LiveStuff – andrea valle

Che donne! Live Sonorization at the Musei Reali

On Friday, August 28, I curated the electronic live sonorization for “Che donne!”, a silent film screening as part of Torino Crocevia di Sonorità, in collaboration with the workshop “Comunicare il cinema. Progettare il suono del film muto” (Department of Humanities — Communication Sciences and DAMS degree programs, University of Turin) and SMET — School of Electronic Music at the Turin Conservatory.

Teatro Romano, Musei Reali di Torino — free access to the Museum of Antiquities and Archaeological Gallery, concert at 9pm.

In collaboration with Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino, Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam, and Cineteca del Friuli.

More photos on Flickr.

Bilderatlas Spring Break: live at RKH Studio

LiveStuff, MusicalInformatics

On May 7, I debuted with the ensemble Arto Fantasma at RKH Studio in Turin with “Bilderatlas Spring Break”, an audiovisual composition within the Nickelodeon digitale project, using the Im-prompt-u methodology.

A kybernete directs the ensemble in real time through plain-text instructions transmitted via Armillaria, a minimal browser-based system for live textual conduction that I developed. A pre-composed visual atlas in three acts (Ieri, Oggi, Domani — Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow), drawn from open-licensed archival sources, is re-sonified live by the ensemble.

With: Carlo Barbagallo (electric guitar), Dario Bruna (drums), Simone Garino (alto sax), Federico Marchesano (double bass), Bruno Surace (composition and conduction), Edmondo Tedesco (clarinets), Andrea Valle (system development and electric bass).

Le ombre di eros

Conferences, LiveStuff

For the conference Le ombre di eros (on erotism in Italian silent cinema) we performed three live sonorizations with Arto fantasma at Cinema Massimo, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino on 25/02/2026. Here rehearsing on stage

Arto fantasma in Bologna

LiveStuff

(Back on the site!). On 28/02/2026 We have been playing in Bologna, Conservatorio, with Arto fantasma, live sonorization for Maciste (1915)

Filibus! Live at Cinema Massimo

Cinema, LiveStuff, Music, MusicalInformatics, Recordings

It’s been a while without posting. So, without covering old news, the new news. Arto fantasma played live over Filibus, an impressive film by M. Roncoroni (1915). This time we have bassoon, contrabass, prepared piano, baritone sax, electric guitar, drums, and automated drums. Cinema Massimo, National Museum of Cinema, Torino, March 8th 2024

Zalamort out!

Cinema, LiveStuff, Music

We have recorded and played the music for the impressive 1923 film Zalamort – Der Traum der Zalavie at the To Listen To Festival in Torino (Oct 3rd).
Now available on Bandcamp.

Systema naturae in Viitassari, for Time of Music

LiveStuff, Music

We have been invited to perform our Systema naturae with our friends of Schallfeld Ensemble as the final event of Time of Music Festival in Viitasaari, Finland, on 11/07/2022. Lots of work and traveling, but lots of fun too.

Il jockey della morte live at Teatro Dal Verme

Cinema, LiveStuff, Music

With my supergroup Arto fantasma we have been invited on 14/06/2022 to play live the music for Il jockey della morte as the opening event of the 150 jubilee of the impressive Teatro Dal Verme in Milan.

Music is here, film with music here.

Pigro-zia

LiveStuff, Multimedia, Music, MusicalInformatics

Thanks to Tempo Reale, on 04/05/2022 I had the chance of doing live coding (first time ever in a proper sense…) in the homage they paid to the great Pietro Grossi. So I played my SuperCollisione PiGra, of course with SuperCollider. Here it is on YouTube.

Doubling with Explore Ensemble

LiveStuff, Music

With my pal Mauro Lanza we had the chance to have our Systema naturae cycle performed twice by the amazing London-based ensemble Explore, first in Den Bosch for November Music (three times in 06-07/11/2021), then in Huddersfield for HCMF (18/11/2021). Bonus! Impressive footage of the cycle produced here!