Nicolò BottassoNicolò Bottassomusician / composer / sound artistcurious listener

violin · trumpet · tenore d’amore · live processing

musician / composer / sound artistcurious listener

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Nicolò Bottasso, press portrait
Photo: Federico Castelli
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A sonic practice built on improvisation, timbre and repetition — acoustic instruments and live processing in dialogue with moving image, archival material and site-specific performance.

selected work

all work
Postcards from Italy album cover
01 / 06

Postcards from Italy

Duo Bottassoexpanded cinema • soundtrackDISCOVER MORE
Site-specific audiovisual performance with Rickard Eklund
02 / 06

Rickard Eklund / Duo Bottasso

site specific • audiovisualWATCH
Tenore d’amore instrument in the workshop
03 / 06

Tenor d’amore

with Atelier Sakellaridesresearch • instrument development
Nicolò Bottasso performing solo
04 / 06

solo

melodic pattern • drone musicWATCH
Quartetto Loco
05 / 06

Quartetto Loco

new music • free improvDISCOVER MORE
Il Cielo di Pietra
06 / 06

Il Cielo di Pietra

audiovisualWATCH

next up

full agenda
  1. 2026.10.25 → 2026.10.31Ensemble music workshopMydriase
    Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
  2. 2026.11.28Postcards from ItalyTeatro Sociale
    Bellinzona, Switzerland
  3. 2027.03.13Postcards from ItalyAkkordeon Festival
    Wien, Austria
  4. 2027.03.14Postcards from ItalyStieglerhaus
    Graz, Austria

on stage

all photos
Performing at BatavierhuisStage silhouette at Heroes FestivalEnsemble on stage in WinterthurConcert at Combin en MusiqueConcert at Combin en MusiquePlaying guitar at Time in JazzPlaying violin in WienRecording at Maison MusiquePortrait in TorinoPerformance at Superbudda
Portrait at VolpinaFestConcert at North Sea Round TownOutdoor crowd at Eurovision TorinoConcert at Combin en MusiquePlaying trumpetPlaying trumpet at Gallus TheaterPlaying violin at Eurovision TorinoPlaying by ErasmusbrugPerformance at SuperbuddaChildhood photo in France

they said

“Postcards from Italy is a dense, intense, and moving project. Contemporary and right”
Paolo Fresutrumpeter, artistic director of Time in Jazz

NEWS

INTERVIEW FOR HET MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENFONDS’ 2026 MAGAZINE

The 2026 magazine of Het Muziekinstrumentenfond features an interview about my research on the tenore d’amore, on my recent project Postcards From Italy and my broader artistic interest.

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Cover of Het Muziekinstrumentenfonds 2026 magazine interview with Nicolò Bottasso

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Audience at a Duo Bottasso concert