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** Proceedings or conference presentations based on peer-review abstracts


PSYCHOLOGY OF EXPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE:

1) Caron, S., Bisesi, E., & Traube, C. (2019). Analyser l'interprétation : Une étude comparative des variations de tempo dans le premier prélude de l'Art de toucher le clavecin de François Couperin. In P. Lalitte (Ed.), Musique et Cognition. Perspectives pour l'analyse et la performance musicales (pp. 233-266). Dijon: Éditions Universitaires de Dijon *

2) Bisesi, E., Friberg, A. & Parncutt, R. (2019). A computational model of immanent accent salience in tonal music. Frontiers of Psychology - Section Performance Science, 10 (317). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00317 *

3) Friberg, A., Bisesi, E., Addessi, A. R. & Baroni, M. (2019). Probing the underlying principles of perceived immanent accents using a modeling approach. Frontiers of Psychology - Section Performance Science, 10 (1024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01024 *

4) Bisesi, E. & Toiviainen, P. (2017). The relationship between musical structure and emotion in classical piano scores: A pilot study on the Theme of La Folia. In E. Van Dyck (Ed.), Proceedings of ESCOM 2017, Ghent, Belgium, 31 Jul - 4 Aug 2017 (pp. 18-22). Ghent: IPEM. ** poster

5) Bisesi, E. & Windsor, L. (2016). Expression and communication of structure in music performance: Measurements and models. In S. Hallam, I. Cross and M. Thaut (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology, 2nd Edition (pp. 615-631). Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198722946.013.37 *

6) Friberg, A. & Bisesi, E. (2014). Using computational models of music performance to model stylistic variations. In D. Fabian, E. Schubert and R. Timmers (Eds.), Expressiveness in music performance: Empirical approaches across styles and cultures (pp. 240-259). Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199659647.003.0014 *

7) Bisesi, E. & Parncutt, R. (2011). An accent-based approach to automatic rendering of piano performance: Preliminary auditory evaluation. Archives of Acoustics, 36 (2), 283-296. DOI: 10.2478/v10168-011-0022-z *

8) Bisesi, E., Parncutt, R., Caron, S., & Traube, C. (2014). The immanent emotion of a musical score: An exploratory study. In M. K. Song (Ed.) Proceedings of the ICMPC13 - APSCOM-5, Seoul, South Korea, 4-8 August 2014 (pp. 124-126). Seoul, South Korea: College of Music, Yonsei University. **

9) Bodinger, M., Bisesi, E., & Parncutt, R. (2014). Listeners' informal vocabulary for structure, expression, emotions and associations in piano music. In M. K. Song (Ed.) Proceedings of the ICMPC13 - APSCOM-5, Seoul, South Korea, 4-8 August 2014 (pp. 76-79). Seoul, South Korea: College of Music, Yonsei University. **

10) Eckl, F., Bisesi, E., , Friberg, A., & Parncutt, R. (2014). A computational model of immanent accent salience in tonal music: Perceptual evaluation. In M. K. Song (Ed.) Proceedings of the ICMPC13 - APSCOM-5, Seoul, South Korea, 4-8 August 2014 (pp. 248-250). Seoul, South Korea: College of Music, Yonsei University. **

11) Parncutt, R., Bisesi, E., & Friberg, A. (2013). A preliminary computational model of immanent accent salience in tonal music. In R. Bresin (Ed.) Proceedings of SMAC-SMC 2013, Stockholm, Sweden, 30 July - 3 August 2013 (pp. 335-340). Stockholm: KTH. ISBN: 978-91-7501-831-7 **

12) Bisesi, E., Eckl, F., & Parncutt, R. (2013). What emotions and free associations characterize different musical styles? In G. Luck and O. Brabant (Eds.), Proceedingsof the 3rd International Conference on Music and Emotion (ICME3), Jyväskylä, Finland, 11 - 15 June 2013. University of Jyväskylä, Department of Music. ISBN 978-951-39-5250-1. **  

13) Bisesi, E., MacRitchie, J., & Parncutt, R. (2013). Structural communication in piano duos: Musical compatibility and individual differences in interpretation. In A. Williamon and W. Goebl (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Vienna, Austria, 28 - 31 August 2013 (pp. 263-268). Brussels, Belgium: European Association of Conservatoires (AEC). ISBN: 978-29601378-0-4 **

14) Bisesi, E., MacRitchie, J., & Parncutt, R. (2012). Recorded interpretations of Chopin Preludes: Performer's choice of score events for emphasis and emotional communication. Extended Abstract in Proceedings of ICMPC-ESCOM 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece, 23 - 28 July 2012 (pp. 106-107). ISBN: 978-960-99845-1-5 **

