Maurilio Cacciatore
Maurilio Cacciatore’s music seeks to combine acoustic instruments with the tools of digital music through computer programming and new instrument design. The result is a complex, multi-layered sonic texture, with traditional instruments at one extreme and pure electronics at the other; between these poles lie hybrid sonorities associated with unconventional performance techniques developed through a lateral approach to the use of acoustic instruments.
Beyond standard spatialization models, his performance setups explore non-codified solutions, creatively integrating hardware, algorithms, and heterogeneous musical materials. The theatrical dimension of his productions and the on-stage integration of music and visual elements stem from a compositional reflection that places all available resources in an equal and interactive relationship.
A student of Fabio Cifariello Ciardi and Ivan Fedele, Maurilio Cacciatore graduated with highest honors in Italy, Sweden, and France, and obtained a cum laude PhD from the Catholic University of Porto. He attended Cursus I and II at IRCAM, where he composed Concertino for clarinet and live electronics in eight micro-movements (2010), the Concerto for MIDI keyboard and live electronics (2011) for Ensemble Intercontemporain, and Tamonontamo (2012) for the choir Les Cris de Paris, contributing to the development of algorithms that are still included in software currently in international distribution.
In addition to IRCAM, he has been composer-in-residence at ZKM, Muse en Circuit in Paris, Elektronisches Studio in Basel, SWR Freiburg, and Art Zoyd (Valenciennes, France).
In 2010 he received the “Goffredo Petrassi” Prize from the Presidency of the Italian Republic (President Giorgio Napolitano). In 2012 he won First Prize at the International Composition Competition “Premio Trio di Trieste.” In 2016, with Meccanica dei riflessi ovvero dell’amore, he represented Italy at the International Rostrum of Composers, and in 2017, with Meccanica degli avatar, he received the Produktion Preis at the Giga-Hertz Preis at ZKM Karlsruhe.
He teaches Electroacoustic Composition at the “A. Steffani” Conservatory of Music in Castelfranco Veneto and is regularly invited to give seminars and masterclasses on composition and his artistic work. He has taught at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Buenos Aires and, since 2017, has been involved in educational projects in several institutions in Maputo (Mozambique).
His music has been performed by leading soloists and institutions including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Lorraine, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Ensemble Intercontemporain, SWR Experimentalstudio Freiburg, Ensemble Hanatsu miroir, Ensemble Linea, Ensemble Proxima Centauri, Kammerorchester Basel, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Ensemble Aleph, Ensemble L’Arsenale, Ensemble Algoritmo, Sentieri Selvaggi, Contempoartensemble, Ensemble Accroche Note, the choir Les Cris de Paris, and the choir Voix de Strass.
His work as composer, researcher, and educator regularly takes him throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia. For several years he has focused on the integration of electroacoustic feedback in mixed music; in 2024 he served as guest editor of the scientific journal Musica/Tecnologia (Firenze University Press) on this topic.
Trilogia dei folletti (2019–2023) is his most recent recording project, featuring works for solo instrument and ensemble stemming from his instrumental research.
He is among the founders of Syntax Ensemble, for which he designs the electronics. His works are published by SZ Sugar.
Maurilio Cacciatore’s music seeks to combine acoustic instruments with the tools of digital music through computer programming and new instrument design. The result is a complex, multi-layered sonic texture, with traditional instruments at one extreme and pure electronics at the other; between these poles lie hybrid sonorities associated with unconventional performance techniques developed through a lateral approach to the use of acoustic instruments.
Beyond standard spatialization models, his performance setups explore non-codified solutions, creatively integrating hardware, algorithms, and heterogeneous musical materials. The theatrical dimension of his productions and the on-stage integration of music and visual elements stem from a compositional reflection that places all available resources in an equal and interactive relationship.
A student of Fabio Cifariello Ciardi and Ivan Fedele, Maurilio Cacciatore graduated with highest honors in Italy, Sweden, and France, and obtained a cum laude PhD from the Catholic University of Porto. He attended Cursus I and II at IRCAM, where he composed Concertino for clarinet and live electronics in eight micro-movements (2010), the Concerto for MIDI keyboard and live electronics (2011) for Ensemble Intercontemporain, and Tamonontamo (2012) for the choir Les Cris de Paris, contributing to the development of algorithms that are still included in software currently in international distribution.
In addition to IRCAM, he has been composer-in-residence at ZKM, Muse en Circuit in Paris, Elektronisches Studio in Basel, SWR Freiburg, and Art Zoyd (Valenciennes, France).
In 2010 he received the “Goffredo Petrassi” Prize from the Presidency of the Italian Republic (President Giorgio Napolitano). In 2012 he won First Prize at the International Composition Competition “Premio Trio di Trieste.” In 2016, with Meccanica dei riflessi ovvero dell’amore, he represented Italy at the International Rostrum of Composers, and in 2017, with Meccanica degli avatar, he received the Produktion Preis at the Giga-Hertz Preis at ZKM Karlsruhe.
He teaches Electroacoustic Composition at the “A. Steffani” Conservatory of Music in Castelfranco Veneto and is regularly invited to give seminars and masterclasses on composition and his artistic work. He has taught at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Buenos Aires and, since 2017, has been involved in educational projects in several institutions in Maputo (Mozambique).
His music has been performed by leading soloists and institutions including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Lorraine, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Ensemble Intercontemporain, SWR Experimentalstudio Freiburg, Ensemble Hanatsu miroir, Ensemble Linea, Ensemble Proxima Centauri, Kammerorchester Basel, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Ensemble Aleph, Ensemble L’Arsenale, Ensemble Algoritmo, Sentieri Selvaggi, Contempoartensemble, Ensemble Accroche Note, the choir Les Cris de Paris, and the choir Voix de Strass.
His work as composer, researcher, and educator regularly takes him throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia. For several years he has focused on the integration of electroacoustic feedback in mixed music; in 2024 he served as guest editor of the scientific journal Musica/Tecnologia (Firenze University Press) on this topic.
Trilogia dei folletti (2019–2023) is his most recent recording project, featuring works for solo instrument and ensemble stemming from his instrumental research.
He is among the founders of Syntax Ensemble, for which he designs the electronics. His works are published by SZ Sugar.