Ossatura

Formed in Rome, in 1995, Ossatura has since toured extensively in Europe and America and

has worked collaboratively with, amongst others, Tim Hodgkinson, Dagmar Krause, Alvin

Curran, Chris Cutler, Peter Kowald, Wolfgang Fuchs, Michiko Hirayama, Fernando Grillo, Gene

Coleman, Gendos Chzamirin & Christian Calon. Its founder and current members are:

Elio Martusciello (processed guitar)

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, sound installation, audiovisual and multimedia

art, and improvised electroacoustic music. He was a founding member of the electronic and composer

collectives IATO and OEAS.

Luca Venitucci (accordion, piano, electroacoustic divices)

A musician, improviser and composer who has toured and recorded widely, and in many collaborative

projects with dancers, directors, poets and mixed media artists. For several years he has been part of

the notorious Zeitkratzer Ensemble and has worked with a wide range of improvisers, composers and

musicians, including Mike Cooper, Peter Kowald, Otomo Yoshihide, John Zorn, Axel Dorner, Alvin

Curran, Jon Rose, Butch Morris and Radu Malfatti.

Fabrizio Spera (drums)

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.