15) Bisesi, E., Parncutt, R., & Friberg, A. (2011). An accent-based approach to performance rendering: Music theory meets music psychology. In A. Williamon, D. Edwards and L. Bartel, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Toronto, Canada, 24 - 27 August 2011 (pp. 27-32). Utrecht, The Netherlands: European Association of Conservatoires (AEC). ISBN 978-94-90306-02-1. **

16) Bisesi, E., Friberg, A., & Parncutt, R. (2011). Director Musices (accent-based formulation). In Proceedings of Rencon 2011, Padova, Italy, 6 July 2011. Rencon Award

17) Bisesi, E. & Parncutt, R. (2010). An accent-based approach to automatic rendering of piano performance. In W. Goebl (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second Vienna Talk on Music Acoustics, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 21 September 2010 (pp. 26-30). ISBN: 978-3-900914-07-3. **




PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSICAL TEMPO:

1) Bisesi, E. & Caron, S. (accepted for publication in 2019). De quoi dépend-il la perception d'un tempo optimal dans la musique? Le rôle de la structure musicale. In S. Féron, C. Abromont and P. Lalitte (Eds.), Le tempo dans l'acte de performance. Paris: Editions du Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. *

2) Bisesi, E. & Vicario, G. B. (2015). The perception of an optimal tempo: The role of melodic event density. In A. Galmonte and R. Actis-Grosso (Eds.), Different psychological perspectives on cognitive processes: Current research trends in Alps-Adria region (pp. 25-43). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-4438-5628-7 *

3) Bisesi, E. & Vicario, G. B. (2009). Factors affecting the choice of performed tempo. British Postgraduate Musicology, 10. *

4) Bisesi, E. & Vicario, G. B. (2008). Psychoacoustical aspects of the speed of melody performance. In M. M. Marin, M. Knoche and R. Parncutt (Eds.), Proceedings of the first International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus08), Graz, Austria, 14 - 15 November 2008 (pp. 7-11). CD-ROM, ISBN: 978-3-9502656-2-0, internet ISBN: 978-3-9502656-3-7 **

5) Bisesi, E., Gratton, I., & Vicario, G. B. (2010). Can the tempo be exactly doubled? Abstract accepted for spoken presentation at AAPC2008 - 9th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference, Klagenfurt, Austria, 16 - 18 September 2010. **

6) Bisesi, E., Odone, A., & Stucchi, N. (2010). Self-recognition in music performance. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at AAPC2008 - 9th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference, Klagenfurt, Austria, 16 - 18 September 2010. **

7) Bisesi, E. & Vicario, G. B. (2008). Psychoacoustics aspects of the speed of melody performance. Abstract accepted for spoken presentation at AAPC2010 - 8th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2 - 4 October 2008. **




MUSIC ANALYSIS:

1) Bisesi, E. (2017). Measuring and modelling perceived distance among collections in post-tonal music: Music theory meets music psychology. In Proceedings of EUROMAC9, Strasbourg, France, 28 Jun - 1 Jul 2017. **




ETHNOMUSICOLGY:

1) Shakhkulyan, T., Bisesi, E., & Parncutt, R. (2017). David of Sassoun: The tonal structure of Armenian epic songs. In T. Shakhkulyan (Ed.), Komitas and traditional music culture - Yearbook of Komitas Museum-Institute, Vol. 2.Yerevan: Publications of Komitas Museum-Institute. ISBN: 978-9939-9134-5-2

2) Bisesi, E. & Brabec de Mori, B. (2010). The representation of time among different cultures and musical systems. In R. Parncutt and M. Kögeler (Eds.), Proceedings of the first Conference on Applied Interculturality Research (cAIR10), Graz, Austria, 7 - 10 April 2010. **




MUSIC AND PHYSICS EDUCATION:

1) Bisesi, E. & Francescato, E. (2012). Applicazioni didattiche della ricerca scientifica sull'esecuzione musicale. In C. Guetti (Ed.), A.A.V.V. La Musica in testa. Milano-Udine: Mimesis Edizioni.

