Activities

Ricardo Dal Farra

Estudio de Música Electroacústica
Azcuénaga 2764 - (1640) Martinez - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Tel: (54-11) 4553-3015 // Email: ricardo@dalfarra.com.ar

Composer of electroacoustic, computer, mixed and instrumental music.

His music had been played in: Hong-Kong ('World Music Days 1988'; 'International Computer Music Conference 1996'), Estonia ('NYYD 92'), France ('XVII and XX 'Festival International de Musique Expérimentale' at Bourges), New Zealand ('ACMA 97'), Italy (VII, VIII and IX 'Colloquio di Informatica Musicale'; 'Computer Art Festival 97'), Brazil ('XX Bienal Internacional de Artes de São Paulo'; 'Open-Air Concerts' 1994 and 1997 at Brasilia; II and IV 'Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music'; '1a. Bienal Internacional de Música Electroacústica de São Paulo 1996'; 'II Encontro de Musica Eletroacustica 1997'), U.S.A. ('International Symposium on Electronic Arts - ISEA97' at Chicago; 'International Computer Music Conference 1989' at Ohio; 'Sonidos de las Americas 1998' at New York; '2nd Annual Santa Fe International Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music'; 'Bonk Festival of New Music 1997' at Tampa and St. Petersburg; 'Bonk Festival of New Music 1998' at Tampa, Sarasota and St. Petersburg; 'Computer Music Concert Series 1994' at Clark University; 'New Sounds of Electroacoustic Music-1994' at Georgia State Univ.; 'Music of the Americas Festival' at the California State University in San Bernardino; Arts Program of Kutztown, Pennsylvania; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York; 'International Electroacoustic Music Festival' at Baltimore; 'IV International New Music Festival - 1997' at the University of California in San Diego; ...), Sweden ('Structure and Perception of Electroacoustic Sound and Music'; 'Elektronmusikfestivalen 1997'), Bolivia (concerts at Casa de la Cultura in 1990, "Puraduralubia" and "III Festival Boliviano de Música Contemporánea" in 1994), Norway (Museet For Samtidkunst), Colombia ('Jornadas de Música Electrónica 1990'; 'Música Experimental Electroacústica - 1992'; "II Ciclo Acusmático - 1995"), Germany ('Neue Musik in Lüneburg'; 'Mediale Festival For Media Art - Virtual Reality Project'; Electroacoustic Music Concert at Weimar), Uruguay ('Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea' and 'Jornadas 1992 de Música Electroacústica'), Spain ('XIII Xornadas de Música Contemporánea' at Santiago de Compostela; 'El Arte de la Cinta Magnética - 1994' and 'Jornadas de Informática y Electrónica Musical 96' at Madrid), Canada (Concert series 'Spectra' 1987-88, 'Hear and Now' 1988-89 and 'EuCuE Series XV' 1996 at Concordia University; Electroacoustic Music Concert at Université de Montréal; 'Euroakousma 1997'), Mexico ('En Torno a los Sonidos Electrónicos' and 'Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de Música'), Austria ("Electroacoustic Music Marathon'), Slovakia (ICMA concert at 'Festival of Electroacoustic Music 1996', Bratislava), Czech Republic (Electroacoustic Music Concert at Brno), Chile (II and III 'Encuentro de Música Contemporánea'), Ecuador (I and II 'Festival Latinoamericano de Compositores'), Cuba (III and IV 'Encuentro Internacional de Música Electroacústica'), Puerto Rico ('II Muestra Internacional de Música Electroacústica', 1995), The Netherlands (1991 and 1995 'International Audio Visueel Experimenteel Festival'), Scotland ('Music in the University 1996-7'), Australia ('Live Wires' at the University of Sydney, 1997) and other countries.

And had been broadcasted by radio or TV in: Finland (Yleis Radio Helsinki), Argelia (ENTV), Germany (SFB), Brazil (Radio Cultura), Switzerland (D.R.S.), Venezuela (Radio Capital), Canada (CKLN of Toronto, CFRO of Vancouver, CJSR of Edmonton), Poland (Polish Radio and TV), Belgium (B.R.T.), Colombia (Radio Nacional), Hungary (Magyar Radio), Russia (Radio Russia), Uruguay (SODRE), The Netherlands (N.O.S.), Puerto Rico (Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico), Sweden (Sveriges Riksradio AB), Rumania (Radio Bucarest), El Salvador (Radio Nacional), U.S.A. (KPFA and KCPR, California), Slovakia (Radio Bratislava), Guatemala (Radio Nacional), Australia (Radio 2SER-FM and 'Beyond 2000' TV series), Turkey (Radio-TV Turkish Corp.), Great Britain (BBC), Italy (RAI Radio Tre), and other countries.

