Odilon Marcenaro (b. Amsterdam, 1968) began his musical studies
on the recorder and bassoon, before embarking on a degree course in
Music Technology at the Utrecht Conservatoire's Academy of Art,
Media and Technology. He graduated in 1996, specialising in sound
design, computer aided composition and sound recording. In the late
1980s he was active in the rise of independent cassette labels such
as working for the independent collective STAALPLAAT and
co-founding the Yggdrasil label.
After undertaking work experience at the electronic music
studios of the University of Amsterdam and the Sweelinck
Conservatoire, he followed Professor Leigh Landy to Bretton Hall
College of the University of Leeds, where he worked as a researcher
into Music Technology for visually impaired users. During this time
he was active as composer and sound diffuser for a number of
ensembles, most notably Idéefixe Experimental Sound Theatre,
Ensemble La Zetetique (Leigh Landy/Jos Zwaanenburg) and the
Cornelius Cardew Ensemble.
From 1996 - 1998 Odilon took up position as Head of Music at the
North Shropshire College in Oswestry, teaching A level Music and
Music Technology, and music for students with acquired brain damage
for Headway. In 1998 he became Studio Manager for the languages
section of the BBC World Service, working first in the European and
then in the Eurasia/Former Soviet Union regions.
In 2001 Odilon took up his current position at the Royal Welsh
College of Music and Drama where his fields of interest include
sound recording in ambisonic format, acoustic ecology and
alternative controllers.