ART IS MADE FOR TROUBLE, SCIENCE REASSURES. (George Braque)

noise weirdo lo-fi sounds from Natural and industrial places 

Musicista, compositore, tecnico del suono, maker e formatore.
Da bambino, prima di imparare a scrivere, registra cassette con un Phonola portatile, per poi cominciare a studiare chitarra. Ha studiato canto, armonia, improvvisazione e registrazione.
Svolge laboratori musicali a partire dal 2003, collabora con scuole, università, associazioni culturali e librerie. Utilizza micro-controllori e micro-processori in ambito educativo e nella ricerca sonora. Realizza installazioni e performance interattive con luci e suoni, con strumenti ed elementi auto costruiti. Si occupa di radio. 
Vanta di collaborazioni con artisti provenienti da varie parti del mondo.

2012 A - 2019 Ω 
Rest in Power electronics
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Experimental noise and visual artist project that aims to expose all oppression of the individual, of nature and of human and non-human animal communities, with sound that is not consonant with the general idea of music.

Evolved in Milan, based now in Helsinki, with my heart looking to Eastern Europe.

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SOUND OBJECTS
oggetti sonori e strumenti musicali auto-costruiti.
corsi di musica creativa per bambini e adulti

PhD in computer music from the University of Edinburgh and researcher in Vienna. My work is on complex adaptive systems, AI, and ALife for new music.

www.annaraimondo.com
Anna Raimondo completed the MA Sound Arts at the London College of Communication (University of the Arts, London) and she is running a practice based PHD between Arba (Ecole des Beaux Arts) and ULB University in Brussels. She has participated in several international exhibitions and festivals including the solo show: “New bounderies of the Wellness of Vagynal Ecosystem” at Ex Elettrofonica Gallery  curated by Lucrezia Cippitelli (Rome IT); “New bounderies of the Wellness of Vagynal Ecosystem”  curated by Juan Matos Capote at TEA Museum  (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES); the 13th Dakar Biennial (SN) in the frame of the exhibition “Invisible” curated par Alya Sebti; “Pavillon de l’Exile” curated by mounir fatmi and  Marie Deparis-Yafil  at French Institute (St.Louis, SN); the collective show “Loading...Casa” curated by Salma Lahlou in the frame of the Dubai Design Week; “Mi porti al mare?” curated by Nancy Casielles and Nancy Suárez at the MAAC (Brussels, BE); “Nous serons sérieuses de la manière la plus joyeuse” au Cube-Independent Art Room (Rabat, MA); “Come un mare fuor d'acqua” curated by Marco Trulli at the BJCEM- Mediterranea 17 (Tirana, AL); “Verso Sud” curated by David Ruffel and Ismael at Thinkart (Casablanca, MA); the collective show “Africa is not an island” at MACAAL’s museum (Marrakech, MA)the festival Artefact “You must change your life” curated by Hicham Khalidi, at STUK (Leuven, BE); the group show “Everyone has a sense of rhythm” curated by Christine Eyene at DRAF (London, UK); the solo show “Beyond voice. Me , you and everyone who is listening” at Arte Contemporanea Bruxelles (BE); the 5th Marrakech Biennale (MA); “Espace (Im)Media” in Sporobole Art Center (Sherbrooke, CA); the collective sound exhibition “Dirty Ear” curated by Brandon LaBelle at Errant Bodies (Berlin, DE); etc. Her radiophonic works have been broadcast internationally (Kunst Radio, AT; Deutschlandradio Kultur, DE; Resonance fm, UK; Arte Radio, FR; Mobile Radio Bsp, BR; Rai, IT; RTBF, BE...). Her curatorial projects are mainly focused on sound and radio art and have been presented in different venues, including 14 documenta radio program at SAVVY Galery (Berlin, De); the “V&A Museum” (London, UK) and “Le Cube- Independent Art Room” (Rabat, MA). She is co- editor of the radio and sound art’s platform Saout Radio, based in Morocco. She writes for the French radio art magazine Syntone. She has won the Palma Ars Acustica 2016 with her radio work “Me, my English and all the languages of my life” and the price of best soundscape with “La vie en bleu” in the frame of the sound art competition PIARS and has won the prize of the city in the frame of the contemporary art prize Mediatine in 2018.

