about
Hi, I'm Alice!
Thanks for stepping here.
I am a composer whose greatest dream – in life and in music – is to connect different worlds playing with the unknown.
Here you can find some glimpses of my story, but – above all – something I deeply believe in.
mystery is the route
music explorer
If you are fond of nature with its vast spaces – the sea, mountains, sky – you know what I am talking about: that sense of infinity which makes you feel deeply connected to the whole macrocosm.
This mystery is what drives me: my route. Like any explorer, I have a natural need for discovery and freedom: definitely my favorite tools. But perhaps, more than anything, I’m in search of deep union: this is my destination.
That’s why I always try to make sure that the fan of possibilities stays open: I approach music across the spectrum, ready to be surprised.
you can only
know what you love
Without love there is no knowledge, but the vice versa could also be stated. Music for me is and has always been a road towards knowledge and a great tool for transformation.
I was immersed in it from day one – even before birth, when my mother played The Magic Flute to her belly. There are videos of me as a baby tapping keys, conducting the air with a pencil at four. Still, I remained mostly self-taught until I was 17. What seemed a limitation became a blessing: it shaped a personal, intimate and creative approach to music, in addition to confidence in my own aesthetic judgment and a genuine contact with my sensitivity.
Music was a choice, and also a call from above, when I was 25. Since then, my passion has grown more and more, the complexity has increased, but the child’s eyes are still the same.
absolutely
no separation
Music connects us to each other. It’s a bridge, like love. I like building bridges: my contact with music is a total embrace, without boundaries.
For this reason my biggest enemy is separation: I hate compartmentalization and suffer a lot when there is no communication. Music is a universal language which teaches us first to look for similarities rather than differences.
I graduated in classics, philosophy and composition for film music, and each time it was like starting over again. So making music for several artistic areas is quite natural for me: I like to mix and transfer patterns of thought from one discipline to another.
ALONE (BUT BETTER)
together
As a composer, I spend a lot of time alone. That’s why I need so much, as a conductor and multi-instrumentalist, to play with other people: without exchange, I can’t survive.
Any form of art lives in the moment of meeting: by meeting myself, I find my truth; by meeting others (musicians and audience) I find that vital interaction that helps me not implode. Music is a dance, and for me it’s better if played together. Words are not necessary. Like making love: it’s important to feel and let yourself vibrate, and the rest will happen.
into every nuance
360º music
It’s a matter of point of view. Each instrument selects music in a unique way: when you experience it, you begin to see 360 degrees.
Knowing the same piece from multiple points of view and understanding the perspective of each individual musician has helped me not only to have more empathy as a conductor, but also to grow as a composer, finding inspiration even from a few notes on instruments that I play poorly.
It’s very liberating, for example, to improvise on sax or violin without always knowing what note it is. Just following the sound.
each work of art is a
living organism
One of my tasks is to make music flow through me, reminding I am merely a channel of something else.
Diminishing awareness is the only way to let the work take shape. It’s the work itself that tells me how it wants to continue, so I have to put myself in listening. It’s a spiritual experience, I would say, asking for trust and permeability. But also something very physical and material.
I think that wonder is one possible key to grasp the deep meaning of things. Every work has in itself the vibration of the unknown: it asks me constant questions (giving ever-changing answers) and it’s a gateway to another reality (Mahler would say). So, in respect of this, I breathe, listen and stay ready to receive.