Nacci Alberto

This article is about the Italian musician and filmmaker Alberto Nacci . For other uses, see Alberto Nacci.

Alberto Nacci
Birth name	Alberto Nacci
Born	June 20, 1957(1957-06-20) Trapani, ITALY
Genres	jazz, videoart, documentaries
Occupations	producer, image&sound designer, director
Instruments	saxophones, synth, video shooting machines
Years active	1980;
Labels	(AJP Records)
Website	www.albertonacci.it

Alberto Nacci was born in Trapani in 1957. A "projectual musician", boasting long experience in the field of jazz, during the recent years he has moved onto boundary territories: he works for art, dance, theatre, videoart. From "solo-performance" to orchestra conduction, he collaborated with many of the major Italian and international jazz musicians, such as Giorgio Gaslini, Gianluigi Trovesi, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, Pierre Favre, Franco D’andrea, Martin Dietrich, Joe Garrison, Tino Tracanna, Antonio Faraò, Arup Kantidas, a.o. He composed the music, produced video and directed a theatre performance, "La Via dell'Acqua, realized various musical projects and records, appreciated both by the public and the specialized press. He wrote and recorded music for the modern dance performances “Canali” and “Huis Clos”, with by Martine Bucci, “The Moving Sound” with choreography by Eugenio De Mello, “La Via dell’Acqua” with the actor Albino Bignamini (PandemoniumTeatro), “Travolti”, (video-theater-music performance) with the actor Walter Tiraboschi, “Lighea”, theater-music performance with the actor Francesco Porfido. He participated in "Specchi d'Acqua", a contemporary art exhibition (Villa Viscontea, Castello di Trezzo sull'Adda, Milan) in which he presented his music on CD (The Path of Water - Modern Times Records). The interest for the possible relations between different visual arts and the world of sounds, led him to the creation of "Suoni e Ombre" (performance for lights, saxophones and computer), “Fording” (performance for saxophones, computer and images), “Fireworks” (videoart project and “live” performance) with the photographer Dario Guerini, “The Colours of Black” with the great artist Mario Benedetti. The Moving Town with Senegalese percussionist Dudu Kwatech. He has collaborated with artist Morgan O’Hara and the English vocalist Sarah Frances for the performance “Live Transmissions”. He also collaborated with Roberto Ciaccio and Philip Corner to realize the videoart project “Clusters”. Alberto Nacci has been professor of Sound Projecting at Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti (Bergamo) and LABA (Libera Accademia di Belle Arti – Brescia). His works are screened at some of the most important cinema and video art festivals around the world: FIREWORKS (shot inside Tenaris Dalmine metallurgic industry) won Digifestival (total art festival, Florence 2005), Tam-Tam Digifestival (Naples, 2007) and participated at EURONIGHT08, international video art event proposed by Italian Institute of Culture at Toronto (Canada). With THE COLOURS OF BLACK winner at 2008 Chicago Short Film Festival (best direction) and received Mention Spéciale du Jury at Festival du Cinema de Paris. With THE MOVING TOWN he has been selected at 61° Festival du Film Locarno, received the Mention Spéciale du Jury at Festival du Cinema de Bruxelles, winner at 2008 Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival (best direction), winner at Festival De Cine Internacional de Barcelona (best photography), Nomination (for the best short film) at the International Filmmaker Festival (Kent, UK), screened at contemporary art exhibition “Parallel Worlds” inside the 53^ Mostra Biennale of Venice.

Discography

LP

• 1990 - AA. VV., III Rassegna Jazz Franciacorta (Jf Records)

CD

• 1990 - Alberto Nacci Alma Quartet, Isola lontana (Splasc(h) Records)
• 1992 - Alberto Nacci Alma Quartet, Colours (Splasc(h) Records)
• 1994 - AA. VV., Sicilian Jazz Collection (vol. 3) (Splasc(h) Records)
• 1994 - Alberto Nacci Trio, Kaos (MAP Records)
• 1996 - Sax Mobile feat. Pierre Favre, Conserto (Modern Times)
• 1996 - Giorgio Gaslini - Ensemble mobile, Jelly's Back in Town (Dischi della Quercia)
• 1996 - Alberto Nacci Brass Project, Passing (Splasc(h) Records)
• 1996 - The Path of Water (Modern Times)
• 1998 - Lovers (AJP Records)
• 1998 - Self-portrait of a sound (AJP Records)
• 1999 - Vox Party, Vox Party (AJP Records)
• 2002 - World Fantasy – racconti in musica Chura e Marwe (AJP Records)
• 2006 - Visioni (AJP Records, cofanetto con 3 opere sonore)

DVD

• 2006 - Fireworks (AJP Records)
• 2007 - The Colours of Black (AJP Records)
• 2008 - I Rifugi Antiaerei di Dalmine (Comune di Dalmine)
• 2009 - The Moving Town (AJP Records)
• 2009 - L'Arte della Calcografia, tecniche e metodi (AJP Studio)
• 2010 - WiP work-in-progress (AJP Records)

Filmography

• 2003 - Personaggi in cerca di ... protezione (didactic)
• 2005 - Kandinskij (videoart)
• 2005 - Il Museo Archeologico di Bergamo (documentary)
• 2006 - Fireworks (videoart)
• 2007 - La Piazza nella Piazza (animation)
• 2007 - The Colours of Black (videoart)
• 2008 - I Rifugi Antiaerei di Dalmine (documentary)
• 2008 - The Moving Town (videoart)
• 2009 - Clusters (videoart)
• 2009 - L'Arte della Calcografia (documentary)
• 2009 - Scandalo a Palazzo (documentary)
• 2010 - Tempio di Luce - Paolo Belloni, Chiesa a Dalmine (documentary)
• 2010 - Philip Corner meets Eric Satie (documentary)
• 2010 - Quippe Dance (videoart)
• 2010 - Fra la Terra e il Cielo - Mario Botta, Chiesa a Seriate (documentary)
• 2010 - Selfcare (videoart)
• 2010 - WiP work-in-progress (industrial video)
• 2011 - Silo (industrial video)
• 2011 - Sculpted by the Wind (videoart)
• 2011 - Lambse (industrial video)

Persondata
Name	Nacci, Alberto
Alternative names
Short description	musician, filmmaker
Date of birth	June 20, 1957
Place of birth	Trapani (Italy)
Date of death
Place of death