Nicola Giannini is a composer and researcher who creates immersive spatial sound experiences, which he conceives as ephemeral always-evolving sonic architectures. He explores the interaction between people, sound, space and context, balancing the organic with the synthetic, intensity with delicacy. He is inspired by the tension between nature unpredictability and the human quest for control. By exploring the most visceral aspects of sound, he aims to create sonic spaces where the public can almost touch the sound and feel completely immersed in it. His pieces have been presented in North and South America, Australia and Europe at Ars Electronica, Centre PHI, Akousma, San Francisco Tape Festival and Cube Fest, among others. Recognition includes first prize at JTTP 2019 (Canadian Electroacoustic Community), the 2022 Akousma Immersive music Audience Award, and other honours. Originally from Italy, Giannini obtained a doctorate in music composition from the Université de Montréal, where he taught electroacoustic composition, performance and installation. Now a FRQSC-funded post-doctoral fellow at UQAM and McGill University Sounds in the City Lab, he researches immersive co-creation and public space composition. A member of Groupe de recherche en immersion spatiale (GRIS) since 2018, he contributes to the open-source spatialization suite SpatGRIS and, with Jean-Philippe Jullin, developed MapSPAT, a spatialization tool that creates trajectories based on sound variations.