Carlos Lopez Charles (he/him)


Greetings. This is the website of Carlos Lopez Charles.

I am a music composer, performer, researcher, and lecturer based in Melbourne, Australia.

My compositions include works for a variety of media, ranging from traditional instruments and ensembles to electronic and audiovisual interactive systems.

Here are some samples of my work.

Feel free to contact me: carloslopezcharles@gmail.com


"Not Alone", for clarinet and live signal processing. Nicole Canham, clarinet. Karl Willebrant, video (Melbourne, Australia. 2026)



Selected works (album)



Recordings



"Points, Lines, Plane", for clarinet and interactive audiovisual system. Nicole Canham, clarinet. Carlos Lopez Charles, audiovisual system design and performance (Opening concert of JIM Festival. Paris, France, 2013)



"Iridiscencias", for electric guitar and electronic sounds spatialised with an 8-channel surroud system. "Manuel Enriquez" New Music Festival. Mexico City, 2009)
"Mandala", for video and electronics. Premiered at "Seen Sound" music festival. Melbourne, Australia (2023)
A selection of recent social media posts... (2025-2026)

Melodic line
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Melodic line irradiating its spiritual aura
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Three-color invention
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Two-color invention
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Monochromatic invention
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Four-dimensional fugue
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Audiovisual Op-art work melting into the space-time continuum
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Gusting winds
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Scribbling over music paper in my dreams
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Magpies
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Scanning the city
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Looking up to the sky
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On the road
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Into Melbourne
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More audiovisual works...

Elastic Study - Audiovisual work (excerpt)


The Flowers and the Clouds



Hands to sound - sonification experiment



Miniature 3 - sonification experiment



Nayade - for flamenco dancer, lights and interactive audiovisual system



Apprenti Sorcier - electronic music work for 8 speakers surround system in a reverberant chapel (Paul Eluard Museum of Art and History of Saint-Denis)



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