A B O U T
ZENO BALDI is an Italian composer and sound artist.
His work has been presented in numerous international Festivals – Mata (New York, US), London Ear Festival (UK), Unerhörte Musik (Berlin), ArteScienza (Rom), TransArt (Bolzano), Open Music (Graz), Loop (Brussels), (…) in venues from the Miller Theatre (New York) to Piccolo Teatro (Milan), from 104Centquatre (Paris) to Musiikkitalo (Helsinki).
As a performer, he’s developing a solo electroacoustic project (2017- ongoing), exploring different set ups for each performance, including piezo-electric microphones, analogue pedals and synthesizers, midi-controlled solenoids, tactile transducers and “tuned” feedbacks on membranes or cymbals. In 2023 he performed electronics in two semi-improvised projects, with Duo Dubois (saxophone & percussions) and with Ljuba Bergamelli (voice) / Jacopo Cenni (electronics).
His scores are published by Ricordi.
Education
2007-2011 Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Graz (BA)
2012-2014 Conservatorio “G.Verdi”, Milan (MA)
2013-2014 Voix Nouvelles, Royaumont / ManiFeste Academy, Paris
Composer in residence
2017 Festival Rondò, Divertimento Ensemble
2018 Fondazione Spinola-Banna per l’Arte
2021 Styria Artist-in-Residence, Graz
Fellowships
2019 American Academy in Rome
2021 Bogliasco Foundation
Awards
2021 “Una vita nella musica, giovani”, Teatro La Fenice
2023 “Tremplin Musical”, Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco
Teaching
2020-2022 Conservatorio “N.Rota”, Monopoli
2022-present Conservatorio “L.Campiani”, Mantova