Stefano Bassanese

bio Stefano BassaneseCoordinator of the School of Electronic Music and Teacher of: History of electroacoustic music / Electroacoustic music composition 3 / Electroacoustic Music Composition 1 (Master’s) / Electroacoustic Music Performance and Interpretation 2 / Performance and interpretation of electroacoustic music (Master’s)


Born in Venice in 1960, Stefano Bassanese studied electronic music and composition at the Conservatories of Venice and Padua. In 1983 he was invited by Luigi Nono to Freiburg im Breisgau, attending the Experimental Studio of Sudwestfunk as well the seminars of the Institut für Neue Musik of the Musikhochschule.

Active as a composer and performer he has partecipated in many international festivals as Teatro La Fenice – Venice, Iniziative Neue Musik – Berlin, ß’Biennale – Thessaloniki, Zeitfluss – Salzburg, Kunsthaus – Mürzzuschlag, Cluster Neuklang – Weimar, Triduum – Klagenfurt, Teatro Verdi – Trieste, Musica Oggi – Padova, Routes Mediterraneennes – Alger, Venice’s Biennale, Son d’Hiver – Paris, World Music Days 95 – Essen, Ars Musica – Bruxelles, Cité Internationale des Arts – Paris, Atelier Lyrique – Tourcoing, Eclat – Stuttgart, Teatro Verdi – Trieste, Teatro Valli – Reggio Emilia, Philarmonie Essen, Teatro Regio – Turin, Musique en Scene/Grame – Lyon, June in Buffalo – State University of New York, World Music Days 06 – Stuttgart, Musica y Escena – Mexico City, The Extended Piano Festival at White Box – New York City, Festival Les Musiques – Marseille, Salle Messiaen at Radio France – Paris, Experimental Intermedia – New York City, EMS Stockholm, Totem Electrique – Montreal, etc.

As composer he has received several commissions from the National Italian Radio RAI as well other musical institutions as Festival Zeitfluss – Salzburg, GRAME – Lyon, State University of New York, INA/Groupe de Recherches Musicales, GMEM Marseille, etc. and collaborated since 1978 with the CSC (Center of Computational Sonology) of the Padua University.
As electronic performer and sound projectionist he also worked with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zòltán Peskó, with the Ensemble Modern contucted by Ingo Metzmacher as well with many composers and musicians as Aldo Clementi, Olga Neuwirth, Claudio Ambrosini, Mauricio Sotelo, Fabio Nieder, Paul Mèfano, Phill Niblock, Eliane Radigue, Carol Robinson, Christoph Homberger, Johannes Harneit, Nicholas Isherwood, Stefano Scodanibbio, Michele Lomuto, Ex Novo Ensemble, Jenny Lin, Benjamin Thigpen and many others.

From 1999 he has collaborated with the composer Mauricio Kagel, realizing the sound for several productions of his music, including the world premiere stage version of the Entfürung im Konzertsaal directed by Herbert Wernicke. He also collaborated with the jazz pianist and composer Uri Caine composing and producing the electronics for Othello Syndrome that opened the 47th Contemporary Music Festival of the Venice’s Biennale. The recording of this work was nominated for the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009.

During 2000-2001 he was in charge of the electronic music productions of CCMIX studios (Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis) in Paris. Co-founder and member of the scientific board of the Luigi Nono Archive Foundation in Venice, since 2010 member of steering committee of AIMI (Italian Association of Music Informatics) and president from 2014 until 2018.

From 2000 until 2010 he has been teaching electronic music at the Conservatory of Cuneo, Italy. At present he is teaching electroacoustic composition at the State Conservatory of Turin where he is also coordinator of the School of electronic music. He lives and work in Paris.

He has recorded for RAI, ERT, WDR, SDR, RTBF, Radio France, CGD, Nuova Fonit Cetra, Mode Records, Electronic Music Foundation, Winter & Winter.


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