Riccardo Ancona is a sound artist, researcher, and teacher. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Bologna, focusing on the development of a musicological framework for algorithmic music and computational aesthetics.
Currently based in Rome, he previously served as professor’s assistant of Electroacoustic Composition at the Licinio Refice Conservatory in Frosinone, teaching a course on process-based music. After completing his degree in Electronic Music at CREA (Research Centre for Audiovisual Processing) with a thesis on live coding, he continued to the Institute of Sonology in Den Haag for a research master’s, examining the perception of sonic materialities in collaborative algorithmic improvisation.
His work spans electroacoustic improvisation, live coding, dataset curation, critical writing, and sound design for theaters, museums, and archaeological sites. He also curates Miniature Recs.
Currently based in Rome, he previously served as professor’s assistant of Electroacoustic Composition at the Licinio Refice Conservatory in Frosinone, teaching a course on process-based music. After completing his degree in Electronic Music at CREA (Research Centre for Audiovisual Processing) with a thesis on live coding, he continued to the Institute of Sonology in Den Haag for a research master’s, examining the perception of sonic materialities in collaborative algorithmic improvisation.
His work spans electroacoustic improvisation, live coding, dataset curation, critical writing, and sound design for theaters, museums, and archaeological sites. He also curates Miniature Recs.