Classification of Musical Objects for Analysis and Composition

Linshujie Zheng is a soprano. She has a master's degree with distinction at Cardiff University. Currently she pursues a doctoral degree in voice at the University of Minnesota. Zheng has received awards and scholarships in China, the UK, and the US. She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Wales Millennium centre, and St David's Hall. She also sung principal roles, including Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Genovieve in Suor Angelica, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Zheng not only focuses on the performing arts, she also has a passion for Gesture and reception theory.

Guerino Mazzola qualified as a professor in mathematics and in computational science at the University of Zürich. Visiting professor at the ENS in Paris in 2005. Since 2007 professor at the School of Music, University of Minnesota. He developed a Mathematical Music Theory and music software presto and Rubato. 2007-2021 he was the president of the Societyfor Mathematics and Computation in Music. He has published 33 books and 150 papers, 27 jazz CDs, two DVDs, and a classical sonata. His most important book is "The Topos of Music", about mathematical music, performance, and gesture theory.

林書傑（Linshujie Zheng）是一位女高音歌手。她在卡迪夫大學以優異成績獲得碩士學位，目前正在明尼蘇達大學攻讀聲樂博士學位。書傑在中國、英國和美國獲得了獎學金和獎項。她曾在皇家阿爾伯特音樂廳、威爾斯千禧中心和聖大衛音樂廳演出。她還演唱了一些主要角色，包括《唐·喬望尼》中的澤爾利娜、《天使修女》中的熱諾維維和《費加羅的婚禮》中的蘇珊娜。書傑不僅專注於表演藝術，還對手勢和接受理論有濃厚的興趣。

古埃里諾·馬佐拉（Guerino Mazzola）在蘇黎世大學獲得數學和計算科學教授資格。2005年在巴黎ENS擔任訪問教授。自2007年起，他擔任明尼蘇達大學音樂學院的教授。他開發了一個數學音樂理論和音樂軟件presto和Rubato。2007年至2021年，他擔任數學與音樂計算學會的主席。他出版了33本書和150篇論文，27張爵士樂CD，兩張DVD和一首古典奏鳴曲。他最重要的著作是《音樂的拓撲學》，關於數學音樂、表演和手勢理論。