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Artist
Domenico Sciajno
12+ albums
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about
Domenico Sciajno is an Italian musician working on the abstract and experimental fields. He was born in Turin in 1965. In 1990 he moved to Holland to study double bass at the Conservatorio Reale de L’Aja from where he graduated in 1996. At the same institution he also studies instrumental, vocal, acoustic and electronic composition with Gilius Van Berger. During the course in Electronic Music he studied Sound Synthesis with Kees Van Tazelar and Computer Music with Clarence Barlowe, MIDI techniques with Justin Bennet and MAX: electronic music programming language with Joel Ryan. Since 1992 he has been working as a performer and composer at some of the major European events of new music and his works have been published and released on VD by Electronic and experimental record labels (Leo Records – UK, Fringes, Bowindo, Takla – ITA, Ersthwhile - USA). Since 1994 he has been a collaborator and assistant of the American composer Alvin Curran. Since 1999 he lives in Palermo. His interest in improvisation and the academic education of the conservatory find a tangible rapport in the interaction between acoustic instruments and “live-processing” via computer. He is an expert in electronic music and programming of digital audio-visual equipment. Besides his work as a composer and musician he creates interactive sound installations for galleries and exhibition spaces. His interest in the interdisciplinary experience in seen in works that are very close to the concept of performance thro
