The contemporary compositional practice of mixed music, understood here as written music combining acoustic instruments with electronics, has a number of inherent problems. For example, the synchronization between the performer and the electronics, the complexity of digital interfaces and the need for an acoustic fusion between the two are some of the main issues discussed in academic research. This PhD project by Igor C. Silva aims to develop new systems that will provide simple, practical, and intuitive answers to the problems inherent in mixed music.
In order to find answers to the questions mentioned above, an extensive portfolio of new pieces/projects written for several different instrument combinations will be composed that can provide new insights into the problem-solving process and even partially circumvent the aforementioned problems. In a later phase, these works will be performed and recorded in order to test the validity or enforceability of the created processes. The overarching goal is to create new approaches through these original compositions and to systematize them in compositional and performative practice, with the expectation of contributing to the artistic and academic development of the mixed music genre.