2) Bisesi, E. & Michelini, M. (2010). Planning curricular proposals on sound and music with perspective secondary-school teachers. In C. P. Constantinou and N. Papadouris (Eds.), Proceedings of Physics Curriculum Design, Development and Validation - GIREP 2008, Cyprus, 18 - 22 August, 2008 (CD). Cyprus: Learning in Science Group. CD-ROM, ISBN: 978-9963-689-21-7 ** pre-print **




PHYSICS EDUCATION:

1) Bisesi, E. & Michelini, M. (2010). Comparative teaching strategies in special relativity. In C. P. Constantinou and N. Papadouris (Eds.), Physics Curriculum Design, Development and Validation. Cyprus: Learning in Science Group. ISBN: 9963689205, 9789963689200 *



FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS:

1) Bisesi, E. (2007). The impact of subhalos on the signals from dark matter annihilation. Astrophysics and Space Science, 309 (1-4), 517-522. DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9405-z *

2) Bisesi, E. (2007). Indirect search of dark matter in the halos of galaxies. Role of substructures on the signals from dark matter annihilation and prospects for detection of single dark matter clumps with the MAGIC Telescope. PhD Thesis. Magic Publications.

3) Bisesi, E. (2002). Emissione gamma dalle pulsar. Stima del contributo al fondo gamma diffuso e possibili osservazioni con i telescopi spaziali AGILE e GLAST. BcL Thesis. In Tesi di Laurea e di Dottorato INFN.



EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS:

1) D. Bastieri et al. (16 authors including E. Bisesi) (2005). Using the photons from the Crab nebula seen by GLAST to calibrate MAGIC and the imaging air Cerenkov telescopes. Astroparticle Physics, 23 (6), 572-576. DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.05.002 *

2) M. Brigida et al. (27 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Particle identification with the Silicon Transition Radiation Detector (SiTRD): State of art and future perspectives. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 563 (2), 388-391. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.155 *

3) A. Albano et al. (40 authors including E. Bisesi) (2004). Scientific motivations and technical proposal for a stereoscopic MAGIC telescope (MAGIC II) in La Palma. MAGIC Internal document.



MAGIC COLLABORATION PUBLICATIONS:

1) J. Albert et al. (158 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Variable very high energy gamma-ray emission from the Microquasar LS I+61 303. Science, 312 (5781), 1771-1773. DOI: 10.1126/science.1128177 *

2) J. Albert et al. (142 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Discovery of very high energy gamma-rays from Markarian 180 triggered by an optical outburst. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 648 (2), L105-L108. DOI:10.1086/508020 *

3) J. Albert et al. (147 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Observation of VHE Gamma Radiation from HESS J1834-087/W41 with the MAGIC Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal, 643 (1), L53-L56. DOI: 10.1086/504917 *

4) J. Albert et al. (132 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Discovery of very high energy gamma rays from 1ES 1218+30.4. The Astrophysical Journal, 642 (2), L119-L122. DOI:10.1086/504845 *

5) J. Albert et al. (130 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Flux upper limit of gamma-ray emission by grb050713a from magic telescope observations. The Astrophysical Journal, 641 (1), L9-L12. DOI: 10.1086/503767 *

6) J. Albert et al. (131 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Observation of gamma-rays from the galactic center with the magic telescope. The Astrophysical Journal, 638 (2), L101-L104. DOI: 10.1086/501164 *

7) J. Albert et al. (134 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Magic observations of very high energy gamma-rays from HESS J1813-178. The Astrophysical Journal, 637 (1), L41-L44. DOI: 10.1086/500364 *

8) J. Albert et al. (129 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Observation of VHE gamma-ray emission from the active galactic nucleus 1ES-1959+650 using the Magic Telecope. The Astrophysical Journal, 639 (2), 761-765. DOI: 10.1086/499421 *

9) J. Albert i Fort et al. (103 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). Physics and astrophysics with a ground-based gamma-ray telescope of low energy threshold. Astroparticle Physics, 23 (5), 493-509. DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.03.005 *




DISSEMINATION:

1) Bisesi, E. (2012). The Alien | L'alieno. In A. Bianco (Ed.), Otherness | Alterità (pp. 57-66). Roma: Aracne. ISBN 978-88-548-5210-5. *




CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS IN PHYSICS:

1) Bisesi, E. (2006). Contribution of pulsars to the gamma-ray background and their observation with the space telescopes GLAST and AGILE. In G. Sidharth, F. Honsell and A. De Angelis (Eds.), Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP6), Udine, Italy, 26th - 29th September 2004 (pp. 321-326). The Netherlands: Springer. **

2) Bisesi, E., Mariotti, M., & Scalzotto, V. (2006). Dark matter detection in gamma astroparticle experiments. In G. Sidharth, F. Honsell and A. De Angelis (Eds.), Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP6), Udine, Italy, 26th - 29th September 2004 (pp. 315-320). The Netherlands: Springer. **

