LAURA FARRÉ ROZADA
PIANIST · MATHEMATICIAN · RESEARCHER · PRESENTER
Music & Mathematics
RADIO
04.07.2021-Present: Musimáticas. Radio Clásica, Spanish National Radio.
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/musimaticas/
04.04.2021-Present: La cinta de Möbius. Catalunya Música, Catalan National Radio.
https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/la-cinta-de-mobius/
12.04.2021-Present: Sección Música y Matemáticas. Sinfonía de la mañana. Radio Clásica, Spanish National Radio.
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/sinfonia-de-la-manana/
21.07.2020-25.08.2020: Sección Matemusicas. Un Verano de Pe a Pa, Las mañanas de RNE. Spanish National Radio.
https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/las-mananas-de-rne-con-pepa-fernandez/
LECTURES & LECTURE-RECITALS
20.03.2025 at 18h: Lecture 'Caos: de la teoría a la música [Chaos: from theory to music]', CaixaForum, Sevilla, Spain.
https://caixaforum.org/es/sevilla/p/caos-de-la-teoria-a-la-musica_a170802189
16.03.2025 at 11:30h: Lecture 'Reinterpretar la música a partir de les matemàtiques [Reinterpreting music through mathematics]', Espai l'Amistat, Premià de Mar, Spain. https://espailamistat.cat/programacio/coferencia-reinterpretar-la-musica-a-partir-de-les-matematiques/
06.03.2025 at 18h: Lecture 'Las matemáticas de la audición [The mathematics of musical audition]', CaixaForum, Sevilla, Spain. https://caixaforum.org/es/sevilla/p/las-matematicas-de-la-audicion_a170762459
04.03.2025 at 10h: Lecture-recital 'Caos: de la teoria a la música [Chaos: from theory to music]', Teatre des Born, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain. https://www.teatredesborn.com/programacio/
25.02.2025 at 11h: Lecture-recital 'Mousiké: III Jornades docents sobre música i perspectiva de gènere. La interpretació musical en femení [A music and gender perspective: Female musical interpretation]', Aula Magna, Facultat de Geografia i Història, Barcelona, Spain. https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/geografia-historia/detall/-/detall/mousike-iii-jornades-musica-i-perspectiva-de-genere
02.12.2024 at 19h: Lecture-recital 'Caos: de la teoria a la música [Chaos: from theory to music]', Residencia de Estudiantes (ICMAT-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. https://www.icmat.es/outreach/regular/math-residence/dic-2024/
12.11.2024 at 19h: Lecture 'Caos: de la teoria a la música [Chaos: from theory to music]', CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, Spain.
https://cosmocaixa.org/ca/p/caos-de-la-teoria-a-la-musica_a168355451
05.11.2024 at 19h: Lecture 'Les matemàtiques de l'audició musical [The mathematics of musical audition]', CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, Spain. https://cosmocaixa.org/ca/p/les-matematiques-de-l-audicio_a168355891
20.05.2024 at 17:15h: Lecture-recital 'Nimbus: The Metamorphosis of Water', Beckley's Hall, Isidor Bajić Music School, Novi Sad, Serbia. https://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/
11.06.2023 at 17:45h: Lecture-recital 'Nimbus: Una mirada artística a les fractals [Nimbus: An artistic look at fractals]', El Forn de les Arts, Barcelona, Spain. https://www.elforndelesarts.com/
13.12.2022 at 18h: Lecture 'Nimbus: Una mirada artística a les fractals [Nimbus: An artistic look at fractals]', Auditori Municipal Miquel Pont, Castellar del Vallès, Spain. https://aulacastellar.cat/esdeveniment/nimbus-una-mirada-artistica-a-les-fractals/
14.07.2022 at 20h: Lecture-recital 'Nimbus: Una mirada artística a les fractals [Nimbus: An artistic look at fractals]' feat. Gnomalab, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, Spain. https://cosmocaixa.org/ca/p/laura-farre-rozada-gnomalab_a68098639
27.05.2022 at 19h: Lecture 'Nimbus: Una mirada artística a les fractals [Nimbus: An artistic look at fractals]', Escola Politècnica Superior d'Enginyeria, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain. https://www.aulavilanova.cat/trimestre-actual/
23.03.2022 at 19:30h: Lecture 'Nimbus: Una mirada transversal al piano contemporani [Nimbus: A cross-sectional look at the contemporary piano]', Institut d'Estudis Vallencs, Valls, Spain. https://iev.cat/agenda/
09.12.2021 at 20h: Lecture-recital 'Nimbus: Una mirada transversal al piano contemporani [Nimbus: A cross-sectional look at the contemporary piano]', Auditori 'Eduard Toldrà', Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain.
