About
Emmanouel Rovithis (Εμμανουήλ Ροβίθης), born in Athens, Greece, is a sound artist, researcher, and teacher.
He holds a PhD in Electronic Music Composition (Ionian University, Dept. of Music Studies). In his thesis he suggested the design of an electronic, Role-Playing Audio Game combining the purposes of entertainment, education, and music creation.
Prior to his PhD studies he had graduated from the German School of Athens, received a degree in German Literature (National Kapodistrian University of Athens), completed his studies in Classical Guitar, Harmony and Counterpoint (“Rhythmos” Conservatoir) and achieved his MA in Music Composition (Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK).
He is currently employed as Laboratory Teaching Personnel at the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University teaching graduate and post-graduate subjects related to Art Didactics, Gamification, Music Programming, and Sound Synthesis. He is also member of the Department's: Special Program for the Certification of Pedagogical and Didactical Sufficiency, Audiovisual Signal Processing Laboratory, and the Game Hub initiative. He has also been supervising graduate and post-graduate dissertations, and contributing to the organisation of the institution’s annual Audiovisual Arts Festival.
Emmanouel's research interests include Audio Games, Augmented Reality Audio, Gamification, Instructional Design, and Data Sonification. In research projects his contribution comprises concept design, gamification, sound design, prototyping, experiment design, bibliographic research, results analysis and dissemination. He has published a number of articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings, and designed audio games, interactive installations, courses and workshops on behalf of institutions, such as the Ionian University, the Athens Megaron Friends of Music Society, the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation, the Panhellenic Association of the Blind, and the Mikro Polytechnio Foundation for the Arts.
Rovithis has a strong experience in music composition and sound design for theatre and cinema, collaborating with various directors and choreographers including Aris Biniaris, Mario Banushi, Georgia Mavragani, Makis Papadimitratos, Justine Goussot, Esther Andre Gonzales, Vicky Sachpazi, and others.