Composer, media artist, and performer of electroacoustic music, Rui Penha was
born in Porto in 1981. He completed his PhD in Music (Composition) at the
University of Aveiro. His music is regularly recorded and played in festivals and
concert halls around Europe and North America, by musicians such as Arditti
Quartet, Peter Evans, Remix Ensemble, Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble or the
Gulbenkian Orchestra. He was a founder and curator of Digitópia (Casa da Música,
Porto) and has a deep interest on the relationship between music and its technology.
His recent production includes interfaces for musical expression, sound spatialisation
software, interactive installations, musical robots, autonomous improvisers, and
educational software. More recently, Rui has focused his attention on the problems
of defining and guiding artistic research. He taught at several Portuguese institutions,
in both music, art and engineering faculties, and is currently an associate professor
at ESMAE – UTPorto and integrated researcher at CESEM.