Lorenzo Ritacco

Laurence Who, architect of emotions, is an identity born and built from the multitude of people who make up the artist, from the records of thousands of ancestors to the stars of the present that illuminate the future. An eclectic artist and a disciple of the hands, he sees Art as the expression of a single architecture of emotions. Consequently, he creates projects that encompass multiple art forms, conceived as different ways of expressing the same emotions.

He is the author of Asombros (a concerto for magician and ensemble, created with illusionists Diego Allegri and Nicolò Tosin) and of the saga The Great Silence (created with more than fifty artists, including multimedia artist Andrew Quinn, architect Alfonso Firmani, sculptor Calogero Condello, and many others).

He has written music for Luca Trabucco, Stefano Sciascia, Duo LaRoi, Duo En Blanc Et Noir, Trio Ives, Duo Morpheus, and many others, including the short films Crisalide and Invisibili by Valentina Ercolini. He writes polytonal chamber music, post-minimalist operas, songs, hip-hop and lo-fi productions, electroacoustic music, improvisations, hybrid compositions, and conceptual art exercises. In the past, he wrote news reports and in-depth articles about professional wrestling.

He graduated with the highest marks, honours, and an honorary mention in both Piano and Chamber Music, and was recognised among the Young People of Distinction of the Municipality of Udine. He mainly performs “free” music (American music and niche repertoire), using in particular the sculpture Marilyn from the catalogue of sculptor Franco Maschio to perform Charles Ives’s Concord Sonata and his own trio piece Somewhere In My Heart, although his signature piece is George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.