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Italian-American composer, conductor and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo has been for 55 years a bold explorer of contemporary art. In the early 70’s he introduced a new concept of percussion playing, migrating from the Free Jazz to a new form of improvised music, defining itself and in the same time searching a path to his own new compositional methods he applied to film music and concert music. In the late 70’s, Maestro Centazzo was one of the founders of the NY Downtown MusicScene with his seminal collaboration with John Zorn, Tom Corra, Eugene Chadbourne, Toshinori Kondo and others, documented in many albums. In 1976 he established ICTUS Records, one of the first musician operated labels, playing and recording with Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Pierre Favre, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Alvin Curran, Albert Mangelsdorff, Don Cherry, Marylin Crispell, Elliott Sharp. Andrew Cyrille and many others. He left the improvised music scene in 1986, and moving shortly after to Los Angeles, CA, dedicating himself to composition and film music. Maestro Centazzo authored 3 operas, 2 symphonies and almost 600 compositions for all kind of ensembles, plus many award winning video films. One of his latest project Tides of gravity has been presented in collaboration with the NobelPrize for Physic Kip Thorne and produced by LIGO, Caltech and NASA. The Library of the University of Bologna at DAMS, just recently dedicated to the composer the Fondo e Archivio Andrea Centazzo where all his works are collected and made available to students and scholars. Despite being known worldwide, for more than 55 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. Link to film music samples divided by categories: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ For a complete bio and a list of works, please visit _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ For his extended discography please visit: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ and _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…Italian-American composer, conductor and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo has been for 55 years a bold explorer of contemporary art. In the early 70’s he introduced a new concept of percussion playing, migrating from the Free Jazz to a new form of improvised music, defining itself and in the same time searching a path to his own new compositional methods he applied to film music and concert music. In the late 70’s, Maestro Centazzo was one of the founders of the NY Downtown MusicScene with his seminal collaboration with John Zorn, Tom Corra, Eugene Chadbourne, Toshinori Kondo and others, documented in many albums. In 1976 he established ICTUS Records, one of the first musician operated labels, playing and recording with Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Pierre Favre, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Alvin Curran, Albert Mangelsdorff, Don Cherry, Marylin Crispell, Elliott Sharp. Andrew Cyrille and many others. He left the improvised music scene in 1986, and moving shortly after to Los Angeles, CA, dedicating himself to composition and film music. Maestro Centazzo authored 3 operas, 2 symphonies and almost 600 compositions for all kind of ensembles, plus many award winning video films. One of his latest project Tides of gravity has been presented in collaboration with the NobelPrize for Physic Kip Thorne and produced by LIGO, Caltech and NASA. The Library of the University of Bologna at DAMS, just recently dedicated to the composer the Fondo e Archivio Andrea Centazzo where all his works are collected and made available to students and scholars. Despite being known worldwide, for more than 55 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. Link to film music samples divided by categories: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ For a complete bio and a list of works, please visit _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ For his extended discography please visit: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ and _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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Italian-American composer, conductor and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo has been for 55 years a bold explorer of contemporary art. In the early 70’s he introduced a new concept of percussion playing, migrating from the Free Jazz to a new form of improvised music, defining itself and in the same time searching a path to his own new compositional methods he applied to film music and concert music. In the late 70’s, Maestro Centazzo was one of the founders of the NY Downtown MusicScene with his seminal collaboration with John Zorn, Tom Corra, Eugene Chadbourne, Toshinori Kondo and others, documented in many albums. In 1976 he established ICTUS Records, one of the first musician operated labels, playing and recording with Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Pierre Favre, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Alvin Curran, Albert Mangelsdorff, Don Cherry, Marylin Crispell, Elliott Sharp. Andrew Cyrille and many others. He left the improvised music scene in 1986, and moving shortly after to Los Angeles, CA, dedicating himself to composition and film music. Maestro Centazzo authored 3 operas, 2 symphonies