Главен асистент / Chief Assistant
Институт по механика – БАН / Institute of Mechanics, BAS
Ivan Kostadinov Yanakiev
Conductor and music theorist researching tuning systems, microtonality and computational modelling of musical systems.
Member
Conductor and music theorist researching tuning systems, microtonality and computational modelling of musical systems.
Role and activity in BSMT
Documented activity
- Admission meeting / acceptance into BSMT
Biography
Ivan Kostadinov Yanakiev is a conductor, music theorist and researcher whose work connects musicology, acoustics and contemporary computational methods. Since 14 October 2024 he has served as Chief Assistant at the Institute of Mechanics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, where he researches applications of artificial intelligence and neural networks to music generation and analysis. From 2022 to 2025 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the same institute. He also serves as technical editor of the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences. Yanakiev completed an MA in Opera and Symphonic Conducting at the National Academy of Music 'Prof. Pancho Vladigerov', a professional qualification in cultural management at Sofia University, and the Advanced MATLAB for Scientific Computing course at Stanford University. In 2020 he earned a PhD in Musicology from the Institute for Art Studies, BAS, with research on A1=432 Hz concert pitch and open fifths. His scholarly interests include microtonal music, tuning and intonation systems, concert pitch, spectral entropy, consonance, music perception, mathematical modelling and artificial intelligence. He is the author of the monographs 'Microtonal Music in the 20th–21st Centuries: Theory and Practice' and 'Concert Pitch A1=432 Hz and Open Fifths', together with studies and articles published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, the Institute for Art Studies, BAS, the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and other venues. His conducting activity includes founding the 432 Chamber Orchestra in 2013, guest engagements with orchestras in Bulgaria and Croatia, and directing the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra – Dobrich from 2020 to 2022. Since 2018 he has managed the 432 Hertz Foundation.
Current professional positions
Technical Editor
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (JTAM)
Technical Editor
Engineering Sciences
Founder and Conductor
Камерен оркестър 432 / 432 Chamber Orchestra
Manager
Фондация 432 Херца / 432 Hertz Foundation
Research profile
Ivan Yanakiev's research connects music theory with acoustics, psychoacoustics and computational methods. Core topics include microtonality, tuning and intonation systems, concert pitch, spectral entropy and consonance, together with applications of artificial intelligence and neural networks to music analysis and generation.
Publications
Publications shown: 21
Микрохроматичната музика през XX-XXI век: теория и практика
Концертният строй A1 = 432 Hz и отворените квинти: опит за интегрално акустическо, психофизиологическо, когнитивно и практическо изследване
Mathematical devices in aid of musical theory composition and performance
Връзката между езика и новата музика – опит за интердисциплинарен дискурс
CONSONANCE IN PENTATONIC AND HEPTATONIC SYSTEMS: A SPECTRAL-ENTROPY COMPARISON OF PENTATONICAL AND HEPTATONICAL SCALES
Spectral Entropy as a Measure of Consonance. A Comparative Study between 55 EDO and 41 EDO Temperaments
MODELING MUSICAL SYSTEMS USING MATLAB
A Practical Microtonal Approach Towards Musical Spectra
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GENERATING NON-MONOPHONIC MUSIC WITH VARIATIONAL AUTOENCODER – PROOF OF CONCEPT
The systems of Ben Johnston and Ervin Willson: an intricate journey between Microtonality and Mathematics
The Terms Temperament and Intonation in the Context of the Microtonal Music in the Late 20th and 21st Century
Tuning to timbre. Revisiting consonances and Dissonances in Microtonal Context
DIVISION OF THE OCTAVE WITH MORE THAN TWELVE NOTES – CONCEPTS, AUTHORS, RESULTS
Употреба на обогатена реалност (Augmented Reality) в полза на музикалната теория – поглед върху диамантите на Хари Парч
The Categorical Perception of the Music Scale: A Challenge Before the Microtonal Music
Role of the Golden Ratio in Perceiving Humanness by Random Generated Tones. An Empirical Study
Звукови трансфери. Песните на птиците и „There was a time“ („Едно време“) от Корийн Морсинк
Въпросът за концертния строй през XX век – генезис и история на проблематиката
Втори конгрес на Обществото за теория на музиката
Какво чува този, който (не) чува. Компаративно осмисляне на темперациите
Чия е тази песен? – наблюденията на музиканта
Public sources
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- About – Ivan Yanakievpersonal_professional · HIGH
- Institute of Mechanics – approved postdoctoral candidatesofficial · HIGH
- Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 55(1), 2025 – Modeling Musical Systems Using MATLABacademic · HIGH
- Humboldt Kolleg – Book of Abstracts: Artificial Intelligence and Composition of Musicacademic · HIGH
- NCTAM Author Details – Ivan Kostadinov Yanakievofficial · HIGH
- The Terms Temperament and Intonation... – bibliographic recordbibliographic · MEDIUM
- Автореферат на дисертацията на Иван Костадинов Янакиев – раздел „Публикации и изнесени доклади по дисертационната тема“academic · HIGH
- Tuning to Timbre. Revisiting Consonances and Dissonances in Microtonal Contextacademic · HIGH
- The Categorical Perception of the Music Scale: A Challenge before the Microtonal Musicacademic · HIGH
- The systems of Ben Johnston and Ervin Wilson: an intricate journey between Microtonality and Mathematicsacademic · HIGH
- Institute of Mechanics BAS – Annual publication report 2025official · HIGH