Michael Lukaszuk is an artist and researcher with interests in electronic music/sound art, improvisation and exploring the cultural dimensions of technology in music.

His work often explores themes such as digital liveness and algorithmic media in culture. His creative and research outputs have been presented at events such as The International Computer Music Conference, International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, with awards from organizations such as the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (Jeu de Temps awards) and the SOCAN Foundation (Hugh Le Caine awards).

His writings on electronic and experimental music can be found in journals such as JAR (Journal for Artistic Research) and Emilie (Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society).

He holds a PhD in Cultural Studies (Queen’s University, Canada) and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition (College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati). From 2024-2025 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media Art at Umeå University. He currently works as an Assistant Teaching Professor at The University of New Brunswick (Canada).

Upcoming

  • November 14, 2025 Guest talk and solo concert at Washington State University, Electroacoustic Music Festival.

  • May 31, 2025 Live coding and modular synth improvisation at Ovala Fönster free improvisation concert series - Umeå Sweden

  • August 2025, multichannel version of “Away” will be installed at Vasa Futures Festival - Vasa, Finland

  • June 2025, multichannel version of “Away” will be played at the International Computer Music Conference - Boston, USA

Recent Events

  • May 27, 2025, presentation of co-authored paper with Sojung Bahng at ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art), Seoul, South Korea

  • March 25, 2025 “All the moon long…” will be played by the University of Louisville Electro-Acoustic Music Ensemble - Louisville, USA

  • December 20, 2024 Obsession” will be played at WOCMAT (Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology) (Kainan University, Taiwan)

  • October 22, 2024 “Obsession” will be played at The Australasian Computer Music Conference

  • October 18, 2024 Electroacoustic Improvisation as part of the Art Friday event at Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden

  • October 16, 2024 Paper presentation on improvising interactive graphic notation in Max/MSP, at Drawing Across/Beyond Boundaries (University of Porto)

  • September 18, 2024 “All the moon long…” for laptop ensemble will be played at the concert of the AudioMostly conference (University of Milan)