Composer/Performer Ned Rothenberg has been internationally acclaimed for both his solo and ensemble music, presented for the past 25 years in North and South America, Europe and Asia. He leads the trio, Sync, with Jerome Harris (guitars) and Samir Chatterjee (tabla). Recent recordings include Sync’s Harbinger, Intervals, a double-cd of solo work Live at Roulette with Evan Parker and Are You Be, by R.U.B. (Rothenberg/Kazuhisa Uchihashi/Samm Bennett) on Rothenberg’s Animul label. Chamber music releases include Inner Diaspora and Ghost Stories, on Tzadik and Power Lines on New World, along with The Fell Clutch on Animul. Other collaborators have included Sainkho Namchylak, Paul Dresher, John Zorn, Marc Ribot and Yuji Takahashi.
Paolo Angeli plays the Sardinian prepared-guitar: an orchestra-instrument with 18 strings, a hybrid between guitar, baritone, violoncello and drums, gifted with hammers, pedals, and some propellers at variable speed. With this singular instrument, constructed by the craftsman Francesco Concas, Paolo elaborates, improvises and composes unclassifiable music, suspended between free jazz, folk noise and minimal pop.
He has collaborated with Fred Frith, Otomo Yoshihide, Hamid Drake and Pat Metheny.
“Evan Parker invited Paolo and me to play his Freezone project at the Appleby Festival in England. The result is a beautiful cd, Freezone 2007 on Parker’s PSI label which will be available at the concert. I’m very happy to have the chance to play again with this marvelous musician” - Ned Rothenberg