https://www.escenavilanova.cat/programacio/parlem_de_musica_desembre
27.02.2021 at 12h: Lecture-recital 'Symmetry and Fractals in Music', Cultura urbana, Casa Seat, Barcelona, Spain.
https://www.casa.seat/agenda/conferencia-musicada-laura-farre-rozada.htm
22.10.2020 at 17h: Lecture-workshop 'Music & Mathematics', Zona Maestra, Fundación Teatro del Lago, Frutillar, Chile.
29.01.2020 at 19h: Lecture-recital 'Symmetry and Fractals in Music', Auditori Barradas, L'Hospitalet, Spain.
28.01.2020 at 18h: Lecture-recital 'Symmetry and Fractals in Music', Auditori Eduard Toldrà, Campus de la Mediterrània, Neàpolis, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain. http://neapolis.cat/ca/%E2%80%9Csimetria-i-fractals-en-la-musica%E2%80%9D-conferencia-de-la-pianista%2C-matematica-i-investigadora-laura-farre-rozada/a/325
24.10.2019 at 19:30h: Lecture-recital 'Symmetry and Fractals in Music', Packard Hall, Colorado College, USA.
RESEARCH
Birmingham City University, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our-phds/our-researchers/profiles/laura-farre-rozada
Orcid Profile
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5818-2546
CONFERENCE PAPERS
06-07.12.2024: Schemas in Language, Music, and Visual Cognition Conference 2024. Rectorate Building, University of Niš, Serbia. Organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and the Center for Cognitive Sciences of the University of Niš.
Paper. 'Memorising through Understanding: Conceptual Simplification as a Tool for Devising Schemas'.
https://schemas.rs/conference2024/
28-30.11.2024: 47th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia 2024. Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, Australia. Organised by the National Executive of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA).
Paper. 'Simplifying the Complex: How to Analyse, Learn and Memorise Post-Tonal Piano Music with Conceptual Simplification'.
23-26.10.2024: 3rd International Conference Psychology and Music – Interdisciplinary Encounters. Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Organised by the Regional Network Psychology and Music (RNPaM), European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) and Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE).
Paper. 'Testing Conceptual Simplification: A New Method for Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of Post-Tonal Piano Music'.
http://www.muza.unizg.hr/psymu2024/programme/
18-20.09.2024: Third Symposium of the ICTMD study group on Sound, Movement, and the Sciences (SoMoS). RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, University of Oslo, Norway. Organised by the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) on Sound, Movement, and the Sciences (SoMoS).
Paper. 'Assessing the Effectiveness of Conceptual Simplification through Participant Observation when Memorising Post-Tonal Piano Music'. https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/djembedance/events/somos-2024/
13-15.09.2024: 13th Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900. Department of Musicology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Organised by the Music since 1900 Committee, KU Leuven and Research Foundation Flanders (FWO).
Lecture-recital. 'How to Implement Conceptual Simplification: Exemplifying A New Method for the Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of Post-Tonal Piano Music'. Belgian premiere of Ben-Amots' 'The Butterfly Effect'. https://www.musicsince1900.org/
11-13.09.2024: Conference for the 150th anniversary of the Royal Musical Association (RMA 150 Annual Conference 2024).
Senate House, City University of London, UK. Organised by the Royal Musical Association (RMA).
Poster. 'Exploring Conceptual Simplification as a Memorisation Method for Post-Tonal Music: Main Findings from a Study with Recruited Pianists'. https://rma150.wordpress.com/
26-28.07.2024: SASRIM 18th Annual Conference 2024. Department of Music, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Organised by the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM). Paper presentation. 'How to Simplify Complexity through Conceptual Simplification when Analysing, Learning and Memorising Post-Tonal Piano Music'.
30.06-03.07.2024: 33rd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO). Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark. Organised by the Danish Operations Research Society (DORS) and the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO). Paper presentation. 'Conceptual Simplification: A New Method for Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of Post-Tonal Piano Music'. https://euro2024cph.dk/
14-15.06.2024: 7th Biennial SEMPRE MET Conference 2024. School of the Arts, University of Hull, UK.
