The SonoLAB|UCM team participates in research projects related to sound recording, music production, recorded sound heritage, performance studies, and the application of digital technologies to music analysis and communication. The laboratory also collaborates in educational innovation and knowledge transfer initiatives developed within the Department of Musicology and in partnership with other national and international institutions.

Depending on the specific characteristics of each project, our contribution may include the recording and digitization of sound sources, digital audio restoration, the analysis of recordings using specialized tools, the development of repositories and datasets, and the production of audio and audiovisual materials for research, teaching, and public dissemination.

 

Ongoing Research Projects

 

• MULTIMUS-3C: Multimodal Interaction with Musical Spaces: Computation, Communication, Cognition

Principal Investigator	Dr. José Luis Besada Portas
Funding Call	2025 Consolidation Research Grants
Reference	CNS2025-166927
Project duration	01/04/2026–31/03/2028

 

• EmCello: Conveying Embodied Knowledge: Pablo Casals’ Cello Master Classes

Principal Investigator	Dra. Ana Llorens Martín
Funding Call	2024 Knowledge Generation Projects
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Project Duration	01/09/2025–31/08/2029

 

 

Completed Projects

 

• MUSESP: Music in the Grooves: Record Production as a Source for the Study of Spanish Classical Music (1930–1960)

Principal Investigator	Dr. Francisco Javier Suárez Pajares
Funding Call	Knowledge Generation Projects
Reference	PID2020-116988GB-I00
Project Duration	1 September 2021 – 1 September 2025

 

• sPA Project: The Sound of Pau Casals: Change and Stability

Principal Investigator	Dr. Ana Llorens Martín
Funding Call	2021 Knowledge Generation Projects
Reference	PID2021-124445OA-I00
Project Duration	1 September 2022 – 31 August 2025

 

• Investigo: Recovery and Digitization of the Sound Archive of the UCM Historical Sound Library: Investigo Programme

Project Leads	Dr. Belén Pérez Castillo; Dr. Julio Arce Bueno; Dr. Marco Antonio Juan de Dios Cuartas
Programme	Investigo
Project Duration	1 June 2023 – 31 May 2024

 

• DEePMusic: Digitization of the Musical Heritage Ecosystem (DEePMusic)

Principal Investigator	Dr. Álvaro Torrente and Dr. Judith Ortega
Funding Call	Strategic Projects for the Ecological and Digital Transition
Reference	TED2021-131738B-I00
Project Duration	1 January 2022 – 31 December 2023

• SRP Project: Spaces and Agents in Record Production Processes in Spain (1960–1990)

Principal Investigator	Dr. Marco Antonio Juan de Dios Cuartas
Funding Organisation	Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation — Research and Preservation Grants
Project Duration	06/03/2018–06/04/2019