Live electronic music performances at: Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, U.S.A. ("New Music America", 1988); Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, U.S.A. ("Composer-to-Composer ", 1989); Centre Gallery - Miami Dade Community College, Miami, U.S.A. ("Subtropics Music Festival", 1991); Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm, Sweden ("Stockholmsfestivalen För ElektroAkustisk Musik", 1989); Anfiteatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico ("Primera Muestra Internacional de Música Electroacústica", 1992); Ateneo de Caracas, Venezuela ("IX Festival Latinoamericano de Música", 1995); and Centro Cultural Recoleta, Centro Cultural General San Martín, Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, and other cultural centers of Argentina.

Professor of 'Electroacoustic Instruments' and 'Acoustics' at Conservatorio Municipal de Música "Manuel de Falla" and professor of 'Acoustics' at Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Buenos Aires. Director of the 'Electronic Music Laboratory' of Sociedad Argentina de Educación Musical (1984-94). Consultant on Art and New Technologies and professor of 'Music and Multimedia' and 'Recording Arts' at IMD. Music Technology consultant (1992-1998), professor of "Multimedia" (since 1995) and director of Musical Production (since 1998) at Escuela Técnica ORT. Consultant on Multimedia (since 1996) and Coordinator of Multimedia Communication (since 1998) at National Ministry of Culture and Education. Director of 'Estudio de Música Electroacústica' (since 1978).

Lectures and workshops at: 'Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics' (Stanford University), 'Bregman Electronic Music Studio' (Dartmouth College), University of South Florida at Tampa and Sarasota, Brooklyn College, The Julliard School, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A.; Universidad de Puerto Rico (1992 and 1995); Universidad de Chile; Universidad de Brasilia, and Universidad de São Paulo, Brazil; Conservatorio Nacional de Música of La Paz (1990) and "Puraduralubia" (1994), Bolivia; Ateneo de Caracas (1995), Venezuela. In Argentina: Universidad de San Juan; Instituto Superior de Música de la Universidad del Litoral (1987 and 1994); Dirección de Educación Artística y Especial de Buenos Aires; Escuela de Capacitación, Perfeccionamiento y Actualización Docente de Buenos Aires; 'Centro de Arte y Comunicación' (CAYC); 'FutureKids'; 'Infocom' (1995 and 1996); Universidad Católica Argentina (1997); 'Centro de Investigaciones Acústicas y Luminotécnicas' (CIAL) de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; 'Laboratorio de Investigación y Producción Musical' (LIPM) del Centro Cultural Recoleta; Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte (IUNA); Dirección Nacional de Música; etc.

Director of radio series "Música Electroacústica y por Computadora" (1988-1989) and "Electromúsica" (1990 and 1997-1999) airplayed by Radio Municipal Buenos Aires; and "Música y Tecnología" (1992-1998), by the National Radio of Argentina.

Argentina's representative at the International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (UNESCO). Member of the Board of Advisory Editors of (formerly 'Interface') 'Journal of New Music Research' (The Netherlands) since 1988 and 'Leonardo Music Journal' (U.S.A.) since 1995.

Awards, commissions and grants from: International Computer Music Association (1995), CCRMA of Stanford University (1992) and Rockefeller Foundation (1989, 1992, 1994) from U.S.A.; Fondo Nacional de las Artes (1988) and Tribuna Nacional de Compositores (1984, 1986, 1992, 1996) from Argentina; Centro di Sonologia Computazionale (1988) of the Università di Padova, Italy; Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique of Bourges (1990), France; Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (1989), Brazil.

Recordings of compositions by Dal Farra appears on editions by CDCM-Computer Music Series, Frog Peak Music, The Aerial, O.O.Discs, Pogus, and ISAST (International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology - Leonardo Music Journal) in U.S.A.; Contemporary Music Review in England; and Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Consejo Argentino de la Música, Circe and IRCO in Argentina (and soon, also in: Computer Music Journal / MIT Press from U.S.A.).

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