Originally from Mendoza, Argentina, Dr. Nicolás Arnáez is now based in Edmonton Alberta, Canada. His music compositions use as a root the concept of interactivity in music, which applies to electroacoustic pieces with real-time sound processing, interactive sound installations, video games, and traditional acoustic ensembles. These pieces have the characteristic of using the space of reproduction as an expressive music parameter; sounds are carefully spread on the space with specific trajectories and locations, carefully loaded with constructive characteristics, this is technically accomplished in a multichannel speaker’s distribution by the use of different spatialization tools like intensity panning, two or three dimensional Ambisonics and VBAP achieved by his self-coded software. This is normally combined by performers’ specific positioning, movement in space indications, among others.
Nicolás' works and contribution to the cultural scene have been awarded in Argentina and Canada; his pieces have been performed also in Brazil and the United States. He is an active and experienced sound projectionist and sound technician on both, the popular and new music scenes in Canada. He holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Alberta.
Nicolás' works and contribution to the cultural scene have been awarded in Argentina and Canada; his pieces have been performed also in Brazil and the United States. He is an active and experienced sound projectionist and sound technician on both, the popular and new music scenes in Canada. He holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Alberta.