Austin Franklin is an internationally recognized composer and sound artist currently based in Stockholm, Sweden. His interests include music involving process, such as algorithmic composition and music incorporating music information retrieval and machine learning technologies. His work has been described as having “great subtlety and sophistication” (The American Prize) and “striking” and “delightful” (New York Concert Review). Austin has several pieces for percussion published through C-Alan Publications and his music has been performed throughout North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia by ensembles such as the Västerås Sinfonietta, Hypercube, The Estrella Consort, and the Four Corners Ensemble. In 2022, he made his Carnegie Hall debut with a performance of his String Quartet No. 1 “Lanterns.”
Austin is the recipient of numerous awards and commissions, including the American Prize for Composition, the Petrichor International Music Competition, the RMN Call for Electroacoustic Works, PARMA Winter Call for Scores, and the ABLAZE Electronic Masters Series Call for Recordings. His music has also been selected for festivals and conferences such as the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, International Music Information Retrieval Society (ISMIR), New Music Mosaic Festival (NMM), Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), Napoleon Electronic Media Festival (NEMF), Festival Ecos Urbanos, the New Music on the Bayou Festival (NMOB), Splice Institute, New York City Electronic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology (WOCMAT), Alba Music Festival, Society of Composers Incorporated (SCI), and Electric LaTex. As a technologist, he has presented research at the Web Audio Conference (WAC) that explores using Web API’s as the basis for designing digital instruments along with net art installations that explore collaboration and interactivity on the web, and at the New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference (NIME) that involves simultaneous auditory and vibrotactile stimuli. His latest research involves designing systems for artistic processes which make use of music information retrieval technologies and has been presented at the Australasian Computer Music Conference (ACMC). For more visit austinfranklinmusic.com.
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