Michael Lukaszuk is an electroacoustic music composer and researcher based in Umeå, Sweden. Much of his creative and scholarly output involves the use of algorithmic/generative procedures, improvisation, and interdisciplinary collaboration in order to investigate algorithmic media in culture and how recent aspects of electroacoustic music (e.g., the adoption of machine learning techniques, glitch aesthetics) fit within established musicological themes such as instrumentality and liveness.
His music and research have been presented at multiple years of the International Computer Music Conference, SEAMUS (Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States), the Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium, the Australasian Computer Music Festival, and New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival events, in addition to presentations at music and media art festivals in Canada, Europe, South America and Asia. His writings on electroacoustic music can be found in publications such as Emille (the Korean Electroacoustic Music Society), Chroma (Australasian Computer Music Association), and eContact! (Canadian Electroacoustic Community). He won 1st prize in the Hugh Le Caine Awards – (electroacoustic music category) of the SOCAN Foundation Young Composer Awards and 3rd prize in the JTTP (Jeu de Temps) awards of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community. He holds a DMA in Composition from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada), He currently works as a Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media Art at Umeå University.
