Andrea Nicoli - He was born in Turin in 1960. He gained his diploma in composition under the guidance of P. L . Zangelmi and N. Castiglioni and in electronic music with A. Vidolin and M. Lupone. He has also studied organ (M. Mochi, L. Celeghin) and orchestral conducting (G. Gelmetti, G. Taverna), as well as subsequently following specialisation courses at the Scuola Mucsicale di Fiesole under G. Manzoni. Although he has worked regulary as director and performer in orchestral and chamber ensembles, including directing the Ensemble Musica '900, which specialised in contemporary repertoire and of which he was also the founder; his principal artistic effort has been made in the field of composition. His catalogue of works includes solo, chamber and orchestral pieces, as well as electro-acustic and electronic composition. Most recently he has been particularly interested in exploring interactive systems and multi-media theatre. In this context he has composed the theatre pieces "Il grido", "Parole e musica", "Batte profondo un tamburo" (Nessun soffiod'ali), "La voce e il confine" (Segni, città), "Ni anverso ni reverso" and "Teatro immaginario". His work of the last few years has displayed an increasingly profound interest in contemporary poetry, with his turning to authors such as Caproni, Sanguineti, Borges, Pasolini, Calvino, Bukowski, Beckett and Dürennmatt. Nicoli has been a guest at many of the most important festivals of contemporary music; his works having been performed both in Italy and abroad (Austria, Greece, France, Germany, Japan, USA, Portugal, England, Australia); as well as on the RAI, Dutch Radio, Australian and New Zealand Radio He has collaborated with major centres of musical research such as DIST, the University of Genoa, the Istituto GRAMMA in l'Aquila and CRM in Rome. His work have been published by Edipan, Pentaflowers, SAM, Longo-Gabbani, Taukay and Ars Publica. His music has been recorded on CD by Pentaflowers, SAM, Taukay and Ars Publica. Nicoli collaborates on regular basis with the theatre companyes "Teatro di Castalia", “Il reatto”, “Armunia”, “Krypton” , for whom he has written incidental music for "Giulietta e Romeo", "Le Baccanti", "Ascensione per il patibolo", “Racconti Fantastici”, “Sogno ma forse no”, “Trittico Beckettiano”. He has written the soundtrack of "Echi fuori campo" of P. Paoletti Nicoli has won the "E. Porrino" international composition competition in Cagliari, as well as the "Inglostadter Orgeltage" in Ingolstadt. He received a Honourable Mention in the competition of the IBLA Foundation in New York. He has been a member of jury in composition competitions. He currently teaches composition at the Conservatory of La Spezia, where he also holds a course looking at the role of new technologies in composition.