Andrea Centazzo (born 1948) is an Italian-born American composer, percussionist, multimedia artist and record label founder.

Music career Centazzo was born in Udine, Italy. In the 1970s he played percussion in avant-garde jazz with John Zorn, Steve Lacy, and Don Cherry, and became "a leading figure in the European avant-garde".

After 1986 he turned to video making and composed operas, film soundtracks and orchestral compositions. Since 1992, he has lived and worked in Los Angeles and has become a naturalized American citizen. He has also performed and recorded with Albert Mangelsdorff, Alvin Curran, Anthony Coleman, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Gianluigi Trovesi, Henry Kaiser, Sylvano Bussotti, Theo Jörgensmann, Tom Cora, and Toshinori Kondo. He has conducted his own compositions with the American Youth Symphony, the L.A. Contemporary Orchestra, the Mitteleuropa Orchestra, and many ensembles. He has directed and staged his own opera compositions as well as theatrical plays by other U.S. authors.

Centazzo has also created multimedia projects that fuse acoustic instruments, electronic instruments, and video. His multimedia projects include Mandala, Eternal Traveler, Einstein's Cosmic Messengers, and R-Evolution. In more recent live performances he has given solo multimedia concerts, accompanying his own videos.

Centazzo has recorded over 60 LP's and CD's, and has composed 350 musical works of diverse types, in addition to writing eight musicology books.Andrea Centazzo: Biography, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 2012 the Library of the University of Bologna opened the "Fondo Andrea Centazzo" with a collection of his works and documents."Fondo e archivio Centazzo" , ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Università di Bologna.

Instrumental innovations During his earlier career Centazzo developed a number of percussion instruments, including the icebell, a bowl-shaped instrument made from a bronze alloy. In his 1980 work Indian Tapes he introduced the ogororo, lokole, tampang, tubophone and square bell, based on Native American instruments.

ICTUS The ICTUS record label was founded in 1976 by Centazzo and his wife, Carla Lugli. Its first release was Clangs by Centazzo and Steve Lacy. Subsequent albums also featured Andrew Cyrille and Lol Coxhill, among others. The label was wound up after eight years owing to financial difficulties, but was revived in 1995 and again in 2006. "ICTUS Records Nights @ The Stone (NYC) April 1-14", by Michael Ricci, All About Jazz, March 21, 2012.

Compositions Major compositions by Centazzo include the multimedia opera Tina (1996), The Soul in the Mist (2006), Moon in Winter (2011), The Heart of Wax (2012), and the multimedia project Tides of Gravity (2016). This last was produced in association with LIGO, NASA and Caltech to mark the first detection of gravitational waves. Andrea Centazzo nota biografica , ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Università di Bologna.

