Carl Faia

Born at Tinker Airforce Base in Oklahoma. Studied composition at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Florida State University and the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark while on a Fulbright grant. Teachers included Edward Applebaum, Peter Racine Fricker, Per Norgard and Karl Aage Rasmussen. Later participated in masterclasses with Tristan Murail, Philippe Manoury and Harrison Birtwistle.

Musical assistant (computer music expert) at IRCAM in Paris from 1996 to 2000, Studio Manager at the CIRM from 2000 to 2002 in Nice, freelance since 2002. Collaborated with numerous composers including James Dillon, Jonathan Harvey, Harrison Birtwistle, Fausto Romitelli, Luca Francesconi, James Wood, Alejandro Viñao, Philippe Leroux, as well as, the National Jazz Orchestra of France. Has worked with composers to present new works with computer electronics in various festivals throughout Europe including Ars Musica (Brussels), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Musica (Strasbourg), Agora (Paris), Gaida (Vilnius), MaerzMusik (Berlin), Lille 2004 as well as the Casa da Musica (Porto) et Lille 2004 and Queen Elesabeth Hall (London).

He works regularly with Studio Art Zoyd (France) and the Forum Neues Musiktheater der Staatsoper Stuttgart (Germany) as a live electronics designer with invited composers for music theatre, opera, concerts and multimedia projects.

In 2002 he founded the non-profit association, Lieu, based in Nice, France to promote the creation and diffusion of contemporary music using technology. Lieu has realized several projects in the development of new tools for sound creation and has been present in the production of new works using technology.