Agostino Di Scipio, born in Naples in 1962, developed an interest in music, sound, and computer programming as a student at the Istituto Universitario L'Orientale.
Performer Biography
Cantierezero is a musical collective founded in 2010 by pianists Stefania Amisano and Claudio Cristani, and composers Giorgio Klauer and Stefano Trevisi, to explore new paths in contemporary chamber music.
Performer Biography
Ciro Longobardi, the pianist on this album, was a finalist and 'best pianist' at the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in 1994 and won the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis the same year.
Recording & Production
The real-time computer processing algorithms used in these works were implemented with either the KYMA hardware-software system or the PURE DATA software.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Agostino Di Scipio's work is characterized by a distinctive sonic imagination and an interest in various 'systems' that he integrates into his compositions.
Compositional Technique
Agostino Di Scipio's piano works utilize a strategy of feedback and adaptive processes, extending to potentially include innumerable other systems in its instantaneous and unpredictable dynamics.
Instruments
The 'chpn3.2' piece features electrodynamic actuators designed and built by Giorgio Klauer, which are used to 'inject' Chopin recordings into piano strings.
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