• Name: Robert Thompson
• Affiliation: Aucourant Records
• URL: http://www.aucourantrecords.com
• Country: USA
• Comment:
• UnauthorizedBiography: Dr. Robert Thompson trained as a composer of instrumental and elctroacoustic music earning the B.Mus. degree from the University of Oregon, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California San Diego. His primary teachers have included F. Richard Moore, Bernard Rands, Roger Reynolds, and Joji Yuasa. He has created work in a wide variety of forms ranging from chamber and orchestral music to works for the virtuoso soloist, computer music, and video and performance art. He is the recipient of many prizes and distinctions for his music including the first prize in the 2003 Musica Nova competition (Czech Republic) the first prize in the 2001 Pierre Schaeffer competition (Italy), and awards in the XVI Concorso Internazionale "Luigi Russolo" (Italy), Irino Prize Foundation competition for Chamber Music (Japan), and Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges (France) among others.

  In 1991, Robert was named a Fullbright Research Scholar and was Composer in Residence at the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music (DIEM) where he collaborated on fundamental research and composed the long-form computer music work—_The Strong Eye_. His music is published on recordings by EMF-Media, Neuma, Drimala, Capstone, Hypnos, Oasis/Mirge, Groove, Lens, Space for Music, Zero Music, Twelfth Root and Aucourant record labels.

  Robert is active as a composer for feature films and as a mastering engineer, creating master recordings for labels such as Funtone and CRI (Composers Recordings Inc.). On the technical side, he has collaborated with MicroTechnology Unlimited, assisting them in the development of DNOISE—a real-time digital audio noise reduction software appliction. He is serving as editor for an up-coming book on computer music syntehsis techniques featuring the CDP software suite. Recently he expanded his professional audio activities to include audio forensics work for the Fulton County District Attorney's Office working with the Major Crimes Division.

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