Francesco Bigoni
PhD Programme Coordinator
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancesco Bigoni is a multidisciplinary musician-engineer and educator who coordinates the PhD programme at Siena Jazz while maintaining an active career as a saxophonist, composer and freelance instrument designer. With over 20 years as a performer and eight years of formal professional experience in academia and industry, he bridges improvisation practice, digital luthiery and interaction design. He teaches analysis of forms, ensemble work and sound processing and has guided master’s and PhD-level curricula and labs in contemporary improvisational languages. Francesco’s technical background—MSc in Sound and Music Computing and an engineering degree from DTU—underpins R&D work from microphone acoustics to custom musical interfaces. He has hands-on experience as a systems engineer and teaching assistant in machine learning and audio signal courses, giving him rare fluency across performance, research and implementation. Based in Copenhagen, he is known for turning experimental sonic ideas into practical tools and pedagogy that feed both concert stages and research labs.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Civilingeniør (MSc), Sound and Music Computing, Civilingeniør (MSc), Sound and Music Computing at Aalborg UniversitySummer Workshops, Jazz/Jazz Studies, Summer Workshops, Jazz/Jazz Studies at Siena JazzDiploma di maturità scientifica, Diploma di maturità scientifica at Liceo Ginnasio L. AriostoAdvanced Postgraduate Diploma, Advanced Postgraduate Diploma at Rytmisk MusikkonservatoriumTechnical University of Denmark
Italian, Danish, English
Github Skills (23)
modulation8
sound-synthesis7
music5
filter5
midi5
synthesis4
chain4
audio4
sound-processing4
python3
c-library3
prototyping3
mocap3
rover2
openvr2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
francescobigoni/CMSynth
Nov 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:27 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 8 months
sound-synthesismidisynthesisfilter-chainmodulation
francescobigoni/lyt
Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
A simple C++ library and tool for rapid audio prototyping
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes in 6 months
audio-processingcppc-librarypitch-detectionprototyping
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