Summary
Leonardo Auri is a multidisciplinary musician-researcher blending 11+ years of professional music practice with formal training in music and computer science. Currently a PhD candidate in Audio Communication at TU Berlin and guest researcher/lecturer with HPI’s Sonic Thinking & Neurodesign group, he explores neural networks applied to creative audio and musical systems while teaching "Music Theory in Practice for Programmers." As a Berlin-based freelance musician he composes and performs for theater and soundscape projects, and led the Environmental Instruments work that earned a STARTS Prize 2022 recommendation. He also founded and manages the Delabole Miyawaki Forests reforestation project in Australia, showing a rare commitment to ecological restoration alongside tech-art research. Comfortable bridging pedagogy, code, and composition, he offers a practical, research-backed perspective on the intersection of AI, music, and design.
11 years of coding experience
Graduate Diploma of Education, EDUCATION, Graduate Diploma of Education, EDUCATION at University of Adelaide
Bachelor of IT Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Bachelor of IT Systems Engineering, Computer Science at Hasso Plattner Institute
Doctor of Philosophy, Audio Communication, Doctor of Philosophy, Audio Communication at Technische Universität Berlin