A project by Elena Biserna, Rita Correddu, and Alice Militello for Radio Città Fujiko 103.1 Mhz in FM|Bologna (January-June 2013)

bip bop was a monthly radio program conceived as an immaterial, mobile, and temporary exhibition space. A research hypothesis on the aesthetic, social and cultural potentials of radio investigated through contemporary art and music practice. An attempt to read and perform the radiophonic dimension and its expressive possibilities by layering different perspectives and visions around a thematic focus addressed each time in every episode. By commissioning new projects, presenting historic or recent audio and radio artworks, opening interferences with other radio stations and instigating dialogues and conversations, bip bop became a crossroad of paths, readings, listenings, voices, visions and words of/on radio.

On this page, we will periodically upload one of the recordings of the six episodes of bip bop.
You can find the recordings of other episodes here:
episode 1 > https://soundcloud.com/bip-bop-episode-1
episode 2 > https://soundcloud.com/bip-bop-episode-2
episode 3 > https://soundcloud.com/bip-bop-episode-3
episode 4 > https://soundcloud.com/bip-bop-episode-4
episode 5 > https://soundcloud.com/bip-bop-episode-5
episode 6 > https://soundcloud.com/bip-bop-episode-6

No one could have imagined at that time what to expect - like Xavier de Maistre himself, when he decided to change the face of the harp 16 years ago. Today he plays pieces like "Moldau" by Smetana in breathtaking precision and presents masterful pieces of music that are usually played by an entire orchestra.

Meanwhile, a worldwide audience listens to his virtuosity and enjoys the unprecedented sounds. Pieces, that no harpist played before, or even thought about - like the Haydn piano concertos. Not only that makes him one of the most extraordinary musicians, even masters of this time.

Xavier de Maistre began to study harp with 9 years. Like many other famous musicians, all started with love - but in this case not as expected the love to his harp. It was rather the love for his former teacher, who offered extra harp lessons. Early, it turned out that Xavier has a great talent and no wonder he started with 25 years to play for the Vienna Philharmonic. Before that he played 3 years for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and in 1998 Xavier won the first prize of the "USA International Harp Competition“, the major harp competitions in the world. But since Xavier´s family is not from a traditional harp-playing dynasty they put great importance to a solid education. So Xavier started his study of politics at the „Institut des Sciences Politiques“ in Paris and spent 1 year in London at the „London School of Economics ", when he finally decided to prefer music to the political studies. For a musician, he achieved very early what all harpists dream of – a position in one of the best orchestras in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic.

However Xavier de Maistre was about to go on. To see this point as the highlight of the career, which would definitely be a great honor for most of the harpists, and aslo for Xavier, but it was also a kind of sad moment. He achieved the ultimate goal of a harpist at age 25. Through his countless appearances and his keen ambition he has always wants to refute the long-existing bias of the harp - played in the background by angel-like women. Thanks to his his quick anticipation, intelligence and tremendous skill, he has played many pieces as a soloist with the harp and delighted thousands of listeners. Finally, he succeeds to establish the harp as an independent instrument. During his career, many great conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Andre Previn, and Daniele Gatti became curious on him and his passion and asked him to play with them. A long series of concerts follows, convincing the audience that Xavier de Maistre is undoubtedly the master of his instrument. Not for nothing, beside famous conductors, also the most successful singers like Barbara Bonney, Kathleen Battle and Diana Damrau played with him. Likewise, of course, the long list of world-renowned opera houses which he had already visited: Theatre des Champs Elysees Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Vienna, Tokyo Opera City, Lincoln Center New York, Salzburg Festival, La Scala Milan and many others.

No wonder, Xavier´s enthusiasm and his gift to play will not put an end to this success story. Awarded with the Echo Klassik Award 2009 for his album "Nuit d'Etoiles" as "Instrumentalist of the Year" (Sony Music) he reaps the fruits of his labor.

For more than 9 years Xavier de Maistre is working as a professor at the Musikhochschule Hamburg and now also teaches at the Julliard School in New York, at the Toho University in Tokyo and in London at Trinity College. After 11 years with the Vienna Philharmonic Xavier leaves his position in order to devote himself to his international solo career - a step that no harpist has done before.

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