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I'm Andrea Centazzo, Italian-American composer, performer and multimedia artist. For more than five decades I've been a key figure in avant-garde and improvised music, celebrated for developing a distinctive style of percussion playing and for expanding the reach of contemporary sound. Beyond concert music, I compose for film and soundtrack, conduct, orchestrate and create multimedia works. My work travels across stages and screens around the world, inviting listeners into immersive sonic journeys.…I'm Andrea Centazzo, Italian-American composer, performer and multimedia artist. For more than five decades I've been a key figure in avant-garde and improvised music, celebrated for developing a distinctive style of percussion playing and for expanding the reach of contemporary sound. Beyond concert music, I compose for film and soundtrack, conduct, orchestrate and create multimedia works. My work travels across stages and screens around the world, inviting listeners into immersive sonic journeys.

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I'm Andrea Centazzo, Italian-American composer, performer and multimedia artist. For more than five decades I've been a key figure in avant-garde and improvised music, celebrated for developing a distinctive style of percussion playing and for expanding the reach of contemporary sound. Beyond concert music, I compose for film and soundtrack, conduct, orchestrate and create multimedia works. My work travels across stages and screens around the world, inviting listeners into immersive sonic journeys.…I'm Andrea Centazzo, Italian-American composer, performer and multimedia artist. For more than five decades I've been a key figure in avant-garde and improvised music, celebrated for developing a distinctive style of percussion playing and for expanding the reach of contemporary sound. Beyond concert music, I compose for film and soundtrack, conduct, orchestrate and create multimedia works. My work travels across stages and screens around the world, inviting listeners into immersive sonic journeys.

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I’m Andrea Centazzo, Italian-American composer, performer and multimedia artist. For more than five decades I’ve been a key figure in avant-garde and improvised music, celebrated for developing a distinctive style of percussion playing and for expanding the reach of contemporary sound.

Beyond concert music, I compose for film and soundtrack, conduct, orchestrate and create multimedia works. My work travels across stages and screens around the world, inviting listeners into immersive sonic journeys.

Skills

Composition

Music Theory

Experience Level

Expert

Composition

Expert

Music Theory

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

French

Advanced

Italian

Fluent

Work Experience

composer at www.andreacentazzo.com

March 23, 1972 - Present

Despite being known worldwide, for more than 40 years, as a key figure in the avant-garde/improvised music and as inventor of a new style of percussion playing, Italian American composer, performer and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo is also an accomplished successful classic and soundtrack composer, conductor and orchestrator. The selections of samples you can browse here presents a journey into Andrea Centazzo’s film music. https://andreacentazzo.com/film-music The menu is divided in seven chapters, each one presenting a different musical concept and inspiration, yet with a solid common signature.

Founder at ICTUS Records

January 1, 1976 - Present

One of the first musician-operated labels; recorded with Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Pierre Favre, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Alvin Curran, Albert Mangelsdorff, Don Cherry, Marylin Crispell, Elliott Sharp and many others.

Co-Founder / Founder at New York Downtown Music Scene

January 1, 1978 - Present

Pioneer collaboration network with John Zorn, Tom Cora, Eugene Chadbourne, Toshinori Kondo and others; documented in numerous albums.

Video Maker / Film Director at Self-employed / Independent

January 1, 1986 - December 31, 1999

Left the improvised music scene in 1986 to start a video-making career and later moved to Los Angeles to focus on composition and film direction.

Performer / Solo Artist at Self-employed

January 1, 1999 - Present

Returned to live performing in 1999 with solo and multimedia concerts, often synchronized with self-shot videos.