Manfredi Clemente — field recording session

Manfredi Clemente is a sound artist whose work ranges from installation to electroacoustic composition, as well as sound and music for theatre, performances and video works. The common thread is always a strong focus on space and places, from which derives an extensive use of field recording alongside analog feedback and synthesized sound.

In his more personal projects, his attention centers on the themes of perception of and relationship with the world, exploring the intersection between culture and nature through ecological, aesthetic, and mythopoetic perspectives.

He completed his PhD in Electroacoustic Composition at the University of Birmingham in 2017, under the supervision of Jonty Harrison. He is now Professor of Electroacoustic Composition at the Conservatorio A. Vivaldi of Alessandria, and founder of Almavox, a project based in Turin focused on territorial explorations and experimental music with a strong ecological imprint.

Prizes
2023
1st Prize — Prix Luigi Russolo
For the piece Oubliez-moi sous ces cèdres
2023
Honorary mention — MA/IN Festival
For the piece Hajime yori kotoba shirazariki
2019
1st Prize — Prix Presque Rien
Fondation Presque Rien, Paris
For the piece Un sogno che sogna di non sognare
2018
Prix Banc d’Essai
GRM, Paris
For the piece Isole
2017
Finalist — Franz Liszt Prize
Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar
For the piece La boucle
2015
Mention — Prix Presque Rien
Fondation Presque Rien, Paris
For the piece La boucle
2014
1st Prize — Festival Di_Stanze
CIMA, CEMAT, MOTUS, University of Osaka
For the piece Les dimensions du réel
Residencies
2026
RE-
Performative artistic research
Part I – Museo del Mare, Sant’Antioco; Part II – FOrte di Bard, Val d’Aosta
2025
Arteficial
Aiku / Ca’Foscari, Venice — Palazzo Butera, Palermo
Site-specific sound work for Palazzo Butera.
2025
Horoi
Fondazione Studio Rizoma, Palermo
Exploration of the Oreto river valley and creation of the sound installation Horoi.
2024
Paysages Composés
Ass. APNÉES / INP, Grenoble
Composition of Au cours d’une nuit, premiered at Festival PAYSAGES | COMPOSÉS 2024.
2024
Quatre îles, un archipel
Châteauvallon-Liberté Scène Nationale, Toulon
Multichannel site-specific sound installation and composition for the theatrical performance by Clémence Kazemi and Marco Giusti, with Jacques Bonnaffé.
2022–23
Hajime yori kotoba shirazariki
Musiques&Recherches, Brussels
Creation of an 8-channel piece based on texts by Michiko Ishimure, funded by Culture Moves Europe.
2021
Léviathan
Châteauvallon-Liberté Scène Nationale, Toulon
Multichannel sound installation and composition for the performance by Clémence Kazemi and Marco Giusti, with Jacques Bonnaffé and Luna Scolari.
2017
Le Paysage sonore dans lequel nous vivons
GMVL / Tempo Reale / Amici della Musica di Cagliari — Cagliari
Series of naturalistic soundscape recordings, EU-funded.
Teaching
2022 —
Professor of Electroacoustic Composition
Conservatorio A. Vivaldi, Alessandria
2021–22
Professor of Electroacoustic Composition
Conservatorio G. Braga, Teramo
2020–21
Professor of Electroacoustic Composition
Conservatorio G. Rossini, Pesaro
2014–16
Teaching Associate
University of Birmingham — Department of Music
2013–14
Teaching Assistant
University of Birmingham — Department of Music
Education
2016–20
MA in Musicology and Performing Arts
Università degli Studi di Palermo
2013–17
PhD in Electroacoustic Composition
University of Birmingham — Department of Music
Supervisor: Prof. Jonty Harrison. External examiner: Prof. John Young.
2012–13
MRes in Electroacoustic Composition
University of Birmingham — Department of Music
2008–12
BA in Music and New Technology
Conservatorio di Musica V. Bellini, Palermo