd session: Between Disciplines

[11:40-13:00]

Speakers

Lior Arbel (Technion, Ben-Gurion University)
Modular Musical Instrument Kit for Education and Prototyping

Dganit Elyakim (Kunstuniversitaet Graz, Shenkar College)
Out of Notation: Interactive Digital Operas, Where the Virtual Space Is the Sole Musical Score

Daniel Fine (Simply Ltd)
When a musician meets a software engineer

Asher Arnon (Bezalel Academy of Art and Design)
Perhaps this scheme will enable us to hear more often from each other

Moderator

Goni Peles (Bath Spa University)

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Lecture-Performance: Real-Time Microtonal Piano

[14:20-15:10]

A lecture-performance featuring different versions of Shai Cohen's Around the Point, exploring tuning systems, real-time processing, and sensor-based interaction.

With Shai Cohen (composer), Imri Talgam (piano), and Ronen Shapira (piano augmentation)

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Concert A: Acousmatic Works

[15:10-16:00]

A concert featuring music for an 8-channel loudspeaker array

Imri Talgam
Live Set

Adi Snir
Portrait

Yuval Adler
New Piece

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Keynote B: Eran Egozy

[16:10-16:55]

Music Technology and Computation: A New Multidisciplinary Program at MIT

Eran Egozy, Professor of the Practice in Music Technology at MIT, is an entrepreneur, musician and technologist. He is the co-founder and chief scientist of Harmonix Music Systems which developed the video game franchises Guitar Hero and Rock Band, selling over 35 million units worldwide and generating over $1 billion in annual sales. Eran and his business partner Alex Rigopulos were named in Time Magazine's Time 100, Fortune Magazine's Top 40 Under 40, and USA Network's Character Approved awards.

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3rd session: 21st Century Musicality

[16:55-18:15]

Speakers

Shlomo Dubnov (University of California San Diego)
Music Co-Creativity and Improvisation with Generative AI

Hadas Pe'ery (Tel Aviv University)
Beyond Technology: Meaning-Making in the Concert Hall

Gili Jaeger (Music Inspiration Academy Israel)
From Scales to Scrolls: Keeping Music Education Relevant (and Excellent)

Revital Hollander (Reichman University)
The Ecosystem of Music Technology in Israel

Moderator

Shai Cohen (Bar-Ilan University)

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Concert B: Voice, Percussion, and Technology

[19:00-20:00]

A concert in collaboration with Israel Composers' League

Omri Abram
Pastiche [voice and live-electronics]

Sarit Shley Zondiner
Street Music [percussion and electronics]

Carmel Curiel
Shani [voice and electronics]

Amos Elkana
Opus Focus [percussion and live-electronics]

Goni Peles
ScoreCraft: Chamber Music [ensemble and networked interactive score]

Performers

Einat Aronstein (voice), Oded Geizhals (percussion), and online guests

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