Guerino Mazzola

Short Curriculum Vitae Guerino Mazzola

• Swiss citizen • 1961-66 Gymnasium Typus B • 1966-71 Diploma in Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, • and Crystallography at University of Zürich • 1971 PhD in Mathematics • 1972-75 Postdoctoral Studies at Universities Paris-Sud and Rome • 1980 Habilitation in Algebraic Geometry and Representation Theory • 1978-82 Lecturer at Universities of Zürich and Basel • 1980-84 Development of Mathematical Music Theory • 1981 Construction of Music Computer for Transformation Theory of Musical Patterns • 1984-86 Scientific director of the Darmstadt Symmetry-Project • 1986-89 Lecturer at University of Zürich • 1986-88 Director of SNSF-Project on Depth-EEG and Music Perception together with H. G. Wieser at Neurological University Hospital Zürich • 1988 Development of musical composition software presto jointly with Fraunhofer Gesellschaft/Arbeitsgruppe Graphische DV, Darmstadt • 1992-96 Executive director of SNSF-Project RUBATO on Computer Models of musical interpretation and performance at University of Zürich • 1996 Associate Professsor at Math. Dept. University Laval/Québec • 1997 Expert at Swiss National Science Council • Since 1998 Lecturer at ETH Zürich, Dpt. of Humanities (Abt. XII) • 1999-2003 Consultant at TU Berlin/ VW-Nachwuchsgruppe Mathematische Musiktheorie • Since 1999 Lecturer at CSD/U Zürich, Abt. XII/ETH Zürich, and Musicology Dpt./U Vienna • 2000 Winner of the Medal of the Mexican Mathematical Society • 2000-2002 Executive director of a SNF-project in scientific visualization of music data bases • Since 2000 Oberassistent at the Mulitimedia Lab of CSD/U Zürich • 1984-2002 Direction of 7 diploma, 6 PhD, and two habilitation theses in Canada, Germany, France, and Switzerland • 2002-2006 Director of ICT and SVC projects Core IT Mathematics at the CSD/U Zürich. • 2003 Habilitation in Computational Sciences at the U Zürich. • 2005 Invited professor at the Ecole normale supérieure, Paris • 2007 Full tenure professor for collaborative arts and music theory at the School of Music, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota • Member of the Grothendieck Circle • 2008 President of the Society for Music and Mathematics • 2008 Chief editor of Springer Book Series „Computational Music Science“

Author of thirty books and over 150 papers in the fields of Arithmetic, Topology, Category Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Mathematical Music Theory, Brain Research, Computergraphics in the Arts, Performance Theory, Computer Musicology. Mazzola is an internationally recognized jazz pianist. Production of several LPs and CDs; composition grants of the City of Zürich. Extensive tours as a jazz pianist in Europe, USA, Corea, Japan, Indonesia, and Mexico.

Selected Mathematical Papers • Finslersche Zahlen. Commentarii Math. Helv. 44, pp.495-501, 1969. • (with P. Hafner) The Cofinal Character of Uniform Spaces and Ordered Fields. Zeitschr. f. math. Logik und Grundlagen d. Math. 17, pp.377-384, 1971. • Der Satz von der Zerlegung Finslerscher Zahlen in Primfaktoren. Math. Ann. 195, pp.227-244, 1972. • Diophantische Gleichungen und die universelle Eigenschaft Finslerscher Zahlen. Math Ann. 202, pp.137-148, 1973. • (with M. Fontana) Sur les anneaux et schémas co-discrets. Rend. Accad. Naz. d. Lincei, ser. VIII, vol. LVI, pp.45-51, 1974. • (with M. Fontana) Schémas co-discrets et topologie constructible. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 279, pp.463-466, 1974. • (with M. Fontana) Arithmétique fonctorielle. Rendiconti di Matematica, 8, pp.731-768, 1975. • (mit M. Fontana) Arithmétique fonctorielle des topologies de Grothendieck. Ann. Univ. Ferrara, vol. XXII, pp.49-94, 1976. • Les composantes irréductibles du schéma des algèbres de dimension 5. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 286, pp.389-390, 1978. • The Algebraic and Geometric Classification of Associative Algebras of Dimension Five. manuscripta math. 27, pp.81-101, 1979. • Generic Finite Schemes and Hochschild Cocycles. Commentarii Math. Helv. 55, pp.267-293, 1980. • How to Count the Number of Irreducible Components of the Scheme of Finite-Dimensional Algebra-Structures. Journal of Algebra 78, pp.292-302, 1982.

