Biography

Composer, visual artist, and performer Gianluca Iadema works with a multidisciplinary approach to music, video, and installation, resulting in an art typology that encompasses many of its expressions: sound, image, sculpture, including performance, light, and everything in between. This creates an artistic form in which the viewer no longer perceives them as separate, but rather experiences them as a whole.

In his artistic practice, the interdependence between visual and auditory elements is of fundamental importance, as are the influences of architecture and cinema. These elements are integrated within a conceptual framework aimed at investigating themes such as matter and imperfection. Regardless of the medium used, narrative in its abstract form is essential, originating from found objects within memory and the personal and collective subconscious. His works represent an exploration that seamlessly blends and morphs digital and analog realms, as well as reality and imagination.
The artist, in fact, creates a context through the artistic work in which the viewer becomes the protagonist, bringing forth the processes and elevating the background to the subject.

In terms of sound, he focuses on the abstraction of different musical styles, such as techno, glitch and pop music, merged with contemporary classical concepts.

He holds a Master in classical piano performance from the Conservatory of Brescia (Italy), studying with Maurizio Zana and Giampaolo Stuani, a Bachelor in Computer Music from the IEM – Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik (Austria), deepening the study of electronic music and audiovisual art with Marko Ciciliani, and one in Classical Composition from the Kunstuniversität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Graz (Austria), studying with composers such as Richard Dünser and Clemens Gadenstätter. In 2023 he graduated with honors, obtaining a master’s degree in Composition and Creative Practice at the Hochschule der Künste Bern (Switzerland), under the guidance of Simon Steen-Andersen. He studied and participated in important master classes with artists such as Curtis Roads, Matthew Shlomowitz, Stefano Gervasoni, Gerhard Eckel, Gilbert Nouno, Daniel Mayer, Bernhard Lang, Alexander Stankovski, among others.

He has been commissioned, performed, collaborated and exhibited for renowned festivals, ensembles and gallery spaces such as Schallfeld Ensemble (Graz, 2018), Nasimi Festival (Baku, 2018), Halle für Kunst Steiermark (Graz, 2018), ZKM (Karlsruhe, 2019), Wien Modern (Vienna, 2020), Recontemporary (Turin, 2022), Seeyousound (Turin, 2023), Klang festival (Copenhagen, 2023), Neko3 (Copenhagen, 2023-2024), Teatro Grande (Brescia, 2023), Suburbia Contemporary for Loop Festival (Barcelona, 2023), Zone Digitali (Bergamo, 2023), ICTAF (Cape Town, 2024), Barcelona Gallery Weekend (Barcelona, 2024) and Fondazione Recontemporary for Artissima Fair (Turin, 2024). He is the winner of international composition prizes such as the Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne (Graz), as well as the recipient of the prestigious Giulio and Giulio Bruno Togni Prize (Brescia) for his promising artistic career.

In 2019, he released his first album ‘Aphàiresis’ for the historic record label Mille Plateaux, to be followed by ID[entità] in 2023, in collaboration with the Swiss singer Franziska Baumann. His performances and composition were broadcast by radio stations such as BBC, ORF and RTVE, among others. Articles about him and interviews have appeared in La Stampa, Il Sole 24 Ore, Corriere della Sera and Forbes Italia. His works are held in important collections such as Stefano Cecchi Trust Collection and Fondazione Recontemporary Collection, among others.