Research

The nature of music

Composition as exploration

Composition explores musical materials, structures and time. Theory and practice inform one another through writing and experimentation, testing models and opening new possibilities for musical form.

Listening as practice

Listening is not a passive act but an active and creative operation. It shapes compositional processes, informs technological choices and opens a space of relation between sound, body and environment.

Technology as condition

Technology is not an external tool added to music, but a condition that transforms its processes, materials and forms of listening. Electronics, computation and networked systems are approached as compositional environments.

Space, mediation, perception

Sound exists in space and through mediation. My research explores the physical, social and cultural dimensions of listening and the material conditions that shape perception, from architectural spaces to digital environments.

Interaction and agency

Interactive systems open a dialogue between human and non-human agency. I investigate forms of responsiveness, improvisation and shared control, where composition emerges from dynamic relations rather than fixed structures.

Pedagogy and transmission

Teaching is an integral part of the research process, a space to experiment, share methods and question assumptions. It connects artistic practice, critical thought and technological exploration in academic and independent contexts.

“I believe research is a way of inhabiting questions, where listening, experimenting and composition continuously feed into one another.”
Michele Tadini