Daniela Cattivelli (born 1966) is an Italian sound artist, electroacoustic composer, performer. Began as a saxophone player, by training through a variety of musical experiences. Between 1990 and 2000 she cofounded in Bologna a number of music groups: Laboratorio Musica & Immagine, Fastilio, Eva Kant, Antenata. The area of investigation on sound research has subsequently spread to interdisciplinary artistic experiences, to the adoption of an electro-acoustic instrumentation and frequent incursions into performance.Today she explores the multiple facets of the sonic dimension by deepening aspects relating to the physics of sound, the design of unconventional listening devices, the investigation around 'sound contexts', situations in which a musical event is strongly anchored to a given practice, function or cultural environment. She has created sound performances, electroacoustic compositions, audio-video live sets, sound installations and live electronics for prestigious contexts in Italy and abroad.She has collaborated and performed with musicians and improvisers of the international experimental scene:
Fred Frith, Barry Guy,
Alvin Curran, Zeena Parkins, Charles Hayward, Butch Morris, Jon Rose, Margareth Kammerer, Stevie Wishart, Stefano Pilia, Clementine Gasser, Carol Robinson,
Luciano Maggiore, John Oswald; and with music critic
Giampiero Cane. She has furthermore composed music for theatre and dance for some of Italy's most representative research groups: Michele di Stefano/MK, Fabrizio Favale Le Supplici, Daniele Albanese, Simona Bertozzi, Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Teatro Valdoca, Laminarie,
Kinkaleri, and for international artists including choreographers
William Forsythe (for the Germany Pavillion at the Venice Architecture Bienniale 2014), Raquel Silva, Yoko Higashino-Baby-Q. In the field of visual arts she has collaborated with
Cristian Chironi,
Marcello Maloberti,
Luca Trevisani, Michaela Grill. She teaches
Interpretation and performance of electroacoustic music at the Bologna Conservatory, and
Sound design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. She collaborates with TEMPO REALE, the centre for musical research and production founded in Florence by composer Luciano Berio.