Organised by the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE).
Paper presentation. 'Exploring the Benefits of Conceptual Simplification for Memorising Post-Tonal Piano Music: Main Findings of Testing A New Method with Recruited Practitioners'. https://easychair.org/smart-program/MET2024/
08-10.06.2024: 17th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus24). Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Organised by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) and Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE).
Paper presentation. 'Simplifying the Analysis, Learning and Memorization of Post-Tonal Piano Music: Main Findings of Testing Conceptual Simplification with Recruited Practitioners'. https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/sysmus24
10.05.2024: French Music and Culture Study Day. Boyd Lecture Theatre, School of Music, Cardiff University, UK.
Organised by the Cardiff French Music Research (CFMR) and Royal Musical Association (RMA).
Paper presentation. 'How to Analyse, Learn and Memorise Philippe Manoury's Fractal Symmetry in his Piano Toccata with Conceptual Simplification'. https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/music/events/rma-french-music-and-culture-study-day
26.04.2024: University of Alberta Graduate Music Student Conference 2024. Department of Music, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Organised by the Graduate Music Student Association (GMSA).
Paper presentation. 'Introducing Conceptual Simplification: A New Method for the Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of Post-Tonal Piano Music'. https://www.ualberta.ca/music/resources/graduate-resources/graduate-music-students-association.html
13.04.2024: AMS NYSSL Chapter Meeting 2024. Crane School of Music, State University of New York, Potsdam, USA.
Organised by the New York State-St. Lawrence Chapter of the American Musicological Society (AMS).
Paper presentation. 'Discussing the Fundamentals of Conceptual Simplification: A New Method for the Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of Post-Tonal Piano Music'. https://www.amsmusicology.org/store/ListProducts.aspx?catid=831928
23-24.03.2024: 11th International Conference on New Music Concepts (ICNMC) 2024. Best Western Titian Inn, Silea, Treviso, Italy.
Organised by the Accademia Musicale "Studio Musica".
Paper presentation. 'Introducing Conceptual Simplification: How to Simplify Complexity when Analysing, Learning and Memorising Post-Tonal Piano Music'. https://www.studiomusicatreviso.it/icnmc/icnmc_program.php
20-22.03.2024: 10th Annual Conference of the School of Performing Arts, University of Malta 2024: Subject/Object/Practice/Place: Connecting Creatively Through the Performing Arts. L-Università ta' Malta, Valletta, Malta.
Organised by the University of Malta and Malta's Creative Europe Desk.
Practice-based presentation. 'How to Implement Conceptual Simplification on Ofer Ben-Amots' The Butterfly Effect: Reflecting on a New Problem-Solving Method for the Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of a Commissioned Piano Work'.
https://www.um.edu.mt/events/spa2024/
15-17.03.2024: McGill Graduate Music Symposium 2024. Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Organised by the Music Graduate Students' Society (MGSS).
Paper presentation. 'Reflecting on the Main Challenges Faced when Memorising Post-Tonal Piano Music, and How to Tackle these with Conceptual Simplification'. https://mcgillmusicsymposium.wordpress.com/
16.03.2024: AMS Allegheny Chapter Spring Conference 2024. School of Communication and the Arts, Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. Organised by the Allegheny Chapter Spring Conference of the American Musicological Society (AMS).
Paper presentation. 'Conceptual Simplification: Changing the Paradigm of How Post-Tonal Piano Music is Analysed, Learned and Memorised'. https://amsallegheny.wordpress.com/
16.03.2024: Annual Conference 2024: Engaged: Music Research With and For the Public. Creatorspace, Perez Hall, University of Ottawa, Canada. Organised by the Graduate Music Student Association (GMSA).
Paper presentation. 'Conceptual Simplification: Formalising a Tool for Simplifying Complexity in Post-Tonal Piano Music'.
https://ademgmsa.wordpress.com/
15-16.03.2024: RMSMT and AMS Rocky Mountain Chapter Conference 2024. Morrison Center, Boise State University, Idaho, USA.
Organised by the Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory (RMSMT) and the American Musicological Society (AMS).
