Nicoletta Andreuccetti is a composer, sound artist and researcher. Her poetics is characterized by a constant focus on the perceptive and expressive-communicative dimension of sound, through the exploration of the different intermedial spaces of artistic performance with acoustic instruments, live-electronics, fixed media, sound spatialization, and audio visual.

She studied piano, electronic music and composition with Ivan Fedele, attending masterclasses with Hugues Dufourt, Salvatore Sciarrino and Helmut Lachenmann. Subsequently, she obtained a PhD in musicology from the Universities of Tours and Pavia with a thesis on the application of synthesis by physical models to compositional practices (Composing with physical models between abstraction and realism. Tools, practice and languages of the virtual).

In 2009, she won the 1st prize at the International Electroacoustic Music Competition Musica Nova in Prague with S’i fosse foco II, for female voice and electronics, which was recorded by Barbara Zanichelli for Nova Music Edition. In March 2012, she won the 1st prize at the Utrecht Dutch Harp Composition Contest with Mouvements selected, also, for the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2012 and performed by Gwyneth Wentink. The 56th Festival of Contemporary Music of the Biennale di Venezia (2012) has commissioned to her Figurazioni dell’invisibile for Architecture Sonora’s sound interactive installation.
In May 2013, she was composer in residence in the Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts at New York University for the realization of Dall’oscuro II, for bass clarinet and live electronics, performed at the Frederick Loewe Theatre in New York. In the same year, in collaboration with the artist Nicholas Naughton, has participated with her work Shadows at the multimedia installation Disaster of War in The New Horizons Music Festival at the University Art Gallery of Truman State University, USA (Missouri). For the project Alla Battaglia! (2014), in collaboration with Umbra Lucis Ensemble and the RSI (Radio-Television Italian Switzerland broadcast), she wrote Del Visibile dell’Invisibile inspired by the lost Leonardo Da Vinci’s fresco on the battle of Anghiari, for six voices and fifteen renaissance instruments.

Her music has been performed in the most significant international festivals: Achantes Festival 2009 (Metz, Paris); ISCM World New Music Days Festival 2011 (Music Biennale Zagreb); Biennale di Venezia 2012; New Horizons Music Festival (USA 2013); Festival Music and Performing Arts (New York University 2013); Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce 2013; Festival Spaziomusica of Cagliari 2013; Festival University Art Gallery of Truman State University 2013, USA (Missouri); GERMI Music Festival 2013; Festival Suoni Riflessi 2013 (Florence); Festival Segnali 2014 (Perugia); MIXTUR 2014 (Barcelona); Suoni Inauditi 2014 (Livorno); Multimedia Festival DiffrAzioni 2014 (Florence); ICMC World New Music Days 2014 (Athens; Festival Alla Battaglia! 2014 in collaboration with RSI (Radio-televisione Svizzera Italiana); Bienal de Fin del Mundo 2015 (Chile); Expo 2015 (Milan); Música Electroacústica MUSLAB 2015 (Mexico); I Pomeriggi Musicali 2016 (Milan); INTER/actions 2016 Symposium (Bangor); SIME-Semaine Internationale de La Musique Electro-Acoustique (University of Lille III) 2016; New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2016; 12th International Symposium on Computer Music (CMMR) São Paulo, Univers Sonores Parallèles 2016; Teatro La Fenice 2016 (Venice); GAMO. 2016 (Florence); ICMC World New Music Days 2016 (Utrecht); 19th LONDON NEW WIND FESTIVAL 2016; XXI Colloquio di Informatica Musicale-AIMI 2016 (Cagliari); EMUFest – International Electroacoustic Music Festival 2016 (Rome); The Boston New Music Initiative 2016; Festival Ecos Urbanos 2016; Sound/Image Colloquium: Exploring Sonic And Audio-Visual Practice | London 2016; NWEAMO FESTIVAL 2016 in Tokyo; Diffrazioni Festival 2016 (Florence); MA/IN, MAtera INtermedia Festival 2016 (Matera); Kyiv Contemporary Music Days 2017; 46th Annual John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium at University 2017 (New Mexico); Suoni Inauditi 2017 (Livorno); FESTIVAL DE MÚSICA ELECTROACÚSTICA 2017 (Mexico City); Bateau-Lavoir Electroacoustics 2017 (Rimini); ISCM World New Music Days 2017 (Vancouver); MISE-EN_PLACE Festival, New York City 2018; Rewrite, Cagliari 2018; Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome 2018; XXII CIM, Udine 2018; CAMeC La Spezia – Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 2018; Diffrazioni Firenze Multimedia Festival, Florence 2019; Conservatorio Superior de Música «Manuel Castillo» de Sevilla, 2019; SMC 2019 (16th Sound and Music Computing Conference), Malaga 2019; 8th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) & New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), New York 2019; Festival ‘Alla Battaglia’, Anghiari 2019; MA/IN 2019 MAtera INtermedia Festival, Matera, 2019; IL SUONO DELLE LINGUE – Contemporanea 2019, Udine 2019; MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING 2019; SOUNDWATCHING”, Turin 2019; MUSICA SU DUE DIMENSIONI, MILAN PREMIÈRE FESTIVAL, NEW MADE ENSEMBLE, Milan 2019; STEM – PROSPETTIVE ELETTRONICHE, Firenze 2022; FESTIVAL ARTESCIENZA 2022 – “ECOFORME”, Rome, 2022; XXIII CIM Colloquio di Informatica Musicale – AIMI – Associazione di Informatica Musical Italiana, Ancona 2022; Festival Nuova Consonanza 2022, Rome 2022.

