Live version - Mantua 21/02/2024

Carlo Sampaolesi - Accordion

Signs For The Unknown (2024), for accordion

Alessandro Gioria (b.1997) is an Italian composer. He studied clarinet and he’s currently studying Composition (MA) at the Conservatory of Mantua under the guidance of M. Azzan.

Alessandro's music has been performed by Mdi Ensemble, Francesco Dillon, Anna D’Errico, Alessandra Rombolá, Manuel Zurria, Carlo Sampaolesi and others. He has participated in numerous masterclasses led by notable figures such as F. Filidei, F. Bedrossian, F. Verunelli, S. Sciarrino, D. Kourliandsky, J. Janulyte, M. Momi, P. Billone, L. Streich and C. Iannotta, among others.

alessandrogioria@hotmail.it

Born in 1999, Pasquale Lauro is an Italian composer and sound artist. He initially studied violin
and piano before pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Electro-acoustic Music Composition at the
Conservatory of Salerno, where he graduated summa cum laude. Currently, he is furthering
his studies in Composition at the Conservatory of Mantua under the guidance of Maurizio
Azzan also taking courses with Zeno Baldi and Alessandro Perini at the same institution.

Pasquale has participated in numerous masterclasses led by notable figures such as Franck
Bedrossian, Pierluigi Billone, Francesco Filidei, Yan Maresz, Mauro Lanza, Clara Iannotta, Daniele Ghisi, Simone
Movio, Juste Janulyte, Lisa Streich. Recently, he collaborated with Paolo Fumagalli (Mdi Ensemble) and Giulia Zaniboni on his work
for soprano and viola and with Ensemble Suono Giallo on his work for ensemble. He
was selected by Divertimento Ensemble to work with Marina Boselli on a new composition
for euphonium and electronics, performed in the Rondò Concert Season (Milan). He was selected for Impuls Academy in Graz.

His upcoming projects include a new piece for snare drum and electronics, written for Roberto Enea Varalta, and a piece for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and piano, which will be performed at the Primavera in Musica festival in Laureana di Borrello. 

Pasquale's sound research is centered around the fusion of electronic and acoustic timbres,
establishing a phenomenological relationship between them, while creating intricate
harmonic structures through the analysis and processing of sound spectra.

COMPOSER
Digital Instrumental Music (DIM) for e-guitar and keyboard.
WHAT IS DIM...?
Digital instrumentation music, or DIM, is experimental music in which musical instruments produce sounds digitally rather than acoustically. This digitalisation process allows sounds to be modified and enriched through treatments and modulations.

Born in 1996, Davide Rizza is an Italian composer based in Turin, Italy. 
He studied composition at the Conservatory of Turin with Giorgio Colombo Taccani and attended masterclasses with Franck Bedrossian, Francesco Filidei, Mauro Lanza, Clara Iannotta, Dmitri Kourliandksi, Pierluigi Billone, Alberto Posadas, deepening his compositional approach with Maurizio Azzan. His music has been performed by ensembles and soloists such as Quartetto Maurice, Ensemble Fractales, Lizard Ensemble, Ensemble Bruitisme, Mariagrazia Bellocchio, Elio Marchesini and Alberto Cavallaro, in festivals and concert seasons such us MIXTUR Barcelona, Rondò concerti (Divertimento Ensemble, Milan), Mdi Ensemble New Music Week, Limina Festival.

Lorenzo Summino (b.1999) is an Italian composer and sound artist. He studied piano and doublebass and he’s currently studying Composition at the Conservatory of Mantua under the guidance of M. Azzan and Z. Baldi.

Lorenzo's music has been performed by Mdi Ensemble, Ensemble Suono Giallo, Francesco Dillon, Anna D’Errico, Alessandra Rombolá, Manuel Zurria, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, Federico Bagnasco, Valentina Messa and others. He has participated in numerous masterclasses led by notable figures such as Y. Maresz, M. Lanza, F. Filidei, P. Billone, F. Bedrossian, D. Kourliandski, C. Gadenstetter, C. Iannotta, and J. Janulyte, among others.

Works

New work (2025) for tenor sax and viola

Bioma II (2025) for alto sax and doublebass

Cloud Factory (2025), for sax orchestra

Bioma (2025), for quintet

Due miniature (2024), for doublebass

Blame! (2024), for prepared piano

Detachment (2024), for choir, percussion and string orchestra

Alenka (2023), for quintet

Immanent Domine (2023), for trio

summinolorenzo@gmail.com