# Carl Faia

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**Carl Faia** (born 1962 at [Tinker Air Force Base](/source/Tinker_Air_Force_Base) in Oklahoma) is an American [composer](/source/Composer) and live [electronics](/source/Electronics) designer and performer.

Faia studied composition at the [University of California, Santa Barbara](/source/University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara), [Florida State University](/source/Florida_State_University) and the [Royal Danish Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Music) on a [Fulbright](/source/Fulbright) grant. Some of his past teachers include [Edward Applebaum](/source/Edward_Applebaum), [Peter Racine Fricker](/source/Peter_Racine_Fricker), [Per Nørgård](/source/Per_N%C3%B8rg%C3%A5rd) and [Karl Aage Rasmussen](/source/Karl_Aage_Rasmussen). Later, he participated in masterclasses with [Tristan Murail](/source/Tristan_Murail), [Philippe Manoury](/source/Philippe_Manoury) and [Harrison Birtwistle](/source/Harrison_Birtwistle).

Since 1995 he has been active as a live electronics designer working at [IRCAM](/source/IRCAM) in Paris, at the CIRM in [Nice](/source/Nice) where he has also been studio manager and a freelancer. He has collaborated with numerous composers including [James Dillon](/source/James_Dillon_(composer)),[1][2] [Jonathan Harvey](/source/Jonathan_Harvey_(composer)),[3] [Harrison Birtwistle](/source/Harrison_Birtwistle), [Fausto Romitelli](/source/Fausto_Romitelli), [Luca Francesconi](/source/Luca_Francesconi), [Alejandro Viñao](/source/Alejandro_Vi%C3%B1ao),[4] [Philippe Leroux](/source/Philippe_Leroux),[5] as well as the National Jazz Orchestra of France. He has collaborated with artists to present new works with computer electronics in various festivals throughout Europe including Ars Musica (Brussels), [Holland Festival](/source/Holland_Festival) (Amsterdam), Musica (Strasbourg), Agora (Paris), Gaida (Vilnius), [MaerzMusik](/source/MaerzMusik) (Berlin), Lille 2004 as well as the [Casa da Música](/source/Casa_da_M%C3%BAsica) (Porto, Spain) and Lille 2004 and [Queen Elizabeth Hall](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_Hall) (London). With ([MaxMSP](/source/MaxMSP)) he ported several pieces from the analog world to the digital, including [Luigi Nono](/source/Luigi_Nono)'s *Pour Pierre* and [Karlheinz Stockhausen](/source/Karlheinz_Stockhausen)'s *[Solo](/source/Solo_(Stockhausen))*.[6] He has also performed with computers, [Theremin](/source/Theremin), various sensors and guitar with [Art Zoyd](/source/Art_Zoyd)[7][8] and [Thomas Köner](/source/Thomas_K%C3%B6ner).[9]

He has worked regularly with Studio Art Zoyd (France) and the Forum Neues Musiktheater der [Staatsoper Stuttgart](/source/Staatsoper_Stuttgart) (Germany) as a live electronics designer with invited composers for music theatre, opera, concerts and [multimedia](/source/Multimedia) projects.[10]

In 2002, he founded the non-profit association, *Lieu*, based in [Nice](/source/Nice), France, to promote the creation and diffusion of contemporary music using technology. *Lieu* has realized several projects in the development of new tools for sound creation and has been present in the production of new works using technology.[11][12]

As a teacher he has worked since 2005 with André Serre-Milan in the studios of Art Zoyd to develop a unique pedagogical approach to electroacoustic composition culminating each year in the multimedia spectacle Sonoscopie. Since 2009 he is also a Lecturer in Sonic Arts at [Brunel University London](/source/Brunel_University_London).[13]

## References

1. [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/by/date/2025/09)

1. Benny Sluchin, "A Computer-Assisted Version of Stockhausen's *Solo for a Melody Instrument with Feedback*", *[Computer Music Journal](/source/Computer_Music_Journal)*, vol. 24, no. 2 (2000): pp. 39–46.

1. [Musiques Nouvelles (in French)](http://www.musiquesnouvelles.com/fr/Archives/Armageddon/107/)

1. "La Nuit des musées", Ministère de la culture et de la communication, Direction des musées de France, 17 May 2008, p. 14.

1. [Official Forum Neues Musiktheater Archives](http://www.opasquet.fr/fnm/files/en_content/n2/d_140.html)

1. ["Official IMPAKT Festival Archives"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120312095938/http://www.impakt.nl/index.php/artworks/futurist_manifest). Archived from [the original](http://www.impakt.nl/index.php/artworks/futurist_manifest) on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-02-06.

1. [Forum IRCAM Software, March, 2008: p. 12](http://forumnet.ircam.fr/uploads/media/mars_08.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035324/http://forumnet.ircam.fr/uploads/media/mars_08.pdf) July 21, 2011 at the Wayback Machine

1. Manuel Poletti, Tom Mays, Carl Faia ["Assistant musical ou producteur ? Esquisse d’un nouveau métier"](http://jim.afim-asso.org/jim2002/articles/L29_Mays.pdf), *Journées d'Informatique Musicale*, 9th ed., Marseille, 29–31 May 2002: pp. 241–246.

1. [Official Brunel University Music Site](http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artstaff/music) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110411224203/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artstaff/music) April 11, 2011 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

- [Official website](https://carlfaia.com/)
- [Art Zoyd](http://www.artzoyd.com/) (English, French)
- [Alejandro Viñao](http://www.vinao.com/) (English)
- [Forum Neues Musiktheater](http://www.opasquet.fr/fnm/files/en_index.html) (English, German)
- [Sonoscopie #4](http://vimeo.com/5187444) (French)
- [André Serre-Milan](http://www.andreserre-milan.com/) (French)
- [Brunel University](http://www.brunel.ac.uk/) (English)

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