Books and Reports • Gruppen und Kategorien in der Musik. Heldermann, Berlin 1985. • Rasterbild - Bildraster, CAD-gestützte Analyse von Raffaels "Schule von Athen". Springer, Berlin 1987. • (Editor and main contributor) Symmetrie in Kunst, Natur und Wissenschaft, Band 3. Roether, Darmstadt, 1986. • Mathematische Betrachtungen in der Musik I & II. Lecture Notes zur Vorlesung am Math. Institut, Univ. Zürich 1986/87. • Handbuch zur Musik-Software presto. SToA-Music, Zürich 1989-1994. • Geometrie der Töne - Elemente der Mathematischen Musiktheorie. Birkhäuser, Basel 1990. • Ansichten eines Hirns - Perspektiven der aktuellen Hirnforschung. Birkhäuser, Basel 1990. • Geometry and Logic of Musical Performance I-III. Reports for Schweiz. Nationalfonds, Univ. Zürich 1993-1996. • Semiotic Aspects of Music (70pp) - Art. 152, In: Posner et al. (eds): Semoitics (Handbook, Vol.III). W. de Gruyter, Berlin 1999. • Humanities@EncycloSpace. SWR/FER-Studie (140pp), Internet: http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/mml/musicmedia/documents/test/encyclospace-CD/html/inframe.html, Bern 1998. • The Topos of Music; incl. CD-ROM. (1368pp), Birkhäuser, Basel 2002. • Mazzola G., E. Lluis-Puebla, and Th. Noll (eds.): Perspectives in Mathematical Music Theory. EpOs Osnabrück 2004. • (with 2 co-authors G. Milmeister and J. Weissmann) Comprehensive Mathematics for Computer Scientists, Vols. I, II; 700 pp., part of the SVC and ICT project CoreITeM; Springer, Heidelberg et al. 2004. • (with 2 co-authors G. Milmeister and J. Weissmann) Comprehensive Mathematics for Computer Scientists, 2nd edition of Vol. I; 700 pp., Springer, Heidelberg et al. 2006. • (with co-editors G. Assayag and F. Nicolas): Penser la musique avec les mathématiques? Delatour, Paris 2006. • (in collaboration with R. Bärtschi and S. Göller): Elemente der Musikinformatik. Birkhäuser, Basel 2006. • La vérité du beau dans la musique. Delatour, Paris 2007 • (with P. B. Cherlin and two collaborators): Flow, Gesture, and Spaces in Free Jazz "Towards a Theory of Collaboration. Springer, Heidelberg 2009 • (with seven collaborating students): Musical Performance "A Comprehensive Approach: Theory, Analytical Tools, and Case Studies. 288 pp., Springer Series Computational Music Science, Heidelberg et al. December 2010. • (with co-authors J. Park and F. Thalmann): Strategies and Tools for Musical Creativity in Composition and Improvisation. Springer, Heidelberg Fall 2011. • (with co-authors M. Mannone and Y. Pang): Cool Math for Hot Music. Springer Heidelberg 2016 • (with 4 students): All About Music. Springer Heidelberg 2016 • The Topos of Music. 2nd edition, vol. I, II, III, IV. Springer Heidelberg 2017 • (with 8 students): Basic Music Technology. Springer Heidelberg 2018

LPs, CDs • Mazzola/Piano Solo Kelvin Null. OMP Records 1001 LP • Mazzola/Piano Solo Akroasis. Wergo SM 1024 LP • Mazzola/Moor/Sollberger Aus dem Hinterhalt. OMP Records 1002 LP • Q4 Orchestra Lyons' Brood. Creative Works CW 1018 CD • Guerino Mazzola Synthesis. SToA music ST-71.1001 CD • Jan Beran Immaculate Concept. SToA music ST-71.1002 CD • Q4 Orchestra Yavapai. Creative Works CW 1028 CD • Rissi-Mazzola-Geisser Fuego. Creative Works CW 1029 CD • Brown-Mazzola-Geisser Orbit. Music & Arts CD-1015 CD • Mazzola-Geisser Toni's Delight. Cadence Jazz Records 1090 CD • Mazzola/Geisser/Fields/Turner Maze. Quixotic Records 5002 CD • Mazzola/Geisser /Fields/Maneri Heliopolis. Cadence Jazz Records 1122 CD • Mazzola/Geisser Folia. Silkheart Records SHCD 153 CD • Mazzola/Geisser/Rissi Tierra. Cadence Jazz Records 1130 CD • Mazzola/Geisser/Rissi Agua. Cadence Jazz Records 1150 CD • Mazzola/Geisser Someday. Silkheart 154 CD • Mazzola/Geisser/Fields/Maneri Chronotomy. BlackSaint 120173-2 CD • Mazzola/Geisser/Kato/Saga Live at Airegin. ayler records aylDL-056 • Mazzola/Geisser/Rissi Aire. Cadence Jazz Records 1208 CD • Mazzola/Geisser/Kaiser/Sirone Liquid Bridges. Springer, Heidelberg 2008 • Mazzola/Geisser/Onuma: Dancing the Body of Time. Cadencd Jazz Records, to appear 2011 • Mazzola/Park: Passionate Message. Silkheart Records 2012 • Mazzola/Geisser: Live at Le Classique. pfMentum Records 2018 • Mazzola/Geisser/Kita: Ma. pfMentum Records 2018 • Mazzola/Lubet: Deep state. pfMentum Records 2018 • Mazzola/Lubet/Zielinski/Leo/Holdman: Negative Sace. pfMentum Records 2019

Music for Movies • Dance and text, performance / Radio Play: "Angenadelt" • Video: "Versteinerungen - oder das Ende der Fluchtwege" • Video live performance: "Synthesis"/Jazzfestival • Live jazz concert with silent movie: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" • Text and performance: "Eitel Freude, Harmonie und Hinterlist" • Piano music for readings by Reto Hänny • Computermusic: "Synthesis" • Commercials: Three movies for product "Tritace" (Hoechst) • Scientific consulting and jazz performance in documentary movie "Brain Music" (Bruno Moll) • Onstage Jazz performance in Markus Imboden's movie "Auf immer und ewig ... und einen Tag" • Music director of Garin Nugroho’s documentary „Teak Leaves at the Temples“ on Indonesian music and Free Jazz • Director of Music and Dance Project with Diyah Larasati „Dancing the Violent Body of Time“ at U of Minnesota. • Imaginary Time. DVD with Heinz Geisser and Shiro Onuma at Airegin Club December 2014. Vimeo

Awards

medal of the Mexican Mathematical Society 2000