Paed Conca(26.07.1967):

since 1989 he works as a musician and composer

plays clarinet and bass

he writes Music for theater, film, dance, small ensembles and plays in a lot of different projects

-composed and performed since 1989 (Lougaroo, So Nicht, Otolithen and more)

-composed and performed from 1998 till 2010 with BLAST-4tet/sextet/oktet/ensemble with Dirk Bruinsma(NL), Frank Crijns(NL) und Fabrizio Spera(I)

-1998 composed with Bruno Meillier(F) the music for the play "kein Monument für Gudrun Ensslin"in Saint Etienne(F)

-1997 to 2003 music for 3 silent movies: Der Mann mit der Kamera from Oziga Vertov,Nosferatu from F.W. Murnau, die Mutter from Vsevolod Pudovkin

-2003 he composed with Margrit Rieben the music for the"Übermut" Performance from the ÖFF-ÖFF theater in Bern(CH)

-2004 he composed "MIGRATON"

-2006 he composed the music for the play"Selbstbezichtigung" from Peter Handke

-2008 he composed the music for the play "Aufzeichnungen aus einem Irrenhaus" from Christine Lavant

-2009 to 2010 he composed PORTA CHIUSA for 3 clarinets(55 min)

-2009 he composed the music for the dance perfomance "One (idea) - happening live" from Jenni Arne

-2010 to 2013 he compoosed around 2 hours of music for PRAED

-2010 to 2013 he composed a new composition for PORTA CHIUSA(part two) for 3 clarinets and voice(53 min)

-2014 he compoosed new music for PRAED and PRAED plus

-2014 he composed a new composition for PORTA CHIUSA(part three) for 3 clarinets and voice(40 min)

-2014 he composed the music for the play "collecting home" with Yara Bou Nassar

-2015 he composed a new composition for PORTA CHIUSA(part four) for 3 clarinets(46 min)

He did projects with Bart Maris(B), Ottomo Yoshide(JAP), (J)Noeel Akchote(F), Matt Wand(GB), Jason Kahn(US), Koji Asano(JAP), Bruno Meillier,(F) Jim Meneses(US), Stephan Wittwer(CH), Steve Buchanan(US), Dorothea Schürch(CH), Kato Hideki(JAP), Werner Lüdi(CH), Michael Wertmüller(CH), Kido Natsuki(JAP), Masashi Kitamura(JAP), Katsui Yuji(JAP), Margrit Rieben(CH), Saadet Tuerkoez(CH), Yoko Miura(JAP), Hans Koch(CH), Martin Schütz(CH), John Edwards(GB), Sabina Meyer(I), Michael Zernag(US), Christine Sehnaoui(F), Mazen Kerbaj(LEB), Raed Yassin(LEB), Sharif Sehnaoui(LEB), Takumi Seino(JAP), Tarek Atoui(F), Uriel Barthelemi(F), Marcos Fernandes(JAP), Maki Hachiya(JAP), Kaido Yutaka(JAP), Usui Yasuhiro(JAP), Keiko Higuchi(JAP) Shayne Bowden(AUS), Mori-Shige(JAP), Adachi Tomomi(JAP)

Festivals: Untiteld Festival in Den Bosch (NL), Kykart Festival in St. Petersburg, Audio Art Festival in Krakau, Reve de Gier Festival in Frankreich, Rumor Festival in Utrecht (NL), Novembermusic in Gent (B), Hertogenbosch (NL) and Essen (D), Music Inovatrice in Saint Etienne(F), Festival Rue du Nord in Lausanne(CH), Irtijal Festival in Beirut(LEB) and Paris(F), Jazzfestival Mulhouse(F),Al Maslakh Festival in Genf, Bern, Basel and Zürich(CH), Filmfestival Rotterdam(NL), Archipel Festival Geneve(CH), Bad Bonn Kilbi in Düdingen(CH), Artacts Festival Sankt Johann(A), Stummfilmfestival Grosse Halle in Bern(CH), Doubt Music Festival in Tokyo(JAP), Impro Art Festival in Yokohama(JAP), Jazz Promenade Yokohama(JAP), Suoni per il popolo Festival in Montreal(CAN), kleines Festival der anderen Art in Bern(CH), Free Resonance Festival in Trondheim(NOR), Akouphene Festival in Geneve(CH), Konfrontationen Festival in Nickelsdorf(A), Reelfestival in Edinburgh, London and Bristol(UK), Swiss Music Days in Belgrad(SERBIA), CTM Festival in Berlin(D), VS Interpretation Festival in Prague(CZ), Todo Mundo Festival in Belgrade(SERBIA), ZOOM Festival in Bern, Switzerland

Born in Rome where he has been active for many years both as a musician and organizer in the field of experimental and improvised music. Founding member of Ossatura, 7k Oaks, Eco d'Alberi, Weightless, Truth in the Abstract Blues and has worked, amongst others, with Peter Kowald, Mike Cooper, Wadada Leo Smith, Butch Morris, ROVA, Blast, Lisle Ellis, Larry Ochs, John Butcher, John Edwards, Evan Parker, Alfred Harth, Tim Hodgkinson, Wolfgang Fuchs, Thomas Lehn, Michel Doneda, Lol Coxhill, Veryan Weston, Hans Koch and Axel Dorner.

An Italian electroacoustic and experimental composer, musician and visual artist who studied photography with Mimmo Jodice, visual art with Carlo Alfano, Armando De Stefano and Rosa Panaro. He teaches electronic music at the Conservatory of Music in Naples and is active in the fields of acousmatic and traditional composition, live electronics, sound installation, audiovisual and multimedia art, and improvised computer music. He was a founding member of the electronic and composer collectives IATO and OAS.