Music for Cochlear Implants concert
Music for Cochlear Implants concert
9 Feb 2013
Saturday February 9th, 2013 at 12PM
Auditori CAIXA FORUM (Barcelona)
Av. Francesc Guardia 6-8, Barcelona
Free admission
We invite you to participate in a unique experience in which researchers and musicians come together for the hearing impaired.
musIC is a project related with the research about music perception with cochlear implant devices, and aims to understand how these devices can be further developed. The cochlear implant is a medical implanted device that has been designed mainly to restore the perception of speech sounds, but still has many limitations in musical listening. With this objective we are organizing a concert specially designed considering the limitations when listening into music with cochlear implants. The concert is also intended for the general public.
We will hear pieces played with different instruments and formations: a string quartet and flute, soprano, piano, guitar and ReacTable, an interactive electronic instrument developed by the Music Technology Group.
With this concert will try to better understand how music is perceived. Attendees can contribute to research by participating in a survey about this musical experience.
Compositions: Civilotti Alejandro, Alejandro Fränkel, Sergio Naddei, Luis Nogueira.
Organizers: Music Technology Group (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Phonos Foundation. With the support of: Advanced Bionics.
More information: http://phonos.upf.edu/music and http://phonos.upf.edu/blog