Freedom: Western Music / Real Time
Eric Lyon explores ways in which western composers have addressed the nature of freedom in their societies, sometimes in praise, sometimes ironically. Western composers have also often shown a voyeuristic fascination with composers outside the west who were denied a significant degree of expressive freedom within their political environment, notably Dmitri Shostakovich in Russia. Eric will introduce some western composers' thoughts about freedom as a springboard to a discussion around the nature of freedom in contemporary western societies.
Eric Lyon is a composer and computer music researcher. His theoretical writing includes papers on Aphex Twin, digital archiving, and numerous technical publications. His current compositional work focuses on computer chamber music, articulated noise and spatial orchestration. Lyon works at the School of Music, Queen's University Belfast, in the Sonic Arts Research Centre.
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