Originally a trumpet player, coming from the jazz world, only recently I have embarked on a career as a composer.
Nevertheless, I have been composing and experimenting for years, both in a jazz setting (small and large ensemble), and with analog, digital electronic devices and sowtware.
Currently, I consider myself as a hybrid artist, constantly and simultaneously performing, creating and experimenting. Beside writing traditional and contemporary jazz, I am eagerly learning about electronic music and software. My aim is to find the balance and the connection between those different worlds.
- Anelli Lontani for cretan lyra and live electronics [2024] | premiere in August at Grachten Festival, and September 8 at Gaudeamus Festival, and November Music
- Honestly. for KC big band [2024] | broadcast on Radio West April 14
- Contemplation for baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, 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
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.
