Niccolò Angioni (IT) is a versatile trumpet player, composer, and arranger based in The Hague, Netherlands. Starting piano at age 6 and trumpet at 11, he completed his classical studies in Florence before discovering his passion for jazz and improvised music. A graduate of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Niccolò is now finalising his Master’s in Jazz Composition, where he explores innovative approaches to composition with live visuals. His talent has earned him recognition as the winner of the Just Jazz Contest 2023 (NL) and commissions from Gaudeamus (NL) and Metropole Orkest (NL). He has also been a finalist twice at the Barga Jazz Competition for Arrangers (IT) and at the Black Pencil Prize 2023 (NL).
- UPROOT (Naaz) arrangement for Metropole Orkest [2025], show on April 13th 2025. More info at mo.nl
- Paperwork Does Not Work, collab w/ Seolbeen Lee and Teade Ridder [2024, Audio walk], presented at Rewire April 3rd 2025. More info at rewirefestival.nl
- Coreomaniac Seeds, collab w/ Silvia De Teresa [2024, piano and live electronics, body performance], performed at Haags Pianohuis on November 27th 2024 and January 26th 2025
- Sound for Make It Fit [2024], collab w/ Tingyi Jiang for Flipchart #17 – Am I Live? at iii | photos
- A Shade of Jade (Joe Henderson) arrangement for big band [2024] | finalist at Barga Jazz 2023 _SCORE AND VIDEO_
- Computer for prepared piano, live electronics and visuals [2024] _SCORE AND VIDEO_
- L’incontro for cretan lyra and live electronics [2024] | performed at Grachten Festival, and Gaudeamus Festival, and November Music | listen here [Emine Bostanci on cretan lyra] _SCORE AND AUDIO_
- Honestly. for KC big band [2024] | broadcast on Radio West April 14
- Oscilloscope Etude no. 1 for voice, bass clarinet, 2 trombones, 2 sine wave oscillators and 2 oscilloscopes [2024] | watch video
- Unconscious Patterns for Black Pencil Ensemble [2023] | finalist Black Pencil Prize 2023 | watch video
- Surfboard (Jobim) arrangement for big band and bandolim [2023] | finalist at Barga Jazz 2023 | releasing soon…
- Theia for big band [2023] | releasing soon…
- The 2nd Ring of Saturn for Na⁵ [2022] | watch video
- Upside-Down for jazz 6tet [2022] | watch video
JAZZ/POP RELATED | CONTEMPORARY, EXPERIMENTAL, ELECTRONIC | MULTIMEDIA
Thanks to the De Zaaier Foundation for awarding my research project with a grant in May 2024
The main focus of my experiments is currently the possible combination of acoustic sounds with the oscilloscope.
There are many examples of the so called “oscilloscope music” related to electronic music and artificial ways of creating shapes on the oscilloscope (such as 3d models). However, the use of pure acoustic sounds is an unexplored field that caught my interest, as my experience comes from classical and jazz music.
The aim of my research is to explore and document the possibilities of using the oscilloscope as a tool for composing and performing. Ultimately my effort is towards crafting a multimedia performance, in which the audience is immersed in a new dimension where sound and image are becoming one thing, faithfully representing each other.
I am currently working on Jitter (Max-MSP). Future implementations includes first the use of a laser projector, then a three-dimensional oscilloscope with support augmented reality.
I create audio-reactive visuals using Jitter on Max-MSP. Here some examples (please check @wave.creatures for more):
- Conservatory of Florence “Luigi Cherubini”. Degree in Classical Trumpet.
- Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Bachelor in Jazz Trumpet.
- Conservtory of Rovigo “Francesco Venezze”. Master in Jazz Trumpet.
- Current: Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Master in Jazz Composition.
- Current: Metropole Academy [https://www.mo.nl/educatie/metropole-academy]
- Next: Sonology One-Year Course [https://sonology.org/]
