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Koray Tahiroğlu began his doctoral studies at Media Lab, TaiK, Helsinki in 2004, after receiving his Master of Arts degree with his thesis "From Me to Us, computer-generated music installation." He conducted an artistic research with a focus on studying and practicing human musical interaction. In 2008, he completed doctoral degree in Arts with his dissertation "Interactive Performance Systems: Experimenting with Human Musical Interaction." Tahiroğlu is the founder and head of SOPI (Sound and Physical Interaction) research group, coordinating several projects with research interests including embodied approaches to sonic interaction, participative music experience, multimodal physicality in sound and interaction. Since 2004, he has also been teaching workshops and courses introducing artistic strategies and methodologies for interactive music. Tahiroğlu has performed experimental music in collaboration with other artists as well as in solo performances in Europe and North America. He currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Academy of Finland. He also teaches as a lecturer in the Department of Media at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Selected Works:
2013, Two Hands / On Anthology of Turkish Electronic Music [CD], Brussel: Sub Rosa Records, Recording date August 2012
2013, Sade Gürültü / On Anthology of Turkish Electronic Music [CD], Brussel: Sub Rosa Records, Recording date August 2012
2012, Invented Instruments / Live Performance at Colourscape Music Festival, Turku
2012, InHands: Improvisation for Mobile Phones / performance piece at NIME, Michigan
2011, Live Audio Cues / performance at Pure Data Convention 2011, Weimar
2010, Live Audio Cues / performance at TodaysArt Festival, Den Haag
2010, Sade / On La-Bas Biennale [CD], Helsinki: Aureobel 3AB-0110, Recording date March 2010
2009, Improvisation / performance at Make Art Festival, Poitiers
2008, LiveImprovS / performance at Citysense Festival Kosmopolis-NOMAD, Istanbul
2006, SolarDuo Project / performance at Ars Electronica, Linz
Reference: mlab.taik.fi, goethe.de |
