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Basics

Name Martin Nicastro
Email nicastromartin@gmail.com
Url https://martinnicastro.com
Summary Musicologist, violinist and composer

Work

  • 2024 - 2026
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    University of Pavia, Department of Musicology
    Research fellow in the project FILMUSP – Music publishing and film: toward a production history of the soundtrack in Italy (1958-1976).
  • 2023.09 - 2023.10
    Lecturer
    CDEC Foundation, Milan
    Course 'Digital tools for the teaching of the humanities'. Digital text analysis, digital mapping, and network analysis (8 hours).
  • 2023.05 - 2023.06
    Visiting Lecturer
    University of Pavia, Department of Musicology
    Seminar 'From data-poor to data-rich? Musicology goes digital'. Workshop in digital mapping and music studies (8 hours).
  • 2023 - current
    Interactive Mapping Developer
    Live Music Mapping Project (University of Liverpool, Aston University, University of Pavia)
    Developer of interactive digital maps in R for live music ecosystems.
  • 2022 - 2024
    Adjunct Professor (Supplementary Teaching)
    University of Ferrara
    Master's degree in 'Education, Communication and Digital Citizenship'. Seminar: 'Music and Technologies'. Digital mapping and network analysis applied to musicological research and teaching (24 hours).
  • 2022 - 2024
    Trainer
    EnExDi Doctoral Winter/Summer School (University of Poitiers, ENS Lyon)
    Teacher of the course: 'Data Analysis and Visualization: Network Analysis' (18 hours across editions 2022, 2023, 2024).
  • 2020 - 2022
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, University of Milan
    Teacher of the laboratory: 'Digital editing and representation of musical texts and sound events' (20 hours).

Education

  • 2021.08 - 2021.08
    Summer School
    Leipzig University
    Digital Humanities
    • Specialization in Humanities Data and Mapping Environments.
  • 2020 - 2024
    PhD in Literary and Musical Text Sciences
    University of Pavia
    Musicology
    • Supervisors: Prof. Alessandro Bratus (University of Pavia), Prof. Giovanni Pietro Vitali (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines).
    • Thesis: 'Milan 1958-1962: Music Topography of a City'
  • 2015 - 2016
    Single courses
    Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Milan
    Electroacoustic Composition
    • Electroacoustic Composition, History of Electroacoustic Music, Analysis of Electroacoustic Music (M° Giovanni Cospito).
    • Synthesis and Sampling Techniques, Music Informatics (M° Sylviane Sapir).
  • 2015 - 2018
    MA
    University of Milan
    Music and Performing Arts
    • Supervisor: Prof. Maurizio Corbella.
    • Thesis: 'Two Colors in the Head: The Aesthetics of Radiohead between Experimentation and Market'.
  • 2011 - 2015
    BA
    University of Milan
    Modern Literature
    • Supervisor: Prof. Michele Mari.
    • Thesis: 'Interactions between Sound and Word in Tasso and Monteverdi'.
  • 2007 - 2017
    Second-level Academic Diploma
    Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Milan
    Violin

Awards

  • 2024
    Seal of Excellence – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship
    European Research Council
    Awarded Seal of Excellence with a score of 93.6/100 for the project 'Historical Atlas of European Live Music: a Digital Framework (HAELM: DF)', in collaboration with the University of Liverpool.
  • 2022
    Small Grant AIUCD
    Associazione per l'Informatica Umanistica e la Cultura Digitale
    One-year research grant for the project 'Milan 1958-1962: Music Topography of a City'. Funded with €750.
  • 2019
    Vittorio Fellegara Prize
    Associazione NoMus
    Award for the best musicological research on Milanese composer Vittorio Fellegara. Funded with €2,000.

Publications

Skills

Humanistic Data Science
Data analysis, processing, and visualization (R)
Data collection and management (Excel, Google Sheets)
Network Analysis & Digital Mapping
Network analysis and visualization (Gephi, R)
Interactive digital mapping (R, Shiny, QGIS, Carto)
Audio/Video
Audio-video editing (DaVinci Resolve)
Digital audio signal editing and analysis (Acousmographe, Sonic Visualiser, Audacity, Ableton)
Web Development
Website development (Jekyll, GitHub Pages)

Languages

Italian
Native speaker
English
Fluent