Manuel Rocha Iturbide's “Tetraktis” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2009, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
“Tetraktis” is a Pythagorean term that symbolizes the first four whole numbers that together add up to ten. The idea of four as a structure that contains other intrinsic numeric relationships has become the starting point to generate this string quartet.
About Manuel Rocha Iturbide
Manuel Rocha Iturbide (MX), born 1963, studied composition at the Escuela Nacional de Müsica at UNAM. He completed an MFA in electronic music and composition at Mills College. In 1999 he completed his PhD in Computer music at the University of Paris VIII.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.