Paper presentation. 'Conceptual Simplification: an Alternative Approach to the Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of Post-Tonal Piano Music'. https://arts.unco.edu/music/american-musicological-society-rocky-mountain/
02-03.03.2024: Graduate Music Conference 2024. University of Toronto, Canada.
Organised by the Music Graduate Students' Association (MGSA).
Paper presentation. 'Conceptual Simplification: Providing an Alternative Approach to the Main Challenges of Post-Tonal Piano Music'.
https://mgsa.sa.utoronto.ca/conferences/
01-02.03.2024: 9th Biennial Graduate Student Research Conference 2024: Harmonic Horizons: A Glimpse into the Future of Music Theory and Musicology. College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, USA.
Organised by the Music Theory and Musicology Society (MTMS).
Paper presentation. 'How to Address the Main Challenges of Post-Tonal Piano Music with Conceptual Simplification'.
12-13.01.2024: SMI/ICTMD-IE Postgraduate Conference 2024. Logic House, Maynooth University, Ireland.
Organised by the Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI) and the Irish National Committee of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTMD-IE). Paper presentation. 'Conceptual Simplification: Shifting the Traditional Focus when Analysing, Learning and Memorising Post-Tonal Piano Music'. https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/joint-smi-and-ictm-ie-postgraduate-conference-2024-tickets-745068699537?aff=oddtdtcreator
10-12.01.2024: BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference 2024: Identities. Boyd Lecture Theatre, School of Music, Cardiff University, UK.
Organised by the Royal Musical Association (RMA) and the British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE).
Paper presentation. 'Conceptual Simplification: Reframing the Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of Post-Tonal Piano Music'.
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/music/events/bfe-and-rma-research-students-conference-2024
28-29.09.2021: Ciencia en Acción XXII, Atarfe (Granada), Spain.
Inaugural Conference. 'How Symmetrical Can Music Be?'.
07-09.06.2021: Midlands4Cities Research Festival 2021, West Midlands, UK.
Research Relays. 'Testing Conceptual Simplification in Music Performance: A Pilot Study'.
05-07.03.2021: Graduate Music Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
Lecture-recital. 'Testing a New Memorisation Method for Post-Tonal Piano Music'.
https://www.uoftgradmusicconference.com/schedule
23.10.2020: Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain.
Música amb Enginy. 'The Musical Mathematics of Pythagoras: Historicity or Myth?'.
16.09.2020: PhD Presentations, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK.
Progression Assessment Panels. 'Conceptual Simplification: A New Memorisation Method for Post-Tonal Piano Music'.
13-14.07.2020: Midlands4Cities Research Festival 2020, West Midlands, UK.
Research Relays. 'Practice-Based Research: Developing Memorisation Strategies for Post-Tonal Music'.
SEMINARS
17.09.2024 at 12h: Lecture 'Conceptual Simplification: Formalisation of a Method to Simplify Complexity in Post-Tonal Piano Music', Seminar of the Grieg Academy Composition Research Group, Grieg Academy, Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Fellow speakers: Sebastián Zubieta and Stylianos Dimou. https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1030730/1030731?fbclid=IwY2xjawFSx0NleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHd3THA7x78UqUfRvF1NdvoeUhQYbRfu-3_5BW8gyyN0sN-GwGJ_gsLGYZw_aem_16_Zm88yK6k1RqBN-aOz1g
05.07.2024 at 12h: Lecture 'Les matemàtiques com a eina per millorar l’aprenentatge musical', Notes d'Estiu 2024. Jornades professionals de música, Conservatori de Música de Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain.
https://www.dipta.cat/cmtarragona/actualitat/agenda/matematiques-eina-millorar-aprenentatge-musical
28.05.2024 at 10h: Lecture 'Las matemáticas como herramienta para mejorar el aprendizaje musical', Diálogos entre Matemáticas y Cultura, Instituto de Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, Mexico.
https://matematicasycultura.matem.unam.mx/conferencias/primer-semestre-2024/las-matematicas-como-herramienta-para-mejorar-el-aprendizaje-musica
23.05.2024 at 12h: Lecture 'Simplificación Conceptual: formalización de un método para simplificar la complejidad en la música de piano post-tonal', Seminario Rubio de Francia, Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Matemáticas y Aplicaciones (IUMA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. http://anamat.unizar.es/seminario.html
14.03.2023 at 15:30h: Lecture 'Keeping it simple: Memorisation strategies for post-tonal piano music', RBC Public Research Seminars, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK.