3) D. Bastieri et al. (18 authors including E. Bisesi) (2006). The MAGIC experiment and its first results. In G. Sidharth, F. Honsell and A. De Angelis (Eds.), Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP6), Udine, Italy, 26th - 29th September 2004 (pp. 291-296). The Netherlands: Springer. **

4) Bisesi, E. (2006). Populations of subhalos in Cold Dark Matter halos. In A. De Angelis and O. Mansutti (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-Ray Experiments, Cividale del Friuli (Italy), 30th May - 1st June 2005 (pp. 125-134). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co.Pte.Ltd. **

5) Bartko, H., Biland, A., Bisesi, E., Elsässer, D., Flix, J., Häfliger, P., Mariotti, M., Stark, S., & Wittek, W. (2005). Towards dark matter searches with the MAGIC telescope. In B. Sripathi Acharya, S. Gupta, P. Jagadeesan, A. Jain, S. Karthikeyan, S. Morris and S. Tonwar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th International Cosmic Ray Confererce (ICRC 2005), Pune, India, 3rd - 10th August 2005 (Vol. 4, pp. 17-20). Mumbai: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. **

6) Bartko, H., Biland, A., Bisesi, E., Commichau, S., Flix, P., Lorenz, E., Mariotti, M., Mirzoyan, R., Scalzotto, V., Stark, S., & Wittek, W. (2005). Search for gamma rays from the galactic center with the MAGIC telescope. In B. Sripathi Acharya, S. Gupta, P. Jagadeesan, A. Jain, S. Karthikeyan, S. Morris and S. Tonwar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th International Cosmic Ray Confererce (ICRC 2005), Pune, India, 3rd - 10th August 2005 (Vol. 4, pp. 113-116). Mumbai: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. **

7) J. Albert i Fort et al. (131 authors including E. Bisesi) (2005). The MAGIC project: Contributions to ICRC 2005, Pune, India, Part 1: Observations. 2005astro.ph..8244F. **

8) J. Albert i Fort et al. (131 authors including E. Bisesi) (2005). The MAGIC project: Contributions to ICRC 2005, Pune, India, Part 2: Future plans and developments. 2005astro.ph..8273F. **

9) J. Albert i Fort et al. (131 authors including E. Bisesi) (2005). The MAGIC project: Contributions to ICRC 2005, Pune, India, Part 3: MAGIC detector and analysis details. 2005astro.ph..8274F. **




IN PREPARATION:

1) Latailleur, A., Bisesi, E., & Legrain, P. (under review). The mental representations used by musicians to identify notes' pitch: Description of mental anchorpoints and a proposal for a minimal phenomenological model.

2) Bisesi, E. & Sargenti, S. (under submission). I preludi per pianoforte di Olivier Messiaen, tra rigore compositivo ed espressività.

3) Bisesi, E., Murante, G., & Caron, S. (submission planned by late 2019). Modeling the relationship between structure and meaning in Les Dominos by François Couperin by means of a machine learning approach.

4) Caron, S. & Bisesi, E. (submission planned by late 2019). Analysis and interpretation of Les Dominos by François Couperin.

5) Bisesi, E. & Toivianien, P. (submission planned in 2020). The relationship between immanent emotion and musical structure in classical piano scores: A case-study on the theme of La Folia.

6) Bisesi, E. (submission planned in 2020). Variations on the theme of La Folia by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Franz Liszt: Analysis and interpretation.

7 Bisesi, E., Cabras, G. et al.Measuring expressive piano performance by means of a Constant-Q transform-based method.

8) Bisesi, E., Friberg, A. et al. Modeling performance styles in piano music.




CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MEDIA:

1) E. Litváková, Nijaký počítač nedokáže to, čo človek, hovorí talianska muzikologička (SME Plus, 30.4.2017).

2) O. Solon, Rencon: a “Turing Test for musical expression” (Wired UK, 2.9.2013).

3) R. Czepel, Eine Maschine kann den Künstler nicht ersetzen (Der Standard, 16.1.2013).  

4) L. Yadlapalli, Der Klang der Gefühle (Universum Magazine, 7.11.2012).  

5) V. Prinčič, Znanstvenica in pianistka na « begu » v tujini (Primorski Dnevnik, 21.1.2011).  

6) A. Pessotto, Erica Bisesi vince la sfida con Chopin (Il Piccolo, 24.12.2010).  

7) A. Pessotto, Tra i cervelli in fuga anche la goriziana Erica (Il Piccolo, 19.12.2010).




EXTERNAL LINKS TO MY PUBLICATIONS:

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NASA Astrophysics Data Center