University of Music Lübeck (MHL), Electronic Studio

The electronic studio of the University of Music Lübeck offers extensive possibilities in the field of electronic music and sound art. It enables students to work creatively with current software and hardware in the field of electronic music, to use machine learning creatively, to build electronic musical instruments independently, to produce audiovisual works, to expand their artistic portfolio, and to provide a variety of impulses for further musical development. Through the creative use of software, programming, interactive music systems, machine learning, telematic music practices, electronic and analog sound generation and synthesizers, sound installation, multi-channel audio, virtual/augmented reality. We promote innovative, experimental, and multimedia creativity in music and sound, work with ambisonic immersive audio and wavefield synthesis, a multifaceted array of sensors, and motion tracking. An interdisciplinary approach to music technology that connects it to the fields of philosophy, computer science, artificial intelligence, media studies, critical studies, critical improvisation studies, acoustics, medicine optics, history of science, and many other fields of research is an important feature of the department’s culture. Furthermore, we focus on performance and encouraging students to work as composer-performers and develop their artistic work from a performer, a composer, and a creative technologist perspective.