Music albums YearTitleCollaborators2016Duets 7 (1977) Evan Parker2015October Wind Vol. 2Steve Lacy, Kent Carter2015October Wind Vol. 1Steve Lacy, Kent Carter2013The Complete Recording Vol. 3 - Rituals LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams2013Latecomers Anthony Coleman, Steve Swell, Giancarlo Schiaffini2013Stolen Moment Marilyn Crispell2013Derek Bailey Tribute BandChris Cochran, Marco Cappelli, Anders Nilsson2012In A Rainy DayRoberto Ottaviano2012BridgesAkira Sakata, Kiyoto Fujiwara2012Lost In June Steve Lacy, Kent Carter2012The Complete Recording Vol. 2 - Halcyon Days LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams2012 Seven Giant Waves2012 Ictus World Music Collection 2012 Mandala2011 Einstein's Cosmic Messengers Live2011 September Impressions Janel Leppin, Mike Sebastian, T.A. Zook2011 Escape From 2012 Don Preston2011 Live In Concert At The Kennedy Center Washington DC2011 Deep Space Adventure2011 Snowplow Elliott Sharp2011 Moon In WinterDave Ballou, Daniel Barbiero, Nobu Stowe, Achille Succi2009 Guitars 2008 West Coast Trio 2007 Double - The Complete Recording 1976 - 2007 Guido Mazzon2007 The Warriors Toshinori Kondo, Eugene Chadbourne2007 Los Angeles Tapes 2007 The German Horse Eugene Chadbourne2007 After The SilenceGiancarlo Cardini2007 Eternal Traveler2007 Voyagers 2007 The Soul In The Mist Perry Robinson, Nobu Stowe2007 Eternal Traveler 2006 Moot & LidLol Coxhill, Giancarlo Schiaffini2006Double 1Guido Mazzon2006 With Love's Light Wings2006 Henceforward2006Double 2Guido Mazzon2006 A New Shock!!Gianluigi Trovesi2006 Fragments 22006 Fragments 12006 Koans: Volume One Pierre Favre2006 Mandala2006 The Heart Of Wax 2006 World Percussion Christmas 2006 The Shadow And The Silence2006 Chamber Music2006 Koans: Volume Three David Moss, Steve Hubback, Jeffrey Daniel Jensen, Pere Oliver Jørgens, Brake Drum Percussion2006 Midnight All Day 2006 Departed Angels 2006 South 2006 Koans: Volume TwoDavid Moss, Alex Cline2006 Sacred Shadows2006 Darkly Again Lol Coxhill, Franz Koglmann2006 Speed The Plow 2006 Infinity Squared Henry Kaiser2006 Thirty Years From Monday 2006 In Real Time2006 DarklyLol Coxhill, Franz Koglmann2006 The Recollection2006 Early Music 1972-1973 2006 Tao Steve Lacy 2006 Spaces2006 Songs And Thoughts2006 Early Music 1970-19752001 Piano Music2001 Il Cuore Di Cera2000 Situations Lol Coxhill, Franz Koglmann, Giancarlo Schiaffini1998 Real Time TwoAlvin Curran, Evan Parker1997 The Secret Of Joy 1996 Highlights From Tina1996 USA Concerts West John Carter, Vinny Golia, Greg Goodman1994 A Bosnian Requiem1994 Film Soundtrack - N. 3 1993 Sea1993 Sea Land People Seasons 1993 Seasons 1993 Land1993 People1992 Living Pictures1991 Theatres 1990 Cetacea - L'Odissea Dei Suoni Perduti1989 Il presente prossimo venturo1989 Visions1989 Omaggio A Pier Paolo Pasolini 1987 Jacques E Il Suo Padrone Milan Kundera1985 Tiare 1985 L'Altro Lato Carlo Actis Dato, Furio Chirico, Luigi Venegoni1984 Shock!!Gianluigi Trovesi1983 Cjant - Concerto Per Piccola Orchestra 1982 Solo De La Passion Selon SadeSylvano Bussotti1981 Percussion InterchangesDavid Moss, Alex Cline, Creative Music Studio1980 Indian Tapes 1979 Environment For Sextet John Zorn, Eugene Chadbourne, Tom Cora, Toshinori Kondo, Polly Bradfield1979 Protocol Henry Kaiser, Toshinori Kondo1979 The Bay Rova Saxophone Quartet 1979 Velocities LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams1979 Moot Lol Coxhill, Giancarlo Schiaffini1978 Dec 29 1978 Udine Eugene Chadbourne1978 U.S.A. Concerts 1978 Real Time Alvin Curran, Evan Parker1977 Dialogues Pierre Favre1977 Trio LiveSteve Lacy, Kent Carter1977 DropsDerek Bailey1977 RatsorockPaolo Bordini, Franco Feruglio1976 DuettiGuido Mazzon1976 Clangs Steve Lacy 1976 FM Frequenze Modulate (Le Nuove Tendenze Della Musica Italiana)Mario Guarnera, Roberto Cacciapaglia, Guido Mazzon, Gaetano Liguori, Luigi Grechi1976 Freedom Out ! Gunter Hampel, Frederic Rabold, Bruno Tommaso, Martin Bues, Thomas Keyserling1976 Solos 6/5/76 1975 Fragmentos 1974 Ictus

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Filmography 1986 Romance 1992 Obiettivo indiscreto 1995 Shadow of a Kiss (TV movie) 1995 Star Struck 1999 I Karaoke (short) 2001 The Circle (short) 2009 La Corsa (short) 2009 Mei Mei (short) 2009 Toto Forever (short) 2010 Desire Street 2013 Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal 2015 Floating Melon 2016 Advent (film)

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External links Official Andrea Centazzo website IMDb listing Paiste Gongs Ictus Movies - YouTube Allmusic