During the 2004 New York Guitar Festival, Issue Project Room proudly presents the premiere US performance of The Extreme Guitar Project featuring Italian guitarist Marco Cappelli.
Marco Cappelli, who inspired the concept for The Extreme Guitar Project, commissioned 10 sonic luminaries from New York’s Downtown music scene to compose ‘rigorous written structures’ that he could perform. The individual styles and varying disciplines of the composers mixed with the imaginative possibilities of Cappelli’s own guitar playing creates a unique and provocative program.
The composers included: Elliott Sharp, Otomo Yoshihide, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, David Shea, Anthony Coleman, Nick Didkovsky, Mark Stewart, Erik Friedlander and Annie Gosfield.
Marco Cappelli performs regularly in Europe. He is known in both classical music concert societies and among jazz and improvisation scenes. He has worked with musicians Enrico Rava, Michel Godard, Markus Stockhausen, Giovanni Sollima and many others.