and almost 600 compositions for all kind of ensembles, plus many award winning video films. One of his latest project Tides of gravity has been presented in collaboration with the NobelPrize for Physic Kip Thorne and produced by LIGO, Caltech and NASA. The Library of the University of Bologna at DAMS, just recently dedicated to the composer the Fondo e Archivio Andrea Centazzo where all his works are collected and made available to students and scholars. Despite being known worldwide, for more than 55 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. Link to film music samples divided by categories: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ For a complete bio and a list of works, please visit _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ For his extended discography please visit: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ and _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…Italian-American composer, conductor and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo has been for 55 years a bold explorer of contemporary art. In the early 70’s he introduced a new concept of percussion playing, migrating from the Free Jazz to a new form of improvised music, defining itself and in the same time searching a path to his own new compositional methods he applied to film music and concert music. In the late 70’s, Maestro Centazzo was one of the founders of the NY Downtown MusicScene with his seminal collaboration with John Zorn, Tom Corra, Eugene Chadbourne, Toshinori Kondo and others, documented in many albums. In 1976 he established ICTUS Records, one of the first musician operated labels, playing and recording with Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Pierre Favre, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Alvin Curran, Albert Mangelsdorff, Don Cherry, Marylin Crispell, Elliott Sharp. Andrew Cyrille and many others. He left the improvised music scene in 1986, and moving shortly after to Los Angeles, CA, dedicating himself to composition and film music. Maestro Centazzo authored 3 operas, 2 symphonies and almost 600 compositions for all kind of ensembles, plus many award winning video films. One of his latest project Tides of gravity has been presented in collaboration with the NobelPrize for Physic Kip Thorne and produced by LIGO, Caltech and NASA. The Library of the University of Bologna at DAMS, just recently dedicated to the composer the Fondo e Archivio Andrea Centazzo where all his works are collected and made available to students and scholars. Despite being known worldwide, for more than 55 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. Link to film music samples divided by categories: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ For a complete bio and a list of works, please visit _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ For his extended discography please visit: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ and _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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Italian-American composer, conductor and multimedia artist Andrea Centazzo has been for 55 years a bold explorer of contemporary art. In the early 70’s he introduced a new concept of percussion playing, migrating from the Free Jazz to a new form of improvised music, defining itself and in the same time searching a path to his own new compositional methods he applied to film music and concert music.
In the late 70’s, Maestro Centazzo was one of the founders of the NY Downtown MusicScene with his seminal collaboration with John Zorn, Tom Corra, Eugene Chadbourne, Toshinori Kondo and others, documented in many albums.
In 1976 he established ICTUS Records, one of the first musician operated labels, playing and recording with Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Pierre Favre, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Alvin Curran, Albert Mangelsdorff, Don Cherry, Marylin Crispell, Elliott Sharp. Andrew Cyrille and many others.
He left the improvised music scene in 1986, and moving shortly after to Los Angeles, CA, dedicating himself to composition and film music. Maestro Centazzo authored 3 operas, 2 symphonies and almost 600 compositions for all kind of ensembles, plus many award winning video films.
One of his latest project Tides of gravity has been presented in collaboration with the NobelPrize for Physic Kip Thorne and produced by LIGO, Caltech and NASA.
The Library of the University of Bologna at DAMS, just recently dedicated to the composer the Fondo e Archivio Andrea Centazzo where all his works are collected and made available to students and scholars.
Despite being known worldwide, for more than 55 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.
Link to film music samples divided by categories: Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup
For a complete bio and a list of works, please visit Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup
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Founder and Artistic Director at ICTUS Records

January 1, 1976 - January 1, 1986

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

Composer and Film Music Composer at Independent

January 1, 1986 - Present

Moved to Los Angeles to dedicate myself to composition and film music; authored operas, symphonies and hundreds of works for diverse ensembles, spanning concert music and motion picture scoring.