Caterina Barbieri

"The Italian-born and Berlin-based Caterina Barbieri inhabits multiple identities. As a musician and producer, she has participated in some of the world's most important music festivals, including Unsound, Atonal, Primavera Sound, and Sonar. Her music features integrated modular synthesizers-from the iconic Buchla to contemporary Eurorack systems-to explore the sonic horizons of generative computing. Her practice creates a dialogue between technology and creativity, reflecting on memory, perception, and altered states of consciousness, a feedback loop of elation and temporal distortion."

"As the director of the Biennale Musica in Venice, titled "The Star Within," Barbieri investigates the essence of sound, its impact on our lives, and the ecstasy of listening. Ranging from classical music to the most daring experimentations in electroacoustic composition and featuring the (re)discovery of seminal, cutting-edge sonic practitioners such as Meredith Monk, Laurie Spiegel, and Chuquimamani-Condori, Barbieri's Biennale mirrors her personal experience and celebrates the artists who have shaped her as a musician, a curator, and, most of all, a listener. - Manuela Lietti"

Caterina Barbieri is an Italian-born, Berlin-based musician, producer, and curator who performs at major festivals including Unsound, Atonal, Primavera Sound, and Sonar. Her work centers on integrated modular synthesizers—from Buchla to Eurorack—used alongside generative computing to expand sonic possibilities. Her practice creates a dialogue between technology and creativity, probing memory, perception, and altered states of consciousness and producing feedback loops of elation and temporal distortion. As director of Biennale Musica titled The Star Within, she examines sound's essence, its impact on life, and the ecstasy of listening while programming classical and experimental electroacoustic work and celebrating formative practitioners.

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