HOPE TO SEE YOU! HOPE TO LISTEN TO YOU! - A PLENARY LECTURE AT THE OSKA 2019 AT TARGI KIELCE

Engineer Magdalena Piotrowska (Plewa) PhD

It is estimated that about 90% of the information is acquire visually. The other senses (including hearing) provide us the remaining 10%. Rarely do we use only one of the senses selectively. Observation of the relationship between stimuli allows for a more in-depth reality perception and more effective knowledge acquisition. And inconsistency in incoming information can be a "red lamp" that shows that "something is not right".  This lecture will make it possible to take a look and listen about visual perception’s impact on what we hear. We will think about the video clip which impacts the music, and how the music impacts the film. The importance of the concert lighting and how its influence on reception will be discussed. Can a graph make it possible to deduce the sound system’s tonality? We will work out some important sound charts  which impact the sound perception
-  This is how Magdalena Piotrowska  PhD. encourages to take part in her lecture delivered as the opening address of the  6th  National Students Conference  for Sound-Engineers held in Targi Kielce’s Congress Centre.

We invite you to take part in the lecture session on the first day of the Digital Stage Europe Pro Audio and Light Event - March 7 at 4:00 PM in the Omega congress hall.  

The speaker’s professional CV

 Engineer  In 2016 Magdalena Piotrowska received the the Gdańsk University of Technology title of doctor in technical sciences with distinction. Her dissertation related to  music perception and content management  (Music Information Retrieval). She combines her passion for sound and travel and thus she has participated in post-graduate studies "Music Production and Recording"  at the University of Stavanger. She was a part of the   sound engineers team at the Banff Center for the Arts in Canada. 

Since 2009 she has taught engineering and sound perception classes at the  AGH  in Krakow. PJWSTK in Warsaw. Gdansk University of Technology, the University of Silesia and within the scope of the own  Learn How To Sound. 

She has been a part of scientific and development grants programmes. She has also been the laureate of grants for young scientists offered by the  Acoustical Society of America and the   Audio Engineering Society  .  Since 2019 she has held the position of the  Education Committee Chair in the   Audio Engineering Society where she previously held the position of Governor. 

Magdalena has been honoured to be a student of the prize-winning sound artist  (: Grammy, Tech Awards and MPG  awards)  Manda Parnell  is a mastering engineer who has worked with Bjork, Tom Jones, Aphex Twin, Sigur Ros, Manu Chao and many others. She worked with various musical genres artists, including KARI, Gracjan Kalandyk, Kasia Pietrzko Trio, Oleś, Annalie Wilson, IMA KYO.  The productions she has mastered have been nominated to Frederic Awards.  

Her main scientific interests encompass   information retrieval from the sound signal,  sound perception  and  signal processing. In her works she brings together scientific research and practical applications in  sound engineering. 

(JL)