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|name=Dr. Xenia Pestova|
|image=xenia_pestova.jpg|
|caption=Xenia Pestova. photograph by Vanessa Yaremchuk.|
|program=Visiting Researcher|
|supervisor=Prof. [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley]]|
|website=http://xeniapestova.com/|
|email=xenia [dot] pestova [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca|
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===== Research Interests =====

    * Performance with live electronics
    * Human-computer interaction
    * Gestural control of sound synthesis
    * Digital Musical Instruments

===== Academic Background =====

    * D.Mus. Piano Performance - Schulich School of Music of McGill University (Canada), 2009
    * M.Mus. Piano Performance - Thames Valley University (UK), 2001
    * B.Mus. Hons. Piano Performance - Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), 2000 

===== Current Projects =====

    * Performance with The Rulers: gesture, repertoire and pedagogy 

===== Past Projects =====

    * [[http://www.idmil.org/projects/digital_orchestra|The CIRMMT/McGill Digital Orchestra Project]]
    
===== Publications =====

    * Xenia Pestova. (forthcoming) "Models of Interaction: Synchronisation Strategies in Works for Piano and Live Electronics." //Journal of Music, Technology and Education//.
    * Xenia Pestova, Erika Donald, Heather Hindman, Joseph Malloch, Mark T. Marshall, Fernando Rocha, Stephen Sinclair, D. Andrew Stewart, Marcelo M. Wanderley, and Sean Ferguson. (2009).  "{{publications:pestova_icmc2009.pdf|The CIRMMT/McGill Digital Orchestra Project.}}" //In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC09), pp. 295-298, Montreal, QC, Canada//.
    * Xenia Pestova, Mark T. Marshall and Jacob Sudol. (2008). "{{http://xeniapestova.com/Pestova-Marshall-Sudol.pdf|Analogue to Digital: Authenticity Vs. Sustainability in Stockhausen's MANTRA.}}" //In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC08), pp. 201-204, Belfast, UK//.