$10 Cover @ the Door / Start 5:30pm / Doors 5pm / Seated Show

Federico Balducci

The music of Puerto Rican guitarist and composer Federico Balducci can be described as a mixture of classical and ambient music with unusually intricate harmonies.

Federico Balducci has a Bachelor’s Degree in Film Scoring from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Currently, Federico mostly works on film score for short films and documentaries.

Gianni Intilli & Mario Enrique Paoli Duo

Mario-Enrique Paoli worked in theater and studied guitar and music theory from an early age. At 7 years old he becomes a member of Children’s Theater of Puerto RicoCo., and also works with other theater companies. In his teens he starts working ‘behind the scenes’ in tech and production assistance.During his high school years Paoli apprenticed and assisted set and special effects designer Julio Biaggi, and music/sound studio owner, producer, designer, engineer, Felix H. Rivera, at Studio-H. Studied music theory and harmony with Dr. Neli Justicia, classic guitar with Juan Sorroche, and improvisation with Robert DeVore. 

Later in the late 70’s and 80’s electronic music with Robert Ceeyly at BEEP (Boston Electronic Experimental Project) and electro-acoustic arranging and composition with Albert Mayr (Music of Times and Tides).In 1977 he moves to Boston to continue his musical studies in arranging and composition, film scoring and guitar at Berklee College of Music. In 1981 he was invited to join Mobius Theater Inc. under the direction of Marilyn Arsem (later named Mobius Performing Group, now Mobius Artist Group). He worked with the company until 1990. While at Mobius he produced, designed and directed 7 original experimental music-theater works and collaborated and co-produced dozens of works with the company and with national and international performance artists.

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Shoko Nagai / Satoshi Takeishi – Vortex

Experimental Piano/Percs duo Vortex has been incorporating composition, free improvisation, electronics, found objects and visual elements into performances to create a unique path into the world of contemporary music. Their performances are based on stories and they create sound textures almost visible to the listener.

In this performance, Vortex will perform new compositions where illusion is sustained by multiple shifting elements.