[BIO] Ross Davidson [Reino Unido / UK]
Ross Davidson es compositor de música electroacústica. Su música se enfoca en la creación de mundos sonoros inmersivos, aprovechando la belleza de los sonidos que encontramos en nuestra vida diaria y usarlos para crear nuevos y ricos entornos sonoros que atraen y van más allá de nuestras experiencias vividas.
Actualmente, está realizando un doctorado basado en práctica en la De Montfort University, UK, investigando las amplias posibilidades de aplicar un enfoque electroacústico a la banda sonora del cine narrativo. Esta investigación está apoyada por fondos de AHRC Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership.
Su música ha sido interpretada internacionalmente en festivales como el Ciclo de Música Electroacústica (Valdivia), Sound Junction (Sheffield), Ai-Maako (Santiago) y The Engine Room International Sound Art Exhibition (London). Su partitura para el cortometraje Dues Otiosus (dirigida por Mat Braddy) fue nominada al premio a la mejor música en el Dublin Short Film and Music Festival 2020, y en 2017 su pieza Veins Coalesce fue galardonada con el premio categoría estudiante en Klang!
Junto a Alejandro Albornoz es parte del dúo AARD, dedicado a la improvisación son sintetizadores modulares y live-coding.
Ross Davidson is a composer of electroacoustic music. His music focuses on the creation of immersive sound-worlds, drawing on the beauty of sounds we find in our everyday life and using these to create rich new sonic environments that appeal to and go beyond our lived experiences.
He is currently undertaking a practice-based PhD at De Montfort University, researching the wide-ranging potentials of applying an electroacoustic approach to the soundtrack of narrative film. This research is supported by funding from AHRC Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership.
His music has been performed internationally at festivals such as Ciclo de Música Electroacústica (Valdivia), Sound Junction (Sheffield), Ai-Maako (Santiago), and The Engine Room International Sound Art Exhibition (London). His score for the short film Dues Otiosus (dir. Mat Braddy) was nominated for the best music prize in the Dublin Short Film and Music Festival 2020, andin 2017 his piece Veins Coalesce was awarded the student category prize in Klang!
He is a member of the duo AARD, an improvised live-coding and modular synth group, along with Alejandro Albornoz.