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar/prs-laura-farre-rozada-14-03-2023
08.10.2019 at 9:30h: Composer's Forum Presentation 'Symmetry and Fractals in Music & Entrepreunership', Electronic Music Studio, School of Music, Boston University, USA. http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/calendar/event.php?id=229533&cid=20&oid=0
THESES
Farré Rozada, L. (2024) ‘Conceptual Simplification: an Empirical Investigation of a New Method for Analysis, Learning and Memorisation of Post-Tonal Piano Music’, PhD Thesis, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, Birmingham.
Supervisors: Prof Christopher Dingle, Dr Motje Wolf. Examiners: Prof Jamie Savan, Dr Daniel Tong, Dr Tânia Lisboa.
https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/15692/
Funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Midlands4Cities AHRC Doctoral Studentship:
www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/student_profile/laura-farre-rozada/
Farré Rozada, L. (2018) ‘Memorising George Crumb’s ‘Makrokosmos I’: Exploring New Strategies for Non-Tonal Music’, Master’s Thesis, Royal College of Music, London. Distinction – 76%
Farré Rozada, L. (2016) ‘Escales musicals i fraccions contínues’ [‘Musical Scales and Continued Fractions’], Bachelor’s Thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya [Polytechnic University of Catalonia], Barcelona. Distinction – 9.5/10
https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/78754
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Farré Rozada, L. (2024) ‘Exploring the Benefits of Conceptual Simplification for Memorizing Post-Tonal Piano Music: Main Findings of Testing A New Method with Recruited Practitioners’. In: E. Himonides, C. Johnson, H. Prior & A. King, eds. Proceedings of Sempre MET2024 International Conference on Music-Education-Technology. University of Hull, UK, 14-15 June 2024. London: University College London, pp. 18-20. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WE2AV
Farré Rozada, L. (2024) ‘Introducing Conceptual Simplification: How to Simplify Complexity when Analysing, Learning and Memorising Post-Tonal Piano Music’. In: M. D. Ventura, ed. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Music Concepts 2024 (Vol. 11). Treviso, Italy, 23-24 March 2024. Treviso: Accademia Musicale Studio Musica, pp. 187-197.
https://www.studiomusicatreviso.it/icnmc/Book_2024.pdf
ARTICLES
Farré Rozada, L. (2022) ‘El código Messiaen’ [Messiaen's Code], Platea Magazine, 23, pp. 32-36.
https://www.plateamagazine.com/tienda/numero-023-klaus-maekelae
Farré Rozada, L. (2021) ‘Così fan simmetria’, Temporada d'òpera 2021-2022 dels Amics del Liceu, 10, pp. 112-113.
https://amicsliceu.com/llibre-temporada/
Farré Rozada, L. (2020) ‘Des de Babilònia fins a l'actualitat. Les matemàtiques de les escales musicals’ [‘From Babylon to the present day. The mathematics of musical scales’], Butlletí de la Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer, 7(10), pp. 82-105.
https://raco.cat/index.php/ButlletiBalaguer/issue/view/29897
Farré Rozada, L. (2020) ‘La matemàtica artística d’Escher i Ligeti’ [‘The artistic mathematics of Escher and Ligeti’], SCM/Notícies (Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques), 47, pp. 118-121. https://scm.iec.cat/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Noticies-47_web.pdf
Farré Rozada, L. (2020) ‘Una Simetría Fractal: La «Toccata pour piano» de Philippe Manoury’ [‘A Fractal Symmetry: Toccata pour piano by Philippe Manoury’], Sul Ponticello, 73. https://sulponticello.com/iii-epoca/una-simetria-fractal-la-toccata-pour-piano-de-philippe-manoury/
WRITTEN COLLABORATIONS
Farré Rozada, L. (2024) ‘Caminante, no hay Camino, se hace Camino al Andar’ [Walker, there is no path, the path is made by walking], Debates, 12. https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/revistadebates/articulos_12/-/visor/caminante-no-hay-camino-se-hace-camino-al-andar
Farré Rozada, L. (2023) ‘Musimáticas: a la recerca de científiques històriques i actuals’ [Musimáticas: in search of historical and current female scientists], SCM/Notícies (Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques), 52, pp. 108-112. https://scm.iec.cat/publicacio/scm-noticies-52/
