The communication and dissemination plan of the Chair aims to raise awareness and make available to different audiences various topics related to the challenges and possibilities of AI in the creation, production, education, and consumption of music.

The dissemination content is aimed at different types of audiences: research and academic, professionals and companies in the music and technology sectors, and the general public.

The main dissemination activities are:

  • Publications in academic journals and conferences
  • Organization of our own dissemination activities
  • Participation in external activities and events
  • Concerts and demos

 

Seminars and events organized by the MTG

October 2024

Open conversation with David Toop and Sergi Jordà

Seminar by Romain Hennequin on AI-generated music detection at Deezer

July 2024

Seminar by Stefan Lattner on the Advancements in Generative Music Models at Sony CSL Paris

Seminar by Akira Maezawa (Yamaha) on modeling music performance

June 2024

Seminar by AudioShake

May 2024

Seminar by Shuo Zhang on "Better audio through AI research at Bose"

April 2024

Critical art practices within Generative Music AI with Moisés Horta Valenzuela (𝔥𝔢𝔵𝔬𝔯𝔠𝔦𝔰𝔪𝔬𝔰)

February 2024

Raül Refree + Groove Transformer. Open Rehearsal at the CCCB

Seminar by Elio Quinton (VP of Artificial Intelligence at Universal Music Group) on AI in the Music Industry

October 2023

Seminar by the Institute for Ethnomusicology of Kunstuniversität Graz on Computational Methods in Ethnomusicology

Research seminars by Annamaria Mesaros (Tampere University) and Romain Serizel (Université de Lorraine)

July 2023

Seminar by Emilia Gómez (Senior researcher at the Joint Research Centre, European Commission): Scientific challenges, practical methodologies and policy perspectives for trustworthy AI

June 2023

Research seminari by Stefano Fasciani (University of Oslo): Modeling analog audio effects using low latency deep learning architectures

May 2023

"AudioStellar": talk and performance by Leandro Garber and Agustín Spinetto

 

Invited talks

October 2024

Xavier Serra panelist at the XI Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Musicología: Historias (Inter)conectadas. Panel on Computational Musicology

Roser Batlle participates in a panel on AI and music at La Capsa

Frederic Font talk on IA and Music at the Aules d'Extensió Universitària del Vallès Oriental

June 2024

AES Europe 2024 Heyser Lecture by Xavier Serra

Xavier Serra Xavier Serra talks about the impact of AI in music in the First piano competition “Villa de Bilbao” / 2M Mathematics and Music at BCAM

Sergi Jordà panelist at Sonar Festival: We are the music makers… AI and music.

May 2024

Debate - Encoding Creativity: Ethical Challenges of Generative AI with Roser Batlle

The UPF-BMAT Chair on AI & Music presented at the Barcelona Music Lab Connecta event

AI & ethics in music: panel at Primavera Pro moderated by Roser Batlle

Soundlights project in Acusti.cat congress

Sergi Jordà participates in Tech & Play 2024, a dissemination event aimed at Barcelona citizens

March 2024

Roser Batlle participates in the event «8M: Música i tecnologia a les grades»

February 2024

A public conversation between Xavier Serra and Elio Quinton on AI and Music

October 2023

Sergi Jordà participates as a panelist in an event on AI and Music at the UAB Innovation Week

September 2023

Sergi Jordà chairs the panel “The AI Ecosystem : Challenges / Opportunities / Risks” in the Future Music Forum 2023

July 2023

Sergi Jordà and BMAT participate in the Exponential Day, organized by ACCIÓ, the Catalan Agency for Business Competitiveness

June 2023

Xavier Serra participates in the European Forum on Music 2023

Participation by Sergi Jordà in the experts round table presenting “Espacio Audio”, the section of the National Strategic Program (PERTE) of the Language New Economy

Frederic Font chairs a panel on AI and Music at AI &WEB3 Creative Summit (+RAIN & Sonar+D)

Sergi Jordà gives a talk on AI in Advanced Music in the International Symposium on Soundscape, Advanced Music and AI (ISSAM)

May 2023

Xavier Serra participates in the AEDEM (Asociación Española de Editores de Música) congress with a talk on Challenges and Opportunities for AI in the music sector

Sergi Jordà and Gonçal Calvo (BMAT) participate in the Barcelona Music Tech Hub second meeting, focused on the impact of AI in the sector

 

 

 

Other dissemination activities

June 2024

DEMO-CONCERT: Blazej Kotowski participates in the music section of +RAIN (IA film festival), with a music performance using AI

DEMO: Essentia.js in the Project Area at Sonar+D

October 2023 - March 2024

Participation of the MTG in the CCCB’s exhibition AI: Artificial Intelligence

July 2023

The MTG participates in the TV program "El Cazador de Cerebros" (TVE), in an episode dedicated to AI and Music

June 2023

DEMO-CONCERT: Performance using the prototype GrooveTransformer (IA real-time rhythm generator) in the music section of +RAIN (IA film festival)

DEMO: GrooveTransformer (IA real-time rhythm generator) in the Project Area at Sonar+D