Date and time: 2 December 2024, 19:00
Venue: Residencia de Estudiantes (Calle de Pinar, 21-23 28006 Madrid)
Abstract: Throughout history, humanity has maintained a constant curiosity about whether our world is deterministic or simply the result of chance. In the course of this search, chaos theory emerged to explain phenomena that are incredibly complex yet can be modelled. In this lecture-recital, pianist and mathematician Laura Farré Rozada explores the many musical facets of chaos theory, from its most basic foundations to its creative potential.
About the speaker
Laura Farré Rozada is a mathematician, pianist, researcher and science communicator. In her doctoral thesis, completed at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and published in 2024, she formalises a method for the analysis, learning and memorisation of music based on mathematics and computer engineering. Described as a “rising star” by BBC Music Magazine, she has received, among other accolades, the BIME Equity New Talent Award (2022) and the American Classical Young Musician Award (2022). She is currently an artist and resident speaker at CosmoCaixa (Barcelona) and CaixaForum (Seville, Zaragoza, Valencia, Madrid). She has released two albums: Nimbus (2021) and The French Reverie (2018), both acclaimed by critics and recognised with various awards. As a soloist, she has performed in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the USA, Argentina and Singapore.
Her research focuses on the relationship between music and mathematics, musical memory, performance psychology and post-tonal repertoire. Farré Rozada is also active in science communication through the media. She is currently the director, presenter and scriptwriter of the radio programme La cinta de Möbius (Catalunya Radio) and, until 2023, was in charge of Musimáticas (Radio Nacional Clásica). In addition, she collaborates in various programmes and has given numerous outreach lectures on music and mathematics.