Bruno Louchouarn

 
B.S., M.S. Artificial intelligence, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
M.A., Ph.D. Music Composition, University of California, Los Angeles

Bruno Louchouarn is a composer and cognitive scientist. His musical compositions are informed by his studies in cognitive musicology and often focus on the performative aspects of language and music, the narrative structure of myths, emotions and rhetoric. His research also includes the interaction of music and the moving image, and temporality in the visual and musical experience.

Ranging from futuristic cantina music heard in the film Total Recall to live experimental multimedia performances, works for large orchestra and music for ballet and the theater, his music has been performed Internationally including RedCat in Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, UCLA’s Royce Hall, Juilliard, and the Getty Center. He teaches music, multimedia, and cognitive science at Occidental College.