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Basics
Name | Martin Nicastro |
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
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2021.08 - 2021.08 Summer School
Leipzig University
Digital Humanities
- Specialization in Humanities Data and Mapping Environments.
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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'
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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).
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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'.
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2011 - 2015 BA
University of Milan
Modern Literature
- Supervisor: Prof. Michele Mari.
- Thesis: 'Interactions between Sound and Word in Tasso and Monteverdi'.
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2007 - 2017
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
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2025 -
2025 Suoni urbani (Urban Sounds)
Enciclopedia della musica: 1900-2025, Treccani (Rome)
Encyclopedia entry. Non peer-reviewed.
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2025 Mapping Live Music – Technical Solutions, Delivery, and Challenges
Palgrave Macmillan (London)
Book chapter in 'Live Music Ecologies – Charting the Presence of Live Music in Urban Economics'. In press.
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2025 Milano 1958-1962: Music Topography of a City. Network Analysis, Digital Mapping and Music Practices
NeoClassica (Rome)
Monograph. In press.
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2024 -
2024 Combining Network Analysis and GIS for Music Historiography: Genre, Urban Space and Music Ecologies
Umanistica Digitale, VIII/17
Peer-reviewed article. Open access.
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2024 From Thin to Deep: Mapping Urban Music Through Multimedia Web Apps
Sound Stage Screen, III/2
Peer-reviewed article. Open access.
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2023 -
2023 -
2020 Nono-Biennale di Venezia: dalle contestazioni del ’68 alla prima del Prometeo (Nono-Biennale di Venezia: from ‘68s Demonstrations to Prometeo)
La Biennale (Venice)
Non peer-reviewed article.
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2020 Vittorio Fellegara: uno sguardo retrospettivo (Vittorio Fellegara: a Retrospective Look)
Musica/Realtà 122
Non peer-reviewed article.
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 |