🇮🇹 Sergio Maltagliati – Biografia

 

Sergio Maltagliati (nato nel 1960) è un compositore italiano e artista dei nuovi media. La sua formazione presso il Conservatorio “Luigi Cherubini” di Firenze e nelle arti visive gli ha permesso di fondere suono, colore e segno in opere sinestetiche e interattive. Il suo lavoro spazia dalla composizione strumentale alla performance multimediale, dalla pittura digitale a progetti generativi online.

 

Esponente della corrente fiorentina detta Musica d'Arte (Musica visiva e Fluxus), ha collaborato con figure come Pietro Grossi, Sylvano Bussotti e Giuseppe Chiari, proseguendo la ricerca sinestetica tra arte, musica e tecnologia. Nel 1991 incontra John Cage e collabora con Pietro Grossi nello sviluppo di opere visive e sonore computerizzate.

 

Dal 1997 realizza progetti interattivi via web, come netOper@ (1997) e neXtOper@ (2002), tra le prime opere generative fruibili online e su dispositivi mobili. Negli ultimi anni sviluppa software di visual music automatica, integrando algoritmi di intelligenza artificiale per la composizione generativa in tempo reale.

Nel 2021 è stato inserito nell'Archivio della Musica del XX secolo dal Centro Studi Luigi Dallapiccola.


Il 4 ottobre 2023 è stato eletto Accademico dell'Accademia delle Arti del Disegno di Firenze, classe Musica e Arti dello Spettacolo, come esponente della corrente Musica d'Arte. Fondata nel 1563 da Cosimo I de' Medici su consiglio di Giorgio Vasari, è la più antica accademia d'arte del mondo.

 

🇬🇧 Sergio Maltagliati – Biography

 

Sergio Maltagliati (born in 1960) is an Italian composer and new media artist. Trained at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory and in the visual arts, he merges sound, color, and sign into synesthetic and interactive works. His practice includes instrumental compositions, multimedia performances, digital painting, and generative online art.

 

As a leading figure of the Florentine current Art Music (Visual Music and Fluxus), he has collaborated with artists such as Pietro Grossi, Sylvano Bussotti, and Giuseppe Chiari, continuing the legacy of combining music, visual art, and technology. In 1991, he met John Cage and worked with Pietro Grossi on early digital sound-image integrations.

 

Since 1997 he has produced interactive web-based projects like netOper@ (1997) and neXtOper@ (2002), among the earliest generative works accessible online and via mobile. His recent work involves the development of automated visual music software using artificial intelligence for real-time generative composition.

In 2021, he was included in the 20th Century Music Archive by the Luigi Dallapiccola Study Center.
On October 4, 2023, he was elected Academic of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno of Florence, class of Music and Performing Arts, as a leading figure of Art Music. Founded in 1563 by Cosimo I de' Medici at the suggestion of Giorgio Vasari, it is the oldest art academy in the world.


FOTO by GIOVANNI SAINI (1999)

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


DOWNLOAD>List of compositions/works 1979-2024

 

 

 

2024

Accademia delle Arti del Disegno

Sala delle Adunanze FIRENZE

performance/exhibition

2023

XIV Florence Biennale

Fortezza da Basso FIRENZE

performance/exhibition

 

CAPTALOONA Art Gallery

Madrid (Spagna)

exhibition

 

STEINER Gallery

Vienna (Austria)

exhibition

 

T_D Art Gallery

Crema (Cremona)

exhibition

2022

Attraverso l'arte – galleria Il Gabbiano 1968-2018 Cinquant'anni di ricerca artistica

CAMeC Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea La Spezia

exhibition
2018/19
2017

P. Grossi: ARTE e/o COMPUTER

Centro per l'Arte Contemporane PECCI - Prato (Italy)
generated live Visual Music exhibition
2016

Music...for Romano Rizzato's painting

performance
2015

SGUARDI SONORI SOUNDART ITALIA

exhibition
2014

Topología

Onassis Cultural Center, University of Athens, Institute for Research on Music & Acoustics
publication/exhibition
2013

