Collaborations

ARTISTS

Peruvian-Japanese classical violinist whose repertoire includes performances work and ritual music of the jungle and Andes mountains. (ELEMENTAL, MONTAñA QUE HABLA, ORIGINS and Maṇḍala)

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Claudia Cuentas

Bay Area based musician and performer from Peru. Weaves together movement, sounds (wind instruments) and story work. (ELEMENTAL, MONTAñA QUE HABLA, 3 MUSES, ORIGINS and Maṇḍala)

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Cristiano Serino

Excellent italian contemporary composer and violinist. He is one of my most inspiring artistic partners in Italy. (KU, FROM ROSY BOWER’S and OPHELIA E LE ALTRE)

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Spiritwalker

Duo based in the Bay Area, TBird Luv and Evan Fraser blend global strings, winds, percussion and their voices with nature sounds. (MUSICAL JOURNEYS and Maṇḍala)

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Emanuele Becheri

Visual artist who lives and works in Prato. Almost all his works have been created in total darkness. RELEASE (2006) is a sounding installation we did together.

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Andrea Dami

Contemporary sculptor from Pistoia. GIARDINO SONORO is an installation of resonant sculptures that I played in trio with Tonj Acquaviva e Giovanni Lo Cascio in Villa di Grappoli, Italy.

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Massimo Finzi

Distinguished italian photographer. LAUGRAFIA was born while I worked in his studio printing in black and white photography.

Collaborations

DANCE and THEATER

Roberto Zappala’

Celebrated artistic director of the performing arts center Scenario Pubblico in Sicily. Dancer and choreographer. (INSTRUMENTAL 2)

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Innovative, experimental dance art that awakens cross-cultural connections and explores the intimate relationship between people and nature. (ORIGINS and GREEN)

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Maria Grazia Sarandrea

Italian tribal dancer and choreographer. UZUME’ is a tale of the Japanese Sun Goddess Amaterasu expressed through the ritual of dance and music.

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Nini Ferrara

Italian theater director. (IL VIAGGIO)

website design by Laura Inserra

SOUNDTRACKS

Patience

This is a video of Randi Parkhurst's artists book, Patience. It is a work of art that cannot be described in words and photos can't do it justice, therefore, a video had to be made. Watch the VIDEO...

Paolo Buonvino

Renowned italian film soundtrack composer. I was his assistant for the movies ‘Il mio miglior nemico’ by Carlo Verdone and ‘N (Io e Napoleone)’ by Paolo Virzi’, ‘La Matassa’ by Ficarra and Picone. (SAHARA)

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Jo Lido

One Friday night, incited by a radio presenter to abandon the monotony of their everyday lives, a group of people take to the road, en route to an unknown destination. Directed by Francesco Jost.

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Piccola Pesca

Activist documentary about the American military base in Sardinia, Italy. Directed by Enrico Pitzianti.

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My father’s garden

Story of a 28 year old woman (Maya Sansa) who has never met her father. She learns that he is dying in a small hospital just outside a tiny village in the South West of France, and would like to meet her before he dies. Directed by Matthew A. Brown.

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Check the Soundtrack MUSIC...

ENSEMBLES

SAMAVESHA

Involve all sorts of artists and performers from around the globe. The concept of Samavesha is to unite in one time and space different art expressions. (ELEMENTAL, Maṇḍala and more..)

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Maṇḍala

A series of artistic events that gather great artists from all over the world.

These gatherings of artists of various genres will be directed by Laura Inserra to create a Maṇḍala of different expressions of art like music, dance, poems, images and more...

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Garden of Memory

Yearly summer solstice walk-through concert at the Julia Morgan-designed Chapel of the Chimes (Oakland, California) wherein audience members move through the environment with 'new music' ensembles performing simultaneously throughout the spaces. This is curated by Sarah Cahill, phenomenal pianist, writer and producer.

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Ku

Contemporary music, fusion of music, improvisation, theater and multimedia arts out of Italy. (FROM ROSY BOWER’S and OPHELIA E LE ALTRE)

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Shakini

Shakini are a talented group of women singers and musicians who offer participatory kirtan-style circles and individualized sound healing.

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AlphaBeth

Duet with versatile enchanting italian vocalist Barbara Eramo. (UZUME’ che danza, LA VIRTU’ DI VIAGGIARE..)

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L.S.T.

Voice, guitar and percussion trio with Titti Smeriglio and Santi Pulvirenti. Also my collaborators for the PICCOLA PESCA soundtrack.

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Unnaddare’

Exploring the fusion between world music and electronic grooves in Rome.

Watch the collaborationS Video

and PHOTOS