Enrico Malatesta (*1985)
Percussionist and indipendent researcher active in different experimental fields like sound art, music and performance; his practice explores the relation between sound, space and movement with a particular attention to the listening mode, to the afordances of instruments and to polyrhythm, understood as the definition of multiple information through an ecological and sustainable approach to the percussive instrument.
In research areas dedicated to sound experimentation, to electro-acoustic and improvisation music he has published audio material for the labels Entr'Acte (UK), Alku (ESP), Presto (IT), Second Sleep (I), Senufo Editions ( I), Weighter Recordings (USA), Consumer Waste (UK) and had the opportunity to present his work in festivals and special events throughout Italy, Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea, among which are mentioned:
Terraforma Experimantal and Sustainable Music Festival | Milan (I), Santarcangelo dei Teatri - International Theater Festival in Piazza, Santarcangelo di Romagna (I) | Node Festival - Civic Planetarium of Modena, Modena (I) | Blurred Edges Festival, Hamburg (DE) | Sound Disobedience Festival, Zavod Sploh, Ljubljana (SLO) | Crisalide Festival, Forlì (I) | Tempo Reale Festival, Limonaia of Villa Strozzi, Florence (I) | Villa Médicis ¬- Académie of France à Rome, Rome (I) | All Ears Festival, Oslo Domkirke, Oslo (NO) | Exploratorium - Konzertreihe Improvisation International, Berlin (DE) | IGNM -¬ Internationale Gesellschaft Neue Musik, Walcheturm, Zurich (CH) | Dotolimpic Festival, Seoul Foundation for Art and Culture, Seoul (KR) | Wendel! Open your door - South London Gallery & Southwark Park, London (UK) | Màntica Festival, Comandini Theater, Cesena (I) | Postaja Topolove - Topolò di Grimacco (I) | Festival Batteries IV, Geneva (CH) | Live Arts Week II, MAMbo museum of modern art in Bologna (I) | Romaeuropa Festival, Teatro Palladium, Rome (I) | Neue Musik in St.Rupercht - St.Rupercht Kirche Vienna (AT) | Festival Dènsites - Création & actiones culturelles, Fresnes en Woevre (FR) | 54th Venice Biennale ¬ Danish Pavilion, Island of San Servolo, Venice (I) | V: NM -Verein zur Förderung und Verbreitung Neuer Musik | Graz (AT), Review of Nuova Musica - Macerata (I) | Cable Festival | Nantes (F). | Hotel Pupik | St.Lorenzen Bei Scheifling, Schrattenberg (AT) | Q-¬o2 ¬ workspace for experimental music and sound art | Brussels (BE).
In the field of pedagogical research, since 2010 he has presented his work through workshops, lectures and site-¬specific interventions, collaborating with independent and institutional structures including:
Fondazione Pistoletto - Project UNIDEE, Santarcangelo dei Teatri - International Theater Festival in Piazza, Sapienza University of Rome, Polytechnic of Milan, O ', Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Conservatory of Music of Vicenza, IUAV University of Venice, Biblioteca Malatestiana of Cesena, Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Valdoca Theater, Santarcangelo dei Teatri - International Theater Festival in Piazza, Santarcangelo di Romagna (I).
Lecturer for A. 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 of the course Planning Sound Spaces at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.
The project Aliossi_workshops, bricolage and audio installations for kids was presented in various festivals and contexts dedicated to education, including Uovo Kids - Museum of Science and Technology of Milan, International Museum and Library of Music of Bologna, Teatro Grande of Brescia, Mantova Playground & Corraini Editions, Puerilia - Festival of Theatrical Childcare in Cesena, Bim! Microfestival of children's culture of Cesena.
Between 2007 and 2013 he worked as a stage musician for Teatro Valdoca and Mariangela Gualtieri
From 2015 he collaborates with Societas - Chiara Guidi.
Founder of Frequent and MU associations involved in organizing events, reviews and workshops dedicated to sound, experimental music and space practices, active in Milan and in the Romagna area.