Education
Faia studied composition at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Florida State University and the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark on a Fulbright grant.
Faia studied composition at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Florida State University and the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark on a Fulbright grant.
Later, he participated in masterclasses with Tristan Murail, Philippe Manoury and Harrison Birtwistle. Since 1995 he has been active as a live electronics designer working at IRCAM in Paris, at the CIRM in Nice where he has also been studio manager and a freelancer. He has collaborated with numerous composers including James Dillon, Jonathan Harvey, Harrison Birtwistle, Fausto Romitelli, Luca Francesconi, Alejandro Viñao, Philippe Leroux, as well as the National Jazz Orchestra of France.
He has collaborated with artists to present new works with computer electronics in various festivals throughout Europe including Ars Musica (Brussels), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Musica (Strasbourg), Agora (Paris), Gaida (Vilnius), MaerzMusik (Berlin), Lille 2004 as well as the Casa da Musica (Porto) et Lille 2004 and Queen Elizabeth Hall (London).
With (MaxMSP) he ported several pieces from the analog world to the digital, including Luigi Nono"s Pour Pierre and Karlheinz Stockhausen"s Solo. He has also performed with computers, Theremin, various sensors and guitar with Art Zoyd and Thomas Köner.
He has worked regularly with Studio Art Zoyd (France) and the Forum Neues Musiktheater der Staatsoper Stuttgart (Germany) as a live electronics designer with invited composers for music theatre, opera, concerts and multimedia projects. In 2002, he founded the non-profit association, Lieu, based in Nice, France to promote the creation and diffusion of contemporary music using technology.
Lieu has realized several projects in the development of new tools for sound creation and has been present in the production of new works using technology.
Since 2009 he is also a Lecturer in Sonic Arts at Brunel University in London.