Irene Bianco is an eclectic percussionist and a curious artist that loves to cross boundaries and experiment between different music genres. As passionate performer of contemporary and avant-garde music, she received in solo the second Prize at the international competition for Contemporary Music “Città di Treviso” and performed at festival and courses such as Plus Percussion festival (Stockholm), Trestenice Symposium (Czech Republic), Impuls Graz (Austria), Time of Music (Finland), Pulsar Festival in Copenhagen, Chigiana International Summer Festival (Italy), Astaper (Poland) and she was one of the six selected percussionists in residence at Bang on a Can 2019 in North Adams (Usa).

Irene studied percussion in Italy and in Denmark, graduating with a Master at The Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen and recently had her debut from the Solist Class at Syddansk Musikkonservatorium in Odense. She is based in Copenhagen and working as freelancer in different chamber ensemble such as Damkapellet Collective and NidiDuo. Her music interests includes improvisation, electronics and composition.

Programme

Alessandro Perini, Epicentro for one performer with contact microphones, amplified piano and vibration motors

Silvia Borzelli, 4 amazing stories (I and III), solo percussion

Valeria Miraca Piglio, Domenico Villani, Cognitive failure

Niklas Ottander, Lazer hook

Silvia Borzelli, 4 amazing stories (II and IV), solo percussion

Paulina Sundin, Shards for glass objects and electronics

In collaboration with FST and Kulturbryggan

Tickets via kulturcentralen or at the door, 50 kr

See the whole programme.