Itzá García (b.1993, México) is a composer focused on time and togetherness in technology-mediated musical settings. Her music and research engage current transformations in acoustic instrumentation, from augmented instruments to the use of instrumental sound as training data. In her recent projects, she trains machine learning models with field recordings of weathered musical instruments, adding space and texture into the timbre of AI sound output.
Itzá's music has been performed by ensembles such as JACK Quartet, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Yarn/Wire, Talea Ensemble, Ensamble CEPROMUSIC, PinkNoise, and Mise-En Ensemble, among others. She has received prizes and distinctions such as the CONACYT Grant for Graduate Studies in Mexico 2018, the Atlantic Center for the Arts Residence program, the ICST Artist Residency from the Zurich University of the Arts, and the Art Science Connect Fellowship for co-organizing the innovation:SOUND:technology series.
She is currently based in New York City, pursuing a Ph.D. degree in composition at The Graduate Center, CUNY.