Polifonia. Playing the soundtrack of our history.

From the soundscape of Italian historical bells, to the influence of French operas on traditional Dutch music, European cultural heritage hides a goldmine of unknown encounters, influences and practices that can transport us to experience the past, understand the music we love, and imagine the soundtrack of our future. 

This is the goal of Polifonia, an initiative of the Università di Bologna that wants to provoke a paradigm shift  in Musical Heritage preservation policies, management practice, research methodologies, interaction means and promotion strategies. 
To achieve this, Polifonia will develop computing approaches that facilitate access and discovery of European Musical Heritage and enable a creative reuse of musical heritage at-scale, connecting both the tangible heritage (instruments, theaters..) and intangible, and connecting previously unconnected data.

This research project will be presented by the Professor of Università di Bologna, and lead of the project, Valentina Presutti.