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The Sonic Atelier #6 – A Conversation with Bryan Senti (2025)

Francesca Guccione

About this exposition

This exposition is part of the series The Sonic Atelier – Conversations with Contemporary Composers and Producers, dedicated to exploring the evolving role of the composer in the twenty-first century. Through a Q&A format, the project investigates how contemporary creators inhabit hybrid identities at the intersection of composition, production, performance, and technology. This interview features Bryan Senti, American composer, violinist, and producer, whose work bridges classical tradition, Latin American heritage, and cinematic experimentation. His music, ranging from solo albums such as Manu to film scores and collaborative projects, combines impressionistic harmony, acoustic warmth, and electronic texture, shaping a distinct post-classical voice that is both intimate and expansive. In the conversation, Senti reflects on the integration of composition and production within the digital environment, the evolving relationship between notation and sound, and the ways in which tools like the DAW and immersive formats such as Dolby Atmos redefine musical form and spatial perception. He also discusses authorship in film music, the ethics of technology, and the need to preserve a human, performative presence in an increasingly algorithmic landscape. Senti’s reflections reveal a vision of music as a living craft, an art of listening, shaping, and reimagining sound, where composition becomes a dialogue between emotion, material, and space.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsBryan Senti, The Sonic Atelier, Contemporary Composition, Hybrid composer, Post-classical music, film music, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Production as composition, DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), DAW, Dolby Atmos, Sound Design, sound, Notation and performance, Technology and creativity, Expanded score, Humanism in music, contemporary aesthetics, creative process, music
date14/10/2025
published14/10/2025
last modified14/10/2025
statuspublished
affiliationConservatorio “Arrigo Pedrollo” di Vicenza / Conservatorio “Francesco Venezze” di Rovigo
copyrightInterview conducted, transcribed, translated and edited by Francesca Guccione. All rights reserved. Quotes from Bryan Senti © Bryan Senti. © 2025 Francesca Guccione.
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3932685/3932684
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/rc.3932685
published inResearch Catalogue
external linkhttps://www.francescaguccionemusic.com/


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