Fabio Capanni
Italian composer, musician and architect Fabio Capanni has been a key innovator of experimental music since the late 1980s.
The refined sonic textures that have distinguished Capanni’s highly personal approach to the harmonic possibilities of the electric guitar have led him to collaborate with musicians such as: Peter Principle, Luc Van Lieshout (Tuxedomoon), Dirk Descheemaeker (Wim Mertens), Harold Budd, David Torn, David Sylvian, Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri, Roger Eno, Tim Story, Chris Karrer, and Glen Sweeney. Above all, Capanni has worked alongside one of the fathers of ambient music, German musician Hans-Joachim Roedelius, in the studio and live for more than a decade. They also founded the group Aquarello together with Felix Jay and Roman saxophonist Nicola Alesini.
In 2021, after a long silence, Capanni returned to the music scene with his first solo album, Home, a project through which he puts into action a long-nurtured idea: to make a work focused on the electric guitar. Home, as evoked by the title, is a decidedly intimate album in which the piano strings are valuable complements to those of the electric guitar in creating striking soundscapes.
Combining with other art forms has been fertile ground for the evocative power of Capanni’s sonic narratives, expressed in numerous multimedia projects of music, dance, and images, including: Quartetto Capanni plays Ennio Morricone (Contemporary Art Museum Luigi Pecci, Prato); Borges and I (Donau Festival, Krems; Szene, Salzburg); Klang & Malerei (Black Box, Münchner Philharmoniker); Festival de Musica Visual (Jameos del Agua, Lanzarote); Persistence of Memory (Kunst Halle, Krems); and Coppi Arrive (Contemporary Art Museum Luigi Pecci, Prato).