Nicoletta Andreuccetti teaches Electroacoustic Music Composition at the Cesena Conservatory of Music ‘Bruno Maderna’.

Nicoletta Andreuccetti è compositrice e ricercatrice. La sua poetica è improntata a una costante attenzione alla dimensione percettiva ed espressivo-comunicativa del suono, attraverso l’esplorazione dei diversi spazi intermediali della performance artistica con gli strumenti acustici, il live-electronics, il fixed media, la spazializzazione del suono, l’audio visual.

Ha studiato pianoforte, musica elettronica e composizione con Ivan Fedele, frequentando master classes con Hugues Dufourt, Salvatore Sciarrino e Helmut Lachenmann. In seguito, ha conseguito il Dottorato di Ricerca in musicologia all’Università di Tours e di Pavia con una tesi sull’applicazione della sintesi per modelli fisici alle pratiche compositive (Comporre con i modelli fisici tra astrazione e realismo. Strumenti, pratica e linguaggi del virtuale).

Nel 2009, ha vinto il primo premio assoluto all’International Electroacoustic Music Competition Musica Nova in Praga con S’i fosse foco II, per voce femminile ed elettronica, inciso da Barbara Zanichelli per Nova Music Edition. Nel marzo del 2012, ha vinto il primo premio assoluto all’Utrecht Dutch Harp Composition Contest con Mouvements anche selezionato per l’International Gaudeamus Music Week 2012 con l’esecuzione di Gwyneth Wentink. Il LVI Festival di Musica Contemporanea la Biennale di Venezia (2012) le ha commissionato Figurazioni dell’invisibile per l’installazione interattiva di Architecture Sonora.
Nel Maggio del 2013, è stata composer in residence allo Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts at New York University per la realizzazione di Dall’oscuro II, per clarinetto basso e live electronics, eseguito al Frederick Loewe Theatre in New York. Nello stesso anno, in collaborazione con l’artista Nicholas Naughton, ha partecipato con il suo lavoro Shadows all’installazione multimediale Disaster of War in The New Horizons Music Festival at the University Art Gallery of Truman State University, USA (Missouri). Per il progetto Alla Battaglia! (2014) in collaborazione con Umbra Lucis Ensemble e la RSI (Radio-Televisione Svizzera italiana) ha scritto Del Visibile dell’Invisibile, brano ispirato all’affresco perduto della Battaglia di Anghiari di Leonardo Da Vinci, per sei voci e quindici strumenti rinascimentali.

