In the dark like in the cinema, without being distracted by the instrumentalists who aren't actually there. Those who propose acousmatic music first make it in the studio, without electronic drum sounds, and then broadcast it through loudspeakers. The goal is to get the listener to focus only on the music.
For three days the Liceo Musicale Azuni of Sassari hosted the Acousmatic Music Festival . The term derives from the Greek "akusmatikoi" , which in the Pythagorean school indicated the practice of the disciples of listening to the words of Pythagoras behind a veil so as not to be distracted by the images and thus be able to concentrate on his voice .
The event was organized in collaboration with the "Amici della Musica" association of Cagliari directed by the composer Lucio Garau.
In the auditorium of the institute, in via de Carolis, the first interpreter to perform was Marco Dibeltulu , electroacoustic composer and teacher of musical technologies at the Liceo Musicale Azuni, who performed music composed by himself and by Bernard Fort, François Bayle and Jean -Claude Risset. On the second day, the protagonist was Riccardo Sarti , programmer and music informatics teacher at the Sassari Conservatory. The program was closed by Paolo Pastorino , electroacoustic composer and multimedia teacher at the Cagliari Conservatory.
On the occasion of the Sassari festival, the 8.1ALMA system was inaugurated, the acousmonium of the Liceo Musicale Azuni, thus defined by Professor Dibeltulu in agreement with his students. «It is a sound projection system made up of eight identical loudspeakers plus a subwoofer for the low frequencies - explains the teacher - arranged around the listeners to ensure that they experience an immersive and engaging sound experience . The term "alma" is not accidental, in fact we like to think that through this instrument the sound vibrations can reach the very soul of the listener».
