Luca Miti is an Italian

Italy

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 composer

Composer

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  and pianist

Pianist

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He studied jazz

Jazz

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 piano

Piano

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, extended vocal techniques and baroque flute

Flute

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 a bec. From 1980 he's working as a composer and performer of contemporary music. His work is centered on a deep research on, over and beyond "sound". He collaborated extensively with such artists as Albert Mayr, Francesco Michi, Alvin Curran

Alvin Curran

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, Mauro Orselli, Michiko Hirayama and others. His repertoire consists of "difficult-to-find" compositions (Riley's Keyboard Studies, Takehisha Kosugi's works, Alvin Curran's lesser known compositions). He is a dedicatee of works by Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson (composer)

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, Pauline Oliveros

Pauline Oliveros

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and others, and an album of those works is planned for release. His recordings are available through SILENZIO distribuzione, notably the first co-titled LP records, "Musiche Sole" (with Roberto Barbanti and Letizia Bolognesi) released by Electronikaruna. The second solo output, "Mansions" was originally released (1999) as a co-production Silenzio Edizioni/Electronikaruna as a cassette tape and is now re-released with two more tracks in the CD format by ants.