La sua musica è stata eseguita nei più importanti festival internazionali: Achantes Festival 2009 (Metz, Parigi); ISCM World New Music Days Festival 2011 (Music Biennale Zagreb); Biennale di Venezia 2012; New Horizons Music Festival (USA 2013); Festival Music and Performing Arts (New York University 2013); Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce 2013; Festival Spaziomusica di Cagliari 2013; GERMI Music Festival 2013; Festival Suoni Riflessi (Firenze) 2013; Festival Segnali 2014; Mixtur 2014 (Barcellona); Suoni Inauditi 2014 (Livorno); Multimedia Festival DiffrAzioni (Firenze) 2014; ICMC World New Music Days 2014 (Atene); Festival Alla battaglia! 2014; Bienal de Fin del Mundo 2015 (Cile); Expo 2015 (Milano); Música Electroacústica MUSLAB 2015 (Messico); I Pomeriggi Musicali 2016 (Milano); INTER/actions 2016 Symposium (Bangor); SIME-Semaine Internationale de La Musique Electro-Acoustique, Università di Lille III 2016; New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2016; 12th International Symposium on Computer Music (CMMR), San Paolo, Univers Sonores Parallèles 2016; Teatro La Fenice 2016 (Venezia); GAMO 2016 (Firenze); ICMC World New Music Days 2016 (Utrecht); Il XIX LONDON NEW WIND FESTIVAL2016, XXI Colloquio di Informatica Musicale-AIMI 2016 (Cagliari); EMUFest – International Electroacoustic Music Festival 2016 (Roma); The Boston New Music Initiative 2016; Festival Ecos Urbanos 2016; Sound/Image Colloquium: Exploring Sonic And Audio-Visual Practice | London 2016; NWEAMO FESTIVAL 2016 in Tokyo; Diffrazioni Festival 2016 (Firenze); MA/IN – MAtera INtermedia Festival 2016; (Matera); Kyiv Contemporary Music Days 2017; 46th Annual John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium at University 2017 (New Mexico); Suoni Inauditi 2017 (Livorno); FESTIVAL DE MÚSICA ELECTROACÚSTICA 2017 (Mexico City); Bateau-Lavoir Electroacoustics 2017 (Rimini); ISCM World New Music Days 2017 (Vancouver); MISE-EN_PLACE Festival, New York City 2018; Rewrite, Cagliari 2018; Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Roma 2018; XXII CIM, Udine 2018; CAMeC La Spezia – Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 2018; Diffrazioni Firenze Multimedia Festival, Firenze 2019; Conservatorio Superior de Música «Manuel Castillo» de Sevilla, 2019; SMC 2019 (16th Sound and Music Computing Conference), Malaga 2019; 8th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) & New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), New York 2019; Festival ‘Alla Battaglia’, Anghiari 2019; MA/IN 2019 MAtera INtermedia Festival, Matera, 2019; IL SUONO DELLE LINGUE – Contemporanea 2019, Udine 2019; MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING 2019; SOUNDWATCHING”, Torino 2019; MUSICA SU DUE DIMENSIONI, MILAN PREMIÈRE FESTIVAL, NEW MADE ENSEMBLE, Milano 2019; STEM – PROSPETTIVE ELETTRONICHE, Firenze 2022; FESTIVAL ARTESCIENZA 2022 – “ECOFORME”, Roma, 2022; XXIII CIM Colloquio di Informatica Musicale – AIMI – Associazione di Informatica Musical Italiana, Ancona 2022; Festival Nuova Consonanza 2022, Roma 2022.

Nicoletta Andreuccetti insegna Composizione Musicale Elettroacustica al Conservatorio di Musica di Cesena ‘Bruno Maderna’.