Fiorella Terenzi
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| Born | 1961 or 1962 (age 54–56) Fiorella Terenzi, Milan, Italy |
| Residence | Los Angeles and Miami, United States |
| Nationality | Italian/American |
| Alma mater | University of Milan, Italy (doctorate/PhD), University of California, San Diego (visiting researcher) |
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Astrophysicist, professor, author, recording artist |
| Organization | Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA |
| Known for | Acoustic astronomy, music from the galaxies, invisible universe, audiofication/sonification of celestial data, Heavenly Knowledge |
| Website | http://www.fiorella.com |
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| Labels | Island/PolyGram Records, Mercury records, Giant/Warner Bros. Records |
Astrophysicist, professor, author, recording artist
Fiorella Terenzi is an Italian-born astrophysicist, author and recording artist who is best known for taking recordings of radio waves from far-away galaxies and turning them into music. She received her doctorate from the University of Milan but is currently based in the United States.
Described by Time magazine as "a cross between Carl Sagan and Madonna", Dr. Terenzi has studied opera and composition at Conservatory G. Verdi, Corsi Popolari Serali and taught physics and astronomy at various U.S. colleges and universities; she is currently on the full-time faculty at Florida International University in Miami. In research at the Computer Audio Research Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, she pioneered techniques to convert radio waves emanating from distant galaxies into sound, with some of the results released by Island Records on her acclaimed CD Music from the Galaxies. The goal of her audiofication/sonification of celestial data is to investigate how sound could reflect chemical, dynamical and physical properties of celestial objects, what she calls "Acoustic Astronomy".
Terenzi's global media appearances include television and radio features on CNN's "Future Watch",The Dennis Miller Show, Sci Fi Channel, NPR Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition and Science Friday, Newsweek on Air, Strange universe, History Channel's "The Universe" and "Ancient Aliens", and others. She has appeared and/or is referenced in numerous print media including The Wall Street Journal,People,Time, The Quest magazine, Electronic Musician magazine, Glamour magazine, Details magazine, Los Angeles Reader, and Los Angeles Daily News, as well as appearing internationally on the covers of Mondo 2000 magazine, New Frontier magazine, Atari Explorer magazine, Extropy magazine, Composer USA magazine, CD-ROM Today magazine and Eye Weekly (Toronto, Canada). She is profiled in the April, 2017 edition of Rockerilla, a monthly Italian music and cinema magazine.
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