ABOUT DR. SVETlANA RUDENKO

A dedicated concert pianist and educator bringing a new feeling to the way in which sound, music, and art are perceived and experienced in new media. Key skills in understanding the nuances of cross-modal perception/synaesthesia and converting this knowledge into workable algorithms for multisensory design and digitally enhanced environments of VR/ AR for Education, Mental Health, and Cognitive Musicology.

Svetlana held a post-doctoral research position at Technological University Dublin, School of Electric and Electronic Engineering, EU_SHAFE https://hands-on-shafe.eu/en/news/electrical-electronic-engineering-interns-participate-eu-community-engagement-project and together with Dr. Richard Roche ( Maynooth University, Department of Psychology), she is Co-director of Music Consciousness Lab, collaboration which brought to life many projects for Brain Awareness Week (FENS, Dana Foundation awards). Currently she is the composer and researcher for Haunted Planet Studios and OpenAirGalleryAR, Augmented Reality games for education and cultural heritage, and DreaMR series of Mixed Reality experiences such as Alice Dali MR and De Chirico; Metaphysical Art MR. Also, visiting researcher at the Music Department, Durham University , UK

Svetlana was awarded Dr of Arts from University of Granada, Spain, program Creative Audio - Visual Reflections (Ph.D. supervisor Prof. María José de Córdoba Serrano). In addition, she had three years on a Doctorate in the Music Performance program, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, Ireland, MMus in Performance from Conservatory of Music and Drama Dublin Institute of Technology, PG Dip in Interactive Digital Media from School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, and is a graduate of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kiev. She is Arts Coordinator at International Association of Scientists, Artists & Synaesthetes for Moscow Symposium 2019 and Scientific Committee member of the workshop “Detecting and Influencing Mental States with Audio”, INTERSPEECH 2019, Vienna, Austria. Numerous presentations at International conferences, including Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts, American Synaesthesia Association, Spanish Artecitta, and projects for Neuroscience Ireland and British Neuroscience Association BNA 2019. Svetlana is Music Curator for LA JTTS https://www.journeythroughthesenses.org/music/

As a pianist and chamber musician (Nuevo Tango Quartet, Recital Trio, Téada). Svetlana appears regularly at JFR National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland, and abroad. She performed in the venues such as Helix, Farmleigh House, Bantry House, Cork Opera House, Belfast Festival, Killaloe Festival, Music for Galway, Boyle Festival, UCC Aula Maxima Ireland, Granada, Lisbon, New York, recordings including broadcasts for RTE Lyric FM, RadioRadio, BBC Radio3.

She lectured at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, CIT Cork School of Music, DkIT Dundalk Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music, Ireland, Wicklow Music Generation program, and taught piano at Bray Institute of Further Education Music College for 16 years. Her students won numerous musical awards in Ireland.