Italian contemporary composer-interdisciplinary artist-scholar Luciano Chessa works in media art, audiovisual performance, installations, music, and history. He is known for his research on Luigi Russolo and the Futurist movement, and his Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners, which featured collaborations with Joan La Barbara, Mike Patton, Lee Ranaldo, Ellen Fullman, Blixa Bargeld, and Pauline Oliveros. Lands End collects Chessa’s works, composed at the Caldwell-Blaney residence in San Francisco and dedicated to Swiss-born, New York-based artist Ugo Rondinon, known for his large-scale land art sculptures.
These thought-provoking compositions were performed by fellow Italian pianist Claudio Sanna, who specializes in the 20th-century repertoire, Sanna is the perfect choice for performing these poetic yet tasking compositions, often demanding