Synaesthesia 3 History of the Senses

generated LIVE performance
2012
Inquietudini nella modernità Conservatorio di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" - FLORENCE
video/performance
2011
Collage JukeBox 4.04 Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Villa Arson, Nice - France
Listening Post
COLOR SEQUENCER < Live Performance Quantum Bit Netlabel, Cuneo / London
performance
SGUARDI SONORI 2011 Palazzo Orsini Bomarzo - ( VITERBO) ITALIA
exhibition
Oper@pixel < Live Performance Quantum Bit Netlabel, Cuneo / London
performance
PNEM SOUND ART FESTIVAL * Sound** Video*** Live act ///Uden / Paesi Bassi
exhibition
Verde Bianco Rosso happening for the 150 years of the Unity of Italy Genova (Italy)
exhibition
2010
Sguardi Sonori 2010 "infinite spaces" - Museo della Civiltà Romana - Roma (Italy)
exhibition
TWEAK - digital art festival Church Gallery Space - Limerick School of Art and Design (Ireland)
Listening Post
C - MiniVideoArt Festival C - MiniVideoArt Festival Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery - Atlanta (USA)
exhibition
NewMediaFest'2010 Global Heritage of Digital Culture - Cologne (Germany)
review
MAGMART Magmart the full screening_PAN Palazzo delle Arti Naples (Italy)
participation
2009
The Lower Manhattan Project "Figura" Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
review
Art in Mobile Gallery Galerie De Meerse" - Hoofddorp (Amsterdam)
exhibition
2007
Improvvisazioni del software MAXXI_National Museum of the XXI Century Arts Rome (It)
exhibition
Ad Libitum. Musica da vedere Interazioni tra musica e arte, Bayreuth (Germany)
exhibition
2006
Universitat Oberta Catalunya-Spain
review
COMM 328 Bethany College Dept. of Communication, Bethany, West Virginia USA
interview
awcr.org art and net.art Javamuseum: Germany
participation
2005
NO-ORG.NET Jerusalem art experimental projects
exhibition
MEETING CLUB Pescia (PT) Italy permanent exhibition
performance/exhibition
Sound Art Museum Sound Projects Roma (It)
installation
WB05 Contemporary Art Museum - Istanbul
exhibition
Libretto Digitale Galleria di Palazzo del Carmine, Caltanissetta - Italy
exhibition
2004
A C C A CreazioniDinamicheDigitali"_STUDIO14 show-room, ROMA
exhibition
Ad libitum- Musica da vedere Venezia Italy
exhibition
collective jukebox 4.03 Museo Fotografia Contemporanea, Villa Ghirlanda, Italy
installation
File Script /// FILE SCRIPT MAGAZINE-Brazil
review
VPAR.VPNA 04 Montreal Canada
participation
2003
PEAM Pescara Electronic Artists Meeting - Italy
performance
FILE 2003 hipersônica - Electonic Language Festival Sao Paulo Brazil
exhibition
1st International Symposium Interactive Media DesignYeditepe University - ¡stanbul
review
InteractivA 03 Museum of Contemporary Art Merida Yucatan - Mexico
exhibition
V-Noise Cina
review
MAD'03 2nd meeting of experimental arts in Madrid - Spagna
participation
Suono_Segno_Gesto_Visione Presidenza Consiglio Comunale of Florence Palazzo Vecchio - Italy
exhibition
Ad libitum Palazzina delle Arti “Lucio R. Rosaia” - La Spezia (It)
exhibition
2002
Manifesta 4 Frankfurt Project FREE MANIFESTA" (curator Sal Randolph) - Germany
exhibition
Reload Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum iS.CaM
exhibition
Rhizome.org the New Media Art Resource - New York
review
Digital Pocket Gallery Helsinki - Finland
participation
DIDA WEB San Sebastián -Spain
review
A Virtual Memorial WTC 9_11_01 Germany
participation
U N b E h A G E N . C O M gallery search art - (France)
exhibition
Italian Net Art JavaMuseum curated by Agricola De Cologne
review
2001
Digitalsouls.com San Francisco - USA
exhibition
c o l l e c t i v e j u k e b o x3.1 Salons de Musique Strasbourg - France
installation
Donkey Net Tijuana - Mexico
review
GA2001 Politecnico di Milano University - Italy
installation
2000
WDAMA Word Digital and Multimedia Art - Australia.
review
JukeBox collective Version 3.0 - Zürich
installation
GRASCH-Quadroteca
Associazione Culturale-Lissone(MI) Italy
installation
1999
Interactive Artwork Donkey Net - Web Gallery
review
ShOcKArt Perdido en el Camino - Web Arts
review
HyperArt Web Gallery - New York
exhibition
Z I N E n new media Canada
review
weak blood artists against war and violence Germany
installation
<.net art>:<anywhere>........ Modena - Italy
participation
Il Palato in sib (...)
performance
DENTRO IL SUONO percorsi musicali del '900-Centro Allende (La Spezia) Italy
exhibition
1998
Arte in Scatola Studio Gennai - Pisa (IT)
exhibition
Tracce Centro Ricerche Artistiche Mestre - Venezia (IT)
exhibition
Questione di Etichette Studio Gennai - Pisa (IT)
exhibition
iNCONTRI mUSICANICI discussion corner by Francesco Michi
review
1997
Prod8 Garantito museo Nuova Era, Bari (IT)
exhibition
L'Enigma del Tempo Galleria il Gabbiano - La Spezia (IT)
exhibition
Libretto Digitale Biblioteca Nazionale Firenze.Florence (IT)
exhibition
Partiture per Floppy Disk Galleria Il Gabbiano, La Spezia (IT)
performance/exhibition
1996
Arte in Scatola Galleria il Gabbiano - La Spezia (IT)
exhibition
Libretto Digitale Melbourne - Fringe Festival
exhibition
O Mesmo Som Omaggio a Giacinto Scelsi - Galleria Leonardi, Genova (IT) e Galleria il Gabbiano.
exhibition
Partiture Accademia d'arte Montecatini Terme (IT)
exhibition
Sinfonia Montevettolini Montevettolini (IT)
installation
1990
K. 1-626 M. Teatro Manzoni Pistoia (IT)
performance/opera
1989
REVOLUTION Monsummano Terme (IT)
performance
Sintassi in Rosso e Nero Mac,n – Museo di arte contemporanea e del Novecento
concerto
1987
Viaggio tra Suoni a Colori Biblioteca Comunale Monsummano Terme (IT)
exhibition/performance
1986
Veder Sentire (...)
exhibition
1985
Musica intorno alla gabbia Spedale degli Innocenti - Florence (IT)
performance/opera
1984
L'Autobus dei Fumetti (...)
publication/score
1980
Fogli di Diario Ente Concerti Castello di Belveglio - Asti (IT)
concerto
1979
Scherzo - For four brass instruments Conservatory of Music “Luigi Cherubini”- Florence (IT)
concerto
1974
First musical experiences.... Gialdino Gialdini Musical Band”
concerto