Public presentation by guest faculty Levi Lorenzo
Tuesday June 23, 2026
5:00pm EDT
Lecture Hall, Western Michigan University
Livestream simulcast on SPLICE YouTube (unique link)
Join us for a talk by SPLICE Guest Levi Lorenzo.
Playing Electronics
Dr. Levy Lorenzo will lead a presentation regarding his creative, technical, and professional path that combines his crafts as percussion performer and electronics engineer. His core concepts of Play and Practice in electronic music performance will be the through-line in the musical and technical projects that will be discussed.
Some info about Levi:
Born in Bucharest, Filipino-American Levy Marcel Ingles Lorenzo, Jr. works at the intersection of music, art, and technology. On an international scale, his body of work spans electronics design, sound engineering, instrument building, installation art, improvisation, and percussion performance. With a primary focus on inventing new instruments, he prototypes, composes, and performs new electronic music.
As an art consultant, Levy designs interactive electronics ranging from small sculptures to large-scale public art installations with artists such as Alvin Lucier, Christine Sun Kim, Ligorano/Reese, Autumn Knight, and Leo Villareal. As a musician, he has worked with artists such as Peter Evans, Tyshawn Sorey, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Ryuichi Sakamoto, George Lewis, Henry Threadgill, and Claire Chase. As a sound engineer, he is in demand as a specialist in the realization of complete electroacoustic concerts with nontraditional configurations.
A core member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), he fulfills multiple roles as percussionist, electronics performer, and sound engineer. His work has been featured at IRCAM, STEIM, REWIRE, MIT Media Lab, Harvestworks, Banff Centre, The Hermitage, Harvard University, G4TV, Grey Group, Bose, Amazon Studios, BBC, The New York Times, and Burning Man. In 2022, he made his debut as an electronic concerto soloist with the New York Philharmonic. More recently, he has had multiple engagements at Carnegie Hall as a soloist, technologist, curator, and composer.
Levy earned a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Percussion Performance from Stony Brook University. He has presented numerous workshops and lectures on electronic musical instrument design and performance practice. Dr. Lorenzo holds a position as Professor of Creative Technologies at The New School College of Performing Arts, where he directs the Nstrument Lab.